HERE’S WHY YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS A WEBSITE
Last time, we talked about how you can become a better entrepreneur and suggested courses to do the same. Be sure to check that out before you read this. On this article, we will explore more about ensuring success of your business.
In today’s world, a startups’ success is pretty much directly dependent on its digital marketing strategy. Lagging behind in the online world will result in your business being swallowed by competition. The first step to starting your journey into the online world is creating a website. Hence, here’s why your business needs a website.
Cost Effective
Advertising isn’t cheap. Any form of physical or even television ads have huge amounts of costs associated with it. On top of that, due to decline of use of these forms of media, they aren’t that effective either. So you have got this really expensive means of advertising with low yield as compared to simply creating a website.
Your website will have very low amount of costs associated with it. But the amount you save will ultimately result in credit of balance. Furthermore, all your information will be streamlined and your consumer will have a much better experience with your business.
It’s About The Competition!
If you don’t have a website but your competitor does, that automatically puts you in a disadvantage. Having a website is simply another platform for your consumers to interact with your business. Lacking behind in that will mean ones less platform for your own business. This is obviously a disadvantage to your business. So don’t be foolish, just make a website.
Easy Business Promotion
It is very evident that the best way to spread information these days, is using internet. If a friend/ customer wants to recommend your company, the only thing they need to remember is the name of your website. They can easily share it with their own friends. This will create huge amounts of free advertising for your business, none of it has any cost associated with it! Since your website will have all the information related to your business, people will be able to browse your business from their own homes. Now isn’t that convenient?
Target more customer
The internet is a huge information source. Simply having your website up in the internet will result in a lot more customers. Specially if you can properly Search engine optimize, you are guaranteed a lot of customers. SEO is the process of optimizing your website such that it shows on the top of search engine. This is again, a huge advantage in terms of advertising. Imagine how many customers you will get if your website is on the top of google!
Though SEO is hard and requires expert assistance, if you can do it decently your revenue will literally multiply for FREE. Even if you hire experts, the benefits of SEO will far exceed the costs.
Credibility
Having a website will automatically make your business sound more professional. This brings a lot of advantages with it. Having a professional website adds to the credibility of your business and increases consumer trust in your product. It will also attract new customers who are usually hesitant to deal with a new business.
Never-closing business
Having a website means you are accessible to your customers 24/7. Even when your physical store is closed, your customers will be able to go online, browse your business, and find out more about your services.
When your customers are able to view your store at any time anywhere, they are obviously more likely to buy from you. This leads to increased sales, increased revenue as well as potentially more advertising.
At this point, not having a website for your business is pretty much equal to losing profits for your business. The benefits of making a website is HUGE and the cost associated is a tiny fraction of everything it will do for your business. For a guide to making a website here’s our guide. This is about making blogs but the process is still pretty relevant to businesses.
