Strategic Planning Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

What Reasons Do People Have For Creating Business Websites?

There's many reasons people have for creating a business website. Most of them are legitimate, and make sense, but there are a few reasons that don't tend to work well. Here are the common ones that tend to bring success:

• Having a hobby and wanting to earn a few extra dollars from having a hobby website.
• To provide some credibility to a regular bricks and mortar business, and/or to generate business for the regular business.
• To earn a substantial amount of money over the long term (having a business based primarily on the Internet

In addition there's the reason that doesn't work well over time, and it's one of the prime reasons people fail on the Internet.

• To make a lot of money in the short term (the get rich quick syndrome)

Wanting to have a hobby site, and earn a few bucks doesn't really require any or much strategic planning. Wanting to provide credibility for a bricks and mortar business requires more thought, and the more planning done, the better.

If the goal is to run a long term business on the Internet, proper strategic planning is ESSENTIAL.