Sinead's Blog

  Hello and Welcome Back to another one of my blogs.😛   This week we are looking at SEO for Small Businesses and how this can help them compete with big brands online. Online marketing techniques can be very expensive💸 for small businesses. A technique which will allow a small business to stay competitive and have low costs is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).   So what is SEO, I hear you ask👂. SEO is a technique that improves a business’s visibility online. The main aim is for your website 🕸to appear as close as possible to the top of a search page. If a small business can manage their SEO effectively, they improve their chances of being seen and more people accessing their website. SEO can have many benefits ➕for a small business. These include: ·        Increased web traffic ·         Better online visibility ·         Improved user experience ·   ...

  Hello and Welcome Back!😀   Today we are looking at the evolution of internet technologies.💻   The internet is very important. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t be able to survive without the internet today.😁 Over the last few years internet technologies have been consistently evolving which is what has made them as useful and as valuable as they are now. The internet has come along way since it was first launched. To understand this evolution and change in internet technologies we are going to split it into the three categories These are Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.   Web 1.0  🕸 Known as the read only web and is the original internet technology. Everything we do today was built off it. Web 1.0 was very simple, and you could only read and view content. Interaction was not a thing. Examples of Web 1.0 are static websites and personal sites. Web 2.0 🕸 The next step in the evolution of internet technologies. It is known as the soci...

 Hello and Welcome back to my Blog!😀   Today let’s explore the area of Cloud-Based Analytics for Small Businesses.🖧   You may be asking what is cloud based analytics 💁❓so, lets answer that question first.   Cloud Based Analytics are a type of data analysis that takes place in a cloud. It is the process of storing and analysing data in the cloud rather than on systems that are on site.💻 Several businesses are moving to cloud based analytics to store their data. Cloud Based Analytics offers Small Businesses a number of benefits➕. Let’s have a look at what these benefits are.👀 ·        Saves Cost:  💸This is probably one of the best benefits that cloud based analytics offers a small business. Companies only have to pay one company to store their data rather than pay for a number of servers. This also means there is less money involved in updating servers as there is not as many of them. ·     ...

 Hello & Welcome back to my Blog.😁   This week we are going to discuss SaaS ERP for SMEs. First let’s start with a breakdown of the above abbreviations. SaaS stands for software as a service. ERP is an enterprise resource planning software. SMEs are small and medium sized enterprises. Now that we have that out of the way lets delve into this interesting area of SaaS ERP for SMEs.🎉 SaaS ERP is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning software that runs on the cloud of the providers servers. It is sold as a subscription and the service is delivered over the internet. Enterprise systems have integrated software modules and a central database. These components allow the data that is inputted on the system to be shared by and with the different business processes and areas within a business. This makes it easier for the functions of the business to share and keep track of data. Some business functions within an organisation that would use SaaS ERP systems are: Cus...

Hello and Welcome back to my Blog.😁   Today we are going to explore the area of digital payment systems and more specifically the rise of them. Digital payments systems are systems which allow for payments to be done through digital, online or other electronic sources. This includes bank transfers, apple pay, internet banking, contactless payments and much more.💸 Digital payment systems are becoming increasingly popular and are constantly being used. In 2023 there was just over 1.3 trillion digital payments recorded globally and this is expected to double by 2027.😮 The rise of digital payments systems can be attributed to their convenience, speed and security. ·        Transactions can happen at any time in any place making it a more convenient method of payment. It also eliminates having to search for cash or a physical card. ·        Payments can happen very quickly. A person can transfer funds almost im...

 What do you think, Yes or No. Read on to find out if you are right. Hello everyone and Welcome back to my blog.😀 Today we are looking at whether the southeast of Ireland is a good place for tech companies to invest in. The southeast of Ireland is becoming a very attractive place for tech companies to invest in and is currently the home of many established tech companies such as Datapac, Innovate, Sonru, Netwatch, Redhat and TSSG. Below are some reasons why these firms decided to invest in the Southeast of Ireland. Reason Number One: Ireland’s Southeast has the fastest growing economy in Europe. According to ISEDO the Southeast of Ireland was ranked first as the most competitive region in Ireland. The CSO also named the location as Number one in productivity growth in Ireland from 2010 to 2017. Reason Number Two: The southeast has cheaper financial costs💸 for a company compared to Dublin. This means a tech company can have more money to be flexible with and in turn he...