Every business must have a website. This is no longer negotiable. Whether you’re a solopreneur, entrepreneur, small business owner, or a global organization, a website is imperative to your success.
The yellow pages and phone books are no longer the main way consumers locate businesses. With computers, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, and other web ready tools, the Internet has now replaced the yellow pages and most consumers now turn to the search engines to find what they need.
Consumers aren’t just searching for broad terms either. Consumers are searching for local businesses and resources just as much as global businesses.
A website is a basic business requirement. Second only to establishing your brand, creating your website is the most important task you must accomplish when starting a business.
What bothers me the most is that most smart business owners blindly turn to a graphic designer or web designer to design them a site that makes them “look cool” to their competitors.
Here’s the problem with that approach: Your competitors aren’t going to buy from you or hire you.
Website design isn’t about your designer adding another edgy piece to their portfolio that pushes the boundaries and makes them look cool to other designers.