One of the reasons for joining and posting on the Irish Business Forums is that it has proven to be an excellent way of getting your new website quickly indexed or boosted by the major Search engines. Many posters have achieved top 10 positions on Google for posts linking to their sites and using their chosen Key Words. within hours of posting. If we have missed your Irish Business Forums success story, PM (Send a Private Message to...) Admin with a link to the thread and I'll add it here.

The first thread here is a guide on how to post an effective Self Promotion Thread and gain success in the Search Engines. This is also a Help Forum where Admin and Experienced Forum members will be glad to help you get the best out of the forums. Self Promotion Posts that do not comply with our Tag Guidelines may be deleted. Because of a high spam content, we do not normally accept registration applications from gmail or hotmail type accounts that do not have an obvious Irish Business Connection. If you only use such email accounts and wish to register, please email stuart at irishbusinessforums.com with enough information to convince me that you are not a spammer. Even then such accounts may be moderated until we are happy that you are a genuine registration. Please note that these forums are completely free and are run by just one person (Me!) as a service to fellow Irish SMEs. I do not spend 24 hours a day at my computer and I have a real job that pays the bills! Cranky emails about registration approval delays or refusals of suspect accounts for this free service which I provide in my spare time do not impress me and will not be replied to.

Irish Business Forums can help you ! If you have an Irish Business with a website or online presence and would like to create free relevant Irish inbound links for your Irish Business site, just register in our forums and post a dedicated thread about your company or website here with our permission. Posting about your Irish business or website here will quickly lead to your information being scanned and indexed by the major search engines! Use your own dedicated thread to tell us about your operation and to answer questions about yourself and your products. Fill out a "Signature" in your user CP and include a link to your website and contact details for your company. The more often you post, the more exposure you get. See my first post in this forum for some simple tips. Feel free to promote your own Irish Business or Start ups. Non genuine Posters or "net non contributing" accounts that have not made a post in the last 30 days may be deleted as the free self promotion facility is really aimed at rewarding active forum contributers. We will also delete classified type ads, links to classified ads or "Visit my Website" type short posts as tolerance of such postings could compromise the integrity and the Business to Business nature of the forums. For information on how to post effectively and how to use Search Engine Tags on your posts, please read Guidelines For Posting in the Irish Business Forums before posting in the Forums.

Sub-Forums: Irish Web Design, Digital Marketing and SEO, Construction and Home Improvements, Irish Marketing and Advertising, Irish Recruitment and HRM, Irish Business Consultancy, Weddings and Event /Party Management, Motors and Marine, Business Services, Internet and Web Hosting Services, Financial Services and Accountancy, Directory Sites and Guides, Telecommunications, Retail and Shopping, Travel, Tourism and Hospitality, Lifestyle, Graphic Arts, Photography and Print

Open to Posting and Viewing only by registered members. If you have a requirement for services or products or would like to advertise permanent, temporary or contract employment opportunities or if you have a special offer for Forum Members, just create a new thread here. As the number of threads grow, I'll look at introducing appropriate sub categories. Posts should be about specific and definite offers or vacancies of interest to Forum members. Non specific posts such as "Lots of offers at my website ...etc" will be deleted.

Please use this Forum for General Networking and Business Advice. Feel free also to promote any Business Events that you are organising or attending. Send a Private Message (PM) to Admin if you would like your Business Event added to the Events Diary at the bottom of this page. Remember ... Every new thread in the forums is Tweeted Immediately to our 8,000 + Irish Business Twitter Followers.

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General discussions and advice within the Irish Business Forums about using ICT in Irish Business. Learn about Phones and Telecoms, Hardware and Software, Web and Digital Marketing in Ireland and how to harness new applications such as Twitter to promote your Irish Business.

Lots of information, tips and shared experiences in both conventional marketing and online or digital marketing and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO ) in Ireland. Feel free to launch or share your own Irish marketing campaigns here and share your experiences with your fellow Irish Business Forum registered members.

Irish Lifestyle and General chat - TV, Motoring, Fashion, Food , Entertainment, Hotels, Fundraising etc... Anything not covered in the main forums. Feel free to upload your ow reviews or experiences. Please do not upload "reviews" of your own business, product or establishment - That's what the main self promotion forums are for. Please share good and bad experiences ! From time to time threads here may be moved to a more appropriate main forum. This forum can also be used for general business and social networking and advice on everything from business problems to picking a new outfit or lawnmower! Please respect the opinions of other members.

Many of us travel frequently around Ireland and abroad. It struck me that we might be able to share our positive experiences of Hotels, Restaurants, Business Services etc on these forums with our fellow members. Note !! Recommendations only! Please open a new thread for each entry under the appropriate County Forum and title it by location, type and name, EG "Cork City, Hotels, Clarion Hotel" or Athlone, Restuarants, Left Bank Bistro. Self Promotion by such establisments is forbidden in this forum for obvious reasons. If I catch anyone promoting their own hotel etc. I'll name and shame ! Hopefully, in a few months we'll have a decent data base of hot spots that forum members can reference before visiting a particular area or town.

Sub-Forums: General Comments, Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow, United Kingdom, USA and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Other Areas

Lots of Irish News Feeds here with the latest stories from major Irish News and Irish Sports feeds. These feeds have also helped us to build relevant content in the early days of the forums and so have really been a slightly necessary evil! As the forum membership has grown yielding lots of real content from the forum members, I am now starting the gradual process of pushing the News feeds posts into the background by grouping them into one forum.

Sub-Forums: Breaking Irish Business News, Irish Politics, Irish Sports, Rugby, GAA, Irish Golf, Soccer, Horse Racing, Irish Current Affairs and News