If you are considering organising your own website - or rather if you are NOT; here are few things for you to consider

• Its December holidays, my schedule is hectic and I really don’t have time We certainly understand what you mean. But then again, time flies when you’re having fun! Before you know it, it will be the New Year, 2010 and then, you will have even less time! If you are considering using your website as an additional medium of communication with your existing and potential customers – does it not make sense to make sure that your message is clear, concise and accurate? Why not take a little ‘time out’ to think ahead, plan for the New Year and allow us to complete your website? Then when the ‘pace’ picks up again, you will be ready to address your business demands, your 2010 prosperity and all your New Year’s resolutions with a vengeance!
  
  
• “Yeah, but I don’t use the Internet much” What about your clients or your prospective clients. Not so long ago, you could rely on word of mouth marketing and a yellow pages type directory. Today, more people are increasingly using the internet to find information. How often do you hear the expression, “I’ve googled it…”? With the introduction of WAP enabled mobile devices, this trend is growing exponentially as there are fewer, or now no barriers between users and the Internet.
  
  
• I’m hectically busy and don’t have any time. If this is true, then a website can be a particularly useful tool for you. You don’t have to pay it a salary, or provide a car, bonus and medical aid and its available to your clientele 24 hours x 7 days a week! The average cost for hosting a basic html site is often less than even R100!
  
  
• I’m not a very technical person and I know very little about the Internet. No problem. That is why you use an expert to assist you! Consider your own personal service requirements: legal advice, medical practice, teaching your children, managing your book-keeping and cash flow, even fixing your electric gate or TV? Even if you are a very capable and resourceful individual, there are only 24 hours in the day. It makes sense to consider getting an expert to help you design and build your website? A decent web consultant should also be able to assist you with some basic training, we can!
  
  
• Most of my cash flow is going towards the running of my business / shop(s). Whilst an online business / site is not always an ideal replacement for a ‘bricks and mortar’ actual business, it can be a powerful tool that can substantially increase your turnover. Consider the cost of setting up a new shop? – The rent, shop fittings, insurance, staffing and even administrative duties. For a relatively small cost, you can easily set up your own online shop and use your existing infrastructure to handle the distribution and customer care. Some businesses have even gone so far as to use their website to free up their employees’ time so that they can focus more on delivering fantastic customer care! Examples aside, consider how many businesses are profiting and benefiting from their websites. You can do that too.
  
  
• We’ve paid someone a while ago, but they never delivered anything. Tragically, this is so familiar! A well designed 5 page site can be designed and uploaded within a few days. If you have been waiting for weeks, then perhaps its time you consider someone else who is more professional and probably less expensive?