Why Do You Need A Website?

To Establish A Presence
According to The National Statistics Website over 52% of the UK households have an internet connection. That's a whooping great 12.6 Million. Not a figure you can, and should ignore if your serious about your business. Figures also show that 2.3 trillion purchases were conducted in Europe alone last year.
How many of these could be your potential customers ?

Network
It's not what you know, it's who you know. Think of your website like an advert in a magazine or handing out your business card. The only difference is your website is there 24/7 for millions to see, not the few who buy that certain magazine or someone you bump into in the pub. Don't let your competitors take your sales by not sharing in the potential that the internet has to offer.

Get your Business Information Across
Making business information available is one of the most important ways to help your customers. Show them that there are multiple ways to contact you, telephone, fax, e-mail, opening times. Make it simple for them to do so, have e-mail forms, telephone call back forms.

Product and Service Awareness
You do not have to have an e-commerce store to generate sales from your website. Let your customers know about the products and services available, show pictures, descriptions, prices and ways to contact you.

Frequently Asked questions
Chances are when the phone rings in your business half the time it's customers asking the same question, free up your staff and provide your customers with a frequently asked questions and answers page. They'll thankyou for it, less time and expense spared on there part and your staff are then free to deal with the sales generated from your website !

Get Your Business Known in Not Just Other Counties but Other Countries
The internet is accessible to most countries worldwide and can generate international interest in your products and services.

365 24-7 Opening Hours
Your business may only be open from 9 til 5 6 days a week but a website works for you and is available every hour of every day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks of the year. And you know what you don't have to pay overtime rates either !

Special Offers and Important Information
Information can be changed easily, special offers posted daily if you want, if you were to run to the printers every time you wanted to put something on sale or add/delete/change a products price or description. Wow what an expense and hassle that would be.

So .... Will a Website help my business ... you bet it will ! but only if it looks professional and displays the information that your customers are looking for. A poorly designed website will do more harm than good. it is better to not have a website at all, than a badly designed one ... First Impressions and all that !