Why You Need a Website

Acording to the Office for National Statistics, as of April 2006, six out of ten people currently use the internet. The majority of these users having home internet access. In fact, 85% of current internet users (as of Apr 2006) have a home internet connection. Of these current internet users, 72% have stated that they have shopped online and over 80% have said they use the internet to find information about good or service.

Using the Internet to find out information about goods and services and email are the two most common activities carried out online.

It will advertise your business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Millions can view it, compared to a few who might come across your advert in a magazine or paper. Put all the information you want on your website for the world to see!

Why be a small local business? A website allows anyone in the world to view your site, buy your products, and contact you straight away

If you have a product of service - don't miss out on connecting with this huge potential group of customers who are actively searching for your product or service.

Maybe you would just like to introduce yourself and tell folks what your business is all about. Sites like YouTube and Facebook are hugely popular. I can add video and audio to your site to make it more personal which can also be seen on these site so promoting yourself and your business to an even bigger audience.

SERVICES

WEBSITE DESIGN: I can totally design and take care of the colour-scheme, layout, wording, images, etc, for you. If you already have a good idea of how you want the site to look, email or send me any sketches, photographs, documents, wording etc that you wish me to include and I will take it from there. I can add forms (such as contact forms) for you, and E-commerce so people can buy your items.

WEBSITE MAINTENANCE: If you want any changes and updates made at any time, I can do this for you for a simple hourly fee, (if it is significant changes. See prices page). If you have any queries or problems, you can contact me at any time!

SET-UP THE DOMAIN NAME: I can suggest domain names (website addresses such as pimpursite.co.uk) for you if you aren’t sure, and set them up for you as long as they are available. They are usually around £4 per year. (You will be responsible for the renewal fees).

WEBSITE HOSTING & EMAIL: In order to publish your website to the internet once it has been made, it has to be hosted. I can take care of this for you. You would also get your own email address that come with the site if you wish to use it. I can tell you how to easily access this from any computer yourself, or you can have any emails automatically re-directed to your standard email address. You will pay your hosting fee annually, (around £30 per year but depending on your requirements).

WEBSITE PROMOTION (OPTIMISATION): I can register your website to all the major search engines (such as Google) for you, via top search engine registries. I will use all the available techniques to promote your site and get it high up the listings. This will ensure you get traffic and therefore business! An aesthetically pleasing website is useless if no-one looks at it! SEO is vital.

If you promote your business through leaflets and business cards, be sure to add your website to them. Also add it to letterheads and invoices! You might want to approach similar websites or local business clubs etc, and see if you can advertise your website with them.

AUTORESPONDER

If you wish to capture a prospect's details in order to send them a newsletter or future promotions, then you will need an autoresponder. This can be set up to send emails automatically and at specified times and dates. Again I will be able to advise you on this and set one up for you.

VIDEO & AUDIO 

Adding video or audio to your website is one of the most effective ways to gain more traffic and give your visitors a great online experience.

If your serious about building an exciting website, for your band, your business, for showing people around your office, or even giving online lessons, then adding video will greatly enhance your online presence.

We can host your video on YouTube and or host it on to your own Website server with an embedded flash player. Hosting the video gives you a greater contol over the quality of the video.

Hosting the video on YouTube and linking it back to your own website is the best option if you are trying to build the traffic and visitor count

YouTube is now the second largest search engine in the world! And, having an engaging video on YouTube and linked back to your site is a great way to get FREE traffic. That's right! Putting your video up on YouTube costs nothing and people clicking your website link doesn't cost anything either.