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Easy to use Orb does not need specialist knowledge to use. We have designed our system to make it as easy as possible to operate. Traditional websites required a web master to perform updates and this resulted in either higher costs or less frequent updates to websites. To combat this we use state of the art web editors that make editing a page as simple as writing a word document or email. You can login from any computer in the world with an Internet connection then in edit or create content. Design Work Included Within the cost of your Orb package includes the design of your website. We do not use simple templates, every single client's website is coded for maximum efficiency and style. All design work is done by hand in compliant and modern HTML and CSS, we refuse to use any amateur programs like Dreamweaver or Frontpage to ensure that we know exactly what goes into our work. We also ensure that all designs will work in all major browsers and perform regular checks to ensure existing client sites are kept compatible. Complement Traditional Advertising The conventional way for local businesses to promote themselves is to place an advert in a local newspaper. But what do you get for your money and how much extra business does it bring in? A small advert may cost £30 per week, often much more, but even with large adverts there is not much you can say other than your type of business. This especially true if your a trades person and you have your, for instance, plumber advert along side 10 others all saying the exact same thing. But if you had a website you could put the link in the advert. This gives the customer the option of passively finding out more information, and people greatly prefer being able to see photos, testimonials and prices without having to make personal contact on the phone. They know once they phone they will be 'on the hook' as it were and so are far more likely to check a website address than phone every single number within a section to find which one looks the best. Cost Effective Affordable prices You’ve heard of people paying £5000, £10,000 or even more with corporate web sites starting at around £40,000, and then there’s all the monthly upkeep and management charges, expensive right? Well at ORB-CMS we aim to make life a lot easier for our customers with affordable prices based on packages that reflect your type of business. So you know exactly what your getting. Please see our website for the full range of packages on offer. All packages are also expandable and you can add on extra applications as your needs require and your business grows. With prices starting at less than £21 per month, (based on payment of £250 per year), our website charges are often less than the cost of a small one-off advert in your local newspaper, and probably a lot less than your monthly phone bill. Target Your Market A website allows you to build a virtual sales platform that can be targeted to your market. With much more flexibility and creative licence than traditional forms of advertising you can build an online extension of your brand. With the use of contact forms to receive information from your customers, newsletters to keep them updated and community tools to interact with them you can make sure that your message is being herd. Increase Sales Customers love to know who they are doing business with and its a proven fact that the more information you can give the more at ease they feel. A website is essentially an information tool so by allowing the customer, from the comfort of their home to find out about you, prices, testimonials and working practices will help drive their business your way! The more you can tell them the more likely your website will lead to more phone calls, more orders and more customers. If you are selling online through one of our Orb Stores then you can build your web business to easly match the sales of a real world store, and in many cases far exceed it. Secure Access & Data In order to edit your website you can login from any computer in the world. The administrator section is fully secured and requires a password and username to enter by you or any of your staff. You can define different levels of security to allow your staff to only perform specific functions helping you keep your site safe. The servers that Orb runs on have the latest in security technology and we ensure that all data is requalrly backed up for peace of mind. Working All the Time A local newspaper may sell around 30,000 copies with a readership of perhaps 80,000, but your advert will only have a very short lifespan of around 24 hours, or may be 48 hours if the advert features in a couple of editions. Compare that to having your own website, working for you around the clock, with the potential to promote your business or products in your area, and to millions of other people each day without being limited to a few square centimetres of space, and to add tons of other information that will help to attract new business. One Simple Package At ORB-CMS we have developed our own unique web tools that not only enable us to build sites faster but also more economically, even for very complex websites. We have also designed a user-friendly interface so that you can easily update it yourself, whenever you want. Unlike other web designers, we do not impose limits on the number of pages you can have, many give you just 3-10 pages and limit the size (bandwidth) of the site. And... we don’t just design websites, we offer solutions to help you to promote your site and to grow your business. “In just a few easy steps we can help you to transform your business into a money-making machine that will keep your customers returning time and time again.” We provide helpful free guides to show you how to prepare material for your website. We will incorporate your own company’s branding into your new web site or design a new logo for you if required. So if you are looking for: · A business website · With unlimited pages. · Up to 50 email addresses · FREE Domain name registration and hosting · With the ability to make changes yourself for instant updates · FREE lifetime software upgrades · With simple options for adding more functions when your business grows · SEO (search engine optimisation) to help your site get recognised · 30 day money back guarantee Complete Support We will set your site up for you, and give you all the support you need to take full control. There is a forum for Orb customers to discuss and develop solutions to help drive business online, a blog giving you advice on how to grow your business with the web and if you ever get stuck you can just drop us an email and we will be happy to help you in any way we can. We really do care about making sure our customers have the support they need. If you really want to improve we also provide low cost training available by our web professionals. Connect to the World Tons of businesses are making money through their websites and in times of recession it is even more important to get your business noticed. On line sales continue to explode. In 2007, UK online sales alone soared past £4bn in a month for the first time ever, up a hefty 80 per cent from £2.34bn in July 2006. And you don’t have to be selling a product or service for your web site to be successful; witness the boom in information and social networking sites, two examples of very successful sites that have nothing to sell! Whatever business you are in your website can be your shop window to the world, or just to your neighbourhood if you deal with a local market “If you are serious about growing your business you cannot afford to be without your own website.” No Long Term Contract We don’t lock you into a long-term contract, and if you are not delighted with your site we offer a no quibble 30 day money back guarantee. And, as if that’s not a great deal, remember, we don’t just build you a website, we go that extra mile and help you to grow your business through effective use of your website and other strategies that will get you more customers, and keep them returning. “We help you to add value to your website by including essential features that visitors to your site will want to use and will make their life easier, making them want to return to your site time and time again”. Directory Submission People usually ask “But how do I get to the top of the search results when I have to compete with every similar business on the Internet? YOU DON’T! If you are servicing a local market then you only have to compete with similar businesses in your AREA. So if you depend on local business we can show you how to make your web site work for you locally and score highly in the search engine rankings because most of your competitors won’t know how to “optimize” their websites to snag those local searches. |
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Why have a website?
Where else can you advertise your business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to a global market?The huge advantage of having an online business is that you have the chance to connect with millions of people, and a ton of potential customers, on the Web.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that a website is only for businesses who are selling products or services globally, nor that you have to be a multi-national organisation to benefit from a web site.
If you want to compete in your local market you MUST have a web site.
