Scam Alert
DNS Ireland are targeting Irish businesses with a domain registration scam.
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Last chance to check you are not using a Symantec issued certificate
From next month (October), browsers will distrust certificates issued by Symantec as well as authorities like Thawte, Geotrust, and RapidSSL which used Symantec as a central authority.
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Is your site ready for Chrome's security switch?
In September, Google is making a significant change to how it notifies users about the security of the sites they are visiting in its Chrome browser.
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Have you enabled Google Safe Browsing on your website?
Have you heard of Google Safe Browsing? Do you know what it is, and how it can help you both as a web user and a website owner?Google Safe Browsing checks websites and issues warnings to visitors if it has detected anything dangerous on the site or in downloadable files on the site.
Read more...Should you choose WordPress or Squarespace for your business?
Squarespace has been gaining popularity as a quick and easy way to get your website online, taking over the spot between Wix/Weebly and a full on self hosted WordPress site.
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Lost my phone = Lost my contacts? HELL NO!
I have lost count of the number of times I've heard it.
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Can your customers find you?
And no, for once I'm actually not talking about online!Recently I was looking to buy a product, I won't say what it was as I would prefer not to identify a specific business.
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Is your ENTIRE business on Facebook?
This is something we see ALL THE TIME.
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Registering a .ie domain name is set to get easier!
You may have heard about the IEDR's plans to relax the rules in terms of what is required to register a dot ie domain.
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WordPress v Ransomware
Wordpress security experts Wordfence reported recently that they've seen ransomware attacks on WordPress sites.
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Does my business need to be online?
You think your business needs to be online but you’re not that keen because you think it will take up a huge amount of time and money and you don’t have the expertise or the confidence to start.
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Introducing our new website for Bedford Medical Centre
We are delighted to launch the new website for Bedford Medical Centre in Navan.
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Protect yourself against The WPSetup Attack
We already know that hackers are continually finding new ways to attack websites.
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WannaCry Ransomware
Well if you haven't been living under a rock for the past few days you'll have heard about the WannaCry Ransomware that has been used to successfully attack many systems, including the NHS IT system in the UK.
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Social Media for your Business - Twitter
Should I use the Social Media channel Twitter for my business? In a continuation of our series on social media for business, we review Twitter.
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Choosing Social Media for your Business
Which Social Media does YOUR business need to be on? This is a question we get asked a lot and we always give the same response.
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Here's why you NEED to know about YOUR website
So we got an email from a client...
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5 Top Tips for Using Imagery
Social Media or indeed blog posts are nothing without good quality imagery.
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The Difference between Responsive and Mobile Friendly Websites
Do you know the difference between responsive and mobile friendly?
Read more...Hackers have been at work
We've seen our second instance of a site which has been hacked, the hacker is simply adding a post which is in appropriate on any business site but even more so on the school site which was the first example we saw!Lots of sites have fallen foul of this particular hacker, if you google their "tag" "hacked by muhmademad" you will see plenty of examples, most of these posts no longer exist as they have been deleted by the site owners.
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Easy Email with Google Apps
Here at Coppertops Towers we have tried almost every email going and we have found the easiest, more professional and hassle free way email system is Google Apps or G Suite.
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Why should I use Google Apps?
What's the best email provider? Why should I use Google Apps? I can use the email that comes with my hosting can't I? Find out why Google Apps is the one we recommend for business, large or small.
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What is good SEO?
This is something we hear many, many times. "I have my website but it's appearing on page six of Google results" or "My website doesn't work, it doesn't appear on the first page of Google when I type it in"
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Social Media for your Business: Facebook
Love it or loathe it, no business can afford to ignore Facebook.
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Do you REALLY want to do it yourself?
There are an endless number of websites offering to help you to build your own website.
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Do you think you're safe from scammers?
I did! I know that scammers are getting smarter, and the emails look more authentic all the time but I thought surely I would still spot a scam and not get caught out.
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Digital Training made Simple
Coppertops are running a series of mini training workshops covering key digital topics for business.
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Coppertops will be at the 2016 Drogheda Expo
We are delighted to confirm that we will be exhibiting at the Drogheda & District Chamber Business Expo 2016
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Fingal Enterprising Women
We at Coppertops believe that Networking is one of the key tools to run a successful business.
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ON THE AIRWAVES
Coppertops are on the airwaves! We are running a series of adverts on LM/FM this week.
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Facebook outage is why business should have a website
Last night, Monday 28th of September saw Facebook suffer its third outage in two weeks.
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Attend Fingal Enterprise Week
The bigger and better Fingal Enterprise Week has just been launched by the Fingal Local Enterprise Board and it has over 26 major business events taking place.
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Free Money for SMEs with Online Trading Vouchers
It's that time of year again and the Local Enterprise Boards are highlighting their Online Trading Voucher Schemes.
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Coppertops are the Starbiz on #Louthchat Tonight Sept 8th
We are thrilled to be asked to be the Starbiz on #Louthchat tonight between 8 and 9pm.<
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Size does matter in website design
We have posted before about the importance of ensuring that your website is responsive and viewable on mobile devices.
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New Look Coppertops Website
Summer is drawing to a close and everyone starts thinking about taking up night classes to perfect that golf swing or finally learn how to make Indian food.<
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5 things the Self Employed Should Know
We are delighted to welcome Dave Kavanagh Financial Companion who has agreed to be the first of our guest bloggers.
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Star Biz on #Louthchat
Delighted to announce that our recent client Dave Kavanagh Financial Companion has been chosen as the StarBiz on tonight's Twitter chat.
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Why you should update your CMS
We know how it is. You've paid for your shiny new website, your developer has handed you the keys (well, the login details) and you want to share it with the world and enjoy this pretty new worldwide window on your business. Then your developer mentions to you that it is important to make sure you apply security updates and maintain your website. Talk about a spoilsport! You don't want to think about all that stuff, you want to get blogging and sharing, perhaps even taking orders through your new website.
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WordPress critical security release 4.2.2
WordPress have today released update 4.2.2, a critical security release for your WordPress site, so you need to make sure to update as soon as possible. This is a fix for a number of security issues which have been discovered in version 4.2, so even if your site has been updated recently it is important that you apply this update also.
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How to choose a domain name
OK you've decided your business needs a website and one of the first decisions you will have to make is what to call the website, what will your domain name be?
Read more...Six reasons NOT to have your website done as a favour
At Coppertops we see a lot of websites that have been created "as a favour".
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Security Issue - XSS Vulnerability
There has recently been a security advisor warning about many of the plugins used on Wordpress sites.
Read more...What is Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising?
A term that is mentioned very often in relation to digital marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO) is Pay Per Click (PPC).
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6 ways to achieve stress free SEO
More than ever before, in 2014 SEO became a term that almost everybody became familiar with.
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Come find us at Drogheda Expo 2015
Coppertops are delighted to be taking part in the Expo on 14th April 2015.
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COULD YOUR BUSINESS SELL ONLINE?
Could your business start selling its products or services online? If you've never thought about it before, NOW could be the time to start.
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How do you email?
Most businesses get free webmail with domain/hosting accounts, a ready made solution. Here are some of the other options, with pros & cons and our advice.
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How to Choose Your Web Designer
In our recent post about choosing a web host I outlined the factors to consider when choosing where to build your website. In a way this is a follow on post, where I am going to give you some tips on how to make sure that your website is designed and built by the right person for you. While that post detailed the desired specs for a hosting service, this one will focus on making sure you find a web designer who you can work with easily and who will give you the results you want/need!
Read more...Why use WordPress for your website
WordPress versus a website developed in hard code
There is A LOT of debate about whether WordPress (or similar tools like Joomla, Drupal, Dragonfly) is a good way to set up your website.
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Readability and SEO
To put it simply, readibility is the ease of reading a piece of text. There are a number of factors at play, but the combined effect determines how difficult a reader finds to read a piece of text.
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Creating Accessible Website Design
So you have your new website designed and launched.
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Twitter Cards – What, Why, How
Have you heard talk about Twitter Cards? Do you know what they are?
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How to Choose Web Hosting
We've recently seen some significant improvements in our hosting services and as a result will be increasing our prices slightly.
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Never enough time for SME Owners
Time is a very precious resource for any business owner but particularly for the SMEs. Not only are they doing the actual job, whatever that may be, but also taking care of the finances, logistics, production, ordering materials, administration AND marketing.
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Are you being found on mobile?
Let me start by telling you a story.
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How to be more secure online
We've all received the emails, telling us we've won the Spanish lottery or there are millions awaiting us from a now deceased member of government from a corrupt country if ONLY we'll give them our bank account details! Or that our Paypal, Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Bank, Permanent TSB account details need to be reset, please send your account information immediately.
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Five Good Reasons every Business need a Website
According to a recent estimate in the Republic of Ireland, only 46,061 businesses have their own websites, a far cry from the suggested CSO figure of 141,000 websites.<
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Responsive Web Design - What, Why, How
If you read about web design these days you are bound to come across this term.
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The Why and the How of One Page Web Design
One of the latest trends for websites is the one page web design. Often, the fact that a website has just one page doesn't occur to its visitors so much as an impression of minimalism, ease of use and often subconsciously an impression of scrolling instead of clicking.
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Why we do what we do?
This is the story of why we got into business and how it came about.
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Security Advisory Alert
We received an advisory alert on a security issue this morning and wanted to pass the update on to you.
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Easiest Password Manager - LastPass
Benefits and Costs
As regular readers will know, I recently wrote about the benefits of using a password manager along with a description of how to set up and use the free password manager Keepass - Read more...
The power of the tool IFTTT (If This Then That)
There are an increasing number of tools on the internet which are specifically designed to integrate.
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The Beautiful side of CSS
Most people who have put together a website have at least heard of CSS.
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WordPress releases "Benny", 4.0
On September 4th, WordPress announced the launch of their new version named Benny after Benny Goodman (jazz clarinetist and bandleader).
Read more...How to do Social Media if you’re a Small Business
We’ve heard a lot about Social Media and how you MUST be on it and if you’re not you’re losing out. A certain amount of that is true. But before you spent HOURS of your valuable time creating profiles for your business across all the social media platforms, there are a number of questions you need to ask yourself first to save time and money.
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Concerned about Facebook Messenger App?
Last week saw concerns being raised about Facebook's messaging app and the really quite invasive permissions under the Terms of Use.
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Website design - when to DIY and when to bring in the professionals
There are many options available which allow you to create a website with a spend of nothing or very close to it.
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Can I cheat google rankings?
Firstly, what do I mean by that.
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Regina of Coppertops nominated for BusinessWoman of the Year Award
We're so excited at Coppertops this week! Regina has been selected as a nominee for the Business Woman of the Year Awards with the Louth Meath branch of Network Ireland! The event takes place on Thursday 10th June, at the Network Louth Meath Summer Luncheon.
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Advice from Irish Women Entrepreneurs
Last week the first Female Founders Forum was hosted in Dublin by Silicon Republic with a view to exploring the future of investment in female-led high-potential start-ups in Ireland with entrepreneurs, investors and female leaders.
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Spammed by Harry Potter?
Seemingly lots of Irish users are getting spammed by Harry Potter quotations. Now I like Harry Potter as much as the next nerd but these emails/posts etc are just an attempt to evade of the main anti-spam technologies, something called a Bayes engine. A Bayes engine works out (in a mathematically complicated way) which words and phrases spam emails are likely to use. The use of Harry Potter quotes are the spammers trying to circumvent the engine by convincing it that Harry Potter fans are trying to communicate. (Which is silly because everyone knows they use owls!)
Read more...Get online with new Voucher Scheme
Seems too good to be true? And yet oh cynical reader it DOES seem to be true. July 1st saw the Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte T.D launch the Online Trading Voucher Scheme
Read more...Easy Password Management for Internet Security
Password management has been a thorn in my side for a long time. I've been aware that my passwords were not optimised for security as much as they should be, mainly because I needed to be able to remember them!
Read more...Don't fight against turning into your mother?
It's not just me, is it? I seem to be told on a regular basis how like my mother I am, or am becoming - both in looks, personality and in my style of work.
Read more...New Services from Coppertops
We have made some changes to our offering here at Coppertops.
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How good logo design can make a difference
We’ve all heard the phrase “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Read more...How good logo design can make all the difference
We've all heard the phrase "you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Right? Right. And yes that is an overused phrase but it also happens to be true.
Read more...Common Social Media Mistakes
So you have entered the world of social media. Your company is online, it's tweeting, instagramming and facebooking. It's taking you time but at least you're out there and new customers should come rolling in. Right?
Read more...How to use Social Media if you're a small business
As a small business owner, you're always being told to get online and use social media. There is a real sense that if you're not using social media NOW, you're losing out. And in a sense that is true.
Read more...The trends of SEO in 2014
Ah....SEO...where would we be without you. Some really great hints and tips here particularly about taking your social media seriously. It's not just a fad, it's a new method of communication and advertisement. Use it to your advantage or be left in the dust.
Read more...How to be one of the Productive People (Infographic)
Ah productive people. We all know one. We stare and wonder how the heck they manage to fit more into a few hours than you can into an entire week?
Read more...A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer
The dream of a graphic designer is to create meaningful designs that communicate on a visual, intellectual and emotional level. It is the joy of being creative and having someone pay you to do it.
Read more...Getting Business Online
The ever brilliant Noel Davidson of QED Training talks to Newstalk's Jonathan Healy about getting your business online and how to sell in an online world.
Read more...Infographic: Shutterstock's Global Design Trends 2014
An infographic showing trends in design for 2014. Shutterstock covers the trends in all elements of design, from typography to social
Read more...You never get a second chance....... Business Stationery
You know the rest...... to make a first impression. We've all done it, decided how we feel within seconds of meeting someone.Well if you run a business, it's even more important. Think of your business stationery, what impression is it giving of your business? Your stationery could be the first time a prospective client meets you and your company so what impression are they getting? And is it the impression you WANT them to get?
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A woman's work is never done?
According to Her.ie, a mother's work is never done and is a full time job. If you are running a business as well, it can feel like being on a treadmill that never stops. For me, even when it's time to go to sleep the hamster's wheel in my head has other ideas!
Read more...20 years of web design | Hubspot
The website HubSpot takes a look at 20 years of website design. A thoroughly fascinating review of the evolution of web design, including forgotten trends, take a trip down an online memory lane
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