Hey everyone. I just got into textile business. Now I want to market it online. But I am a little unsure. One of my friends had tried promoting his business through internet. But all in vain. He never got any results from it. His website never managed to get good rankings on search engines. No conversions, no buyers, no sales, no money, no business, no value for money, nothing at all. I might be sounding quite a pessimist. But what do I do? I want to market my business on internet as its booming nowadays, but my friend’s experience has kind of put me off it!
Is web promotion of business really effective? Would it give a boost to my business?

Steve

service type websites don't tend to do much except establish a brand. This can be good to bolster your normal advertising campaign.

If you sell textiles, (garments or materials?), in the normal world then the transition to the internet can be seem to be a giant leap into the unknown. By selling your normal products online, as well as in normal channels, you can broaden your customer catchment. This is called Ecommerce (an online shop).

Ecommerce, if done right, with a nice site and some good SEO can succeed in a big way.

It's worth noting here, that most Ecommerce success stories also involve having products that sell - so your products and prices have to be good in the first place.

In my experience it doesn't work very well if you try to make-do with one of those open-source solutions, which are fine for a home-based business, but nothing more. To really make it fly you need a serious solution.

hope this helps

webpromotion is effective only when no of users increase.

Originally Posted by rubelsteve

Hey everyone. I just got into textile business. Now I want to market it online. But I am a little unsure. One of my friends had tried promoting his business through internet. But all in vain. He never got any results from it. His website never managed to get good rankings on search engines. No conversions, no buyers, no sales, no money, no business, no value for money, nothing at all. I might be sounding quite a pessimist. But what do I do? I want to market my business on internet as its booming nowadays, but my friend’s experience has kind of put me off it!
Is web promotion of business really effective? Would it give a boost to my business?

Steve

Then maybe your friend didn't know how and where to promote his site properly.

I suggest you research first on the whole Internet marketing field. This will ensure that you won't be wasting any of your hard earned money for nothing

sure it can boost your biz but you need to realise what internet is. there are millions of people on the net trying to do just the same promoting their biz. do you think all the money on the net can satisfy all of them? is that possible? how many soft drink do you know. coke. pepsi. and what else? do you get the picture?