How The Computer And The Internet Is Helping Small Businesses Everywhere
Staff Writer
2009-04-01
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Why is it that so many people open up so many small businesses only to have them fail within a year or two, while others open a small business and it will remain successful for years and will sometimes grow into a large corporation? This is the question that all of those people who had small businesses to fail would like to know the answer to. Is it the amount of drive and determination that someone has? Is it the location of a business and the surrounding population? Could it be something as simple as getting in on the ground floor of something when it first becomes popular that makes one successful?
Any and all of these things can be a factor in whether a business gets made or breaks. In the past, a single business owner usually had only a few ways to advertise and drum up business and they were usually the phone book, the local newspaper, and word of mouth. A huge billboard placed in a strategic spot might drag in a few customers as well. The best thing to come along for small business now, is the computer and the Internet that you use with it.
The computer has made it possible for a small business owner to be able to compete with the bigger businesses simply because you no longer have to have a huge chain of stores to market your product or to be able to reach millions of potential customers. Granted, as good as the opportunities are that the Internet offers, the Internet alone will not make your business work. It still requires a lot of hard work and perhaps even a little more determination to make it successful, but the efforts can be very well rewarded according to the thousands of people who now use their home computer and the Internet as their sole source of income.
It is always good if you are going to sell a product or offer a service that it live up to what you advertise because although the Internet can quickly spread the news that your business is top notch, it can just as quickly let everyone in the world know that whatever it is you are offering is not worth what they paid for it whether it is a product or a service. You must use the Internet just like any other tool you would use, only the benefits can be much greater if you use it correctly.
Base Author Aydan Corkern