How important is it to have an online presence for all Small and Medium Enterprises?
Feb
Posted by: JP
Recently Arthur Goldstuck, an analyst spoke about the relevance of SMEs having an online presence.
Goldstruck discussed certain key points, found in the 2012 edition of the annual SME survey:
- One out of every five small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa would not be able to survive if they did not have a website.
- 65% of formal South African SMEs reporting that they have an online presence.
- From those included in the survey, a full 20% of those surveyed, said that their businesses would not have been possible without a website;
- The interim results of the 2012 SME Survey have already indicated that there is a strong link between being online and being competitive, profitable and sustainable. Some 79% of SMEs with a website reported profitability, whereas only 59% of SMEs without a website reported the same;
- SMEs in business for 10 years or longer are far more likely (72%) to have websites than relatively new businesses, indicating that the survey shows that of those operating for less than three years, just 46% are online.
- Many are still put off by the cost and complexity of building and operating a website;
- Interim results of this survey have also shown that a company website, as well as the use of cloud computing, is closely correlated with being highly competitive and strongly profitable.
From these surveys and discussions it shows having an online presence has never been more vital to the long term sustainability of a business, as the general public’s access to the Internet continues to accelerate.
Goldstuck concluded his discussion: “Since it is the older businesses that tend to have the websites, it seems obvious that for a new SME to obtain the same advantages, it is crucial for it to build an online presence as quickly as possible.”
He went on to say “After all, there is little doubt that an effective online presence is the key to a successful business. Such success will, in turn, have a positive impact on the SA economy as a whole.”
There are many opportunities open to you, speak to WebNow sales consultants and let them show you how to start off for a very small charge and grow big! Once you have established yourself then your path is laid and you can decide where to go from there! Healthy profits are very overpowering!
Don’t think twice! Take the plunge and register your domain! Have a one page website to show your presence!
REF: Gauteng Business News 31st Jan 2012
Why it is important to register your own domain name?
Jun
Posted by: Jaco
Have you ever received a business email with a @telkomsa or @absamail email address?
Do you agree that it does not look professional? There is a massive misconception that a domain registration is expensive. I can categorically falsify that fact immediately. A .co.za domain will cost R69 per year. So how can you afford not to have your own domain name?
8 Reasons why you must have your company’s domain name registered:
| 1. | If you are not on the internet, then you are nowhere. |
| 2. | Email addresses, you can have your email address as follows: john@yourcompany.co.za instead of the mundane and rather unprofessional @hotmail, etc…. |
| 3. | Credibility, surely you would consider a company credible if the have their own website and domain name? |
| 4. | Protecting your identity, lets say that in 2 years time, you land a big deal and want to go national or even international, and you realise that someone poached your company’s domain name? ACT now! |
| 5. | Freedom – registering a domain name, means that you have the freedom to host with any provider of your choice. |
| 6. | More Prestige – it looks so great on a business card! |
| 7. | More control – no more advertising on free websites or using free email accounts. You are in complete charge of your name. |
| 8. | Its a sell-able feature. Promote your company and only your company! |
So I will leave you with a final thought, are you serious about your business? Then register your domain name TODAY.
I compiled this list from detailed research and a variety of other blogs.
2011 – What does this year hold for WebNow?
Jan
Posted by: webnow
Last year was a tremendous year for us. We achieved so much in terms of improving our infrastructures and expanding our world.
For those of you new to WebNow, let me run through the things completed last year.
The 2 major highlights that stood head and shoulders above the rest; In August 2010 we completed the migration of our Data Centre from MTN Business to Teraco – Teraco is a brand new, state ofthe art facility and the first carrier neutral data centre in South Africa.
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A Day in the Life of WebNow Operations – Part Two
Nov
Posted by: webnow
In my previous post, I reported on our first stage of improving WebNow. In this post, I will uncover more of the fun and cooler things that we are doing.
The first step was to move to a data centre that allowed us to expand (you can read more about this here). Over the months of May to August, we slowly migrated all of our Dedicated and Virtual Server hosting to Teraco DC, before crunch night we moved the last of our Shared Hosting environments. All of it went to plan, and luckily had only a few Support calls to resolve on the Monday morning. Read More
A Day in the Life of WebNow Operations – Part One
Oct
Posted by: webnow
The System Engineers and Technicians are normally the guys in the background, oiling the wheels to make sure everything works. Most people don’t know we exist, until something goes wrong.
We are still around and have been working very hard in the background to ensure all our services stay up and running, but also build and improve our current services. Read More
