Leitrim Business Network

Leon from Reverb Studios has set up a discussion forum at reverbstudios.ie/discuss
Here you can ask questions and discuss a range of topics including search engine optimization, blogging, eBay to name but a few. I suggest you check it out.

18 businesses attended our July network meeting. Campbell Scott from IGOpeople.com gave an informative presentation on future trends in marketing on the Internet. He discussed how adverting alone does not realise the full potential of the “two-way” nature of the Internet. In essence, the future is “to to create a conversation with your customers”.
If you [...]

Philip Martin from Cora Systems gave an honest and informative presentation our last weeks meeting.
He highlighted the importance of cash flow, netwroking and customer referrals. He also mentioned the benefits of using the services on offer from the County Enterprise Board, Enterprise Ireland & The Western Development Commission.
Again, I would like to thank Philip for [...]

Via Damien.
Prime Time will be taking questions from folks about the Lisbon Treaty via YouTube. They will play the best ones for a high-profile EU politician (to be confirmed tomorrow morning) and have him/her answer those questions.
The special ‘interactive’ segment will air on next Tuesday’s Prime Time (June 10th) and the full version will be [...]

Enda just introduced me to zoho.com
What they say:
“Zoho offers a suite of online web applications geared towards increasing your productivity and offering easy collaboration”
This should be very useful for small businesses.
Please let me know if you have used it by leaving a comment below.

As you may already know, we encourage people to use LinkedIn.com when joining Leitrim Business Network.

 
Firstly:

 
81 Leitrim Businesses have now joined through LinkedIn and so it is becoming a real ‘live’ business network/directory for Leitrim.

Not only that, but each network member brings other contacts outside of Leitrim to the table, [...]

At our last network meeting, it was suggested that we fix a regular day/time for network meetings.
I would be grateful if you could provide feedback by ticking some options below.
You may choose more than 1.
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This is a great blog with useful information on  Creativity and Innovation.

Irish SMEs feel they aren’t getting enough benefit out of their websites, according to a new study from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association. ISME’s e-Business survey 2008 found that 26 percent of SMEs have no website and of those that do, 49 percent are unhappy with it. “Many small and medium-sized businesses would [...]

There has been plenty of varying reports with regard to our economy and whether or not it is slowing down. I would like your opinion from a Leitrim business perspective.
UPDATE:
Yes 37% (15 votes) - No 63% (26 votes) - Total Votes:41
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