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Many small business owners have a doubt about online marketing. They believe that having an online presence is not needed since they only sell their products or services locally. This type of reasoning could not be further from the reality. Statistics show that 90% of people examine a product or service online before they ever commit to use it. This statistic alone should educate a person that an online presence is essential for growing a small business. This does not entail that a small business owner should just slap up a website and call it good. how does one get begin?

Let’s take for example a local shoes store. A website that has the goal of furthering a small business needs to be well thought out. If a business owner is going to build the website themselves it would be wise to start with the basics. This means picking out a website template that is associated with the kind of business one does. So if the business is selling Dansko shoes, the website should not look too “corporate”. Next, don’t overwhelm the initial page with too much information. The first page should be used to introduce the business and provide a reason why a potential customer should choose them over a rival business. Other pages of the website should offer contact information, testimonials and other useful and similar information. These fundamentals should make a adequate initiation to a website.

Since such an overwhelming number of people research information online, having a website is definitely important to growing a small business. There is usually little competition online for small and local businesses. Being the first business with a website existence will always give you the upper hand on your competition. In our Dansko shoes outlet example, this isn’t possible anymore, as competition is extreme. This is because search engines like Google give seniority to websites that have been operated for a longer lengths of time. This is why even having a simple website is needed for every small business owner.

If a business owner has no experience creating websites it is possible to appoint a webmaster that understands how to craft a website for growing a small business. They will optimize the site to be a top result in search engines for whatever business one is in. Many business owners have found that the majority of their customers have come from online advertising efforts. Once a business owner has a quality website they will want to consider other types of online advertising. This maycomprise of pay per click advertising or online press exposure. The best recommendation is to hire someone that can do all of this for the business in order to leave the business owner time for what ever they do best.