Low
Cost
Utilizing the Internet for your business is very inexpensive.
Unlimited connect accounts are generally available
for less than $20/month and include Internet access
and e-mail. You can start off with just using electronic
mail (e-mail) as a way to communicate with existing
customers and new ones.
E-Mail
Communicate anywhere in the world with customers and
employees and pay NO long distance telephone charges.
And while you're at it, you can "attach"
other documents to your e-mail. For example, you can
send an updated proposal to your representative across
the country - quickly and at no cost.
Customer Support
Provide personalized support for your customers with
answers to common questions; assistance on specific
products or services, provide a variety of ways in
which you can be contacted. Do all this without answering
a phone or hiring additional staff.
Be Open For Business 24 hours a day
This sounds bad but in reality it's a big plus. With
e-mail, people can contact you anytime it is convenient
for them. You can respond anytime that's convenient
for you. Of course, we suggest "timely-response"
just as if someone called you. When you have a website,
potential customers can find out about your products
and services 24 hours a day. Isn't this much better
than getting a call at 5:00 AM from a customer in
a time zone that's 3 hours ahead of yours?
Global Reach
The Internet is being used on a regular basis by millions
worldwide with more "connecting" every day.
Many of the new users come from countries around the
world. They want to buy the "latest and greatest"
products. They have money. With the Internet they
can become your customer! How much do you think it
would cost you to advertise in the Times of London,
the Tokyo Daily, and Moscow Today? Compare that to
the cost of a website. The information you provide
on your website is instantly available to every one
of these users
Reach customers that speak a foreign language
Why restrict your market to the "English-speaking"
world? Translate your website into a number of languages
and offer a choice to users when they come to your
home page to further increase your exposure.
Money Savings
Today your long-distance phone bill can run into the
hundreds of dollars. Using the e-mail to talk to your
customers, suppliers, partners, etc., can save you
a large portion of this expense.
Try new ideas
Since the Internet is a "brand-new" medium,
no one (including us) really knows all of the ways
you can make money from the Internet. We do know there
are a whole lot of great ideas already. When you use
the Internet, you can try new ideas usually for little
invested on your part. It doesn't work, OK, you learned.
Modify it your idea. Improve it. At the very least
you'll know more than your competitors. Who could
imagine that authors would put their books on the
Internet? Well, that's what people are trying with
the hope that customer's will like what they read
enough so that they'll buy the paper version.
Update or Change your products and services easily
and at low cost
If you have produced "paper" catalogs, brochures,
sales collateral's, you know how difficult and expensive
it is to change them. You want to add a new item.
Oh no! The phone company changed your area code. No,
no! What a pain with paper. With your Internet site,
changing anything is a simple and inexpensive process.
Specials
Say you just received a new product and you want to
advertise a "special." Reaching your customers
via the phone, sending a letter, or FAX would be time-consuming
and expensive. With the Internet you can send out
an e-mail to 500 of your best customers with the click
of your mouse. You can put a "SPECIAL" notice
on your website advertising the new product.
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