A Website is one of those terms that has been stretched out of proportion to the point that it’s lost all useful meaning. A free site provided to by your ISP is a website and so is Google, yet they are eons apart but you always hear, “Anyone can create a website; just click here and their and say abracadabra! There, you have a website!”
For small/medium businesses the real question is what good will a website do for them and why should they consider hiring a developer like Simrun over the High-Schooler next door. Well quite simply, it’s the results. You can make your business’ sign with cardboards and Sharpies, or you can have it professionally fabricated out of neon and glass. One will work; one will be an excuse. The same applies to being on the internet because as of 2010, there were a total of 185 million websites online, but 99.99% of all internet traffic was utilized by the top 10 million (5.4%) websites. Now granted traffic isn’t the only thing that a website is rated on, but it’s one of the most important factors in determining how likely customers looking for your products or services will find you.
Ok, let’s say you have figured out how to get customers to flock to your website; great! What now? You see, most websites are the equivalent of an online business card or brochure where it has your business info, contact phone numbers, address and that’s about it. Really, there is nothing more a customer will gain from looking at your website if they already have viewed your print media and that’s simply ignoring the possibilities you can do online.
At Simrun, we see websites as extensions of you business, a third arm that not only informs your customers about yourself but also involves them in what you do. Our websites are called information portals because they take the online medium seriously and are designed to target, retain and build relationships with your customers unlike typical websites that are online, quite frankly, for the sake of being online.
So if you have you already have a website, or you have been toying with idea of starting your first website, think about how your solution would compare to an information portal that features these success proven features:
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Give your users a reason to visit you by allowing them to interact with your website via polls, surveys, feedback forms and more. |
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Easily manage your website and portal by having the ability to make any change to your site via a simply online login with out built in CMS. No other software is required! |
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Let your visitors register with your website just like the big sites do. Keep in touch with them with built in newsletters and other powerful crm features. |
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Designate areas for your visitors, or make sections accessible only to your staff! With portal management you can set up access tiers to suite your business or organization. |
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Modules allow you to build your website and portal as you fit, drag and drop components like e-commerce, message boards, image galleries and tons more. |
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Our websites are built on a specialized version of DotNetNuke, an asp.net (Microsoft based) technology that powers over 500,000 sites! |
If you like what you’re reading, then you’ll love to see the real thing in action, we added some videos of how easy and powerful Simrun powered websites for you to view:
Still not convinced? Ok then; give us a call at 877-746-7861 or email us and we’ll do a live demo for you in front of your computer while talking with you on the phone. Remember it’s your business and your decision on how ultimately you setup your online presence so why not get as much free information as you can? You can pick our brain on any question or concern you might have and we’ll be more than happy to answer them.