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EVERY BUSINESS (small or large) NEEDS A WEBSITE!!!
- it's as important as today's business card; most people consider it the electronic business card of the new millennium
- it's the least expensive and most responsive method of advertising, being able to reach the whole world in mere seconds
- saves management time and money so that they can dedicate their days to running the business instead of answering the same questions to different customers over and over again
- great form of impersonal introduction to new prospects who would rather check out your company than call you directly
- great addition to your yellow pages advertisement where you can add a link that directs interested visitors right to your website
- almost everyone that is interested in expanding their business needs to have a website; it is the "in" thing to do these days
- a fantastic way to sell small or large products online at wholesale prices and still make bigger profits than retail since you have no employees to pay
- a great way to remind your existing customers that it is time to come and see you again; or just to offer them updates on special promotions
- an ideal way to keep the lines of communication open with all your customers throughout the year; remember it is easier to save an existing client than look for a new one
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Some Internet Statistics to Ponder
- over 900 million people in 233 countries used the Internet in 2004
- 20% of the world's 6.5 billion population had used the Internet by the end of 2007
- 30% of users were English-speaking while 70% were non-English
- annual growth rate for Internet usage is about 30% per year or 600,000 new subscribers per day
- the Internet accounts for USD$41 trillion of the world's GDP
- North America, Europe and Asia are the top 3 continents that use the Internet
- 89% of internet users won't go past the first page when doing a search, while 10% will go as far as the second page and less than 1% will even consider searching beyond the third page (this proves the ultra-importance of first page positioning since anything lower is considered almost irrelevant by website visitors, so positive results can only be achieved by ranking at or near the top)
- 50% of browsers or surfers who can't access a web page will move onto the next competing site immediately
- over 100 million companies currently do business online today
- Google accounts for 40% of all daily searches, while Yahoo lays claim to 35%, and MSN comes in at about 20%; the remaining 3,000+ smaller engines account for only 5% of the total remaining market
- some of the best products and services to sell online are tourism services, information, health and wealth products, investment services, household items and so on; these days, items even in the tens of thousands of dollars are being sold online as well, which is a leading indicator of where the Internet and e-commerce is headed in the next few years
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