Why Do You Need A Website!!! Every Business Needs One

Reason #1 – Online brochure Companies spend millions creating brochures and distributing them. By having a website you can skip that entirely. Your potential customers can find out about you and any of your products online. If you get most of your business through networking and personal connections, then they will want to check out your website.

Reason #2 – More customers More than 2.4 billion people use the internet every day, and some 90% of those have purchased something, or contacted a company, online in the last 12 months. So by not having a website, you will be missing out on a big piece of the pie.

Reason #3 – Business value Have you tried getting a business loan recently? It’s not easy, but if you try and the bank manager asks to see your website, you better have a pretty good one. It doesn’t just stop with the bank, the perceived value of your business will be lower in everyone’s eyes – especially your customers.

Reason #4 – Influence By having a website potentially thousands of people are going to see it. You are able to influence people’s decisions and educate them.

Reason #5 – Time to show off You know that great feeling you get when people recognize your work? Well, by having a website you can show off what you do and take pride in your work.

Reason #6 – Helps with business goals That’s right! When it comes to writing the content for your website you are going to revisit things about your business that you haven’t in years. You will most likely reassess your business goals.

Reason #7 – Low barriers of entry Ever wanted to start a business? Well, now you can do it with virtual space. In fact, by using some free website providers you don’t have to pay a penny.

Reason #8 – 24 hours per day Your website runs 24/7 without any supervision or need to lock it up. You can always be there for your customers.

Reason #9 – Communication with customers By having a blog or even just a feed on your website, you can update customers on your newest offers, products, promotions, events, photos, or any other content.

Reason #10 – Marketing The internet has opened up a whole new world of marketing that didn’t exist before. Your website can attract new business by using a whole host of low cost marketing techniques.

Reason #11 – Customer support You can greatly reduce the cost of customer support by have a ticketing system, or even just an FAQ on your website. I can think of about 5 companies off the top of my head that streamline your customer service straight from your website.

Reason #12 – Email@mywebsite.com I know there are other ways to do this, but by having a website you can have your own email address@whateveryouwant.com. It is more professional and easier to remember. I know you love your steveman99286534@gmail.com , but it doesn’t really resonate with customers.

Reason #13 – Press releases I know that sounds a bit far out, but it is true. You can run really cheap press releases online about your business, but to do it you will require a website. In fact, I have had clients who were absolute nobodies get one million views on YouTube because of online press releases.

Reason #14 – Stick it to the man The best answer to “Why do I need a website?” would be that you can stick it to the man. It is the easiest way to quit your job and earn a living.

Reason #15 – Any topic or hobby will do Do you love sports? How about ballet, alternative dance, photography, holidays, Kit-Kats, cars, skateboards, science or animals? Well, then you have a business idea just waiting to happen. The internet has room for an unlimited number of niche blogs that can attract traffic and revenue. Just pick something you love and start writing about it. Reason# 16 – Connect with fellow web masters On a little side note, if you own a website you get to call yourself a ‘web master’. Pretty cool!

But reason #16 for ‘why I need a website’ is that you can easily make new business and personal connections with other website owners. This can lead to extra streams of income for you!

Reason #17 – Gives you a voice Have you ever been in an argument with someone and said “Well, I have written an article about that on my website, and actually, that isn’t the case.” It feels great! For some reason people don’t want to argue with you if you’ve written about something on your website. It also gives you a place where you can voice your opinion without judgment. If someone leaves you a comment you don’t like you can just drag it over to the spam folder.

Reason #18 – Do business your own way You don’t need permission from your boss or company lawyer. Ash Ambridge drops the ‘F-Bomb’ all the time because she can, and no else is asking her to stop. Now she has a world class business with thousands of customers.

Reason #19 – Beat the big guys Have you ever wanted to get into business, but don’t know how to compete with all the big names out there? By creating an incredibly beautiful website with a solid strategy behind it you can smash the big guys to pieces. You have no chance of building bigger skyscrapers, but your website can break down the perceived wall between you and them.

Reason #20 – Instant credibility Have you ever had difficulty making that sale? Or convincing someone that you are the real deal. By having a well structured website you can foster instant credibility with anyone. You can provide the ultimate proof that you are, in fact, the realest of all deals (couldn’t resist that phrase).

Reason #21 – Helps you to find a new job I bet you didn’t see this one coming. I have been harping on about how a website can help your business, but it can help you personally too. Not only can a website host your resume or CV, but by owning and managing your website you have demonstrated tons of hard and soft skills. Having worked in HR once upon a time, I know it is valuable. So… why do I need a website? Can you think of a couple of reasons why you shouldn’t? It wouldn’t be a balanced argument if you don’t.

A Mexican Demon Named Charlie Is the Internet's Newest Urban Legend

Teens have settled upon a New Dank Meme, and it’s an alliterative, culturally inaccurate demon-summoning ritual. Over two million people used the hashtag #CharlieCharlieChallenge on Twitter in the past two days.

Want to feel young, fresh, & occult-friendly? Wish the Cinnamon challenge gave you insight into the realms of the undead? Do the following:

1. Draw a cross on a sheet of paper.
2. Write some potential pre-set communiques for a disembodied pencil-swinging Mexican demon named Charlie (“yes” and “no” seem to work).
3. Place two pencils crosswise and say “Charlie Charlie, are you there?”
4. Wait until gravity kicks in, ignore how gravity works, and have yourself a documented meltdown over the spookiness of borderline-obsolete writing utensils moving slightly.

This isn’t a new game as much as it’s a Vine-ready pastiche of kitsch occultism. The idea of summoning an otherworldly spirit through group incantation has been a thing people have done to freak themselves out for years, chanting “Bloody Mary” in front of a mirror or chanting “Beetlejuice” after thinking too much about the volatile career of Michael Keaton.

The pencils-on-a-grid-moving-to-signify-supernatural-presence has the familiar pull of pareidolia—when your mind tricks you into reading meaning into random or meaningless stimuli. It’s the same thing that happens when you play with a Ouija board, and it has the same nonsense exoticism as Ouija (which was invented by an American businessman, despite the foreign-sounding name).

The BBC looked into where the whole “Mexican” element got thrown in, and concluded that it isn’t based on any known folklore from south of the border.

“There’s no demon called ‘Charlie’ in Mexico,” says Maria Elena Navez of BBC Mundo. “Mexican legends often come from ancient Aztec and Maya history, or from the many beliefs that began circulating during the Spanish conquest. In Mexican mythology you can find gods with names like ‘Tlaltecuhtli’ or ‘Tezcatlipoca’ in the Nahuatl language. But if this legend began after the Spanish conquest, I’m sure it would’ve been called ‘Carlitos’ (Charlie in Spanish).”

“Mexican demons are usually American inventions,” she says.

KnowYourMeme traced the “Charlie Charlie” invocation back to a 2014 YouTube video called “Jugando Charly Charlie,” posted by a Spanish speaker, although this variation of the pencil game there is different than the one people are currently losing their shit over.

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Sebi Floats Expression Of Interest For Improving Websites!!

New Delhi: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has begun a process for improving its websites and that of commodities market watchdog Forward Markets Commission (FMC) after analysing the internet presence of its other peers in India and abroad.

Capital markets regulator Sebi currently runs two websites, including one for the investor education, while FMC is in the process of being merged with Sebi to create a unified watchdog for the financial markets.

Sebi has floated an expression of interest (EoI) for undertaking an assessment of these websites and suggest necessary changes.

The changes to the Sebi and FMC websites would take into account an analysis of the websites of other regulators in India and other countries, according to the EoI document.

The merger of FMC with Sebi is expected to be completed in 6-12 months.

The regulator has invited "EoI for undertaking assessment of existing Sebi websites, identifying areas for improvement as per best practices and action plan for implementing such suggestions including website re-designing and development".

The scope of the work includes providing solutions for the optimisation and enhancement of existing websites and web applications in terms of design, user interface and functionality and vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.

Listing out the qualification required, Sebi said that interested parties are required to have at least five years of experience in website design and development and should have developed at least three websites.

Interested parties need to have the capability of handling multi-lingual projects and should showcase at least two clients for whom such websites were designed. Besides, interested parties should not be a consortium and have an office in Mumbai.

Interested parties are required to submit all the details about their organisation, design experience and designer personnel in a prescribed format by June 8 to Sebi's head office in Mumbai.

After study of the proposals, Sebi would shortlist the party indicating the technical parameters and detailed scope of the work to be done.


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