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Top Frequently Asked Questions 1Q. What is a website and what can it do for me? A. Think of a website as an online brochure or catalogue enabling your clients to connect with you and place orders around the clock. 2Q. Why are so many companies going online? A. Because no other method can bring so many benefits and reach so many potential customers at a low cost. Prime Minister, Tony Blair recently stated "If you don't see the internet as an opportunity, it will be a threat. In two years time the internet could be as commonplace in the office as the telephone. If you are not exploring the opportunities of e-commerce, you could go bankrupt." 3Q. What major benefits are there for having my business online? A. The ability to reach a wider market, cost effective advertising, presents goods and services in a most appealing way, reduce printing costs and better for the enviorment, automated sales approach, reduce cost of customer aquisition, results orientated approach yeilding a high ROI, fully integrated with customer marketing strategy, turns website into a 24 hour shop, can us the site for customer care/self care. 4Q. Why should I do business with WebMaestro? A. Local presence, real person contact if required, hand holding approach, clear precise advice, responsive to needs queries and concerns, flexibility, one stop shop, ISP hosting, cost conscious, value the customer whatever the size, proven track record, save them time, saves money, use of offshore development teams dramatically reducing costs of UK developed services. 5Q. How do I know a website is suitable for us? A. Every size business can benefit from having a website, the content and structure will be dependant on your individual needs. 6Q. Being that the internet is international, will I handle the response? A. Putting your business online will certainly help you reach a wider market but you have a choice as to whether its regional, national or global. 7Q. Will we be able to amend the site ourselves or do we always have to go through WebMaestro? A. WebMaestro offers all services to update and maintain your site if required, although our objective is to enable you to manage the content independently. 8Q. How will potential customers find our site? What if no one visits? A. WebMaestro's main objective is to ensure traffic reaches your site using our online marketing service, unlike some of our competitor approaches who will leave you in cyber space. 9Q. Do I need to know a lot about computers and the internet? A. Not at all, you are selling business benefits not technology. 10Q. Can I do it myself? I've heard that it's so easy anyone can do it? A. Web development has gone beyond simple page design, therefore freelancers and small agencies may outsource different areas of site development to other specialists. Unfortunately this can be very expensive. 11Q. Can the technology replace all my current business efforts? A. The web is not a replacement, but an addition to your current marketing efforts. As the online market grows so will the value of your investment.