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The Internet? Why Bother?

Many small businesses have formed a negative opinion of the Internet.

For some this is based on the negative experience of having paid for a site which didn't bring in sufficient business to be cost effective.

Having a website is not the miracle solution to marketing problems. To work, it must be the right site for the business and the business needs to make effective use of the site.

Would it be fair to blame the telephone system for a lack of orders?



Amplify Your Advertising

One of the major problems faced by small businesses is the cost of getting our messages across.

Conventional advertising is expensive and the number of places to advertise is always increasing. What we want to say is always greater than the space we can afford to say it.

Space on the Internet is cheap by comparison, so you can explain yourself at length.

By having an initial page designed to attract, followed by further pages giving detail, you are less likely to bore your audience, because they will see only pages they have requested.


No problems with print run size

Judging the size of a print run is always difficult.

Too low an estimate adds to the cost through requiring a further run, while an overestimate results in waste.


Keeping Customers (and potential customers) up to date

Are your brochures beginning to look out of date? Trying to decide whether you can afford to replace them with new ones?

No such problem with the Internet. From the time you make your changes, visitors will see the up-to-date information.


Personal Uses

What about your CV?

Putting your CV on the Internet is a rapid and convenient method of getting your details into the hands of potential employers.

It saves the time and cost of printing and posting - and the cost of printing - including a photograph on a good inkjet printer is not snall.

..and not forgetting the relatives

Why not avoid the cost of getting prints and postage by putting your greetings on the Internet.

Just put your message and photos on the Internet and ring your relatives to let them know that it's there.

If you don't have your own webspace, why not use net-cymru's convenient package - see Your Webphoto Greetings



Eddy Hunt, Webmaster



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Date last update: 12/11/01