The Basics

Below we have compiled a list of the 'basics' to get you started. Please note these are all external resources, content or tools that we feel are a great starting point to getting your business online or increasing awareness of your business online.  Please keep in mind that this is a resource that will build up over time and with more volunteers we can do more (",). 

• Getting Irish Businesses Online (Free Website template, domain and Google adwords); 
• MailChimp (free email Marketing solution); 
• Google's Webmaster Central; (SEO, site directory etc); 
• Alexa (web statistics); 
• Google Analytics (free tool for analysing stats on your site); 
• Facebook Pages; 
• LinkedIn Groups; 
• TheAppBuilder; (a site that allows you to build your own mobile apps for free, note: there is a monthly subscription to publish this).  
• Quick Start-Up Guide for Non-Profit Social Media Campaign (courtesy of New Tech Post). 

The objective of this site is to increase awareness on online tools for businesses or marketeers to use as the basis of increasing awareness online. The above lists is a starting point and in some cases might be all you need. We do believe however that your websites will evolve over time and grow more sophisticated to meet demand. In the future we will list such tools however for now we are sticking to the basics. 

Please also note that we are not trying to say that in all cases these tools are completely easy to use but the majority of them are very doable and from experience and with the internet changing so fast the one thing we can say is that patience goes a long way. There might be a few awkward stages but try it out and if in doubt look to the help centres, in some cases it might be as easy as 'Googling' it to get the answer. 

We do not offer support for these tools or resources, in most cases there is a help/contact section on the site that we suggest you utilise. As this is a not-for-profit network we can point you in the direction however time spent on supporting third party tools is not possible.