5 Benefits of a Good Website for Your Small Business

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A good website is a crucial element for any small business. It’s the best way to establish credibility and build up a loyal customer base. But, if you’re not convinced, here are five benefits that you can expect from having a good website.

1) Your website can have excellent SEO 

A good website is also beneficial for search engine optimization. If you are not familiar with the term, SEO refers to how well your website will rank when people look up certain keywords on Google or other search engines. A site that ranks high gets far more exposure than one lower in the rankings. According to Hubspot, top-ranking sites get an average of 100,000 visitors per month, while those at position 50 receive around 20,000 monthly visits.

2) Your website can be a valuable sales tool

Aside from generating leads from a real estate website, your site is also useful for closing deals. If you have properly implemented SEO and other strategies to get people onto your site, then it will serve as an excellent sales lead generation machine. You simply need to know how to use the tools at hand—like blogging, social media marketing, PPC ads, or email newsletters. With this strategy in place, you’ll always have fresh traffic flowing into the site, which means more prospects for your business.

3) You can make more sales

A site with SEO also means that you have a better chance of making more conversions or closing deals. Why? If your website ranks high on search results, then it means that people are actively looking for what you offer. With this knowledge in hand, you need to create content and strategies to get them into the buying cycle, which closes the deal faster.

4) You can achieve your business goals

More deals mean more conversions. First, however, it’s important to know what you want your website to do for the business so that you will be able to accomplish these objectives. Since SEO is a big part of any site, make sure that there are specific keywords and phrases used throughout the content which reflects what you’re trying to sell or promote (e.g., if one were selling ‘fishing rods,’ then they would use this phrase as much as possible in their copy). The same goes for other strategies like social media marketing, PPC ads, etc. You need specific tactics aligned with certain expectations—otherwise, how else will you meet success?

5) You can save money on marketing

Last but not least, a good website can actually help you save on marketing costs. How? Funneling all of your leads and prospects into one place—the website—makes it easier to track who is interested in what you’re selling and how they found out about you. This information can then be used to improve marketing efforts by targeting specific channels that are more effective than others. In other words, with a well-run website, much of the legwork is done for you when it comes to tracking leads and understanding customer behavior.

In conclusion,  a good website can do many things for your small business. This is why it’s important to have one ready even before you start promoting the brand online or offline.

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Milo Senalle

Milo Senalle

Managing Editor at Chispa Magazine
As one of the managing editors of Chispa Magazine, Milo Senalle is the go-to man for all things technology, ethical, and financial concerns. Providing laughs with his style of writing and problem-solving techniques, Milo is a voice of reason among the girly staff at Chispa. Married with children, living in Atlanta, he works 24/7 on becoming a man of courage and believes honor begins at home.

Milo Senalle

As one of the managing editors of Chispa Magazine, Milo Senalle is the go-to man for all things technology, ethical, and financial concerns. Providing laughs with his style of writing and problem-solving techniques, Milo is a voice of reason among the girly staff at Chispa. Married with children, living in Atlanta, he works 24/7 on becoming a man of courage and believes honor begins at home.