Here are some reasons why your business or hobby needs a website.

1. A website advertises you and SAVES YOU MONEY!
   
   • Your existing and potential customers can access your online brochure, anywhere, anytime!
   • A website is an effective and economical way to advertise your products and services.
2. A website enhances Customer Service
   
   • The website will provide information about your business , your products and pricing
   • Customers will be able to contact you directly through the contacts page!
3. Without a website you leave the field to competition
   
   • Customers nowadays go to the internet to look for potential suppliers of services and goods
   • If your competitor’s website meets the customer needs, you lose out ON THE BUSINESS! The website works for you even when you are sleeping and provides a visual presentation of you and your company.
4. A website is the most cost effective selling force by far!
   • ROI is higher than using other advertising mediums
   • The number of potential customers contacted via your website and the relatively modest costs involved put the ROI of a website far ahead of other sales approaches, such as paid advertising or visits by sales representatives.
5. The most attractive of your potential customers are looking for you online!
6. Your website visitor may prefer to get information on your company without your knowledge
7. It's easy for your current customers and friends to tell others about you, by referring others to your website.
8. Your website is more important than your company brochure
   
   • A brochure is a very useful and comforting document to have
   • A brochure is costly to develop, print and distribute and most likely is used once by customers before being filed or trashed!
   • A website is always there to talk about your business!
   • A website can go anywhere anytime at no extra cost!
9. A website is more important than your business card!
   
   • A business card is the most important and relatively low cost tool to support your business dealings. THAT USED TO BE TRUE
   • A business card has limited space. This is a fact
   • A business card is very low tech!
   • The most used item on a business card is YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS!
10. A website is the most powerful way to present the VERY BEST IMAGE of your company
    
    • Few customers come to your office
    • Those who call may get mixed signals from your telephone reception system
    • A website will give the best possible and most complete image of your company!
    • A website is the relatively low cost way to CREATE LASTING FIRST IMPRESSIONS
    • Moreover, anyone interested in your company will check out your website as part of credibility check
11. Websites save the environment
    With your business website, you may not need to print as many brochures, flyers, etc. as you had before. The amount of paper may be equivalent to a few trees, but it does count!

So what should you do?

If you need to convince your boss that your company needs a website, then show him or her above reasons.

If you are the boss or the business owner, you need to do something in a very timely manner. The associated costs are not large. Without this, the growth and perhaps even the survivability of the company may be put in jeopardy.

In summary, the message is that your company must have a website, the lost opportunities by not having one vastly outweigh the costs associated with developing a website for you.
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