{"id":57,"date":"2015-05-25T16:20:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T16:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalsoft.eu\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2021-04-23T13:02:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:02:33","slug":"how-important-is-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalsoft.eu\/blog\/2015\/05\/how-important-is-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How important is a website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most surprising things, when you look at small businesses, is how many of them don&#8217;t have a website. You would think that in this day and age everybody would know how important a website is for all businesses. Clearly, that is not the case. Any business that does not have a website is missing out on one of the most powerful marketing tools available to them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalsoft.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Website.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalsoft.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Website.jpeg\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.royalsoft.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Website.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.royalsoft.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Website-300x125.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.royalsoft.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Website-1024x427.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main reason that it is important for businesses to have a website is how people are likely to find you. These days most people will go online and research products and companies before they make a purchase, if you don&#8217;t have a website you are missing out on all of this potential business. Even if people don&#8217;t buy your product online they are still likely to research it online so you need to have a website so these people can learn about your business.<\/p>\n<p>An online identity is also important because it helps you establish credibility as a business. Most people just assume that you have a website since the vast majority of businesses do, at least the vast majority of big companies do. There are actually still quite a few small businesses that don&#8217;t have a website and without one this is exactly what they will remain. If you don&#8217;t have a website that you can refer people to, potential customers are going to assume that you are a small time company that does not take their business seriously. Once you establish this reputation it is going to be hard to make sales.<\/p>\n<p>A website will not only give you credibility but it will also help to give the impression that your company is bigger and more successful than it may actually be. One of the great things about the internet is that the size of your company does not really matter. There is no reason that you can&#8217;t get your site to rank in Google ahead of a large multinational competitor and funnel off some of their traffic. This is a big part of the reason that a website is even more important for a small business than a big one, it tends to level the playing field.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, there are still a lot of small businesses that do not have websites, there are various reasons for this but mostly it comes down to the belief that they are expensive. It is rather surprising how much small business owners believe a website will cost them. In truth, a website can be built for very little money. 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