IEG Newsletter

· October News

· Company Profile

· Introducing Tuscana

· November Research

· SEO Budgets for 2010

Hi all

The run in for Xmas 2009 has begun and many businesses are already planning for 2010. We have begun our yearly New Year plan and budget in the hope that we can at least enjoy the recession ridden Xmas of 2009. We have found an upsurge in SEO and in recent weeks we have been contacted by many companies for various countries which quite clearly shows that if your business / website is optimised you do not need to rely on the Irish Market. We are now working for new clients in Canada, USA and Japan. If you need any help on outside markets be sure to contact us.

November brings much anticipated autumn internationals, so at least those dreary Saturdays can be spent yelling loudly at our Rugby team, we also of course have France in the World Cup qualifiers – so hopefully our small but powerful country can do as we always do and punch well above our weight.

One of our new clients is a resort based in Orlando Florida, so if anyone fancies a trip South for Xmas 2009 be sure to logon to www.tuscana.net and speak with Linda or Erica whom I’m sure take care of all their Irish cousins. (More on Tuscana – in the newsletter)

Charity

I have been asked to grow a bear d for a local charity for Xmas, so from December 1^st I’m going to have my last shave for 3 weeks. When I arrive on your premise’s looking more like a Folk singer please bare with me until January 1^st:

Best wishes for November 2009!

Regards

Padraig

Introducing Tuscana (Irish Owned Resort in Orlando)

http://www.tuscana.net

Contact Linda or Erica:

Tuscana Condos Orlando Resort - Just 2 exits from Disney World.

Tuscana Condominium Villa Resort is located in the heart of Orlando's premier Golf Community Champions Gate, Florida. Only two exit south of Disney World (approximately 4 miles) with easy 1-4 access to all Central Florida Attractions. Visit Clearwater or Daytona, east and west coast beaches, just 60 miles away. Tuscana is the perfect place to experience your magical holiday.

From the moment you arrive you will experience the perfect Orlando Vacation. Our unique gated Mediterranean style Orlando Condominium Resort offers families a secure, relaxing environment. All the comforts and spaciousness of your own home or a holiday home with the combination of resort amenities that make your stay more enjoyable. We have a beautiful Olympic size pool seasonally heated, large Jacuzzi, children's pool, restaurant, poolside bar, business center, movie theatre, meeting room and fitness center.

We are ideally located in the heart of all the Orlando attractions, Disney World, Sea World, Aquatica, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Bush Gardens, Kennedy Space Center and Disney's Wide World of Sports plus fabulous shopping outlets and malls

Why stay in just a hotel room when you can have all the space and comfort of a home, yet the pleasure of enjoying all our vacation resort amenities.

Monthly Competition

Congratulations to Ronan McCabe of Company Occasions who is this month’s winner of a case of wine from The Wine Buff in limerick.

http://www.companyoccasions.ie/

For team building events, conference games, product launches, company days and bespoke themed events we are the leaders in providing leading edge events and event management services.

All that we need is a brief to show you what we can do. Join the hundreds of companies who have already experienced a Company Occasions custom designed event or one of our packaged events we outline here on our website. Take the stress out of event management by hiring Company Occasions to look after all your event management Ireland needs.

Hosting Upgrade

We upgraded our hosting facility in Cork last weekend . Radek and his team spent most of Sunday rearranging racks and upgrading our servers with more ram and CPU’s etc. The upgrade is aimed at ensuring our dedicated servers are 1) more secure 2) running a faster download speed.

SEO BUDGETS

2010 will see tremendous growth online and we are urging all clients to ensure that they budget for SEO. Recent IIA surveys indicate that the SEO budget should be circa 10-20% of turnover depending on the industry. Because we are expected to be in recession until late 2010, there couldn’t be a better time for your business to bring new customers from Ireland and abroad. The internet remember does not have any borders. Feel free to call us on 1890 466 453 to discuss marketing your business into other countries.

Padraig O Connell

MD IEG Marketing

Position:  MD

Family: Wife and 2 Kids

From: Charleville Cork
Car: 5 Series BMW
Favourite Sports team: Munster & Charleville RFC.
Why: Honesty
Favourite Food: Anything that’s tasty -
Name favourite restaurant: local Chinese, before a feed of pints on the way home from Thomond Park after a Heineken Cup victory.

Name favourite holiday location: Tampa Bay Florida
Favourite Movie: Lock Stock and Two smoking barrels
Favourite Actor Actress: I’m constantly changing – and forgetting
Favourite Band: Oasis, Anything by Luke Kelly
Favourite Book: Bill Clinton Autobiography – got it as a present in 2004 – still not finished, some value for 25 euro
Most expensive item you have purchased: Car, a few sneaky items – but couldn’t tell the missus.

Any outside influences: Anyone who has been there and done it in business, I’ll listen to with great interest.

How bad is this recession?  I remember a proper recession when I was growing up! Ie 1980s

this one aint that bad, it’s about time people forgot about bettering the next door neighbours and put real value to their lives however Our government seriously need to sort our finances out before the IMF do for them

Any advice for clients? Can you advertise in any other media that provides 1) results 2) reports 3) the ability to tweak your campaigns 4) offering constant customer service 5) constant advice 6) even a shoulder to cry on ! SEO offers all of the above – Get your budgets ready now for 2010.

Best wishes for November and if you need any help on any of your web project be sure to contact us on 1890 466453

Index:

• August News

• Safety Tech Winner

• IEG Offer

• Company Profile Thompson CRM

• Radek goes to Mount Blanc

• Profile on JJ Murphy

Hi all

The summer is coming to an end fast. In Cork the summer is officially over when both All Irelands have a result, we then turn our attention to the oval ball and the q4 run into Christmas.

August has been very busy for IEG; Backlinksstore will be finally launched on September 1^st. We are now working with 3 new clients in the US and this month will finally see us move to our new offices into Limerick City. We also have a number of offers for current and new clients during September which will all be placed on our website. www.iegmarketing.net

It is very important that we keep placing time and money on researching Google changes and developments. We must ensure that all our clients are achieving the best possible service 24/7.

Our economy and Nama are the talk of every village, town and city in Ireland but after listening to and reading 50 different economic advisors opinions, I’m still baffled, can anyone agree? Or do we have any idea how bad the situation is?

Everyday business’s on ground level are sick and tired of listening to negativity and want to get on with their work and lives. Booms and Recessions have been part of life for a very long period and will continue for many years to come. We must ensure as business owners, managers etc that we keep building long lasting business relationship and provide a professional service. I will however keep reading details on Nama until I figure it out!

Congrats to Kieran Egan’s Safety tech who won this months case of wine from The Wine Buff.

Best wishes also to Radek (senior tech manager) who will climb Mount Blanc for Children’s Leukaemia in September.

Finally, I am praying daily in the hope that Cork will win the 2009 all Ireland.

If anyone has a few spare prayers, please send a few in Corks direction!

Many thanks and best wishes for September 2009

Padraig O’Connell

Managing Director

PS: Delighted that Padraig Harrington has also found his swing. I wish I could find mine

Any tips are welcome!

Safety Tech

Kieran Egan’s Safety Tech won this months case of wine from The Wine Buff.

http://www.safetytec.ie/

Safety-Tec is Ireland’s leading provider of Emergency First Aid Training Courses and in the supply of Emergency First Aid & Medical Supplies.
We pride ourselves on the quality and value that both our training services and product ranges offer and bringing to you our client expert advice, unbeatable value and a professional service.

IEG Offer

We are offering all clients free Hosting and email support if the customer is a Marketing Client with IEG.

If you have any other companies that you think will benefit from our service. We will also offer free Hosting.

Company Profile ThompsonCRM.ie

Thompson CRM

www.thompsoncrm.ie

Thompson CRM helps Irish companies build and manage their customer database using Microsoft Dynamics CRM software.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is an easy-to-use, flexible and integrated solution that allows you to increase sales success and provide superior customer service.

Unlike other companies we are 100% focused on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and do not stretch our resources across other types of services.

Our consultants cover the full range of skill-sets necessary for a successful Microsoft Dynamics CRM implementation. Click on the links above to see our range of services.


Radek climbs Mount Blanc in aid of Children's Leukaemia Association

Our Senior Technical Manager Radek Kotlarek will climb Mount Blanc in aid of Children’s Leukaemia Association:

Radek is an avid climber and adventurer and this years holidays will be spent alone climbing Mount Blanc.

To donate for Children’s Leukaemia Association: Log onto http://www.mycharity.ie/event/radek_kotlareks_event/

You can read about the adventure on http://climbing4charity.wordpress.com/

Here is an extract from Radeks Blog

I am going to climb Mont Blanc through the longest route available: 3 Mounts traverse. The name of this traverse is coming from fact, that you need to pass 3 other peaks in order to finally reach Mont Blanc (4807m): Aguile du Midi (3532m), Mont Blanc du Tacul (4100m), Mont Maudit (4345m). There are serious parts of climbing an ice wall, especially when coming to Col des Maudit.

Total difference in attitudes from starting point is 2500m.  Temperatures might be as low as -30 degrees. On the top of Mont Blanc, there is only half of the oxygen available at the level of see. Air pressure is 40% lower. This brings a huge risk of high attitude illness to people who are not well acclimatised. To reduce this risk I am going to stay in des Cosmiques hut for one or two days before the actual peak attack. I will have to leave the refuge at 1:30 am on the summit day.

Meet JJ Murphy - Senior Designer with IEG

Position:  Senior Web Designer

Family: Two brothers, one lucky girlfriend.
From: Kilkenny.
Car: None yet, I am that person who always needs a lift somewhere.
Favourite Sports team: Manchester United.
Why: I had a united jersey as a child and luckily it stuck with me. Also had a Nottingham Forest jersey was a good decision to go with United.
Favourite Food: Anything with Chicken in it.
Name favourite restaurant: Emerald Garden, Kilkenny

Name favourite holiday location: Corralejo, Fuerteventura
Favourite Movie: Ironman / Fight Club
Favourite Actor Actress: Will Smith / Helena Bonham Carter
Favourite Band: Nirvana / Damien Rice
Favourite Book: The Da Vinci Code
Most expensive item you have purchased: My industrial size computer complete with reinforced titanium case and "mood lights" - necessities.
Any outside influences: Artistically Jack Vetriano and Caravaggio.
How bad is this recession?  Depending on your circumstances it may not be as bad as it's made out to be. There's a lot of money to be made right now, especially on the internet. If you have the right idea at the right time you will be very successful especially when things start to pick up again.

Any advice for clients? Make sure your website is attractive and easy to use. There's no point in getting loads of visitors if they only turn away on the front page and don't explore further. A great design will help engage them and make them want to see more or come back.

Twitter

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Our Twitter page is http://twitter.com/poc1110

Kind Regards

Padraig O’Connell

Managing Director