It’s rare to find a business owner not fully aware he needs a website these days. A good portion of small to medium sized business owners know they need one but aren’t quite sure why. That, however, has become old news because a website is no longer enough. AdPower Marketing knows you need a “web presence.” Eighty to ninety percent of small to medium businesses have no idea of the power of a web presence or the lost opportunity of not having one.

By web presence I mean (and I’ll borrow from the Wikipedia here):

"A Web presence encompasses a user's or company's listing in search engines, message boards, Web sites, mini-sites, word of mouth marketing (WOMM), directories, email, MySpace, YouTube and other Web-based vehicles or destinations. The concept encompasses advanced internet marketing where an advertiser fully communicates its' brand in a synergistic fashion through all areas of online marketing, being it paid or unpaid."

For those business owners still "on the fence," here are 7 reasons why you need a web presence.