Very often we hear comments such as: ‘Why do I need a Website? I’m doing reasonably OK at the moment and have my regular customers. Besides, I don’t really understand computers and the Internet that much… and I don’t think I can afford the time and money anyway to run one of these Websites…’
Recent research has shown that regional businesses are far less likely to have a professional Website than their city counterparts. The advice from Pro Site Please owner Adam Broadbent is: Don’t be left out. Create a professional online image to your customers – now.
“It doesn’t cost a packet and we can make it easy for you,” says Adam. “I have been working with a few local companies to develop a number of ‘state of the art’ online solutions at a price that should have been available to our community years ago. If your company does not have a professional online presence, you are missing out on a market that has annual sales of over $20 billion dollars in Australia alone. So, imagine what it could do for your business worldwide.”
The NBN and this area
Tamworth and Armidale will be connected to high-speed broadband under the first stage of the Federal Government’s fibre optic rollout plan for the National Broadband Network (NBN). By September 2014, it is expected 19,500 premises in Tamworth and 14,500 premises in Armidale will either be connected to the fibre network or work will have started to connect them. West Tamworth, Hillvue, Taminda, East Tamworth, Oxley Vale and South Tamworth are included in the rollout. The work will be carried out in stages from December next year and services should be available about 12 months after work begins in each locality.
With the national high-speed broadband network on the doorstep for local businesses, enthusiasm for our website creation service has rocketed – and that’s just in the first month of trading. We assure local companies that they don’t need to pay thousands of dollars for a custom, professional and effective Website. A Website package from Pro Site Please is the most competitively priced in the market for under $700. What’s more, we offer unlimited servicing, referral bonuses and even your money back if you are not completely satisfied.
To see our customer testimonials visit the comments in our portfolio.
We strive to create long-term relationships with our clients while creating websites that support and align with their ideas and business goals. Our services can also extend to logo and graphic design, content writing, domain names, online marketing management, data entry, search engine optimisation (SEO), hosting and photography. Clients can be sure that with our passion and expertise in this industry, we can make all their ideas for online success actually happen. We’re always here to help.
So far we’ve posted about getting your business a directory listing and the importance of a CMS based websites for small business owners that need an easy to access system. Now, we’re on the way to a website launch and need to be ready for the big day.
This article represents a non-exhaustive list of things to do for your launch. Much of this requires some organisation prior to your launch so allow for some planning and processing time.
Without further ado here are 10 step to consider for your launch:
1. Understand your relationship with your web provider
If you’ve followed our previous advice you should have a CMS based website. Make sure you are confident in editing the content of your page and understand who you can contact if you have issues. If applicable, how much will it cost you to have someone fix the bugs on your website?
2. Make sure your everything is up-to-date
Make sure all your media is current! This cannot be stressed enough. Nothing could be more detrimental for your launch than not having your website listed on your business card, electronic signatures, and voice mail messages. This should be sorted well before your launch as having these materials organised takes time (especially printing business cards).If your email signature reflects that your website is new it can generate interest from your customers. If you have a electronic signature that you use for forums, make sure it mentions your website. Not only will this allow people visiting those forums to access your website but will also help your SEO. In the same vein make sure your voice mail message mentions your website. The more you mention your website the more likely it is to be visited.
3. Create a newsletter
This can inform your list and customers about your website and start to generate traffic. It’s also nice to mention your web provider, recognition is always welcome.
Google alerts allows you to get notifications about your business being mentioned online. By creating alerts for your business and domain name you get to understand your web presence. Get in contact with those who mention you and thank them. After all, they’re helping your SEO for free.
5. Get feedback!
Organise for your customers to check out your website and ask for feedback. Often they can pick up on features you overlooked and improve your website. Aside from asking for feedback from your customers, post your website on community review forums such as the Flying Solo Small Business Forum. This not only allows you to provide another link to your website which can increase traffic, but allows for constructive criticism.
6. Get your web developer to provide a link to your website
By having a link to your website on your web developers site it can help you get indexed on Google faster. If you submit your site to Google it can take over a month for it to be indexed. Through having a link on our web developers site it can happen in as little as a day!
Web developers will asometimes allow you to post a testimonial on their site e.g. Pro Site Please. Ask for them to link back to your website as this also assists your SEO
7. Get your site listed
A list of 7 Free listing directories has been addressed in one of our previous blogs so there is no excuse! This helps develop your SEO and did I mention its free?
8. Mention your website
When talking to people about your business mention your website. Alongside mentioning how great business is going ask them to check out your brand new website!
9. Consider a press release
If your website could be considered newsworthy a press release will allow for it to be picked up by the PR syndication services and increase public knowledge of your company. Even if its not published in major press it can be re-blogged and tweeted which increases your coverage.
10. Implement your marketing plan
Your business will sadly not sell itself. Hopefully you have devised a marketing plan and now is the time to implement it.
To summarise, what you want to do is increase your online presence. By going through these step you are increasing the amount of relevant traffic to your site and engaging a broader audience. If you have any other suggestions feel free to contact us or leave a comment.
I had a client this week who had unfortunately bought (less than a year ago) an ecommerce website that did not have a CMS. If she wanted to make the slightest of changes to the site, she emailed them to the website developer who coded them in and charged accordingly.
In the world of website design, CMS means Content Management System. Basically its a hidden website that allows you to make changes to a website’s content by using something similar to a word processor (See Photo). You can upload images; edit website text or even change your website layout with little to no technical knowledge.
So why would you use anything else? It’s cheaper because you don’t have to pay for a developer to make content changes, it’s easy to customise, easy to use and easy to upgrade.
If your website doesn’t have a CMS or you’r about to embark on an online venture, make sure a CMS is something at the top of your requests. CATCH-UP WEB DEVELOPERS – IMHO
I’d like to introduce myself as the founder of Pro Site Please, Tamworth’s specialist for business websites. I have been working with a few local companies to develop a number of ‘state of the art’ online solutions at a price that should have been available to our community years ago!
It’s 2012, and let’s face the facts – if your company does not have a professional online presence, you are missing out on a market that has annual sales of over $20 billion dollars in Australia alone; imagine worldwide!
Traditional methods of advertising such as phone directories, print material and other fixed media channels are no longer effective. Research has proven that your customers, yes yours, are more likely to use the Internet, particularly search engines such as Google, when searching for the products and services they want and need! Can they find you?
We make it easy!
Don’t be fooled into thinking you need to pay thousands of dollars for a custom, professional and effective website! My package is the most competitively priced in the market at only $699.00 and I offer unlimited servicing, referral bonuses and even your money back if you are not 100% satisfied.
I would love to personally follow up with you to discuss how Pro Site Please can add value to your company by establishing a much-needed online presence. I encourage you to view my portfolio of exceptionally satisfied clients who I have helped increase the bottom line of their business!
So you have a website and want to appear at the top of the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing?
This is widely known as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and is a multifaceted process that can be overwhelming to those starting off. Listing your company and website on online directories is a vital component to improving your SEO and is a great way to get started.
Once listed, the major search engines are more likely to recognise you as a legitimate business and it improves your chances of getting to that number one spot. Although some online directories charge for their services we have compiled a list of the top seven Australian online directories that let you list for FREE!
You can find our True Local listing – HERE
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