Friday, July 6, 2007

Should I Have My Own Website?

Should I Have My Own Website?

People everywhere are rapidly using several different search engines instead of using that old telephone book. We are also searching for instant information sources, products, and services. A great many have already began to pay for products or services online. If you are a business that is selling products or services, here is the bottom line: If you don’t have an ecommerce website, your potential customers are buying products and services from your competitor(s).

Whether in your town or city or globally, if your business does not have a website, your business is at a terrible drawback. Even if you build a website for your business that isn’t an ecommerce site or generating sales, the website will still present to you a contact point, as well as an opportunity to place your name or business name, and services or products within reach of possible consumers.

The expectations of online consumers have significantly evolved. Just think about it for a moment, how many business cards and magazine ads have you seen in the last year that don’t have a website address? Your potential customers are expecting you to have an email address as well as a website, just like your Grandmother would expect you to have a phone number and a mailing address.

Online businesses are ever-changing to better tailor to the Internet. Everyone from home based businesses to the largest corporations is and will be on the Internet. Let’s face the facts; your competition is on the Internet.

The Internet has significantly transformed the globe just like that television in your living room, the telephone you use to communicate with Grandma, and the radio you listen to at work. It will proceed its rapid growth and won’t be leaving any time soon. So many people are paying their bills online, going shopping, and finding entertainment on the Internet. No matter how you look at it, almost every person on the globe is on the Internet for one reason or another.

Don’t you feel that you or your business should be there also?

Eventually you or your business will have a website. With the amount of people surfing, and such a high chance of discovery, in addition to cost-effective web design, make it almost irresistible. Do you honestly know of any other form of advertising that reaches such a large audience for a buck a day?

To answer your question: Yes, you should have your own website!