Why do you need a website?
Home based businesses, small business would benefit from a website. It is an excellent marketing took and sales channel. Consider this:
• Two billion orders are placed on websites yearly
• Revenue from e-commerce on one year generates about $95 billion annually and rising daily
• Holiday purchases are continually increasing annually – in other words the net is a multi-billion industry today.
The internet is by far the least expensive way to conduct a business, when one considers that you can connect unlimited accounts for a little as $30 a month that includes internet access and e-mail. You could easily begin by using e-mail as a communication tool with your existing customers.
Communication worldwide via e-mail is one of the best features on internet connection, customers, employees, friends and family all connect without long distance phone charges.
You can offer customer support to customers with ease and speed, a website helps you connect with new customers and gives you the opportunity to assist them with answers to specific questions on products and services without the need to employ additional staff and no need to be disturbed by a ringing telephone.
The biggest bonus is being open 24/7. Potential customers have access to your website any time of day or night, and queries and inquiries can be dealt with in a short space of time. There is no need for a customer to phone you at an unearthly hour to find out information as most of it would be on your website.
Customers from as far away as Tokyo, London, Australia, outer Mongolia are all potential customers and with international banking via internet using a payment processor such as PayPal, moneybookers and many others makes it so easy, there are customers with money to spend and you want a slice of the pie.
Language is no barrier to selling to customers around the globe you can put translators on your site for your international customers to use.
Changing content and adding new ideas on a regular basis will keep your customers interested and coming back for more.
There are lots of reasons to have a website. Adding a free Drupal will get you started in no time.