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Why does my business need a website?

A web site is an excellent tool for both promoting your business to prospective customers and improving the quality of your service to existing customers. Research shows that a website is an important part of any small to medium sized business. Let's take a look at the numbers.

• 85% of small business owners would advise their peers to have a website.
• 60% of small business owners wish they would have built their website sooner.
• 51% view internet marketing as more cost effective than other methods.

statistics based on research conducted in 2002 by Lewis, Mobilio and Associates.

How can I use my website to help my business grow?

Web development is an art, as is making a business grow. Newmind technology consultants take your business expertise and knowledge of your industry and use it to create a website that accurately reflects your company and the unique value that you provide your customers. We work with you to find creative and innovative uses for technology to support your business needs. There are many ways a website can be employed to help your business grow. Here are a few:

• Educate customers about your products and/or services.
• Attract business from outside your geographic area.
• Gather leads and requests.
• Allow prospective customers to shop or research your company from the comfort of their homes.
• Offer coupons or incentives to encourage repeat business.
• Gather customer feedback through questionnaires and polls.
• Provide self-help or guided troubleshooting information.
• Provide customers easy access to their account information.
• Display current event schedules or calendars.
• Display customer testimonials.
• Display Frequently Asked Questions to reduce service calls
• Save postage and printing costs by posting downloadable catalogs or manuals.
• Provide discussion forums and other ways for customers to interact with each other and create communities, thus adding value to your product or service.

Why should I choose Newmind as my web developer?

Let us say that you were buying a house. For very minimal cost, you could buy a manufactured home which will be assembled in a factory and shipped to you on the back of a semi. It will be a roof over your head, but the shoddy workmanship and unattractive design will be a constant frustration. Your other option is to sit down with an architect and combine your desires and his or her expertise to design a house that is perfect for you in every detail.

The unfortunate truth is that many budget web developers are like the manufactured home. You have a website when the project is over, but the developers do not help you create a plan for updating the site, driving traffic to the site, or measuring the site's effectiveness. The site is designed so poorly that your customers become frustrated because they cannot find the information they need, and you begin to wish you had done it right from the beginning.

Newmind Group is committed to working with you to develop a site that meets your needs. We use research, beautiful design, and technical skill to carefully craft a site that will have a positive effect on your bottom line. Newmind technology consultants work with you to plan for site updates. We create strategies to bring customers to your site. The effectiveness of the site is measured to insure that you are receiving a return on your investment. We also provide FirstName support which means you will never have to call a technical support hotline and talk to someone who doesn't know you and your business needs. Contact us today for a free consultation and begin putting your website to work to grow your business.

Contact Newmind today for a free consultation.