Firms by Number of Employees
There are nearly 28 million businesses in the U.S. 22 million are small unincorporated businesses, run by self-employed individuals with no other employees. On an average, these businesses report a median revenue of less than $15,000 per year. For this market segment we have developed the "Online Start & Thrive" program.
The "Online Start & Thrive" program provides the company or an individual the proper tools to establish an online business presence with the ability to grow as the revenue increases and matures.
With this said, we know that approximately 20% to 25% of the self employed or small entities have websites— they "May be Pretty but Accomplish Nothing."
CBIL360 "Online Start & Thrive" is the ideal solution when entrepreneurs think about "what they have to do to stay in business?
The remaining 6 million firms with 5 to 99 employees is our primary target market. 32% do have websites, and slightly more than 10,000 participate in e-commerce.
Companies with 1 to 4 employees
In addition to the remaining 6 million companies, approximately 2.25 million have between 5 and 99 employees. Hard to believe but only 771,232 or 32% have websites and only 10,273 or less than 1% have e-commerce capability.
This market segment needs our services. Most are well aware of the risk they take if they do not have professional, online business present and don't service their audience as expected.
If you have the qualifications you can become an Independent Account Executive, then go on to become an area assistant and hopefully a CBIL360 team leader.
A Forrester Research study showed that the web accounted for or influenced 42% of retail sales in 2009, and projects that by 2014, online retail sales will grow by 10% a year for the next five years, and the web will influence 53% of those sales. The report says 70% of U.S. online consumers already have researched products online and then bought them offline.
The USA census survey reinforces our findings. The USA census indicates that earning for these companies is more than $100,000 annually. That provides most of the funds to support the development of profitable websites and online campaigns that ultimately will increase their revenue.
Some of them are not Internet connected because these companies earn, on an average, between $100,000 and $700,000 a year—earnings that are sufficient to allow them to invest, create and support sophisticated website, e-commerce and social media marketing program that eventually will increase their gross sales.
These companies are facing intensified competition, declining revenues or even extinction if they do not connect!
A Forrester Research study projects that by 2014, online retail sales will grow by 10% a year for the next five years, and the web will influence 53% of those sales.
The result is that the future of a non-connected company is to join the increasingly sophisticated Internet - connected world where the recent addition of social media marketing and the use of new software and electronic equipment for iPods, BlackBerry, Notebooks and Iphones have more radically changed the way companies attempt to reach their target audiences.
The research, facts, experience programs and tools we have along with our seasoned online "natives" personnel ensure that collectively we can improve the online activity of companies who have poorly performing or non-performing "pretty picture websites", and connect the unconnected who
- Don't know or not sure how to transfer their unique service or product to the website.
- Don't understand the different strategies and tactics necessary to use the internet; Have lost money constructing a "pretty website" in the past.
- Think that sophisticated websites are too expensive.
- Believe that they can't earn enough to recoup the funds necessary to develop and maintain a website.
- Don't understand the threat of not having a website.
- Are intimidated by the various online terms.
- Have no way to evaluate website designer or developers' proposals
- Don't have the knowledge to hire a dedicated online staff.
- And may face extinction if they do not connect!!
Until now, the dilemma many companies face was the high cost of developing quality websites and social media programs.
Our credentials speak well for our company. We have and continue to create websites, online platforms and develop social marketing plans for small to large companies. Our extensive experience has allowed us to develop websites that surpass the one dimension website designers or companies that simply try to "make the client's company look good" or forgot that websites in most parts should be an engine that aggressively contributes to the company income.
After all, most clients do not send their websites to a beauty contest, yet they expect the website to send them to the bank.
That is a task we assigned to our busbies department. Our business development professional make sure we incorporate the business aspects, elements that drive business, revenues when creating, developing and executing website plans.
This value alone with our aggressive marketing and advertising efforts greatly contributes to the IAE to meet new clients and close new business.
We use our proprietary presentation material, software and a variety of promotional and measurement effectiveness tools that we have created over the years. With informative, interactive websites, and e-commerce websites, e-mail and social media promotions you will be able to use our proprietary assets to create affordable online programs.
Your talent, our online and offline courses and support combined with our team's knowledge and talent will contribute to make your clients' project a success.