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Introduction
In order to remain competitive in the
21st century, you must include the internet in your long term plans.
During the past five years, the Internet has become a significant
resource of information. Internet based businesses alone have
generated billions of dollars. How is that possible? The internet
helps decrease overhead and lower operating costs. It also provides
everyone with an equal opportunity for online success.
The Internet has initiated the paradigm shift that is bringing about
a global E-Economy allowing all peoples and businesses, large or
small, the same opportunities!
1. To establish an internet
presence
It is estimated that
approximately 500 million people worldwide are Internet users (in
2002). No matter what your business is, you can't ignore 500 million
people! To be a part of that community and show that you are
interested in serving them, you need to be on the Web for them. You
know your competitors will.
2. To network
A lot of what passes for
business is simply nothing more than making connections with other
people. Every smart business person knows, it's not what you know,
it's who you know. Passing out your business card is part of every
good meeting and every business person can tell more than one story
how a chance meeting turned into the big deal. Well, what if you
could pass out your business card to thousands, maybe millions of
potential clients and partners, saying this is what I do and if you
are ever in need of my services, this is how you can reach me. You
can, 24 hours a day, inexpensively and simply, on the Web.
3. To make business
information available
What is basic business information? Think of a Yellow Pages ad. What
are your hours? What do you do? How can someone contact you? What
methods of payment do you take? Where are you located at? Now think
of a Yellow Pages ad where you have instant communication. What is
today's special? Today's interest rate? Next week's parking lot sale
information? If you could keep your customer informed of every
reason why they should do business with you, don't you think you
could do more business? You can on the Web.
4. To serve your customers
Making business information available is one of the most important
ways to serve your customers. But if you look at serving the
customer, you'll find even more ways to use Web technology. How
about making forms available to pre-qualify for loans, or have your
staff do a search for that classic jazz record your customer is
looking for, without tying up your staff on the phone to take down
the information? Allow your customer to punch in sizes and check it
against a database that tells him what color of jacket is available
in your store? All this can be done, simply, quickly and
inexpensively, on the Web.
5. To heighten public interest
You won't get Newsweek magazine to write up your local store
opening, but you might get them to write up your Web Page address if
it is something new and interesting. Even if Newsweek would write
about your local store opening, you wouldn't benefit from someone in
a distant city reading about it, unless of course, they were coming
to your town sometime soon. With Web page information, anybody
anywhere who can access the Web and hears about you is a potential
visitor to your Web site and a potential customer for your
information there.
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