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As things stand now in the internet age more and more people are using the internet to find local business services, our internet connections are faster and we are spending more time in front of the computer.

What this means for the local business owner is that if the average joe is looking up goods and services online then your business needs to be online to attract the internet market which is growing every day, If you are not online you a making your business suffer. Here are some facts you may find interesting.

Fact: There were 928 million internet users as of June 2005.(according to data published by internet world stats)

Fact: Over 75% of online consumers do not care if the company they are buying/dealing from is a large or small business.(TNS 2004)

Fact: $1.6 trillion was made by ecommerce in 2001, $7.1 trillion in 2007.(HDC)

Fact: Small businesses who use the internet have grown 46% faster than those that do not.(American City Business Journals)

These figures are huge and being a small business whether you are local or global you should want a piece of this pie.

Can you see why you need a website, people are spending more time online and your website can be working for you day and night, 24 Hours a day. It can be selling your products, making bookings or collecting names for you to call back later.

For a decent sized ad in the yellow pages you will be paying somewhere around the $10000 mark or approx $200 a week or more. You can get a professionally done website up to pull in customers like crazy for under $1000.

Do you see why the yellow pages are slowly losing their appeal and will soon be obsolete. To be a successful business you must move into the 21st century and get online.

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