http://webcontent.ie Tue, 09 Aug 2016 07:45:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.20 Press release template http://webcontent.ie/2015/04/press-release-template/ http://webcontent.ie/2015/04/press-release-template/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:45:41 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=2106 Have you ever wondered how to write a press release? This template will guide you.

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2015/01/knowing-your-content-strategy/feed/ 0 Don’t make me download http://webcontent.ie/2014/10/dont-make-download/ http://webcontent.ie/2014/10/dont-make-download/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:38:17 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=2009 The awkward moment when the mobile responsive website you're viewing from your mobile gives you no option than to download a programme of events.

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2014/10/dont-make-download/feed/ 0 So, you’re a freelancer? http://webcontent.ie/2014/09/are-you-a-freelancer/ http://webcontent.ie/2014/09/are-you-a-freelancer/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:08:45 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=2002 For my whole career I've been asked "are you a freelancer?". For the past five years I've been trying to find an answer to that question "are you a freelancer?" by well-meaning inquisitive people without sounding uppity.

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2014/09/are-you-a-freelancer/feed/ 0 Drive traffic to your office with your contact page http://webcontent.ie/2014/07/drive-traffic-to-your-office-with-your-contact-page/ http://webcontent.ie/2014/07/drive-traffic-to-your-office-with-your-contact-page/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:35:53 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1834 How to increase productivity and save money by including useful information for visitors on your company website contact and location pages.

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2014/07/drive-traffic-to-your-office-with-your-contact-page/feed/ 0 The ‘It’s Paddy’s not Patty’s’ argument http://webcontent.ie/2014/03/the-its-paddys-not-pattys-argument/ http://webcontent.ie/2014/03/the-its-paddys-not-pattys-argument/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:05:09 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1791 Dublin Airport has brought the It's Paddy's not Patty's annual argument which divides Americans and Irish every March, to international attention with an official tongue in cheek notice shared out on its Facebook page. Here's what it's all about.

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2014/03/the-its-paddys-not-pattys-argument/feed/ 0 Giving people control of words http://webcontent.ie/2013/10/giving-people-control-of-words/ http://webcontent.ie/2013/10/giving-people-control-of-words/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:34:47 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1731 What happens when you put 1-metre high movable foam letters in a large open area? People will do what they want and take their own meaning from them.

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2013/10/giving-people-control-of-words/feed/ 0 Can you write a blog on your iPhone? http://webcontent.ie/2013/06/can-you-write-a-blog-on-your-iphone/ http://webcontent.ie/2013/06/can-you-write-a-blog-on-your-iphone/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:55:43 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1714 Catching a few minutes here and there can be enough to help you piece together a blog post without feeling it is an hour snatched from your already oversubscribed schedule.

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2013/06/can-you-write-a-blog-on-your-iphone/feed/ 1 Tracing your content http://webcontent.ie/2013/05/tracing-your-content/ http://webcontent.ie/2013/05/tracing-your-content/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 08:47:54 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1705 Where does your content come from? The work we do is labour intensive. Labour costs money if you’re going to pay for it. We pay our writers. Some other content businesses don’t. To quote an article about novel writing from The Guardian The Huffington Post was sold to AOL for $315 m., but the writers […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2013/05/tracing-your-content/feed/ 0 Where do you store your blog and article ideas? http://webcontent.ie/2013/04/where-do-you-store-your-blog-and-article-ideas/ http://webcontent.ie/2013/04/where-do-you-store-your-blog-and-article-ideas/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:02:45 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1670 Moments of inspiration can be fleeting. When you’re the ideas person in your company responsible for editorial calendars for the blog or news section or the social media calendar, capturing those ideas is just as important as actually writing about them. If you don’t have ideas, you don’t have material to write about. Our blog […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2013/02/public-versus-private/feed/ 0 What Elaine nearly did next – the business idea I nearly explored before Web Content Partners http://webcontent.ie/2012/07/what-elaine-nearly-did-next-the-business-idea-i-nearly-explored-before-web-content-partners/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/07/what-elaine-nearly-did-next-the-business-idea-i-nearly-explored-before-web-content-partners/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:38:45 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1592  Would you have backed me? On 20 August 2008, I sent a proposal for a business I called CloudCouch to the organisers of the Enterprise Platform Programme at Waterford Institute of Technology. I think I was a bit ahead of my time. The recession hadn’t officially hit, but I personally was feeling it Think back to 2008 […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2012/07/what-elaine-nearly-did-next-the-business-idea-i-nearly-explored-before-web-content-partners/feed/ 2 One space versus two spaces after a full stop http://webcontent.ie/2012/06/one-space-versus-two-spaces-after-a-full-stop/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/06/one-space-versus-two-spaces-after-a-full-stop/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:15:46 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1290 When typing do you press the space bar one or two times after hitting the full stop key (or period for our US readers)? Not sure? Go to the last document you have written and do a Ctrl+F (find) search for   (or just hit the space bar twice). Priority spaces As an editor, this is […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2012/06/one-space-versus-two-spaces-after-a-full-stop/feed/ 0 Have you experimented with your content? http://webcontent.ie/2012/06/have-you-experimented-with-your-content/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/06/have-you-experimented-with-your-content/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:24:39 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1576 Writing content once is difficult enough for most organisations, never mind two or three or more times. Experimenting with content is something Google wants people to do to make better websites. And as a result and Google Analytics users will see an Experiments tab under the Content tab over coming months. Google Analytics content experiments This will […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2012/06/social-media-research-to-be-unveiled-in-dublin/feed/ 0 Content maintenance – just like a car service http://webcontent.ie/2012/05/content-maintenance-just-like-a-car-service/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/05/content-maintenance-just-like-a-car-service/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 19:40:05 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1267 Unless you know what exactly a mechanic does, knowing what happens when your car gets serviced is a mystery to most. How often you have to get it serviced depends on a lot of things that, again, the lay person doesn’t know. But we generally have one thing that indicates when: a sticker inside the […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2012/05/content-maintenance-just-like-a-car-service/feed/ 0 €10,000 support to optimise online presence http://webcontent.ie/2012/04/e10000-support-to-optimise-online-presence/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/04/e10000-support-to-optimise-online-presence/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:13:46 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1223 The organisation behind .ie internet addresses is to give 10 businesses €10,000 worth of support to begin the process of “optimising” their existing online presence. Open to owners of Irish SMEs and micro-businesses with a .ie website, the OPTIMISE Fund provides €10,000 worth of consultation, training and e-commerce development support services Irish businesses slow to […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2012/04/e10000-support-to-optimise-online-presence/feed/ 0 Checklist for creating crap content http://webcontent.ie/2012/04/checklist-for-creating-crap-content/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/04/checklist-for-creating-crap-content/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:10:27 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1170 If you want to make your content unprofessional, amateur and for the most unreadable please read on:

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2012/04/checklist-for-creating-crap-content/feed/ 0 American English vs Hiberno English: why it’s Paddy and not Patty in Ireland http://webcontent.ie/2012/03/american-english-vs-hiberno-english-why-its-paddy-and-not-patty/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/03/american-english-vs-hiberno-english-why-its-paddy-and-not-patty/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:25:12 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1142 One of the most fun Twitter accounts to follow in the run up to St Patrick’s day is @paddynotpatty. The retweets from this account are classic – especially from Americans who insist that calling St Patrick’s Day ‘Paddy’s Day’ is wrong. There’s no d in Patrick, but there is in Pádraig Many Americans it seems […]

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]]> http://webcontent.ie/2012/03/american-english-vs-hiberno-english-why-its-paddy-and-not-patty/feed/ 0 Best New Business Award at the FBD Business & Community Awards in New Ross, Co Wexford http://webcontent.ie/2012/03/best-new-business-award-at-the-fbd-business-community-awards-in-new-ross-co-wexford/ http://webcontent.ie/2012/03/best-new-business-award-at-the-fbd-business-community-awards-in-new-ross-co-wexford/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:54:11 +0000 http://webcontent.ie/?p=1129 Web Content Partners is proud to announce that we won the ‘Best New Business Award’ category (sponsored by AIB Bank) at the FBD Business & Community Awards (2012) run by New Ross Chamber and adjudicated by staff at the Waterford Institute of Technology school of business.

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