07/08/2022
Him: "Prosper, do I need a website for my Small business"?
Me: Yes, of course.
Him: why?
Me: Please, I will make out time to talk about it on my Facebook wall. Kindly check for that later on my wall.
Him: Why?
Me: Some others might have similar questions; Writing about it there will be beneficial to them too.
Him: Ok. I will be on the lookout for it.
So here are the thing people.
For anyone who owns a business, service-based, Agency, workshop, or whatever it is you do for a living, you need to own a responsive website up and running.
This will provide you with the most successful opportunities possible for your kind of business. Digital transformation is real and you should not be caught unprepared.
Businesses with an online presence operate with a high unfair advantage over the ones that are not online. To remain relevant and ensure that your business is competitive and registered in the mind of people beyond your geo-location, you must as a matter of supreme necessity have a website and connect it to your various social media handles.
There are numerous advantages to having a website aside from just getting your business registered in the minds of people.
They include the following but are not exhaustive.
1. Visibility.
According to internet live stats, Google records about 99,000 searches every second and on average 8.5billion searches per day.
These are real people searching and browsing for solutions to their various problems. And your product or service could be the solution for anyone of these people. But of course, you were nowhere to be found. You are stuck in one brick-and-mortar store located at no 'taati' 🤣🤣 mgbada ugwu street, Na north. How then could you be found?
Having a website not only makes your business easy to be found but also makes the name more commonly known. It shows people at a glance what you have to offer.
The same way you have your shop address is also how you should own an address on the web and this could only be done by having a website.
2. Advertising
Having a website is the best and easiest way to advertise your business, products, or services. When prospective customers visit your sites, they will be able to go through the pages of your site and see firsthand what you are offering without you having to be there to talk to them. Your site does the job and you get a call or direct chat inquiring about your business.
Yes, that's how powerful a website could be.
With this in mind, you must ensure your business have a well-designed website with a user-friendly interface ready to offer full information about your offerings to prospects without the need for much explanation from your end. And with proper SEO content, your website could always rank highly on the search engines.
3. Easy Business Connections with Customers.
Having a well-designed website will make it easy for you to get connected with your customers and this could bring in more sales. With a well-organized store page on your website, getting orders for your products or appointments for your services could just be bliss. Customers will be able to book to appointment or reserve a date and time for your services without even knowing you or talking with you first. Just imagine how It will save you and the customer time and energy. With your customized email address, Phone number and Whatsapp live chat on your website, people could easily get connected with you.
4. Funding and Business Mentorship opportunities.
I don't want to go into details, but let me inform you that I once lost a $5k, International funding opportunity because I don't have a website then. Like, I participated fully and passed the interview and exams. Regrettably, one morning, I woke up to a mail from the organization, Informing me that I wasn't considered eligible because there was no way to verify the authenticity and activities of my business as submitted to them. Only that oo. Nothing more. So they had expected to see a corresponding website of my business as social proof of my claims. Omo! It was not funny, given the time and effort, I put into the program. But that was it anyway. No second chance for that opportunity oo. Should I even talk about the ones I couldn't continue with the application because of a lack of a website? You are about to complete your application and boom, you see (type in your website URL here). That's the end if you don't already have a website.
See ehn! If you don't have a website for your business or services, it simply means you aren't in business. That's a simple truth.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, "There are going to be two kinds of business people in the future: Those whose businesses are online and those who do not have a business and the future is now". (Emphasis added).
Let me tell you for free that it's almost impossible to have any organization fund or invest in your business if they can't verify your activities online. So a social media page and corresponding websites are a must for any business owner, be it sm business.
You don't need to wait till you have an urgent need before you begin, so get started today.
In regards to the above benefits, If the website looks like what you need for your business, reach out to us at 9yards Technologies, or visit www.9yt.com.ng and have us design and build responsive websites for your business.
We will design your graphics from scratch, giving you a logo if you don't have one.
We will integrate a live WhatsApp chat for you on your website so that customers can chat with you directly from your website without having to save your number first.
We will integrate a blog into your site where you will be making posts and writing educative articles about your brand, business, products, or services.
We will also integrate an online store for you n our site, so you can display and sell your products online.
Just tell us what you want for your business and we will design it to life.
Send us a direct message, or Visit www.9yt.com.ng to get started, today.
To Your Business Success.
