Minimal Cost
Utilizing the Internet for your
business is very inexpensive. A website address, which
includes Internet access and e-mail are generally available for less
than $20/month.
Email
Email is the greatest
communication tool available to small business. It allows you
to communicate anywhere in the world with customers and employees
and pay NO long distance telephone charges. E-mail allows you
to communicate at any hour of the day or night, and has the ability
for you to attach other documents to your correspondence. This
would allow you to send an updated proposal, revised contract or
introduce a new product/service to your customers efficiently and
with no cost.
24 Hours a Day Business Access
This may sound outrageous, but an
Internet presence does provide this for you. With e-mail,
customers and suppliers are able to contact you at their
convenience. With such competitive markets in today's economy,
being available more often, is a tremendous advantage. Potential
customers can find out about your products and services 24 hours a
day - doesn't that sound better than receiving a phone call at 6:00
a.m. from a customer, who is in a time zone 3 hours ahead of yours?
Global Market
The Internet has expanded the
potential for businesses to move out of their local jurisdiction and
provide products and services to anywhere in the world. Online
access is used on a regular basis by millions of people worldwide
today, with the figures increasing at a rapid rate. Many of
the new users are emerging from underdeveloped countries, with
people who have the desire for the "hot new items", the funds to
purchase these items, but no local access to obtain them.
These are all potential customers for your business! Compare the
cost of establishing a website to placing ads in the London Times,
the Wall Street Journal, or the thousands of local newspapers around
the world. The information you provide on your website is
instantly available to each and every one of these users.
Change your Product or
Services on a Timely Basis and for Little Cost
Most businesses have produced
catalogs, brochures, or sales pamphlets in the traditional paper
format. You know how much time and money is involved in
producing these items, and how difficult and expensive it is to add
a new item. You've just released your new product catalog, and
the supplier has discontinued one of your products. What can
you do? With your internet site, making changes as they happen is a
simple and inexpensive process.
Promotions and Seasonal
Features
Do you have an item that you want
to clear out? A product that is new in your inventory, or that
you received a great deal on from your supplier and you wish to
market to your customers? Imagine reaching all of your
customers via email or by posting it on your site, with a few clicks
of a mouse. No more phone calls, letters or faxes, to inform
the public of sales or specials. The Internet also allows you
to always be current to ever-changing markets and seasonal items.
Changing your advertising from Valentines Day specials to Mother's
Day specials are all only minutes away!
All that you have to lose without
a website are sales and customers. Think about it.
Call or email
us today, to get you
started.
Visit two of our
ongoing website
projects at
www.musicgallery.ca and www.musicianswebstore.com
