Think BIG while staying small

Did you know according to GoDaddy 6 in 10 small businesses have yet to establish an online presence and build a website? I would almost guarantee that if you asked a consumer if they believed this number to be true, most of them would say there’s NO WAY EVERYONE HAS A WEBSITE RIGHT?! Unfortunately this is not true and yes the statistic is correct.  35% of small business owners feel that their operations are too small to warrant building a website! Here is where thinking BIG while staying small can really give you an advantage against your competitors in your market! 85% of small business owners that have a website feel it gives them an advantage over their competitors! 85%!!! There is a reason for the 15% maybe not knowing if it does or doesn’t.  Tracking your new customers and understanding where your customers find your business is not an easy process. Most small business owners tell us here at Get Webzy that they ask every customer that walks through their door how they found them. Unfortunately without a website, analytics, social media, and Google Places Pages the process or “journey” in which a consumer comes to visiting a business is pretty complicated.  Whether it starts with driving by, friends, searching the internet, or receiving a mailer or email the process is not always so cut and dry. Let’s get back to the 85% percent of business owners knowing that it gives them an advantage and why this is so high! With the turnover of consumers that move in and out of a town or city each year, word of mouth really only exists for consumers who are actually living in an area for a long enough period of time.  Word of mouth is always the best form of advertising according to most small business owners due to the cost of acquiring that customer through word of mouth $0!! GREAT RIGHT?? NO! The real question is what is the amount of business a small business owner is LOSING due to not having an online presence. That question again is very hard to answer, but the answer must be obvious if over 85% of small business owners say that an online presence as simple as a website gives them an advantage! Here at Get Webzy we have built thousands of websites for small business owners who have never had one before and after a few months here are some common feedback we here:

1- Makes me look so much more professional

2-Customers tell me every day they are so happy that i have my menu online

3-I see so much more traffic from customers being able to find me

4-What else can i do?

5-I have seen a huge increase in business!

The fact is having a website will not always guarantee more business, but one thing we will guarantee is when you meet someone and they ask for your business name, that person will look you up! If someone looks you up and you have NO website, we can also guarantee it makes you look very unprofessional, especially in 2018!

Conclusion:

I guess the conclusion to all of this is, if you want to grow your business in 2018 and get a head start on growth for 2019 get your business a website! Investing in a website with Get Webzy is affordable! and will make an impact on your business.  If you are not willing to spend $299 and $23/month then quite honestly you are not fully committed to growing your small business over the next few years. Consumers want proof these days you are real and reliable and with over 80% of people searching on Google for small businesses to hire, visit or try for the first time, YOU need to be there to attract the consumers you are missing and letting your competitors scoop up! For only $23 bucks per month it will be the best investment you can make next to grow your company! It’s more than okay to be small but it is much more important to think BIG in order to keep growing your business!