All businesses need a web strategy. Potential investors seeking to learn more about your company turn to the Internet for research as part of their due diligence. What they find there may determine whether they will invest in your company or not. If investors find negative information, they are likely to walk away. If they do not find any information at all, they may become suspicious about the nature or viability of your business. Because of this, a solid web presence must be one of the key strategies you deploy in your attempt to gain investors. As an expert company with nearly 10 years of helping businesses find investors,
The Regency Group offers the following tips for developing your company’s web strategy.
1. Discover your company’s current Internet reputation. Enter your business name and the names of your key personnel into one or two popular search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, or Bing. What you discover there is the same information that potential investors will find when they begin their research. How does the information represent your business?
2. If you do not have a website, then create one. Develop a well-branded, keyword-optimized website that provides targeted information about the benefits and features of your products or services. Consider adding dynamic multimedia content that keeps site users coming back, such as blogs, podcasts, and videos.
3. Utilize social networking. Develop both company and key personnel profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter that provide relevant and interesting content.
4. Mention your business on other sites. Visit targeted blogs and forums where you can post relevant comments with links to your website. You can also create profiles for your business and key personnel on multiple free websites, such as blogging sites, Google Profiles, or Naymz.
5. Develop an opt-in list of e-mail contacts, and use it wisely. Send targeted, relevant e-mails that offer value to contacts, directing them to specifically designed landing pages on your website.
6. Track your results. Use a simple, free tool such as Google Analytics to track traffic sources.