Newbies Guide and Forum Help

Hi, Welcome to the Irish Business Forums. Please read our Advice for Beginners before you Register, Create Free Listings or start posting in the forums. If you have questions on how to use the forums to market yourself or your business in the Irish Business Forums, please ask here where either a Moderator or your fellow forum members will be delighted to help you out with friendly advice. We also welcome your feedback and suggestions for improving the forums.

Site Ettiquette and Posting Guidelines

Guidelines to Site Ettiquette and Posting

Please bear with us as we Upgrade the Irish Business Forums

Please bear with us as we upgrade the Irish Business Forums in coming days. Existing forum members will not be able to log in to the forums until the upgrade is complete. We can accept new forum registrations during the upgrade process.

Irish Social Media and Digital Marketing

If you are looking for advice on using Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked In in Irish Business or if you are looking for advice on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) or Email Marketing, just post your questions here.

Training Courses and Events

Discussion Forum for Irish Business Training and Upcoming Members Events. Event's being discussed here must first be listed in the Member's Events Calendar (See Main Top Menu). You must have ten forum posts on the site before you can post here or enter an event in the Member's Events Calendar.

SME Community

News and Views from the Irish SME Community

Tax and Legal Issues

Advice on Tax and Legal Issues in Ireland This forum also deals with Intellectual Property issues and Trademarks and Patents.

Irish Press Releases

Add your Irish Press Releases here. You must have 10 posts to use this forum. All new threads are immediately posted to our 15,000 + Irish Twitter followers. To gain maximum exposure from Twitter and the Search Engines, you should also use the Tags feature when creating your press release. Poor Tags / Titles = Less exposure! Non Press Release threads, links or posts that should be in the Self Promotion Forum will be deleted. If you don't know or are unsure about the difference between a proper formal Press Release and a Self Promotion post, please do not post in the Press Release forum.

Self Promotion Posts

1. Construction and Home Improvements,
2. Irish Web Design,
3. Irish Marketing and Advertising,
4. Irish Recruitment and HRM,
5. Irish Business Consultancy,
6. Weddings and Event /Party Management,
7. Motors and Marine,
8. Business Services,
9. Irish Digital Marketing and SEO,
10. Internet and Web Hosting Services,
11. Financial Services and Accountancy,
12. Directory Sites and Guides,
13. Telecommunications,
14. Retail and Shopping,
15. Travel, Tourism and Hospitality,
16. Lifestyle,
17. Graphic Arts, Photography and Print,
18. Irish Property

This is the only forum category where you are allowed to make blatant self promotion posts. Post here if no suitable category. You must have ten previous forum posts before you can post. All Links that you post are "Do Follow" which means that both the posts and Tags that you enter can be followed by both search engines and humans giving you back link credit for your own website. Beware - Your fellow forum members will be the judge of whether you posts are "spammy" or interesting. We even have a star rating where members can vote down spammy posts!

Irish Social Entrepreneurs

Social Entrepreneurs are people who use their entrepreneurial skills for the good of the community rather than for financial gain or profit. Membership of our associated Linked In Irish Social Entrepreneurs group is open to proven Irish Social Entrepreneurs.

General Chat Room (Private)

This is a General chat Room for non business chat. While anything goes here, please do respect other members political and religious beliefs. This forum is Private and is not viewable by non members. What is said in here should stay in here!

Irish Independent News Feeds

Latest Irish News from the Irish Independent News Feeds.

Archive Old Irish Business Forums

Archive of old IBF