FACTS AND FIGURES FOR YOUR INFORMATION

DID YOU KNOW ?

It took radio over 50 years to reach an audience of 50 million listeners and 13 years for television to reach the same amount of people. By comparison it took the internet only 5 years to attract 50 million users. It comes as no surprise that it’s the fastest growing medium in the world today. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter The Internet Report 1999

The internet is one of the most flexible communications tools of the present day. Like the Fax Machine or the Telephone it has thousands of uses. As more people use the internet the more useful it becomes. The UK leads Europe in terms of Internet usage, with more than 10 million households connected to the internet which represents 50% of the UK population. The Internet is one of the greatest opportunities and challenges to face businesses today. Most businesses will benefit in some way from being on line. Not all businesses will want to sell over the Internet, but almost any business can use this as an inexpensive advertising medium to attract customers around the clock.

Rest assured that thousands of small businesses are using the Internet. It represents a superb opportunity for them to reach new markets and compete against the big players on an equal footing. With the help of Colorflair it need not be complicated or expensive to get started.

IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE

That 66% of British young people prefer going on line to talking on the telephone.

DID YOU KNOW ?

There are now more than 1 billion sites on the Internet and 87% of them are written in English