How Will owning a business Website Help My Business in Nigeria?

A lot of small business owners who do not have a site keep asking this question-"How will a website help my business?" Before we start talking about the advantages of having a website for your business, it is important to make you aware about a very basic universal truth. Regardless of the advantages that you will get from having a website, having your own website has now become a necessity that is as important as having a phone number and an office. With over 47 million Nigerians now using the internet, the fastest way to expand your customers base, sales and business incomes is by owning a website which will be available to people looking for your kind of services or product online.

That said, let us look at some of the main ways by which having a website will help your business:

1---A website establishes your presence as a serious business. All customers and clients expect businesses to have their own websites. If you do not have a website, you might be looked upon as being a non-professional and non-serious business that is not even interested in providing contact or business information.

2---A website helps you expand your market. Gone are the days when a market was a certain geographical area restricted to a town, city, state or country. Today, the whole world is your marketplace and one of the major advantages of having your website is that you will get to reach out to potential customers beyond national and international boundaries. Going online could give a great boost to your business, especially if you are selling products that have a market outside your immediate geographical area. Practically, we have closed our office and are working online. That is a proof of what we do of ask people to do is working. We have NOT met over 70% of our clients in person. We just communicate via emails, IM like BBM & Whatsapp and phone calls.

3---A website is an extremely useful marketing tool. A website not only acts as your virtual office, it also helps your target customers in locating you and builds brand and product awareness that eventually helps in increasing sales. A website acts as your complete brochure and provides information about your company, products and services to all those who want to know. It is an extremely cheap way of advertising your products. Once your website is up and running, you can even give up on printing brochures and CDs and simply direct potential customers to your website.

4---Having your own website helps you stay in touch with your customers. Most small businesses cannot afford to set up a toll free helpline. However, by setting up a well created website, you can avoid the need for such a thing altogether. By providing a 'frequently asked questions' section on your web site, you not only help your customers with their problems, you also become much more approachable to them. You can set up links that allow customers to offer feedback and report their problems. Having a live chat tool will help you get in touch instantly with your customers at a cost that is almost nil compared to setting up a help line.

5---A website creates a business image that is larger than life. An extremely large number of small businesses are based in home offices, garages and buildings that could be classified as being highly unimpressive to any customer. A major advantage of having your website is that it helps you build a facade that makes your company look established, professional and larger than it really is!


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