"Virtually all
small businesses report growth as the result of a web site."
Everyone knows a
web site is beneficial to business, right? But how universal
is that benefit, website hosting company C I Host set out to
answer.
C I Host surveyed 5,000 small businesses
between May 1 and July 31 (2004). It reports that 99% received new
customers as a result of their web sites and revenue and
profitability improved at 81% as a result of the web site. All
of the companies had been in business more than five years at
the time of the survey and had launched a web site only within
the past year. Each had fewer than 15 employees and revenue of
more than $100,000 a year.
To see the entire article as reported in Internet Retailer, October 1, 2004,
click here.
