Web Building Update

We started on a program of web building for Stokes County businesses in September. With the help of a incumbent Workers grant from the NW Piedmont COG we set up 4 templates and started contacting local companies to offer free web sites. We felt that many of our businesses were not taking advantage of the many marketing opportunities available on the net.

At the current time, we have 14 sites up and running, 34 more in various stages of completion and more than a dozen on our waiting list. I thought, we started that building 50 sites would make the program a success and here we are with seven months left in the program an we are on our way to 100. The long term implications of this program are tremendous. These businesses, a mixture of manufacturing, service and retail companies are now able to compete in a global market that continues to expand. I am extremely proud of their willingness to try new tactics and expand beyond their comfort zone. This is not the end of the process. This is really where the efforts have to begin. Now that they are searchable from any place in the world, they need to tell their story and back it up with action.

Keep checking back to see how project progresses and if you know a business owner in Stokes County that doesn't have a web site, send them our way.