B)<\/strong> Showcasing!\u00a0 The new today is the old tomorrow, and what is hot today will be cold next week.\u00a0 For that reason, your website should always remain the HUB of your online marketing. By showcasing your products or services on your website, you can create a connection to your potential customer.\u00a0 You know the saying, a picture is worth a thousand words.\u00a0 This is very true when you have someone\u2019s attention for such a short amount of time.\u00a0 You have to spark their interest, and quickly!\u00a0 By having high quality imagery on your website, you can give someone a clear sense of what you do, who you are, what you are trying to sell and what your brand is about.\u00a0 While using social media is also a great tool, it is simply that.\u00a0 Social media should be nothing more than to gauge interest, or spark conversation, or get people going to your ultimate path which points right back to your website!<\/p>\n C)<\/strong> Point of Contact!\u00a0 Your website can provide that “batman telephone line” that many look for these days.\u00a0 Having an easy way that you can be reached is half of the battle.\u00a0 Displaying how a current or potential client can contact you via phone, direct email, or filling out a form is such a huge benefit.\u00a0 Just think of your own personal experiences, how many times have you gone to a website, or tried to find business contact information, and it is just not easy to find?<\/p>\n D)<\/strong> You are investing in something that is not going away.\u00a0 It is comical, but many times we have heard people say that they do not need a website anymore, or that websites are dying.\u00a0 Yet a 2020 study shows that approximately 60% of the global population is using the internet, and that number is only growing.\u00a0 If you do not have a website, you are non-existent to these people.<\/p>\n E)<\/strong> Professionalism. Having a website can separate you from your competition and make your business look more “credible”. Since approximately 3\/4 of Americans go online at least once a day, being a small business you need all the help that you can get.\u00a0 Branding, and how your online presence looks, are a HUGE piece of that puzzle, if not the biggest.\u00a0 It all starts with your website and how it is designed.\u00a0 In fact, 84% of consumers believe that having a website makes your business more credible than companies that only have social media pages \/ profiles.\u00a0 You brand your services, products and what you have to offer through your website.\u00a0 It all boils down to how professional your business looks.\u00a0 We have all had the wool pulled over our eyes before, and there’s no place easier to pull the wool over someone’s eyes than on the internet.\u00a0 Which is why your website and credibility are potentially the top on this list.<\/p>\n Z)<\/strong> We wanted to see if you noticed we went from E to Z. If you did, then good on you, you made it this far.\u00a0 But we figured by this point you have either become bored, or this information has clicked and you are putting in a call to us now at 570-629-6980. If you are interested in more reasons and facts, we would be glad to speak to you over the phone and give you some more numbers that might have you shaking your head.<\/p>\n I leave you with these 3 crazy numbers on how consumers use the internet: (based off a recent survey)<\/p>\n 91%<\/strong> of consumers use the internet to look for local goods \/ services. <\/p>\n Do I need a Website? This is a question that we get asked often. It seems pretty obvious to us too, but we do indeed get asked this.\u00a0 Being a website design company, I’m sure you can guess what our answer would be when asked this.\u00a0 If you do not have a website, the quick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[332,333,219,21,334,177],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website-design","tag-does-my-business-need-a-website","tag-how-effective-is-a-website-for-my-business","tag-small-business-website","tag-web-designer","tag-webpage-business","tag-website-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions\/532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n93%<\/strong> of consumers use the internet for research before making a purchase.
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