Own A Small Business? Here's Why You Need A Website
Here’s why your small business needs a website if you want to take control of your business’s best information on the web.
Why You Need A Website
Control the best information about your business on the web.
Here's a scary small business statistic - 42 percent of all small businesses don’t have a website. That’s better than it’s been. But the news is not all good.
In the midwest 58 percent of small businesses don’t have their own site. And 77 percent of very small businesses –with gross revenue under a million dollars – don’t have a site.
If your business doesn’t have its own site and someone tries to look you up on the web what are they going to find? They’re only going to find stuff that other people have posted about your business. And it may not be all that complimentary.
If you want to control the best information about your business on the web you have to have your own site.
When you talk with small business owners about why they don't have a website they're likely to say they can't afford it. That's just not the case.
Sure, there are agencies who won't talk to you for less than $5,000. We're not one of them.
Part of our mission is to make professional marketing services affordable for small businesses.
Our websites start at $1,000. That includes five pages of content optimized to give your site the best shot at online visibility.
When you decide you want to take control of your business's presence on the web we'd like to talk with you.
Making Web Sites Affordable & Effective for Small Businesses
Three years ago 52% of small businesses didn’t have a web site. A new survey shows that now 46% of small businesses still don’t have a web site.
Can a small business afford not to have a web site?
Three years ago 52% of small businesses didn’t have a web site. A new survey shows that now 46% of small businesses don’t have a web site.
That’s progress. But it’s still 46%. That means nearly half of small businesses aren’t going to be found by potential customers who search for products and services they need and want.
Three Reasons
Ask those 46% why they don’t have a web site and you’re likely to get at least one of these three reasons.
One – They think a web site isn’t relevant to their type of business. Actually consumers search for everything online. Just ask Google – they handle an estimated 5.5 billion searches every day.
Two – They think they can’t afford it. They really can’t afford not to have a web site.
Three – They’re using social media and they think that’s enough. The thing is you just can’t do on social media everything you need to do to explain your business to people who want to know if you can meet their needs.
“We’re committed to making web sites affordable for small business owners.”
We’re Looking For That 46% Who Don’t Have A Web Site.
Call us hopelessly optimistic, tell us we’re tilting at windmills, even suggest we’re on a mission impossible. That’s fine with us.
We’re committed to making web sites affordable for small business owners. Web sites that articulate details of their business and their mission. Web sites that proudly proclaim to the entire world the unique value – and added value – of the products and services they provide. Web sites that help prospective customers find them.
Let’s talk about the whole perception that web sites are expensive. It depends on who you ask. Like many other creative service providers web developers are all over the scale in terms of price. Some of them won’t talk with you for less than the price of a luxury dream vacation.
Our Sites Start At A Fraction Of Those Rates
It’s part of our commitment to small business owners in this region.
Looking for an affordable and effective web site for your business? Give us a call for a no-cost consultation. Or use our convenient contact form to send us an email.