8 Reasons Why All Small Businesses
Need a Website
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Gives you a readily available resource to which you can refer current and potential customers for more information
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Gives potential customers a sense that you are a "real" business - gives your business credibility
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Provides a base for other marketing efforts - social networking, sales promotions, new products
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Makes you visible to an endless number of consumers beyond those who walk past your storefront
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Improves customer service - open 24/7
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Opportunity for an additional selling channel for your products
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Less expensive than producing a glossy brochure which will be out of date quickly and costly to reproduce
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Branded email addresses are a free feature of hosting your website - have customers address mail to you@yourcompany.com
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WHAT IS THIS QR CODE STUFF?
A QR (Quick Response) code is a matrix barcode that is readable by ded icated QR barcode readers and smartphones with cameras. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. Scanning the QR code leads the user to the information via embedded text, URL, or other data. You are probably already noticing them on "For Sale" signs around town, in magazine ads, or on print or internet pages.
 To try this out on your smartphone. You can download a free app for the iPhone, Android, or MAC as well as others. I use QR Reader. The QR app will not only read a code but can create one for you as well. A scan of this QR code will take you to the website of glass artist Dale Chihuly.
Tip: You can use your smartphone and scan it right from the computer screen or print it out first if viewing from your smartphone.
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