The Internet is the most revolutionary marketing tool to come along since the introduction of  television.  Television commercials were great for getting the word out about your company, however now with the Internet you have a far greater potential to have an impact on your business.

If you think that your company does not need an online presence then you are dead wrong.  Every offline brick and mortor local business now needs to have a presence on the Internet.  

The ways that consumers now look for and do research on local companies have changed.  Previously how people would look for a local business is by picking up the phone book and looking up their phone number and advertisment in the Yellow pages.  The Internet is quickly replacing the Yellow Pages when customers are looking for local businesses. People in your area are searching the Internet for a business like yours.  In fact over 70% of  people in North America now turn to the Internet to look up phone numbers for a local business, as well as find and research local companies.   This means that over 70% of YOUR potential customers are now first turn to Google, MSN, AOL, or Yahoo to look up companies they wish to do business with.  If your company does not come up when they do this search then they are going to your competitor.  

For your businesses to compete and thrive in today's marketplace you need a a strong presence on the Internet.  Not only do you need a website, but you need to have your website come up in the search engines when your potential customers look for you.