As you might remember not so long ago we had internet connections via a telephone line, we happily browsed our favorite websites waiting oftentimes a couple of minutes for images and long paragraphs with funky fonts and colors to load. Back in those days we did not have many options, for most people the idea of buying online seemed like a 70’s sci-fi movie.

Because of the high costs associated with creating a website in the early ages of the internet, this was a luxury item of larger companies; it almost felt more as status symbol. Nowadays as you already know many things have changed.

Today your website is probably one of the best sales tools your business can have, here’s why

It’s your best lead generation tool: in today’s market even the smaller companies can compete against the largest companies in the world for potential customers

It’s your most cost effective sales tool: forget newspapers, yellow books and old media, websites can take orders, accept new customers and much more 24/7 without having to have anyone waiting on the phone to take an order

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7195576