Monday, November 23, 2009
Why Take Your Business Online?
There are many of reasons why it is a good idea to take your business online, to name few:
1. Enhance Business Credibility
Nowadays, with the internet evolution, if your Business does not exist online, it is more prone to losing credibility and competition in market place.
2. Enhance PR
Having 24/7 access to important information about your business, contact info, products list etc is a very powerful PR tool that your business can benefit from. Also, having free useful information for your clients' knowledge enrichment makes your website a valuable community resource; which means that more traffic will be driven to your website.
3. Increase Profit
Having more online traffic leads to more profit!
4. Interesting Statistics
According to yahoo search engine, "88% of adults who purchase items online conduct some sort of online research at least sometimes prior to completing their purchase." Accordingly, US businesses' online marketing increased by 23.3% and newspaper marketing dropped by 0.9% in the past year - according to Entrepreneur Magazine, August 2006 (Source: Nielsen Monitor-Plus). Also, "Online Retail Spending is expected to grow from $877 per US consumer in 2005 to $1,512 in 2009 - Entrepreneur Magazine, August 2006.
All the above figures show that being online actually enhances businesses reputations and most importantly brings profit. Also, considering the fact that these numbers are expected to increase in the following years, it is time to start the online investment (For online investment tips, click here).
Last, but not least, another powerful statistic that you need to be aware of is the number of searches conducted on a specific key word every month. Here is a Tabulated example:
Keyword: Restaurants
Search Count in Feb 2007: 8,209,545
Keyword: Cell Phones
Search Count in Feb 2007: 4,181,697
Keyword: Insurance
Search Count in Feb 2007: 3,148,492
Keyword: Real Estate
Search Count in Feb 2007: 3,057,037
Keyword: Mortgage
Search Count in Feb 2007: 1,703,104
Keyword: Title Company
Search Count in Feb 2007: 215,593
Search Count: is the number of searches done on that specific word or topic
This digit reflects the volume of potential clients that your business can have once it is provided with the right Web Solution.
A successful web solution is attractive website design that stands out and is coded with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in mind. Applying SEO to your website gives it a higher chance to be listed in the first page of search engine results when a related key word is typed. In other words, your business will be exposed to millions of people every month - as shown in the table above.
To know the search count for a specific keyword or business, simply send us an email to: SearchCount@Whirlpointmedia.
com and we will get back to you within 24 hours - This is one of the free services that we offer to help your business grow. Visit our website www.WhirlPointMedia.com to learn more about our Affordable Website Solutions.
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