About O'Mahony Donnelly E-Business

Web Designers Ireland

O'Mahony Donnelly E-Business was established in 2004 by Ann Donnelly as a means to expand her Web Design and Online Marketing services previously provided under the brand 'West Cork Week', which had been set up in 2001, a year after Ann relocated to Ireland with her husband Michael O'Mahony and established the firm O'Mahony Donnelly Chartered Certified Accountants and Business Advisors with it's own website www.omahonydonnelly.ie.

"About a year after the O'Mahony Donnelly site went live, the firm started getting a large number of enquiries from around the World. When we studied the website's statistics we realised that many of these visitors were coming through informative articles on the site, especially 'Moving to Ireland from the UK'. This is around the time that the term 'Search Engine Optimization' started to be used and we realised that our techniques were working!"

Putting West Cork on the Web

Ann developed the site www.westcorkweek.com, a guide to events and activities in the area and started promoting her services as a Web Designer. The West Cork site became known in the area, as did Ann's ability to design sites that brought visitors through search engines that would turn into sales for her customers. "At the time the market for good web designers was expanding, as businesses were learning the value of having a website. Unfortunately many people were let down by previous web designers who were either students or others only doing the work on a part-time basis, so when the time came for updates to the site, the web designer was no where to be found. I was able to help a number of these people out, assuring them that I would always provide a high level of customer service and professionalism."

Ann realised that her previous background in Printing and Business Management was a great base to starting an Online Marketing Business. Keeping up with the rapidly evolving industry, she began to promote Search Engine Placement as a specialty and also provide additional services; such as E-Commerce (with Shopping Carts and Payment Processing), Content Management Systems, Email Marketing, etc.

"As Michael and I were finding a big cross over of clients between the Accountancy and Web Development businesses -- with many clients of both being business start-ups -- we decided that at the time of expansion I would re-brand as O'Mahony Donnelly E-Business. Michael and I share a strong work ethic, with the objective to provide a high standard of expertise and service to our clients."

In 2007, O'Mahony Donnelly opened their new offices in Clonakilty a major step for both businesses, allowing them to increase staff and expand services. O'Mahony Donnelly E-Business now offers a complete range of Web Development and Online Marketing Services, specialising in Search Engine Optimization. "We are one of the few Web Development Companies that offer a proper Search Engine Optimization service -- with a proven track record to back it up!"

You will find articles and forum/blog posts by Ann on many websites related to Web Development, Search Engine Optimization, general internet topics and business management using the names omahonydonnelly and westcorkweek.

Ann Donnelly B.L.A. - Background

Ann, originally from a small town in New York State, moved to New York City to attend The New School University. She received her B.A. degree while working full-time at the University, as the Manager of Fundraising Records and Systems. Here she was responsible for implementing a new mainframe computer system used to track the tens of thousands of people who graduated from the many schools of the University, as well as those that took just one course in the very popular adult education division.

In 1987, she moved to RR Donnelley & Sons Company, where she spent the next 11 years of her career. RR Donnelley is one of the world's foremost commercial printing companies, with around $5 billion in net sales, over 200 manufacturing facilities, and approximately 34,000 employees around the world. They are renowned for the training and development of their employees -- "Working for such a large and well respected company, I received a lot of experience dealing on a day-to-day basis with colleagues and vendors around the U.S. and worldwide. I also took advantage of the many formal training programs that the Company offers its employees -- these included business communications, human resources and sales/marketing."

From her initial position, as assistant to the Controller of the New York Financial Division, she was chosen to develop a new position as Paper Coordinator to purchase and manage the division's million dollar paper and ink inventories. To gain further technical experience, she then moved into Production Planning, responsible for scheduling work flow to meet the critical deadlines that financial documents require. Following this role, she moved to Sales in the company's Trade Book Division, working with Random House, the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher. Ann was then recruited back to the Financial Division, to work in the London office, where she became Manager of Customer Service, responsible for the 24-hour a day operation which coordinates the production and distribution around the world of the financial documents legally required for submission to trading authorities, shareholders and prospective investors. "Our clients were mainly investment bankers and corporate lawyers, who were working to tight deadlines to complete key financial deals."

Ann left RR Donnelley in 1998, to relocated to Ireland and began her life on the internet.