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title: 'Why small businesses still need a website'
url: 'https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/why-small-businesses-still-need-a-website-lessons-from-social-media'
markdown: 'https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/why-small-businesses-still-need-a-website-lessons-from-social-media.md'
date: '2023-08-10'
description: 'More than ever it’s vital for a small business to own their platform and marketing channel(s) instead of relying on corporate social media profiles.'
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 August 10th, 2023 Posted in [Business](https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/taxonomy?name=category&value=Business), [Freelancer tips](https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/taxonomy?name=category&value=Freelancer%20tips), [Web Design](https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/taxonomy?name=category&value=Web%20Design)

# Why small businesses still need a website

As we’ve seen with Facebook reducing reach without us paying for ads, the new owner at X/Twitter and last week with corporate moves at Reddit, relying on a third party platform can be dangerous for small business owners. More than ever it’s vital for a small business to own their platform and marketing channel(s).

Reasons include:

- Facebook holding ‘our’ business audiences hostage
- Twitter (now called ‘X’) stoking outrage for advertiser profit – aka “enragement for engagement”
- Reddit closing 3rd party app access

Full article at [Intention web design](https://byintention.co/why-small-businesses-still-need-a-website-lessons-from-social-media/)

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