The Usefulness of Owning a Business Website

Preamble |

Creating a business website let’s business owners to heave a sign of relieve why fetching customers within and outside the business territory. Your business website speaks louder than voice because there prospective customers see for themselves what services you offer and how to go about them. Thus, the business website (as a media tool), simply serves as a mirror copy of your main business shared to millions of internet users whom you were unable to reach with your physical location.

What does it require to own a website?

To own and manage a website is like managing your business office and so you must equip your website virtually the same way you have packaged your physical office. There must be the followings to start with:

1. A dedicated server (Computer System – Virus-free) to attend to customers
2. Internet Connection (either via V-Sat, Modem or dial up network)
3. Get a reputable web-hosting service to launch your web and if possibly assist in designing your website to your own taste or
4. Hire a website guru to suggest the best and reliable plan for your hosting and designing. He/She will equally take part in the decision making towards building the site for your business or which ever way.
5. your business should think of having IT-Wise trained staff to handle the job of receiving customers requests and general internet management or preferably consider the Internet guru to assist in the running of the business website (on trust).
6. Make provision for a toll-free calls or GSM line specifically for the website department and further equip the office with other peripherals like the printers and scanners (if need be).

What is the cost of hosting and running a Business Website?

The cost may vary but not with a wide margin. These are responsible for the variation in prices for hosting and running a website:

1. It all depends on the hosting companies and what they offer. Web hosting services charge in either monthly, yearly or sometimes for two-year hosting plan. Some typical example of quality and reputable web hosting sites are Bluevoda, Hostgator, Godaddy, Google and lots more.
2. The nature of your business matters. If your business is larger with many departments and feature and tend to showcase all these then you will expect a higher price compare such a business with little or no department.
3. The Internet guru price of consulting, hosting and designing may vary based on contractual agreement.

What do businesses stand to achieve with there website?

I guess by now this question may have gone extinct because the benefits are terribly magnificent! Your business website speaks for itself thus you need not go fetching for customers from within or outside your business territory hence you already have your website running life on the web with thousands of interested visitors on daily basis. All your products and services can be delivered via online services without coming in physical contact with the customer.

With the current trend in information technology, people believe more on information found there on the internet as more official and trusted and even if you opt for advertisement on the radio and the tv it makes it more easier to direct your audience to your website for further details of what your business offers.

With your website, you can track your customers’ details and always cause them to return to your business via sms, e-mails on news offer campaigns and announcement of new products and services. The business website is somewhat valuable and just wow!

“Business + Advertisement = Huge Success!

Business Website = Mirror Copy of your Company”