9 Reasons Why You Need a Website--Now!
Copyright 2005 Stacey Morris

NINE REASONS WHY YOU NEED A WEBSITE, NOW

1) To Establish Credibility.
A website makes you seem more professional, and lets you
provide quality information that really helps your clients.
Also, if you ever plan on going corporate with your
services, it's essential that you have a good, solid site.

2) To Increase Visibility.
You'll be able to reach more clients globally through a
website, but more importantly, you'll be able to access
more local clients. People search for services in their
area. Also, your contacts can easily refer interested
parties to your website, whereas they won't be carrying
your brochures around with them.

3) A Website Makes it Easy for You to Stay In Touch with
Your Database.
As Service Professionals, it's important that we establish
and maintain relationships with our database of past and
future clients. A great way to do this is through ezines
(you can find more articles about ezines on
www.servicebusinesscoaching.com), but by providing
information and updating it frequently on your site, you
will attract visitors more consistently.

4) To Grow Your Rolodex.
The most efficient way to grow your database is through
ezine signups. But to sell your ezine, you need to
advertise it. One of your goals should be to get visitors
to sign up for your ezine, thereby giving you permission to
stay in touch.

5) To Develop Passive Income.
As a Service Professional, you have an enormous amount of
information that people are ready to buy. By packaging what
you know and selling it through your site, you can develop
a significant secondary income. How do you package your
knowledge? There are a lot of options: audiotapes, CD's,
MP3's, e-course, reports, white papers, and e-books, to
name just a few.

6) Reach Hundreds of Potential Clients.
Why would this be important to a service seller? Because
you're not just selling your services, you're selling your
knowledge. Each visitor has the potential to be converted
into a customer of your hard products.

7) Allow Visitors to "Sample your Wares."
Your visitors may not be ready to sign up for your full
package. They may not be local, they may not be able to
afford you right now, or they may just not feel like it.
Whatever the reason, if you've done a good job of providing
valuable content, and establishing some level of trust
through your website, visitors may be eager to purchase an
information product from you to learn more.

8) Help your Network Refer to you Easily.
Your current clients and contacts can suggest to their
associates that they visit your site—it's less threatening
than a personal contact for some people, and makes you more
accessible.

9) Shorten your Sales Cycle.
When potential clients call us, they want a lot of answers.
Those calls take up a huge amount of time. By providing the
answers to commonly asked questions on your site, and by
giving away a lot of valuable content, your prospects get
to know you and trust you before ever picking up the phone.

The key is to understand that your information is valuable.
Think of how to package it in a compelling, interesting,
useful way so that your readers get it, try it, and benefit
from it.



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