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Search engine optimisation (SEO)
Learn how to use search engine optimisation techniques to improve your website's ranking on search engine results pages and increase traffic to your site.
Develop a social media strategy
Social media can help your business reach customers, sell products and manage customer enquiries, to make the most of it you should take a strategic approach.
Social media business opportunities and challenges
Some of the opportunities and challenges you should consider when using social media for business in order to make the most of it and avoid common pitfalls.
Crowdsourcing on social media
Benefit from using your social media presence to contribute innovative ideas and solutions to your company's problems through crowdsourcing and open innovation.
Managing social media in our business - The MAC (video)
Find out how arts venue The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) manages their social media – Media and Communications Officer Ciaran Corr shares his experiences
Business benefits of advertising
The different ways that advertising can raise your profile with customers and how to do it, such as providing contact details and information about products.
Types of advertising
Consider various types of advertising and choose which is best suited to your marketing goals.
Franchising options
Business format franchising, licensing, and agency and distribution agreements.
Plan an advertising campaign
Maximise the impact of your advertising by getting your message and your timing right, and making sure you reach the right audiences as per your marketing plan.
International search engine optimisation
Using search engine optimisation to reach audiences in different regions and countries, including language considerations.
Measure your search engine optimisation results
Learn how to track the results of an SEO campaign, and how to use these results to improve search ranking in future using tools like web analytics and plugins.
Top tips to improve your SEO
Top tips to help ensure your website gets found using search optimisation (SEO) techniques including quality content, meta tags, link building and tracking.
Search engine optimisation friendly web design
Learn how to optimise your website design to both work well with search engines and create a good experience for the user through content and accessibility
Search engine optimisation: keyword strategy
Keywords are essential to ensure your site will be visible on search engines, a strategic approach will help you make the most of search engine optimisation.
Search engine optimisation dos and don'ts
Understand the key tactics used to optimise websites and how best to use them and learn about dishonest ‘black hat’ techniques that can get a site banned.
Social media best practice for business
Social media advice for businesses looking to set up, evaluate, manage or improve their social media campaigns across a range of channels.
Business exit strategy: selling your business
How to develop key business characteristics that will make selling your business to another business more likely.
Business exit strategy: float your business on the stock market
Characteristics your business will need to attract venture capital investment or for a stock-market flotation.
Exit strategy: key considerations when starting a business
Overview of the key start-up decisions that could affect your ability to successfully exit your business.
Business exit strategy: close your business
Overview of the circumstances in which you may close your business and the practicalities of how to go about it.