Wicklows’ Local Heroes Campaign

Well folks, many of you may have heard of an initiative to Brand Wicklow Town with the aim of encouraging local business and community involvement.

Here at The Wicklow Way group (which includes whatsonwicklow.com) we decided to put our weight behind this initiative and do what we can to help promote awarenss of the tasks and objectives being carried out by the volunteers from local businesses in Wicklow.

Official Local Heroes Wicklow Town page:

The brand Wicklow initiative is now running under the guise of the Local Heroes Wicklow Town campaign - this is not to be confused with the previous local heroes wicklow facebook page or any other.

We ( local heroes wicklow town) need your likes on facebook where we will be posting updates on the progress and initiatives taking place over the next 3 months (as part of the 100 day campaign)

So please like us on facebook and help Wicklow Town stay in business and encourage tourism, sports, community living and youth projects.

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LittleScrap – Unique Range

Childrens clothes, quilts and accessories designed and handmade in Ireland!

We at Little Scrap believe in recycling as much frabric as we can whilst creating a bright, fun and happy new range of hoodies, dresses, skirts, hats, hair accessories and quilts.

Available at selected craft fairs in Ireland during the year and by appointment at the studio.

To make an appointment or for more information, please contact us!
You can also buy online! Visit www.littlescrap.ie

Titanic Tours to Belfast 2012

This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Titanic. The new titanic centre in Belfast opens from April 2012 and the lovely Terry of Hilltop Treks has now included Titanic Day tours to his services!

The tour leaves Dublin daily for Belfast and the New Titanic Visitor Center:

We will visit the new Titanic Visitor Center in the heart of Belfast city.

We will also visit many interesting locations along the way giving an insight to some of the events that lead to Belfast becoming the ship building capital of the British Empire.

Pickup Locations:

• Dublin Tourist Office, Suffolk St: – 7:55am
• Gresham Hotel, O’Connell St: – 8:10am
• Other Pickups locations are available upon request.

Please be at your pickup point 10 minutes before departure. Return to Dublin for approx 6:30pm
For more information visit www.titanicdaytours.ie

Damien Mulley gives FREE tech talk sept 22

The popular blogger and tech expert Damien Mulley will be giving a Free seminar as part of the Wicklow CEB seminar programme for September. Well worth going along to if you can.

Damien gave our wicklow site the thumbs up a few years ago (2009!!) with a link to our muddy matches dating walk which we were delighted with and , as avid followers of his we recommend this seminar to anyone considering how social marketing can benefit your business.

details below:

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Well known technology expert Damien Mulley makes a welcome return to Co. Wicklow for this IT trend watching seminar. *Topics will include Mobile Commerce, including the use of QR codes and developments in mobile payment technolgy; Data Protection; new modes of Social Media that businesses need to be aware of; and an in-depth look at website Analytics – watching how users engage with your site and making use of that knowledge. Damien will be joined by a panel of expert speakers on the day.

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Join us next Tuesday for an informal presentation of how our business can help yours:

Invitation to Open Presentation with Wicklow Ireland.ie
“An introduction to the Services provided for Business by WicklowIreland.ie”

Date: Tuesday 05^th July 2011

Time: 12 noon – 1pm

Place: Arklow Business Enterprise Centre, Kilbride Ind Est, Arklow ( www.abec.ie)

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AGENDA:

Introduction:

WicklowIreland.ie – Who we are, What we do , Why we are here

Websites overview

A run through of our websites inc:

www.WicklowBusiness.ie

www.WicklowTourism.ie

www.WicklowNews.ie

www.WhatsonWicklow.ie

Google Result Samples

A live demo of google search results for our clients

Introducing our Mobile App Explore Wicklow

An introduction to our GPS driven Mobile App and how it can work for your business bringing customers to your door.

www.ExploreWicklow.ie

Looking Ahead

Failte Ireland, BBC, US Ambassador, Local and International Press

Special Offer

June Special offer extended to July €199 – All Sites and Mobile App
www.WicklowIreland.ie

Q&A

RSVP Please to office@thewicklowway.ie

Recent Expo at Grand Hotel Wicklow

The recent Expo at the Grand Hotel in Wicklow Town did not alas attract so many members of the public, however, many local business people did turn up and most of us made some good new networking connections so the day still proved  a success.

The atmosphere was very friendly and local chef Paul Smith of An Ceilteach Mistíuíl Teoranta (The Mystic Celt) did a really interesting cookery demonstration that demonstrated his skills at such gourmet delights as seaweed biscuits with rabbit followed by Handmade chocolates and strawberries dipped in chocolate assisted by my very own sister Linda ( she just LOVES chocolate).

Our main promotion of the day was our new partnership with Explore Wicklow – a new mobile app that you can download straight to your smartphone which features, well , pretty much everything you need to know, whether your coming to visit or live in Co Wicklow Ireland. ..

More on this to follow, but if you would be interested in getting added to this wonderful new APP then contact us today :

sales@thewicklowway.com or Tel 087 2990866.

View photos on our facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wicklow-Way/103920287735

Blessington Dental Practice To Drown Out Drill

At Blessington Dental our patients often comment on how the noise of the drill is the bit they hate the most.

To combat this we are compiling a playlist for patients to listen to while we work. We have two categories, ‘Loud and Proud’ to drown out the noise and ‘Chilled out and Calm’ to soothe the nerves.

Our patients have been posting their personal preferences on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/blessingtondental).

Adele and James Blunt have been popular and our personal favourite is AC/DC’s Highway to hell.

Log on and let us know your thoughts.

www.Facebook.com/blessingtondental

Logo, Advertising, Packaging, Eshots

Talk isn’t just cheap. It’s free.

If you need a new logo, advertising, packaging, eshot, website or anything that involves design, there’s a world-class designer right here in Wicklow you should be talking to. And the first consultation is free. But you have to buy the coffee. See www.gerrycleary.com for more or call me on 087 2828 757

Gerry Cleary Graphic Design & Art Direction

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The Wicklow Way is your local business directory with integrated blogs, social media and now Mobile apps!

Our adverts give immediate results and focus on your target market – with packs starting from 150 per annum there’s no reason to delay- get online with us today.

Contact Michael on 087 2990866 or email sales@thewicklowway.com to see how we can help your business in 2011.

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