Speaking to audiences at events, I often ask the small business owners and entrepreneurs if they have websites for their business or personal use. About half the room raises their hands. This is in line with the findings of the Small Business Success Index which put the figure at only 53% of Small Businesses in the US have websites.
During a keynote at the GrowSmartBiz Conference, Chris Anderson, Executive Editor of WIRED, said that the minute a small business has a website it has gone global. When we organized Events for unintentional entrepreneurs, several folks who probably use computers the whole day would still ask questions about how to go about establishing a web presence.
While you can conduct your business without a website, you should consider the fact that the internet is very prevalent and your audience is searching for you online. Your customers may have already given you a web presence by reviewing you on social networks.
Some reasons why Small Businesses have not started a website?
Cost
Time
Where to start?
What technical skills are needed?
At Network Solutions folks continuously strive to find easy answers to small business questions like these. Two of my colleagues will answer these questions in a “Create Your Website in No Time! Free Webinar!” on Dec 3rd. (Register here http://bit.ly/8Od5WV)
And there is more good news. Watch for a new offering that is just in time for the holidays from Network Solutions. For a limited time, we will be introducing a free website at Network Solutions in a few days. Yes you heard it right FREE WEBSITE. Watch this blog and http://www.networksolutions.com for more details. So you will no longer have any excuse for not having a website. Our new product will help you overcome the 4 barriers to having your own website. So what’s your excuse for not having a website?
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