North Cork Enterprise Board are offering half-day workshops to support the Getting Irish Business Online Initiative www.gettingbusinessonline.ie
Google, Blacknight, An Post and the County and City Enterprise Boards have come together to create Getting Irish Business Online.
It provides:

• Free easy to update website
• Free .ie .eu or .com domain for the first year
• Access to a ½ day workshop to help you set up your website – training fee € 25
  Who is this suitable for:
• The Getting Irish Business Online initiative aims to get Irish Businesses online who currently have NO online presence.
• It will give you an entry level web presence with a brochure style website.
• It will not provide a complex or ecommerce website.
• The design of the website is done by you during the ½ day training using a choice of templates to which you add text and images. You can add up to 12 images and you need to supply the images/logo and text that will go on your website.
• You can choose a .com .eu or .ie domain name. To secure a .ie website you will need a valid Business Registration Number, Company Registration Office (CRO) Number or VAT number. You Do Not need to be a registered limited company to participate.
  Why get your business online now? 5 good reasons:
  Find new customers – over 3 million people are internet users in Ireland
  Do more business – Irish people spend nearly 20 hours online weekly
  Become better Known – 68% of Irish Consumers believe search engines help find relevant sellers of a product they are looking to buy
  Stay ahead of the competition – if your competitors aren’t online already, they will be soon
  Access to free templates, free domain name (.ie .eu or .com) for 12 months and free hosting for 12 months.
  Be familiar with GIBO (www.gettingbusinessonline.ie)
  Dates: Tuesday 19th & 26th June 2012 (note 2 half days of training)
  Time: 9.30am-1.00pm
  Venue: Fermoy Education Centre
  Fee: €25
  
  DATES: Thurs 19th & 26th March 2012
  Time: 9.30am-1.00pm
  Venue: NCEB Office, Mallow
  Fee: €25

This initiative allows participants to develop a website with domain name registration and hosting for one year.