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Sabweb
2412 S. Alston Ave
Durham, NC
(919) 740-1255
sab@sabweb.com

 


Promotion...

If you have never had a web site, it is hard to know what it should be like. Start small and simple. Don’t try to do to much to quickly. Build a web presence. Then add to it as your needs require. Design it to work with your business needs in mind.

Pick a monthly payment you can afford to maintain. Don’t have a site with large up front costs if you can avoid it. (Large Store or Shopping Carts may be an exception.) The point is, your site may change often so plan and budget for it.

 

Promote it!!! This is the most important thing you can do to make your site work! Put your web site address (URL) and e-mail address on your business cards, brochures, newspaper ads, newsletters, yellow page ads, building signs, correspondence, and on bills, In other words: Everything!! In the past, most people communicated with your business in person, by mail or by telephone. The next generation of customers will also want to use your web site and e-mail.

Don’t expect miracles from Search Engines. Most key word searches come up with thousands of "hits’. They work well when someone remembers ‘something’ about your company or product and then searches for it. Most sites don’t get many hits from random searches.

Give people a reason to check your web site on a regular basis. Here are some possibilities.
bulletList your office or store hours and telephone numbers there.
bulletKeep a ‘specials’ page. What is on sale this month?
bulletKeep a Catalog of your Products and/or Services if practical.
bulletProvide information of value to your customers. (Example: A garden shop might provide information about the latest insects pests and how to treat them, along with a link to this month’s sales page).
bulletProvide a Frequently Asked Questions page about your product or service. (Example: If you sell homemade lawn furniture, then how do you clean it. Can the customer paint or stain it.) When you sell a product or service, what are the usual follow-up calls about? Try to answer these questions on your web site.
bulletHave an e-mail version of a periodic newsletter. Allow the customer to request it. Don’t send unsolicited e-mail advertising(Spam).
 

 

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