--- title: No Small Business Website? What’s Your Excuse? description: Do these sound familiar? Here are some common excuses people have for not have a small business website. Time to rethink your stratetgy. image: https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog_333_Business_Website.jpg --- [![](https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog_333_Business_Website.jpg) ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/no-small-business-website-whats-your-excuse) # No Small Business Website? What’s Your Excuse? BY:   [ Kristin Jones ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/author/kristin-jones) ![No Small Business Website? What’s Your Excuse?](https://www.jonespr.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog_333_Business_Website.jpg?width=550&name=Blog_333_Business_Website.jpg "No Small Business Website? What’s Your Excuse?") “I don’t need one.” “Social media is enough.” “I can’t afford it.” Excuses, excuses, excuses. And excuses that could be holding your business back, all because you do not have a small business website. While social media is great, websites are where you give your prospects more of what they are looking for, and more importantly, where you convert them into leads. [Rapid Web Launch](http://blog.rapidweblaunch.com/2016/05/31/6-excuses-small-business-make-no-website-infographic/) tells us that more than 60 percent of global internet users research products online. Do you want to be there for your potential customers to find? Check out their six common excuses small businesses give for still not having a website in 2016, and why it’s time to set those excuses aside. ![No Small Business Website? What’s Your Excuse?](http://i1.wp.com/blog.rapidweblaunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6-Excuses-Small-Businesses-Make-For-Not-Having-a-Website-in-2016-.jpg?resize=1440%2C7503 "No Small Business Website? What’s Your Excuse?") Are you convinced? Now what? 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