IWHY HAVE A WEB PRESEENCE?

NetCustodian offers several pre-designed web sites already outfitted with NetCustodian's content management system. Below you can see what's available in this category. More PreDesigns will be added on a regular basis, so continue to check back for new designs! There are many reasons why a PreDesign site with NetCustodian may be exactly what you're looking for to get your web presence up and running.

If you are thinking about starting a new web site and have some questions about whether a web site could help your business, church, or minstry, then some of the following issues might interest you. Below are a list of reasons why you might benefit from having your own web site.

• Promote Your Ideas or Hobbies
• Advertise Your Company or Product
• Make Lots of Money Really Fast
• Provide Customer Service and Support
• Keep Your Customer Base Informed
• Sell or Give Away Information
• Create an Extended Business Card
• Provide Internal Information and Services
• Why Might I Need a PreDesigned Site?

Promote Your Ideas or Hobbies
This is probably the biggest reason for setting up your own personal web site.

There are countless web sites on the Internet that people have created, not to make money, but to promote there ideas, hobbies, or beliefs.

In fact the Internet is an excellent way to do this and you can create a real community of people with the same ideas, hobbies, and beliefs as yourself. It's also great way to meet people.
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Advertise Your Company or Product
The Internet can be an excellent way to promote your company or a product, but it needs to be used along with traditional ways of advertising.

With so many web sites out there and 100's more being created everyday it becomes harder and harder to promote your site on the Internet.

The best way to promote your product is to use traditional advertising and let potential customers know they can find out more information through your web site.

Attract these potential customers into you web site by offering quizzes and prises and give them information on your company or products while they are there. Forums and chat rooms can also help with this and allow your customers to discus your product while they are there.
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Make Lots of Money Really Fast
Yeah right. If you want to make loads of money really fast then the Internet is probably not the place to do it.

Most of the large companies on the Internet such as Amazon don't make a penny from the Internet. In fact they are losing money hand over fist.

This is not to say you won't make any money from the Internet, as there are many people who do.

The main companies making money from the Internet are companies offering Internet services such as Web design companies, Web Hosting companies, ISP, etc.

Other companies making money on the Internet are mainly smaller companies that are bricks and mortar companies that make there main living through normal outlets such as shops, but also make some money each week from Internet sales.

The only other types of company making money through the Internet are small companies with low overheads offering unusual products or services that cannot be found locally. This still requires a lot of hard work, the right type of promotion, and allot of luck.
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Provide Customer Services and Support
Having online Customers Services and Support can be a very good idea for any company that finds that they have phone calls from customers asking them about how to use a product or service.

Companies with Customer Support departments may find that they can save money by having online support.

Many of the questions asked by customers seeking support will be the same. Therefore it would take some of the strain off the support staff by placing the most frequently ask questions on a web site.

This isn't to say that you will be able to scrap your Customer Support Department altogether as many questions will not be answered through generic questions on a web site.
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Keep Your Customer Base Informed
A web site can be an excellent way to keep your customers or share holders informed about the company.

You can let them know about new products, or ventures the company is undertaking, and you can also use this as a way of getting customers to upgrade or by new products.
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Sell or Give Away Information
Now this is what the Internet was created for and still used for mainly now, getting information on everything and anything.

However, if you want to sell information you need to ask yourselves some questions.

• Is there a demand for the information?
• Is it already available on the net for free?
• Is it available at a local for free, in a library, etc?

If the answer is yes to any of these questions then you probably won't sell any or much to make it worthwhile.
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Create an 'Extended Business Card'
Now this is something that maybe worth considering even for those companies that would otherwise never need or want a web site.

This type of site is usually small and quite cheap with just one or two pages just giving a customer or business associate a little bit more information about your company than you can fit on your business card.
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Provide Internal Information and Services
This can be very useful for large companies or companies that are spread throughout the country or even the world.

This can be done either through an Intranet or a password protected area of your web site.

It would allow your employees to communicate faster and more effectively. Memos will be able to be sent to all parts or persons within the company at a push of a button.

Information such as the latest sales figures and targets can be made available to all employees no matter where they are.

In house online training programs can be run across the Intranet, and many other things as well.
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Why Do I Need a NetCustodian PreDesigned Site?
Many businesses, ministries, and churches go without a web site due to budget restraints. They often tackle the following problems. You'll see a theme developing here which is "A Limited Budget."

• A Limited Budget Means Do it Yourself (not possible)
• A Limited Budget Means a Low Quality Unprofessional Site
• A Limited Budget Means Outdated Content

If any of the above are issues you have been facing when trying to decide whether or not to begin a web site, then a NetCustodian PreDesigned site may be a great solution for you. NetCustodian PreDesigned sites are designed professionally by PMI's design staff. This means they look presentable. They're designed to adapt to the needs of your business, church, or ministry. They come ready with NetCustodian which means you can easily set up and maintain the content of your web site yourself. There is no IT or HTML expertise required. You don't have to worry about accidentally making your site look bad since NetCustodian is not a layout or graphics editor but a content editor. It allows you to update the content and information on your site easily wihout having to worry about page layout at all.
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