| What can I gain by having a website? |
Anyone who has a website, whether they build it themselves
or employ the services of a professional to build it for them, has the
potential to communicate their existence to....
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THE WHOLE WORLD! |
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24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS
A YEAR! |
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| Does size matter! |
This really is one of the few things in life where size
really doesn't matter!
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Whether you want just a very small site to let people know who
you are and where you are, or an "all singing, all
dancing" site to shout to the world that you exist! |
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Or, whether you are an individual with an unusual hobby, a
small business venture just trying to get of the ground, or an
existing business of any size, there is a place for you! |
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The beauty of the Internet is
that small businesses can compete with large - nobody knows the size
of your company from a URL. As long as your site works well, is easy
to use, and you can react to information supplied quickly, you can
compete effectively! |
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| Who uses the Internet? |
A whole spectrum of people use the Internet, it is widely
used for functions such as:-
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Marketing - some companies are not actually selling items, they use
the Internet for marketing purposes, directing you to local sales
outlets. Car manufacturers are a good example of this type of
use. |
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Gathering information - some companies don't have an Internet
presence of their own and they use the Internet when they want to find
new suppliers or find out information from those already on the
Internet. |
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| Will it be
expensive for me to have a website? |
This depends pretty much on what is required, obviously the
more sophisticated the site and the more you want it to do, the more it
costs, people often think that it will be far more expensive that it
really is. |
| Will
there be on-going costs? |
The simple answer to this is "YES" of course,
almost everything has a cost, the important thing to realise though is
that there is not only one method of connection, therefore there are many
different pricing packages, it just means finding the one which can suit
your needs and your budget! |
| But is it really secure? |
Again, providing your site is built correctly using
recognized software and being hosted correctly on secure servers, then it
is considered as safe as any other method where your credit card details
are supplied. |
| How do people know that my site exists? |
There are a lot of ways that this can be done....
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For existing businesses of course the first thing to do is to inform
all of your customers and suppliers! They may even be very happy to
know that they can buy on-line from you, in turn they may then inform
their associates of your existence and so on.... |
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Your web address should appear on every piece of literature possible
from letterheads, invoices to advertisements etc. |
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Your site will be registered with search engines, it sometimes takes
a while for your site to be included by some of the engines, but this
is where the miscellaneous searches are generated from. |
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| What
key items do I need to get connected to the Internet? |
Physical equipment which consists as a minimum of -
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A computer of suitable specification. |
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A modem (device that connects your computer to a telephone
connection). |
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A telephone socket. |
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A printer (not essential but makes life easier!)
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An access account -
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A method of "dialing up" the Internet. |
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An access provider (sometimes known as ISP's - Internet
Service Providers.) |
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| Well in that case, what's stopping me? |
I don't know, why don't you contact me at sales@mischaweb.co.uk
and we can find out? |
