goldenpages.ie Blog

Stand out online when people are actively looking for your products and services. Not only get found by your customers on the go, but attract them with targeted offers especially when they are nearby your store.

The new goldenpages.ie OfferAlerts service is a platform that allows a business to upload their discounts or offers to one of Ireland’s leading websites, www.goldenpages.ie . With over 1.2 million monthly visits to our site, your business will reach people who are actively searching for your products and services. Click here to view the new site.

With relative ease a business owner can promote all of their discounts or offers on the site. goldenpages.ie users can then choose to redeem the voucher by print, email, sms or share to their social networks.

This new service has been launched to provide businesses with an opportunity to promote their discounts or offers enabling them to generate additional revenue for the business

To celebrate the launch of the goldenpages.ie OfferAlerts service we are offering businesses a 30 Day FREE Trial.

All you need to do is simply fill in your business and offer details. Click here to submit your details.

FCR Media (publishers of goldenpages.ie) and our partners EuroPages deliver Irish businesses the opportunity to target potential B2B customers in foreign markets.

EuroPages is a leading player in B2B relations in Europe. Its Internet site presently lists over two million suppliers, manufacturers, service providers, wholesalers and distributors. Available in 15 languages, www.europages.com receives more than 4 million unique visitors every month from users who browse EuroPages’ qualified database.

Most visitors to EuroPages are drawn from the ranks of small businesses; almost 40% of them from very small companies (less than 20 employees), the rest from small and medium-sized businesses (50%).

To generate targeted contacts, EuroPages uses a qualified database and cutting-edge technology: a multilingual search engine, sophisticated indexing techniques, and a classification system comprising 26 industry sectors, 4,000 headings and 100,000 keywords.

EuroPages offers your business the opportunity to develop new sales leads, connect with potential business partners abroad and showcase your company internationally all to a highly qualified audience.

Contact us today on 01 697 1548 if you would like more information on on EuroPages packages.

Dubliners have been enjoying free WiFi on Grafton Street for the last two months courtesy of goldenpages.ie.

The free WiFi sponsorship from goldenpages.ie coincides with the launch of the new goldenpages.ie app.

Free WiFi has been available to all internet users in the Grafton Street area courtesy of goldenpages.ie and Open WiFi Ltd. for the last two months. The WiFi on Grafton Street is being serviced by Open Wi-Fi Ltd. who provide speeds of up to 50MB. To gain access to the free WiFi users need to join ‘FREE WiFi GPI.ie’ when they enter Grafton Street.

Paul Wood, Marketing Director at FCR Media Ltd. (publishers of goldenpages.ie) said “We are delighted with the success of our continued sponsorship of the free WiFi in Grafton Street and it is very encouraging to see Dublin City Council recognise the need to provide the general public with free WiFi in our vibrant capital city.”

Once connected to the free WiFi users can download the newly launched goldenpages.ie app. The new goldenpages.ie app from FCR Media Ltd. offers Irish consumers everything they need when searching for a product or service. The new goldenpages.ie app has been designed for easy navigation with a clear layout and a more user friendly interface.

Paul Wood, Marketing Director at FCR Media Ltd. explains why it is a great opportunity for goldenpages.ie “We know the importance the general public puts on being able to search and look up businesses on the go and using our iconic search brand goldenpages.ie to sponsor the free WiFi is a perfect fit. Sponsoring the free WiFi allows us to also promote our new goldenpages.ie app a comprehensive database of Irish businesses with Location Based Offers & Alerts, Cinema Listings, Weather Updates, Event Guide and lots more”

“The free WiFi courtesy of goldenpages.ie not only benefits the user but is also hugely beneficial to the businesses in the Grafton Street area” explains Paul Wood. “A business owner needs to ensure that their business can be found when their customers are using their smartphones on the go, as mobile users are converting at a high rate; after looking up a local business on their smartphone, 61% of users called the business [1]and 59% visited the business[2].”

goldenpages.ie has redesigned its iPhone and Android apps to give the existing 170,000 users of the goldenpages.ie app[3] an enhanced locally focused search platform whilst containing all the nationwide information a user may need.

One of the great features on the new goldenpages.ie app is Location Based Offers & Alerts where a user can receive real time deals based on their current location which is great for businesses as 29% of Irish smartphone users are likely to interact with an advert which is based on location[4].

New to the app are such features as ‘Map Me’ which pinpoints your exact location; ‘Cinema Listings’ where you can see what’s on in your local cinema; ‘Weather Updates’ making sure you’re never caught out in the rain again; a comprehensive ‘Event Guide’ bringing a world of culture to your fingers tips and a ‘Share this Listing’ which allows the user to share a business via Facebook, Twitter, SMS, email or just save to their contacts.

“Our sponsorship of the free WiFi in Grafton Street will continue into the year as we look for other opportunities to sponsor free WiFi around Ireland” stated Paul Wood.

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About FCR Media Ltd.

FCR Media Ltd. is a specialised sales and marketing company focusing on local search and advertising products. A premier source of local intelligence about products & services that provide advertising solutions for SME’s customised to the business requirements through mobile, online and print platforms.

Our proprietary platforms and products include goldenpages.ie (Print, Online & Mobile), SaySo.ie (Online & Mobile), MobileReady, Offers and Alerts with Location Based Advertising (LBA) and the award winning MySite Platform, a website solution for small businesses.

Partnerships with Google (Google AdWords™ Premier SME Partner), Microsoft, EuroPages, Nokia, CityPost and eircom (eircomphonebook.ie) provide a comprehensive media solution set to meet the local search and advertising needs of SME’s in Ireland.

About Open Wi-Fi Ltd

Open Wi-Fi Ltd was founded in 2011 to bring high speed public Wi-Fi to Ireland. With over 30 years’ experience in the wireless broadband sector the Open Wi-Fi team has developed a proprietary hot-spot system which combined with dedicated high speed internet back-haul delivers a high performance Wi-Fi service to smartphone, laptop and tablet users. Synchronous speeds of up to 50 mb/s are available from each Open Wi-Fi hotspot free of charge.

To download the iPhone app click here: https://itunes.apple.com/ee/app/new-goldenpages.ie/id555917402?mt=8

To download the Android app click here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ie.goldenpages.all&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImllLmdvbGRlbnBhZ2VzLmFsbCJd

[2] The Kelsey Group, 2011

[3] Webtrends, December 2012.

[4] Sponge It, 2011

The world of online media has become a jungle with many different options open to businesses.  With websites, SEO, Search Engine Advertising (SEA), Social Media and mobile……where does a business go to make sense of it all and to make sure they have the right representation across all the options?

• It’s a “one-stop shop” to get their website and SEO, social media, SEA and mobile website in one place
• All business information is collected once and distributed across multiple sites
• Integrated approach means all elements work together to drive leads to your business
• Highly effective web presence across all of the major social media sites and direct access to your business from desktop and mobile
• SEA component used to drive traffic directly to your business
• Fulfilment is handled in-house through our web services team so only one person to call to update the information
• Additional updates to social media sites can be made when an “update” package is purchased
• Fully measured Call Tracking Number must be used

Call us today on 1800 625 625 and let us help you and your business become more social.

Check out the latest pictures of Jennifer Mullan in her goldenpages.ie sponsored racing car!

Jennifer’s career highlights to date are:

•             2007 – Started Racing in Formula Vee as part of an initiative to get new people into the sport

•             2008 – First lady to compete in a 350bhp Division 1 Rallycross Supercar in Mondello Park

•             2009 – Competed in the 2009 Phoenix Park Motor Races with a top 8 finish

•             2012 – First lady to compete in the Formula Sheane Championship at her home circuit Bishopscourt in Downpatrick, Co.Down.

We will update you all with details of her next race very soon!

Listen to our Customer Testimonial Radio Adverts now live on RTE Radio 1, simply click on each of the customer links to listen.

Airtight Windows – Testimonial

Alliance Property Maintenance – Testimonial

DeWar – Testimonial

Foley & Associates – Testimonial

Irish School of Motoring – Testimonial

Property Claims Direct – Testimonial

Rom Massey and Sons – Testimonial

Who we are?

Does your business need a boost? Send an email to hello@goldenpages.ie for your free business health check today!

Get found on Google
97% of consumers search for local businesses online. Be there when they’re looking for you with Google Places for business – a free local platform from Google.

Help your business stand out
Add photos, videos, and offers to show customers why they’ll want to choose you. Highlight special promotions, post live updates, and respond to reviews from your Places for business account.

Discover insights about your business
Learn more about your customers: What keywords they’re searching for and where they’re coming from. Armed with this knowledge, you can make better business decisions.

Setting up Google Places

1.    First sign into Google with a Google Account

If you do not have a Google Account click here to create one.

2.    Enter your business’s main phone number to see if Google Maps has some information about your business

3. Fill in all the appropriate details for your business

4.    Review how you want you Google Places to look and if you are happy validate your listing by clicking finish

5. Sit back and wait for the postcard to arrive

If you have a MySite with us then simply use the map details to set up your Google Places account.

Happy Mapping!

Get to Temple Bar this weekend or you’ll be hopping mad you missed it!

Have you been good for 40 days and 40 nights? If so, then we have some treats for you and the family to enjoy this Easter weekend in Temple Bar. Simply download the free goldenpages.ie app, hit the deals section on the app and enjoy the offers.

Some of the offers you can expect to see:

Enjoy a free mineral, glass of wine or beer with a meal on Easter Saturday lunch or all day Easter Sunday at the Chameleon Restaurant. For bookings please call 01-6710362.

Carol Walsh (owner) from The Chameleon:

‘We are delighted to be taking part in Golden Pages new app deals; this is an interesting way of generating new, local business’

Dublin’s coolest theme restaurant offers fantastic value over the Easter holidays. Enjoy a delicious meal from our A la Carte menu and your child under 12 eats completely free! T&C’s apply please see www.thunderroadcafe.com

Fitzsimons Restaurant prides its self on quality food at reasonable prices. With a selection of modern Irish and European dishes you can enjoy a 3 course meal for two people over the Easter holidays for only €50. For booking please call 01-6779315.

Have a cracking time in Temple Bar and a very eggciting Easter, from all the team at goldenpages.ie

goldenpages.ie is thrilled to launch the most exciting advertising product of 2012 – location based Mobile Deals for Cork City and County.

With smartphones now playing a central role in streamlining our digital lives and real world day to day activities why is it that in one of the most highly penetrated smartphone markets in the world does the Irish advertising market not offer mobile location based deals?

Correction – it didn’t. It does now!

goldenpages.ie over the past two years has massively committed to connecting its advertisers with their customers – over whatever media those customers choose to consume.

This commitment has seen goldenpages.ie launch a mobile directory, mobile apps, in-app advertising, an enhanced with Augmented Reality Print Directory, Facebook Advertising, Display Ad Networks, to proudly become currently Ireland’s only Google AdWords (TM) Authorised Resellers (soon to be Premier SME Partner) and to build Ireland’s most extensive and accurate business geocode database.

We get advertising and we know that multiple search platforms means a splintered, harder to reach and more difficult to impress audience. With an on the go – always on population (marketing buzz word alert) goldenpages.ie is trialling the latest innovation in mobile advertising – location based alerts in the form of Mobile Deals.

Users of the goldenpages.ie app (almost 150,000 nationwide and growing daily) can receive deals straight to their mobile phone as they move from place to place.

Advertisers can target customers based on location and offer deals at certain times of the day. Users receive ‘Push’ (on screen message) notifications when they are close to a deal (eg .5 km from a coffee shop running a deal) or they can view all deals throughout the goldenpages.ie app.

Users can alter their deals settings should they wish to and always have the option to switch deals off should they not wish to receive them.

goldenpages.ie are currently running a free trial featuring nationwide favourite family brands including Mizzoni Pizza (Sallynoggin, Phibsboro, Santry and Maynooth), Imagine WiMax (Various Locations Nationwide) and Meaghers Pharmacies.

Should your business wish to try out this great advertising innovation and reach an engaged audience please click here. The goldenpages.ie team are proud to bring our customers and users closer together with this great service, we are passionate about improving our service, please feel free to send us your feedback to deals@goldenpages.ie and remember:

The message of the day is ’ Download the goldenpages.ie apps – Get Out and About & Save with Mobile Deals from goldenpages.ie!’

goldenpages.ie is thrilled to launch the most exciting advertising product of 2012 – location based Mobile Deals.

With smartphones now playing a central role in streamlining our digital lives and real world day to day activities why is it that in one of the most highly penetrated smartphone markets in the world does the Irish advertising market not offer mobile location based deals?

Correction – it didn’t. It does now!

goldenpages.ie over the past two years has massively committed to connecting its advertisers with their customers – over whatever media those customers choose to consume.

This commitment has seen goldenpages.ie launch a mobile directory, mobile apps, in-app advertising, an enhanced with Augmented Reality Print Directory, Facebook Advertising, Display Ad Networks, to proudly become currently Ireland’s only Google AdWords (TM) Authorised Resellers (soon to be Premier SME Partner) and to build Ireland’s most extensive and accurate business geocode database.

We get advertising and we know that multiple search platforms means a splintered, harder to reach and more difficult to impress audience. With an on the go – always on population (marketing buzz word alert) goldenpages.ie is trialling the latest innovation in mobile advertising – location based alerts in the form of Mobile Deals.

Users of the goldenpages.ie app (almost 150,000 nationwide and growing daily) can receive deals straight to their mobile phone as they move from place to place.

Advertisers can target customers based on location and offer deals at certain times of the day. Users receive ‘Push’ (on screen message) notifications when they are close to a deal (eg .5 km from a coffee shop running a deal) or they can view all deals throughout the goldenpages.ie app.

Users can alter their deals settings should they wish to and always have the option to switch deals off should they not wish to receive them.

goldenpages.ie are currently running a free trial featuring nationwide favourite family brands including Mizzoni Pizza (Sallynoggin, Phibsboro, Santry and Maynooth), Imagine WiMax (Various Locations Nationwide) and Meaghers Pharmacies.

Should your business wish to try out this great advertising innovation and reach an engaged audience please click here. The goldenpages.ie team are proud to bring our customers and users closer together with this great service, we are passionate about improving our service, please feel free to send us your feedback to deals@goldenpages.ie and remember:

The message of the day is ’ Download the goldenpages.ie apps – Get Out and About  & Save with Mobile Deals from goldenpages.ie!’