The Internet is the future, and a Website is your key to taking advantage of it. A Website not only showcases your products and services to the general public, but more importantly, introduces you to a whole new audience and potential market. So powerful is the Internet that a significant percentage of retail sales in the United States is now generated by e-commerce.

You, too, cash in on the trend by launching your very own Website. Depending on your computer skills and the time and money you are willing to spend, you can either build your Website yourself, or hire a Web developer to build it for you.

Doing it on your own is the best and cheapest option if you are highly computer-literate (or at least adept at learning new kinds of software fast), and if you have a lot of time to devote to your site. You should invest in user-friendly applications like Microsoft FrontPage, which enables you to easily design your site yourself. Not the creative type? Don