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Web Presence Lessons for Small Businesses

Web Presence Lessons for Small Businesses
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Author(s): Stephen Burgess (Victoria University, Australia), Carmine Carmine Sellitto (Victoria University, Australia)and Stan Karanasios (Leeds University Business School and AIMTech Research Group, UK)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 24
Source title: Effective Web Presence Solutions for Small Businesses: Strategies for Successful Implementation
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Stephen Burgess (Victoria University, Australia), Carmine Sellitto (Victoria University, Australia)and Stan Karanasios (Leeds University Business School, AIMTech Research Group, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-224-4.ch002

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Abstract

Whilst writing this book it has become apparent to us that small businesses face numerous challenges and issues when they are considering their Web presence. In fact, although we thought we had the organisation of the book determined before we started, we found that it was necessary to not only increase the number of chapters, but also reorganise planned chapters. We believe this has allowed a more detailed explanation of the important issues that are investigated and explored in the book. So, let’s be honest with ourselves here. How many small business owner/managers are going to have the time to carefully sit down and work through all of the tenets that we have suggested in later chapters – whilst understanding the background (presented in this book) behind them? We believe that if they did they would benefit greatly from their investment of time. Alas, time is one resource that is limited in small businesses. In addition, in this chapter small business researchers are presented with a more concise summary of the lessons for setting up and maintaining a small business presence that have emerged during the writing of this book. The purpose of this chapter, therefore, is to present the tenets from the book, as well as the lessons from ours and other studies, in a manner that might be more informative for small business owner/managers to consider - indeed, a Web presence primer for small business operators. In the following sections we introduce the factors that small businesses should consider when setting up and maintaining their Web presence. Specific detail in relation to each of the areas is provided in the chapters in Parts Two and Three of the book. We will commence with a discussion of whether the small business is in a position to adopt a Web presence.

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