Why Setting Up A Website Should Be The First Step In Marketing Your Business

Since the era of the dot-com bubble almost twenty years ago, over 1 billion websites now exist on the world wide web. So, even if you are not planning on selling anything online, should your business have a website? The answer is emphatically, yes!

Why you need to have a Website:

Customers will be able to find you

Instant access to important information such as what services you provide, plus your contact details

Sell directly to the customer, cutting out a distributor

Use SEO to send people to your site

Google Maps, Social Media and business listings just don’t work as well without a website

ALSO READ  Top Android Monitoring Apps For Employees and Relatives

Represent your business the way you want

Be mobile-optimised and seen by everyone with a smartphone or tablet

Collect user information and use it to your advantage

Gain credibility and improve customer relations

Brand awareness

The Internet is the Place to be

The Office for National Statistics recently released figures stating that 86% of adults (44.7 million people) in the UK had used the internet in the last 3 months. Plus, there are 2,725,740,473 internet users in the world according to the BBC. With adverts now on mainstream TV for websites and even online payment system Paypal, never has it been more important to realise the potential inherent in being online.

ALSO READ  Management Training Courses Including Ongoing Programmes For Executive Secretaries

Deciding on the function of your website is a good place to start, what do you want your website to do? Are you looking for new customers? Are you trying to spread the word with new information? Are you selling something? You need to be clear on your message and your goals. When we set up our Cambridge web design business onespacemedia.com we wanted to enable businesses to achieve their full potential. Having a bespoke, data-driven website allows your business to do this.

ALSO READ  Digital Signage Acts As An Advertising Medium

Just having a website is not enough: you must have a good website! Beautiful, intelligent web design doesn’t have to cost a fortune. But it does need to be done well. Even if you own a brick-and-mortar shop, many people will use the internet to research your business (and judge your business) before going there. So you need to make a good first impression. Your website must look professional and be functional if you want to be taken seriously.

Published
Categorized as Business

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *