Small Businesses and Web Success
The Internet is
arguably the most transformative business technology of our
lifetime. The rapid shift to doing business on the web has
broken down traditional sales channels, opened up regional
and national markets, and closed the competitive gap
between small companies and their larger competitors.
Small
Businesses Lack Web Expertise
However,
most small businesses lack access to the kinds of web
expertise and resources that their larger competitors take
for granted. And, in most cases, their web developers lack
access to this expertise as well.
That's not surprising. While almost every community college
offers courses in web development, none that we know of
teach search engine optimization or web marketing classes.
And very few web developers have the background in business
marketing that would enable them to marry technology to a
company's business and marketing strategy.
Therefore,
Small Business Websites "Underperform"
Because entrepreneurs lack access to web expertise, their
websites often "underperform" when it comes to attracting
more search engine traffic, raising the quality of their
traffic, and converting traffic to sales.
Similarly, most small businesses don't know how to use
their websites to increase customer service, build loyal
users, improve their business processes, decrease operating
expenses, and build their brand.
Business
Outreach Reps are Perfectly Positioned to
Help
Business
outreach and assistance reps are perfectly positioned to
educate entrepreneurs and to help them to develop
successful search engine and web marketing strategies for
their businesses. Our training gives these reps the skills
to do just that.