10 Reasons Why a every SMB MUST Have A Website !!

How often do you catch yourself saying, “No, I don’t have a website: I’ve been meaning to”?

1. Your prospects assume you have one. These days consumers expect businesses that are serious about doing business to be on the web. A website is a convenient, often interactive source of product information, business hours, contact information and more. A website demonstrates credibility and builds trust between you and your prospects. Need more proof that the internet is becoming an indispensable part of your prospects’ lives? On any given day, there are about 94 million U.S. adults online – (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005).

2. Your competition hopes you don’t have one. In a tight market, a website really makes a difference. Think about it: When a prospect has the choice between your one-dimensional yellow page ad and a website that allows them to compare custom services and features, who are they more likely to choose?

3. Improve your professional image. Even if you’re a one-man shop or a small office of three, a website can make you look like a large, professional operation. & you get a business domain name that you can plaster all over your print materials, you’ll also get to replace that free consumer email address with your own business’s for added branding and credibility .

4. Generate exclusive leads. A website can be an excellent source of your own exclusive leads. And , and,also about people who check out your site and give you a call.

5. Expand your market. Don’t limit your market to how far you feel like driving in an afternoon. A website is integral to reaching a statewide or even multi-state market right from your office. It doesn’t matter where your prospects live anymore. You can communicate with them instantly via t he Internet, with your website serving as a virtual office….27/7 !!

6. Less phone time educating prospects. A lot of your time is spent on the phone, going over services and discussing the details of specific plans with each and every prospect. A website provides prospects with specifics and basic information means the less time you have to spend educating and the closer your prospects will be to buying when you talk to them.

7. 24/7 office. When you have a website, your business never has to shut down for lunch breaks, evenings or weekends. Your prospects do their searching at all hours of the day. If you’ve got a website with all your services and your uniqueness , prospects can see it whenever they want….at their convenience …not yours

8. Save paperwork , DRIVING TIME & postage. It’s not cheap to send out , or drive all over town delivering those packets of information. A website lets prospects browse your information immediately, when their interest is highest.

9. It pre – sells services for you. One of the most convenient features of a fully interactive website is that your prospects can find your page and submit a contact us form !!

10. It’s affordable. A great website doesn’t cost an arm and a leg anymore. call us !!

The bottom line: If you want an easier, faster way for you and your customers and prospects to get upto date information about your services then > you’ve got to get a website.