Profitting from Web Applications

As the internet marketplace gains momentum, more and more businesses are profitting from using a combination of an intranet and extranet applications. Intranet applications are used by these businesses to meet their operational needs. Extranet or website applications are used by these businesses to communicate and sell to their clients, as well as to manage relationships with their suppliers.

Benefits Intranet and Extranet Application Bring

Here are just a few benefits that business who embrace intranet and extranet applications enjoy:

A professional online presence can be made by businesses of any size.
New markets and sales channels are opened up.
Time saving through automation.
Increased staff mobility as they may access the applications from anywhere. This also has been found to increase staff moral.
Faster access and improved quality of business data and information.
Savings on faxes, paper and travel.
Reduced paperwork.
Improved productivity.
Improved customer service relationships.
More co-operative working environment.

All Businesses Require a Website

All businesses require a website, it is an opportunity to give potential clients a professional impression of their business. Here are seven reasons why a business should have a website:

Client convienience: Internet searches are just one click away while searching through the yellow-pages is tedious and slow.
Greater business exposure: Websites are visible everywhere while yellow-pages and print ads are limited by geographical location.
So much more to say: More information can be presented to potential clients on a website while prints ads are very limiting in the quantities of text available (which is sometimes measured in characters).
Effective and cost-effective advertising: Potential clients are able to peruse company product and service information in their own time while advertisers often rush to bombard their potential customers with product and service information using TV and radio adverts.
Cost reduction: Information on company websites can be easily updated while brochures, pamphlets and newsletters are costly to print and to update.
24/7 Availability: Company information is available 24/7. When a company is unable to answer their phones, their website can answer their potential clients questions for them.
Saves time: Providing potential clients with information on a website takes no time at all, while answering potential clients questions on the phone can be time-consuming.