Is So You Have a Website for Now What for you?Let's first look at four simple questions:
1. Are you happy with the way your website is performing today?
2. Is your website helping you capture leads and close sales?
3. Is your business helping you and your business reach its goals?
4. If you were to get 1,000 new prospects to your website tomorrow, would your site be ready to convert them into customers?
How do you know if your website is as effective as you expected it to be? If you are not getting the results you want, do you know what to do to help it along? Are you prepared to ask yourself the big questions about your website and take the steps to ensure its success out there with the big boys?
As a business owner, you know how important it is to have a website. Everyone knows that in order to stay in the game you have to have a strong online presence. So you dove right in and made the plunge to an excellent marketing decision: buying a website!
But what many business owners don't realize is that they could be pouring thousands of dollars, countless hours, and valuable resources into something that is doing absolutely NOTHING for their company! Where do you turn when you feel the burn of a marketing wasteland with no hope of a successful campaign?
These concerns are exactly what led Wayne Mullins of Ugly Mug Marketing to compose a user-friendly guide to the world of web. His book, "So You Have A Website Now What?" can help you or your business productively utilize your website to the proper capacity. This isn't some long-winded tech manual, just the experience of a man who has been in your shoes and pulled through - ready to share his success story with you!
What can you expect from "So You Have A Website Now What"? Below are some of those key topics that Wayne addresses in his book and some suggestions for you to think about as you consider your website marketing strategy:
*KNOW YOUR MARKET - Who are the target people you want to attract to your site? Can you provide a clear and concise picture of what you are looking for when it comes to viewers? What about customers needs?
*FIND YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE - What are you doing to set yourself apart from your competition? Is it service, product, demand? Having a strong competitive edge helps you soar to the top of your marketing goals.
*WHAT CUSTOMERS NEED - Are you putting your customers first? Are you catering to their wants and needs vs. your own business agenda? What are you doing to drive them to your site, and more importantly KEEP them there long enough to spread the word?
*WHAT YOUR WEB DEVELOPER DIDN'T TELL YOU - Say you had someone build a website for you...did they go over everything you needed to maintain it to its full potential? Probably not. Even if they did, are you doing your part in promoting it the way you should? Is the content current, accurate, and frequently updated? Do you know how to update your website?
*Finally...BUY THE BOOK! Pretty simple, right? "So You Have A Website Now What?" can help you answer some of these questions and provide the tools you need to take charge of your website's biggest challenges.
About the Author: Wayne Mullins is a passionate entrepreneur committed to being remarkable and getting extraordinary results for his clients. He regularly provides marketing insights to companies that are generating $50,000,000 to $250,000,000 in annual revenues. However, his passion is helping small business owners and entrepreneurs challenge their assumptions, creating value where they've never looked, and increasing their profits along the way. He has worked hands-on with clients in over 50 different business categories and from every corner of the globe.
Over the past 10 years, Wayne has started six companies, all with less than $1,000. His most recent creation, Ugly Mug Marketing, has helped clients around the world get more from their websites. Ugly Mug's work has won the praises of some of the top bloggers and influencers on the world wide web, such as ... Neil Patel, Single Grain Digital Media, and MilitaryAvenue.com.
Over 100,000 people read his blog MarketingConfessions.com annually. Wayne's manifesto, Confessions of a Dying Man, has been downloaded over 5,000 times in the past three months.
