You know fellow business owners who:

• are forced to use @yahoo, @aol, @sbcglobal, @comcast or similar e-mail addresses because they don’t know they can have a professional, self-branded e-mail address for less than $8/month, even if they don’t have a website,
  
• have a weak website that needs help,
  
• have an outdated website because making changes is either too hard, takes too much effort, or their current webmaster doesn’t respond to their pleas for help, or
  
• don't have any website at all?

Do you have a small business (1-10 employees) that is largely offline? Are your customers mostly local?  Is there someone in your network that fits this bill?

More and more, your customers are forsaking the Yellow Pages for Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines. It's become easier to search for "web design Lansing" — and if you don't find one in the city of Lansing, widen the search to "web design Michigan".  Now try to widen your search with that heavy phone book!

Local businesses are also online. Local companies are using the Internet to...

• build trust and deepen relationships with existing local customers by providing friendly, personal information about the business, great content (i.e. valuable "do-it-yourself" articles), "website only" specials, etc. (but this is only the first and most obvious step)
  
• raise their local brand awareness above that of their competitors
  
• leverage their local expertise and knowledge for global clients, selling their goods online, even through online auctions.

It's time to develop a solid web presence, generate qualified leads, build loyalty through an e-mail newsletter for your customers, stand out from local competition, and add new income streams. How do you do that? Dreamscape Multimedia can help!

Think of your website as a "Super-Yellow Pages ad

When leveraged properly, your website "ad" delivers exponential results at a fraction of the price. People are searching less and less by yellow book and more by their favorite search engine. Now that it is possible to target consumers by city, right down to the zip/postal code, more businesses than ever are using the Internet to reach local markets.

If your small, local business does not use an Internet presence to promote itself, keep in touch with customers, extend its reach, and compete in the local market, you're leaving business on the table at the end of the day. Are your competitors online?

Does your Yellow Pages ad...

• attract hundreds, even thousands, of visitors, many of whom become new business, per day?
• qualify prospective customers before they call you?
• nurture, encourage and develop the relationship you already maintain with existing customers, increasing both loyalty and repeat business??
• command undivided attention? Once they are on your site, you have their total attention (unlike a crowded Yellow Pages page)!
• "help" clients away from your competitors?
• give you the ability to update frequently and to reach your clients with seasonal specials, interesting jewels, etc.?
• open new markets globally (yes, your local business!)?

How could it? After all, what could you possibly accomplish in a small rectangle, on a big yellow page crammed with other ads?

Testimonial My initial challenge was the fear of unknown territory. I think most people do not want to take that step into the new and unfamiliar. Dreamscape made me feel comfortable from the very first phone call. They have made every step easy, without pressure, and I think that's very important to me and many people who are in business today. First, one of my own clients referred Dreamscape to me as we were discussing my idea to look into a website for our business. From there I talked to Matt and immediately found he was patient, informative and he talked to me in layman's terms. I am not a tech guy, but the information Matt gave me and the options he explained made the whole process go quite smoothly. I knew, as a business, we needed to explore the web for another avenue of exposure. I feel the web and Dreamscape Multimedia has opened the door to more avenues than I ever imagined. Advertising is expensive but I was amazed at how little it cost to reach so many people compared to newspaper, TV and other forms of exposure for our business. I am excited about the many other angles of exposure and marketing that Dreamscape can direct our business in. Now we can reach past and future clients with the help of Matt and his staff.  Brad Marshall Owner Brad's Hair Studio, Inc. www.bradshairstudio.net

Bottom line: Your website delivers great content on a particular set of topics (all related to your website's theme, which is related to your bricks-and-mortar business). People find your content through your high rankings at the search engines (and other techniques). They convert into income.  Contact Dreamscape Multimedia today to begin.