An article in The Irish Times today states that 71% of SMEs say they have gained additional business by having an online presence. So out of the 800 small and medium sized firms surveyed by ISME a whopping 568 say that there business (and I am presuming sales) have improved from having a website.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Enterprise Board have a wonderful grant available to part-fund the cost of translating your website into 5 languages (namely Spanish, French, Polish, Chinese and Russian). 

 The €975 covers 75% of the cost of translating a maximum of 1500 words of English test into the 5 languages for publicly-funded organisatoins and private sector micro-enterprises (maz 10 employees based in Dun Laoghaire -Rathdown County.  

 The funding is limited so get your applications in! More details here: http://www.dlrceb.ie/webtranslation 

Great article from Greg Fry about making sure that you know how to 'blur' the lines between business and pleasure on Facebook and Linkedin!

 Greg has a really interesting video outlining how to link up your Facebook page to your Linkedin page... 

http://bloggertone.com/marketing/2010/07/30/put-it-on-my-tab/ 

Can you believe that The Black Hats have hit Facebook?

 Identity Theft may be the next big security fear for Facebook users. 

 Scary Thought!

We were honoured to be included in the Wonderful Silicon Republic on the 11th June!

 Read here!

ExSite had a wonderful First Birthday in The Residence on the 8th of June.

 Guests in attendence commented on the upbeat and positive spirit at the party! ExSite know this is because all of our clients are 'Recession Busters'! They see past and through the recession and realise that getting their business online is crucial!

 Have a look at this page to see great photos of the night: http://www.exsite.ie/about-exsite/1-year-anniversary.html