Chew Valley Web

” Can a website help me to promote my business? “

If you do any kind of advertising or promotion you will know that it can cost. A box placed in a telephone book or a small box in a publication, without colours, doesn’t come cheap even for one issue. Imagine a full colour brochure that could reach millions of viewers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These viewers can become purchasers or in time valued repeat customers if you are able to provide them with the information they need. This is what a website can do for your business.

Having paid for your small ad in the local paper, think what extra promotion your business could benefit from with a few extra words: http://www.yourwebsite.co.uk/ that directs potential customers to your website.

Just think : box ad + link = box ad effectiveness x 100000
Promotion using the internet is extremely cost efficient.
The cost of even the simplest web promotion is far out weighed by the potential for reaching more potential customers.

“But I never use the websites to find goods and services for myself?”

If you have not yet been converted to the fantastic benefits that the world wide web bring to businesses then ok, perhaps another day. The reason that I believe that promotion via a website is valuable for all businesses is that I use the internet every day to buy stuff, and so does my wife, parents, friends and almost everyone I know. And the next generation of customers expect to be able to find your business on the web.

Perhaps you may become a convert yourself.

““My business doesn’t really fit on a website!”

All businesses wish to build customer’s trust, inform prospective clients and keep their brand foremost in people’s minds.

When a lot of small business owners think of the site, they think of expensive websites, e-commerce, shopping carts and other high profile brands already using the internet. The important thing about getting the most from the web starts before you think about domain names, web designers and Google searchers. It starts with your knowledge of your business and potential clients.

“I am still not sure how I can get more customers using the internet”

I believe that every small business can benefit from a website, even only a single page, but if you are still unsure how you use the web to get more business, give me a call.