Brownbook.net Comes To The Aid Of The 7 Out Of 10 Small Businesses That Still Don’t Have A Website

Dec. 18, 2008 - PRLog -- Florida, USA / London, United Kingdom / Montreal, Canada:
The global business directory, Brownbook.net, announced today the launch of its simple-to-use online website creator.

The simple fact is that small businesses need a website to be able to compete in today’s tough economy. Despite this, according to Jupiter Research, half of all small businesses with less than 10 employees do not have a website, and neither do 7 out of 10 sole trader businesses. Entrepreneur.com says, “If you have a business, you should have a website … if you don't have a website, you're losing business to other companies that do.”

The reasons so few small businesses actually have a website are varied – they don’t know how to build websites so they don’t know where to start, they are confused by competing suppliers trying to sell them services they don’t understand, and of course, restrictive costs and their limited funds.

“Brownbook.net’s new standalone business website builder wipes all those considerations away in one fell swoop,” says Dave Ingram, Brownbook’s CEO. “We’ve made it really easy for small businesses to create their own websites in a matter of minutes. The intuitive and simple to use wysiwyg editor together with well written help pages make the whole process of creating a web site effortless.”

Brownbook’s DIY wysiwyg website creator tool is available for a simple one-off annual fee of only $98. It comes with free hosting, unlimited pages which can include images, videos, maps, reviews, and the site can be updated as many times as is required at no extra cost.

As soon as a small business has its website online, it allows it to engage in internet marketing by driving prospects to it.

Click here to watch a video of a website being created from scratch: http://blog.brownbook.net/2008/12/17/web-site-creator-demo/ and here are two examples of Brownbook-created websites:

Jolly Gnome Garden Services: http://www.brownbook.net/businesspage/view/31012971/jolly...

Kuen Kung Fu: 
http://www.brownbook.net/businesspage/view/31013261/kuen-...

For more information, please contact:

Sarah Warren
Brownbook.net
Brownbook Limited
London Road
Sayers Common
West Sussex
BH6 9HS

+44 (0)208 1235 466
sarah@brownbook.net
http://www.brownbook.net

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Founded in 2008, Brownbook.net is the world’s largest user-contributed keyword-based (rather than category-based) local business directory, with over 27 million businesses already listed in 230 countries. Any business is entitled to a free listing that includes their business name, address, contact telephone numbers, e-mail, website, VoIP, Instant Messenger and tags. Businesses can choose to pay a small annual fee ($22) to enhance their listing allowing the addition of photos, videos, widgets, detailed marketing information, and full customization, as well as priority in search results. Built upon the foundations of wiki-principles and collaborative production, transparency and openness between users, low- or no-cost services for businesses, totally self-service processes, rewarding users, and now with its own in-built website creator, Brownbook.net aims to be THE global business directory.
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