Many entrepreneurs make this reasoning: “I already have Instagram, I work with word-of-mouth, customers come to me the same. So what do I need a showcase website? ”
That’s a legitimate question. But the point is that a site does not only serve to “find customers from nothing”. It’s better to make your business feel better to those who have already discovered you, are evaluating you or heard about you.
Today the customer almost never decides in one step. He sees you on social media, hears your name from someone, searches you on Google, looks at reviews, controls what you communicate and then decides if you contact.
Word is working, but not always enough
The word is one of the strongest channels ever. If a person speaks well of your business, you already start with a huge advantage.
But even when someone is advised to you, often before contacting you goes looking for you online. He wants to better understand who you are, what you do, how you work and if you’re really suitable for what you’re looking for.
If at that moment you find only an incomplete social profile, an incomplete Google card or no site, the word of mouth loses strength. The board remains positive, but there is no professional confirmation.
Instagram is useful, but it is not your site
Instagram is great for displaying content, creating relationship and showing the livest side of your business. But it is not thought to explain everything neatly.
A potential customer can get lost between posts, stories, reels, highlights, comments and messages. If you want to understand in a few minutes what you do, how professional you are and how to contact you, Instagram can become desperate.
The showcase website, however, puts everything in order: services, strengths, information, contacts, frequent questions and call to action.
The showcase website is the firm point of your online presence
Socials change, algorithms change, platforms change. The site, however, is your space.
This is where you can really check how your business is presented. You’re not in a feed, you’re not in the middle of competitors’ content and you don’t depend on a layout decided by an external platform.
When a person arrives on your site, attention is on your business. And this allows you to better communicate your value.
What happens after a person hears about you?
Imagine this scene: a client speaks well of you to a friend. The friend takes the phone and searches for the name of your business.
At that point two things can happen. Find a professional site, clear, fast and consistent with what has been told. Or find little, find confusion or find an old site that no longer represents you.
In the first case, trust increases. In the second case a doubt arises. And that’s exactly the doubt that he can send him the contact or choose a competitor.
The site does not replace social media: it makes them more effective
The showcase website should not replace Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or Google Maps. He has to work with these channels.
Social media can attract attention. Word can create initial trust. The site can transform that interest into a concrete request.
It’s like having a more ordered route: first they find out, then they evaluate you, then they contact you.
Because a showcase website increases the perceived value
A professional site can change how people perceive your business. Not because the site does magic, but because it communicates order, care and reliability.
If you sell quality services or products, the site must make it understand. It must show that behind there is a serious activity, not something improvised.
When the perceived value increases, it is easier to receive requests from people already more convinced and more willing to pay the right price.
The problem of old sites
Sometimes the problem is not having a site. The problem is having an old one.
A slow site, not optimized for smartphones, with dated graphics or light texts can communicate a worse image of reality. Although the activity has grown, the site remains firm to the past.
In these cases remake the site is not only an aesthetic question. It is a matter of perception and positioning.
When does it make sense to create a showcase website?
It makes sense to create a showcase website if you want to introduce yourself better, receive more qualified contacts and give potential customers a clear place to understand your value.
It makes sense even if you already work well with the word of mouth, because the site can strengthen what people say about you.
It makes sense if social media brings you demands, but you want those who discover you also find a more professional, stable and complete presence.
Why E-ROE creates display sites without template
In E-ROE we make custom showcase websites without using templates, WordPress, Wix or standard platforms.
This is because each activity has a different value to communicate. A standard site is likely to make you equal to everyone, while a custom site can help you bring out what makes you different.
We start from your business, your services, your target and the way you want to be perceived. Then we build a clear, fast and thought site to generate contacts.
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Conclusion: If they are looking for you online, they must find you well
Instagram and word of mouth are important, but it is not always enough to communicate all the value of your business.
A showcase website allows you to present yourself more professionally, give order to information and transform the interest of people into concrete contacts.
The point is not having a site “because everyone has it”. The point is to have an online space that works for your business and confirm the trust you are already building with social, customer and word-of-mouth.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a website if I already have Instagram?
Yes, because Instagram is useful for content and relationship, but the site serves to present your business in an orderly, comprehensive and professional manner.
Isn’t that enough?
Word of mouth is very strong, but people often try to confirm online before contacting you. A professional site strengthens the confidence generated by word of mouth.
A customer shop window?
It can help generate more contacts if it is built with a clear structure, effective texts, optimized mobile version and visible call to action.
Better showcase or social site?
They’re no alternative. Social media is used to create attention and relationship, the site serves to give order, credibility and drive the potential customer towards contact.
When should I remake an old site?
It should be done again when it no longer represents the level of your activity, it is slow, unclear, it does not work well by phone or communicates an unprofessional image.