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Before you start planning your new web you need to ask yourself if you really need a web site or do you just want one because you have been told that you have to have web site these days.
Or have you been told you need to get a web site quick before your competition does. This is probably the biggest blag when it comes to the Internet.
If you are own a Sandwich shop chances are you won't ever need a web site. How many people do you know look up a sandwich shop on the Internet. You wouldn't, you would just walk to the local shops and find one.
Below is a list of reasons why you may need a web site: -
- Promote your ideas, hobbies, or beliefs
- To Advertise your company or product
- Make loads of money really fast
- Provide customer services and support
- To keep your customer base informed
- Give or Sell Information
- Create an 'Extended Business Card' for your company
- Provide internal information and services for your company
Well, lets start at the beginning and go through each one in turn: -
Promote Your Ideas or Hobbies
This is probably the biggest reason for setting up your own personal web site.
There are countless web sites on the Internet that people have created, not to make money, but to promote there ideas, hobbies, or beliefs.
In fact the Internet is an excellent way to do this and you can create a real community of people with the same ideas, hobbies, and beliefs as yourself. It's also great way to meet people.
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To Advertise Your Company or Product
The Internet can be an excellent way to promote your company or a product, but it needs to be used along with traditional ways of advertising.
With so many web sites out there and 100's more being created everyday it becomes harder and harder to promote your site on the Internet.
The best way to promote your product is to use traditional advertising and let potential customers know they can find out more information through your web site.
Attract these potential customers into you web site by offering quizzes and prises and give them information on your company or products while they are there. Forums and chat rooms can also help with this and allow your customers to discus your product while they are there.
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Make Loads of Money Really Fast
Yeah right. If you want to make loads of money really fast then the Internet is probably not the place to do it.
Most of the large companies on the Internet such as Amazon don't make a penny from the Internet. In fact they are losing money hand over fist.
This is not to say you won't make any money from the Internet, as there are many people who do.
The main companies making money from the Internet are companies offering Internet services such as Web design companies, Web Hosting companies, ISP, etc.
Other companies making money on the Internet are mainly smaller companies that are bricks and mortar companies that make there main living through normal outlets such as shops, but also make some money each week from Internet sales.
The only other types of company making money through the Internet are small companies with low overheads offering unusual products or services that cannot be found locally. This still requires a lot of hard work, the right type of promotion, and allot of luck.
Thanks to Web Wiz Guide
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