Why online presence is important for logistics business

Every company today is facing pressure from digitally enabled change resulting in new competitors and higher expectations from customers. Technology and the digital revolution will continue to disrupt every business. As the world becomes a global village more companies will have to embrace the digitization or risk being left behind. This is one of the major reason why online presence is important for logistics business.

The Fact

INDIA ADDS 40 MILLION NEW INTERNET USERS EVERY YEAR

In earlier days, people used to remember and recollect the telephone numbers of their immediate family and friends within seconds. Start dialing and your finger seems to understand and complete the rest of it. How many telephone numbers do we remember now?

Similarly, even if I have to buy a needle “I wouldn’t know which store keeps the stock so the immediate reaction is search online and you get a list of 100 stockist nearest to your home.

Imagine, if you do not have an online presence, you will not fall in that 100 stockiest list, but maybe your competitor does.

“Simply said, your target audience heavily relies on the digital technology for reliability and ease of work” … So, where do you stand?

What established firms do?

Most of the successful logistics companies use a websites. Every Logistics Giant would have one thing in common, “A strong online presence.” Here is how and why they do it.

Create social media content and post regularly and consistently to engage target audience.
Create a website and promote in every communication creating awareness and promoting brand image
Newsletter mailing consistently keeping your target audience updated on the key and latest developments and important takeaways.
Campaigns (paid/organic) to create awareness and make your presence felt.
The old saying is still relevant ” Out of Sight, is Out of Mind”

What You can do

Creating an online presence is like creating a company profile which contains information about your business. The information will be displayed on your website and on various social media channels. It is not simply a profile to inform your customers what your company does.

Here are the advantages of creating an online presence, creating a company profile online.

Covers Larger audience

Going public with your company profile gives you the ability to reach a larger audience. Millions of online users can now reach your website, know your product service, about the people behind it, the expertise etc.

Being Available and Accessible

Being available and within reach is also very important when a customer requires your service. It is important for customers to know that they can reach you easily. Having this information online helps potential customers reach your offices. Your profile helps in providing them with necessary information, in case if they need more help, they always can connect through an online form or telephone. Make sure to keep information updated.

Creates trust

Having a commanding online presence makes consumers feel more comfortable about dealing with your company. Many prospects will do a quick online search to see if your company is legitimate.

Free Advertising

Having a website is much better than having no website or no online presence at all. Comparatively the cost to build and manage a website is negligible compared to an year of benefit and saving the website provides. It adds more value than it takes away.

Brand Development

Your company brand is vital to its success and your company profile is one aspect of brand building.

Competition

The competition online is heavy, but then competition always existed and in fact it gives an opportunity to showcase your product and service to the right audience. You can very well standout as an exclusive quality service provider.

There are more of advantages when done correctly. It is important for small businesses to keep up with, and be aware of, digital marketing trends. If you are still stuck to the conventional marketing take the leap today to explore opportunities and new avenues of growth..

DO YOU HAVE AN ONLINE PRESENCE?