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In case you don’t have a website yet, discover how to save heaps of wasted money and disappointment.

Experts agree, you need an online presence. Being connected to the Internet – going online, and better still, having a website address on your business’ letterhead, were a rare luxury in 1998. It positioned you in the ranks of most progressive entrepreneurs.
Running a business in 2008 demands that you maintain an online presence, for those of your prospects and customers who prefer to do “IT” this way. No favours, it is just expected from you.
And don’t fool yourself into believing that the nature of your business “excuses” you from having a website. Whether you’re a law firm, restaurant, furniture shop, builder, or a carpet layer, you must hang out your sign for those who are looking… in cyberspace. In case you didn’t know where your clients will be coming from:

Late-breaking news from the BBC and the Internet Advertising Bureau in the UK:

“Spending on the online advertising is expected to surpass television in 2009.”

That means: Big companies are eying YOUR market and they’re taking their dollars out of TV, newspapers and radio, and pushing your bid prices higher and higher.
Got your running shoes strapped on?
Yes, your customers-to-be, and your current ones are surfing the Net, looking who and what is out there, moving from site to site, getting educated about the subject, comparing merchants and their offers, waiting to be impressed. In the meantime, getting ripe to part with their money…
Some will buy online, others will visit your shop or office, or call with enquiries.

Suddenly, your website becomes an extension of your “brick and mortar” business, and as such, it’s expected to contribute to your bottom line.
Sadly for many businesses, their websites only cost them money. If this is your case, you’re probably thinking: “Who needs all those fancy web pages, if there is no effect? This doesn’t work!”
The answer is simple: make it work!
Your website can be an incredibly effective source of information about your business. Like your business card displayed in the vastness of cyberspace. For certain products and services, it can be a very effective sales tool. For others, your showcase, run at a minimal cost and reaching the audience that no other offline marketing method allows.

However, there are absolutely critical prerequisites that must be fulfilled, for your website to become your new profit center. Yes, actually make money for you. They apply equally to your existing website, and to a new one, you’re about to launch. Here they are:

• Get qualified people to build your website: web and graphic designers, Search Engines Optimization expert and a copywriter. All directed by the Internet Marketing professional, who has the final voice.

• Host your website with a reputable hosting company, for top speed and reliability.

• Promote your website unceasingly, using all acceptable methods. Don’t think for a moment, that since you’ve built, “they” will come. There are more than 147 million websites, containing a total of some 38 billion pages, that you’re competing against. Promoting your website effectively will bring hundreds and thousands of targeted visitors. Enquiries, customers leads and sales will follow.

Internet, or as we often call it “Web”, is the fastest growing medium today. Bye Web 1.0! Welcome Web 2.0 with its totally new approaches, strategies and solutions. Are you finding it hard to understand? Don’t worry, get somebody who does!
In the current business reality, where only the smartest and most shrewd operators survive and prosper, it is your responsibility to yourself and those whose lives depend on your operational profits, to embrace the marketing form that guarantees maximum growth with minimum cost.

Internet marketing delivers unfair advantages to those who understand and use it. Make sure you’re one of them. You cannot afford not to. Others are racing ahead already. Get started today!