by Oliver Mauss for Home Business Connection magazine
This move can be one of the best marketing strategies to pursue as it can build business clientele and increase potential sales. Improved visibility creates greater brand recognition and provides website visitors with important information about the company and what it offers.
Company websites can cost thousands of dollars when utilizing the services of a professional website designer, but there are other options open to the home business owner. With simple, affordable web design options, Web hosting providers today offer business owners the tools to create and maintain their websites from the comfort of their home offices. The best strategy is to begin with a list of features required for you to communicate the business online—photo galleries, customizable website templates, technical support, and domain-specific email accounts may be on the list for some home businesses. Specifying the company’s needs will save time and money when exploring web hosting options and the type of hosting package necessary to help run the business. In today’s market, website design is no longer exclusive to just tech savvy users. With little to no experience necessary, any level of user can create their own website by following a few simple steps.
A website is the perfect opportunity for a business to share its story. Research shows that consumers seek to learn about a company’s history and mission from its website, which provides businesses the opportunity to emphasize why customers can put their trust and confidence in them. Some Web hosts provide pre-filled sector-specific text in the design template which helps to inspire appropriate content for the site. However, this text is best used as a guideline to formulate professional, yet personal, website text and images. By including lots of high quality, unique content, and investing time into making the site look professional, a business can convey their dedication to high-quality service.
Just as important as maintaining a website, keeping up with online marketing methods is essential. An appropriate presence in social media platforms, like Twitter and Facebook, will help build relationships between the company and its customers. This is also a great technique to use in order to publicize positive customer reviews and increase website traffic by incorporating links.
Creating and maintaining a presence on the Internet has become a highly effective method of growing a customer base. However, there is clearly no benefit to creating an attractive website if it cannot be found. It is essential that the website is submitted to Search Engines and its rankings optimized. Large web hosting providers can help with this element. If the company has low visibility on the Web, customers may be diverted to its competitors. The ideal way to build up an online strategy is to gradually explore the various solutions on offer by Web hosting providers. ♦
Web Host Checklist
Domain Name—A domain name registration is perhaps the most important aspect of your online presence. Keep the name concise and relevant to your business name or sector to enhance visibility on the web.
24/7 Technical Support—With support always available, customers can get answers as soon as they encounter issues or a question arises.
Web Space—The amount of space required for a website depends on how much you expect the website to grow. Music and videos require more space than text alone so perhaps look for an option that provides flexibility to increase or decrease web space as needed.
Bandwidth—Check that a provider doesn’t limit the amount of bandwidth you can use. Some providers cap how much you are allotted and charge for additional traffic, which effectively penalizes your online success
Price—Use your requirement list to compare similar web products, and pick the one that includes all the elements needed with no hidden extra charges
Search Engine Optimization—By exploring search engine optimization (SEO) tools provided by web hosts, businesses will be able to capitalize on the ability to stay on top of the search engine lists.
Email—Not only will an email address specific to your company be better perceived than one from a common email provider, it can also be cost-effective.
E-Marketing—With email design templates, newsletters for customers can help build awareness and relationships by providing company updates, advice, promotions, and industry news.
About the Author: Oliver Mauss is the CEO of 1&1 Internet Inc. (www.1and1.com), which hosts more than 11 million domain names while more than 70,000 servers run in the company’s five state-of-the-art data centers.
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