Designing a Small Business Website is something most small businesses are now having to face. Getting your SME business online with a website can be a very daunting experience if you are self employed or busy running a small business. This website provides you with tutorial information on all aspects of business website design, website hosting and defining the right content for your small business web site.

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Using this Tutorial Website (Navigation)

This site is divided into sections, which discuss all aspects of getting a website for your business. We look at all the processes involved in getting your website including search engine optimization.

Choose the business website information options from the menu above or follow the links at the bottom of each page to move to the next section in turn.

We also provide a convenient site map, which lists all the pages along with a description of their content.

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Designing Small Business Websites

Web Design Information and Tutorial for Small Businesses and SME's

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET A BUSINESS ONLINE IN ONE PLACE - FREE!

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The website design information on this website is a free tutorial on creating suitable websites for small businesses, SME's and self employed people.

(SME = Small and Medium Enterprise)

This web design information is offered free under the terms of our disclaimer. This site is a Toucher Web Design UK production.

We offer you this information about creating a website on an "as is" basis and we hope you find it useful. Let us know if you would like to see any additional web design info included or if you have any critical comment to offer.

Small business owners should find the information useful. It is NOT for highly IT literate people who already know something about web design. It has been pitched at an audience of business and self employed people who need a website and want to find out as much as they can about getting one within a single resource.

Why you Must Get a Website Designed for your Business or SME

A website is now an integral part of a small business. Michael Dell, who founded the Dell Corporation, was quoted as saying, "Show me a business that's not on the Internet, and I'll show you a business that's out of touch with the future."

Dell is right on the money with this assertion. Any business without a website today is like a business without a telephone 30 years ago. People expect all businesses to have a website. Typically they may use a search engine like Google to find a company’s website when seeking information about the products and services that the business offers. This is often now their first stop in seeking this information and if they don’t find a website they may well choose another company.

Benefits of Online Business

benefits of business websites Within the next five years virtually all businesses, large and small, will be on-line. With the number of PCs at home or at work, people use the Internet to look for services, book accommodation, book flight tickets, check out restaurants and to buy all sorts of goods on line.

But there really is no reason why even the smallest business should not have a website and the potential benefits are huge! After all, it’s not expensive and a small business website can cost less than an entry in Yellow Pages (remember them?)

When you consider the information you can provide to your potential clients or customers via a company website versus what you get from Yellow Pages there is simply no contest.

The problem is that many small businesses are run by people who are not particularly computer literate. They may not recognize the importance of having a website and even if they do, they don’t know where to start. Here's how ...

How to Get your Business Online

This tutorial website is designed to walk you through the whole process of getting your business online and tell you about the costs involved in creating a website and search engine optimization. Note that the principles described here apply mainly to small business websites. Understand that specific website requirements for individual businesses depend on the target audience. The requirements for non-business or entertainment websites will differ.

Use the link below and at the bottom of each page to read through all the information on this site or you can use the navigation menu in the left column. If you just want to get started with getting online then have a look at our main website designer's website.

IMPORTANT: Know your Website Designer!

Many fly by night people get into web design in an attempt to make a quick buck without paying any tax. They can often provide a reasonable job but they will normally tire of what they are doing, get a real job or get caught by the taxman and disappear just when you want something changed on your website.

If you are considering a web design company that does not provide full contact details including an address then beware. Ask yourself why they want to keep this hidden?

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