Sunday Business Post sbpost.ie How can an SME get maximum benefit from a web presence? And what exactly are the benefits of such a presence? Aodín Scully of The 'Sunday Business Post' examines the issues around setting up a web presence and discusses the benefits you might expect to gain from having a web site. She also discusses the issues you need to keep in mind when undertaking the development of a web site. Click here to go directly to the page. Enterprise Ireland have a range of financial packages to help businesses to become established and to grow. For full information visit their site at: www.enterprise-ireland.com and click on the 'Finance for Growth' button. Venture Point - Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Enterprise Board Venture Point has reintroduced its Empower programme. This is an ebusiness initiative that offers funding, training and mentoring to small business looking to embrace new technologies. A grant of up to €3000 is available for this purpose. For more information and an application form click here and click on 'Latest News' and then on 'Details' under the appropriate heading. ClickZ Weekly www.clickz.com What you need to know about optimising your e-mail campaign In a series of two articles, Jeanne Jennings outlines some of the pitfalls of a badly thought-out e-mail marketing programme. But, more importantly, she suggests ways of ensuring the success of your campaign. Click here to go directly to the first article and here for the second article. Amárach www.amarach.com Majority Satisfied with Online Purchases A recent survey carried out by Amárach on online purchasing in Ireland found that "the number of Irish adults purchasing goods and services online has trebled over the last year. Research recently conducted by Amárach has found that almost 150,000 Irish adults had purchased something online in the last three months, up from 50,000 a year ago." Click here to go directly to the page. Chambers of Commerce of Ireland www.chambersireland.com Internet Business Strategy Training Programme The PRISM Project was developed in 1998 by the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland to provide practical training to owner/managers of SMEs to develop and manage the implementation of an Internet strategy for their business. Funded under the EU ADAPT initiative and supported by EIRCOM, CCI in collaboration with the Internet Certification Institute International developed the Internet Business Strategy Training Programme. Click here to go directly to the page.

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