Welcome ...
Interested in having your own web site? First, ask yourself why you want a web site.
Anyone in a sales environment should have a web site. Why limit your market/potential clients to your local area when you can sell to the world? If you make custom jewellery, why spend hours at local craft fairs flogging your wares when you can have a market of BILLIONS world wide?
Got a hotel? How much does an advert in the local paper cost every week? Maintaining a web site with a world wide audience costs about £1.70 a week - and it can't be thrown away or used to wrap fish and chips - it's there all the time. If you are an American planning to go to Cornwall on holiday how do you know where to stay? Directories such as Yellow Pages list hotels and phone numbers - a web site will show you how clean the toilets are, the quality of the rooms, what local amenities there are and so on. The Penwarren Guest House regularly gets custom from people who have seen their site and like the look of the rooms and bedding.
Do you want to show off your talents? Are you an artist looking to sell your work or gain commissions? You can have a Gallery online all year round showing not just what you have currently for sale but also showing all the work you have done in the past.
Or maybe you have an interest or hobby that you want to share with the world - philately, comics, butterflies, local opera/amateur dramatics group, sports club, collectors ... the list is endless. The Sandokai Karate web site receives regular inquiries from all over the world and is rated very high in the search engines (go to Google and do a world wide search for karate uk). Not bad for a small group based in Cornwall! The world wide inquiries provide contact with other clubs and groups, and the local inquiries provide a regular supply of new members for their clubs.
By now you should have an idea of some of the potential that a web site provides.
So, you are sure you want to have a web site ...
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