Your competition has one. – Most businesses have websites these days, and if your direct competition has a website, they could possibly be attracting people that could be your customers. Or even worst, they could be attracting YOUR customers. After all I you don’t take care of your customers, someone else will.

Credibility and Confidence – By having a professional website, your business will instill customer confidence; will project the image of professionalism and increases trust in your company. By not having a website potential customers may be suspicious of your business and your integrity.

Go global. No just Local. – It is estimated that there are over 215 MILLION Americans that regularly surf the internet. A small business that only markets to their local area is leaving a lot of potential customers untouched. With a website you will be able to reach out to potential customers from Las Vegas, Nevada to Birmingham, Alabama to Seattle, Washington to Hong Kong.

Always Open. Even if you are asleep. – By having a website, your business is essentially open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Customers can find out information about you and your business while you are open, closed or even at home asleep.

Cheap way to advertise. – These days more people use the internet to search for service providers than printed materials such as the Yellow Pages. Not only is it usually cheaper to purchase a website than a Yellow Pages ad, but you can also save by reducing the amount of printed materials you will need. Printed catalogs can now be stored on your website for customers to browse. Letter and invoices can be sent via email saving an additional amount on postage.

Make more money. – Not only can your website help keep cost down, but according to the Small Business Administration, small businesses with a website generate 39% more income than a small business without one.

Get more customers. - According to the Small Business Administration, 50% of all Internet sales a company receives come from new customers.

Know how well your marketing campaign worked. - With traditional marketing advertisements, you really have no idea how many people read what you are offering. However with a website you have the ability to track your visitors. Providing you with information like their geographic location, what pages on your site they looked at, where they came from, what keywords they used to search for you in search engines, how long they stayed on your site, and more.

Professional email addresses. – While free email accounts like Gmail or Yahoo can provide you with a way for customers to reach you, an email address like yourname@yoursite.com give more of a professional appearance and helps build credibility.