I was recently walking through Newport, a small market town in Shropshire, and was surprised at the number of shops and businesses that didn’t advertise their website address in their shop or office window…
Was this because they didn’t have a website? Were they not proud of their website? Or didn’t they know how a website could keep selling for them even when the shop was closed or the customer was no where near Newport?
Many shops and businesses either have no website or the website they have just doesn’t do anything for them. The trouble is many websites are put together by people who don’t have sales, marketing and business development experience.
No website yet? Is this because…
- You don’t know how a website could help your business.
- Don’t know where to start?
- Heard they cost a lot of money and don’t want to get ripped off?
- You’re not technical and don’t use the web yourself?
Have a website but…
- Have no idea who, if anyone, is visiting it.
- Feel like a needle in a haystack?
- Wished it looked more professional?
- Wished you could sell products online as well?
In the past if you wanted a website you had a few choices. You could take a chance with a web design company, you could get a friend or relative with a bit of knowledge to do it or you could have a go yourself using a cheap online website provider.
The problem was the web designer was either a graphics person or a ‘techie’ but didn’t understand marketing; the friend or relative did their best but the result looked homemade; and the cheap online version was ok until you needed help – if you were lucky enough to find a helpline number they charged premium rate and kept you on hold for ages.
“Ideally your website should be an investment – not an expense”.
It would be put together by someone who understood sales, marketing and business development. You would have the ability to make changes to its content quickly and easily yourself. If you wanted you could even start selling products online (online consumers prefer buying from websites that have real shops as well so you’ve already got an advantage over much of the competition).
So what’s different about Midlands Business Development’s web developing arm ?…
- We are not web developers (at least not your average web developer).
- We are sales, marketing and business development specialists.
- We help our clients understand what the internet can do for their business.- We then help them to make it a reality.
- With an office in Telford you’ll also have free, local telephone support and advice.
- We also offer free weekly online training sessions whether you become a customer or not. Subjects include how to be recognised by search engines, pay per click advertising with Google and copywriting for the web.
- You can build your own site from just £9.95 per month or have us put one together from about £500. A 10 page e-Commerce site can cost less than £1,000.
If you don’t have a website or are not satisfied with your existing site call now on 01952 898212 to request your free 8 Step Website Planning Guide. This document will help you understand more about what a website can do for your business and help you decide what your site should contain. Let’s speak soon.
An example site developed by us helps people better understand their Final Salary Pension. If you want to see more examples of sites we have put together please visit
www.Irun-Telford.co.uk
