Website Design

Why have a website?

This question is worth asking even if you have had a site for years. It will help you to understand whether your site fulfils its objectives. The most common reasons customers build their site are as follows:

1. To showcase products and services and provide information on your business

Benefits – This allows customers and prospects to learn about your products and services in a low cost and high impact way. In the old days you would have been spending money mailing out catalogues and brochures!

Improvements – Are there are any other areas of your business that could benefit from promotion online? Are you still getting questions on your products or services via phone or email? Are you still spending money on printed brochures? If the answer to any of these questions is yes then please get in touch and hear how Web design in Manchester could help

2. To interact with your customers remotely

Benefits – By giving virtual (usually restricted) access to some of your internal systems you can reduce the pressure on internal staff answering routine account queries, whilst improving your customer service! Why not gain the benefit of Global River’s experience of delivery in this area and get in touch.

3. To sell products or services online

Benefits –The ultimate low cost channel, ecommerce has proven a robust model during the current recession. Global River’s experience in providing the right platform, functionality, management and promotion is vital for success. If Manchester web design is an area your business could benefit from drop us a line!

4. To interact internally – The intranet!

Benefits – A great intranet system should provide a lot of the services of a website, but as an internal tool only accessible by your staff, you can do a lot more in terms of making information and systems available. As your business grows you will see the same requests for information from department to department that slow your business down. Why not benefit from Web designers in Manchester and get in touch and see how your intranet could be making your business more efficient.