I was just taking a look around some local contruction companies in Colchester, Essex, UK and I was shocked to realise that many excellent small businesses who actually have a website are not making the most of it. It's often a poorly thought out "business card" page - a couple of snapshots of work done and a phone number and address.
Given that the customers who are still out there are being more careful with their money, don't you want to be top of their choice of businesses?
If you're trying to sell a professional service, do you think that your potential customers will choose you based on your website?
Some more questions you may like to think about:
Do you know how many of the calls you receive are as a result of your website?
Could you get more offers of work if you marketed yourself better?
Would you like enough approaches from customers that you can afford to choose your customers and not the other way around?
If this has got you thinking, then you may like to contact Kat to discuss how much more business you'd like and how you could go about achieving it.
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I started my working life being a bit of a computer nerd when computers were really starting to be used in offices. I learned to type (accurately, and fast). I learned to use a switchboard and various e-mail and word-processing software. I learned about document standards and office processes.
I became a call-centre agent for a customer service and complaints department. I became a data analyst and was then promoted to a project manager.
Spending two years managing projects up to a six-figure sum, specialising in contact-centre project implementation and complementary mails services, my career took an alternative direction.
In my spare time I was learning all I could about using computers - installing, building, fixing and networking them. My working life built my MS Access skills and telecoms management knowledge.
Being a desktop application guru in all my positions for the previous ten years, I then became a trainer for a national business skills training company.
Identifying training needs of clients and developing their career prospects, selling specialised training packages and supporting students in their learning became my daily life. Add to this the maintenance of the iT in the training environment and supporting offices, I became a competent networking and iT support specialist. Providing solutions to workday issues using iT is one of my best strengths.
Having a good education behind me, my spelling and grammar are good. I am an efficient typist and an expert in small office iT.
I started my working life being a bit of a computer nerd when computers were really starting to be used in offices. I learned to type (accurately, and fast). I learned to use a switchboard and various e-mail and word-processing software. I learned about document standards and office processes.
I became a call-centre agent for a customer service and complaints department. I became a data analyst and was then promoted to a project manager.
Spending two years managing projects up to a six-figure sum, specialising in contact-centre project implementation and complementary mails services, my career took an alternative direction.
In my spare time I was learning all I could about using computers - installing, building, fixing and networking them. My working life built my MS Access skills and telecoms management knowledge.
Being a desktop application guru in all my positions for the previous ten years, I then became a trainer for a national business skills training company.
Identifying training needs of clients and developing their career prospects, selling specialised training packages and supporting students in their learning became my daily life. Add to this the maintenance of the iT in the training environment and supporting offices, I became a competent networking and iT support specialist. Providing solutions to workday issues using iT is one of my best strengths.
Having a good education behind me, my spelling and grammar are good. I am an efficient typist and an expert in small office iT.
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