Web Marketing for Small Businesses What Actually Works Today

What is keeping you going for last 20 years and you are still building websites?

I think I just love how we can help people.

We can serve small businesses and just ...

I kind of enjoy all the change, too.

I feel like for the middle 10 years of that, you know, the last couple years have been different, the beginning was exciting.

The middle 10, it got a little monotonous, I think, at times.

Social media changed and stuff, and it was a little monotonous, but man, these last few years, it's been crazy, and it's, it's super exciting.

A little scary, but very exciting trying to keep up and see what's coming, and we'll get into some guesses about the future and some of that, I'm sure, in the show here.

But I'm really enjoying this time right now to, to see where things are going.

Excellent, and, uh, the way we are going, uh, do you think the websites will be needed in the near future?

The near future, yes.

The long-term future, I don't know.

I still ...

I tend to think it will.

I think it'll simplify for what's needed, but I think there's still ...

You need one place you can call your own and say, "This is what I have to say." I mean, AI can say what it wants about me, and you can search Google and see social media, but here's where my platform, here's what I have to say about myself.

So if someone says, "I wanna use this company," what do they have to say? They can still go to the one place.

So I think you'll still have that kind of home, but yeah, I think it will change quite a lot in the coming years, where, again, historically we would have lots of questions and answers on the site so people would come and research you on your website.

They're not even doing that now anymore.

They're researching you everywhere else and just coming to the site to make sure you're legit.

But I think that will stick around for a while, just that last step where they say, "Okay, that sounds great, but who are these folks?" And make sure your site answers that.

I agree.

The websites will be needed for the transaction part, so the end goal.

Somebody needs to, you know, sign a, fill a contact form or buy something.

So for that purpose, websites still be an important part.