As I shared earlier this week on Twitter, now there is no excuse for any irish start up or business not to have a website with the initiative GettingBusinessOnline.ie.

Google, Blacknight, An Post and the County and City Enterprise Boards have collaborated on this initiative with an easy way for you to create your own website offering you a free domain name for 12 months and even website templates that are easy to update.

And if you already have a business, you can apply for €100 Google Adwords to help promote your business online.

It's a great initiative and they have helpful online marketing tips there already - my only problem with the site was that I tried to post into their online form to help promote the campaign - but their form would not accept my URL and to date the person I contacted in Google has not replied to help me help them.

Don't let that stop you making the most of the free service to help grow your business though.

Advertise at NO COST for 1 week in the Sunday Tribune (Ireland)

Details online at snipurl.com/tribune

Readership:

The on-line edition of the Tribune attracts over 500,000 hits per month. The geographic breakdown is: 62.3% Irish readers; 10.1% UK; 9.2% US (source www.alexa.com)

Cost comparisons (as provided on the Sunday Tribune site):

Tribune.ie: Cost of tile advertising / 1000 page impressions = €2 to €4

Independent.ie: Cost of tile advertising / 1000 page impressions = €6

Irishtimes.ie: Cost of tile advertising / 1000 page impressions = €5

Their Guarantee to you:

The on-line edition of the Tribune consistently attracts over 500,000 hits per month, your ad will appear on at least 20% of these pages. If your paid for on-line advertising does not receive more than 50,000 page impressions/month then we will give you a months on-line advertising for free.

You can add 100 word text adverts with a URL link to your website

You can add image adverts(125px by 125px) with a URL link to your website.

Access to detailed statistics, including the number of page impressions and the number of clicks your ad receives.