Stage One of the Business Credit Success Guide
How to Build Small Business Credit with No Personal Guarantee
Step 10 ~ Establish an Email & Web Presence
Our society has become accustomed to searching the internet to purchase goods, search for information or quickly research a company. While it is still uncommon for a business to be declined financing because they don’t have a website, it is more and more becoming a standard of quickly judging the scope and long-term longevity of a business. It might not make a difference but then again it might make all the different, especially when attempting to obtain business lines of credit.
The process of establishing an email and web presence has become very easy and inexpensive. If anything, you will have the benefit of having a professional email address rather than promoting a free service.
- GoDaddy ~ Search for a domain name that resembles your business so your internet address and email can be easily recognizable, remember to keep it short and sweet.
- ProStores ~ If your business sells tangible goods and you don’t have a website think about the amount of business you are missing because you are limited by geography. ProStores offers a simple, easy-to-setup and inexpensive option for starting a turn-key online business.
- Web.com ~ For those of you who need an information based website can benefit from this inexpensive do-it-yourself service which allows you to simply add content to a pre-designed website template. You save time and money and have a professionally designed website in hours.
- Dotster ~ Depending on the size and scope of your business, it can make all the difference to have a professionally designed and search engine optimized website (free traffic). We suggest you at least speak to a representative at Dotster to discuss your options. It can only help!
We hope you have taken our advice to stay ahead of the curve and present your business in the best possible light by having a functional and informative website. Just so you are aware, there are a few lenders we will introduce you to that won’t approve your business unless you have a website with a corresponding email address that resembles the name of your business. We believe this will be an industry standard sooner rather than later.