10 MAIN REASONS TO HAVE A WEBSITE:

          CHEAP FORM OF  ADVERTISEMENT - After the initial
           design of the site - it's  less than $10 per month to have a
          website! The Internet is being used on a regular basis by
           millions of people worldwide with more connecting every
           day. Many of the new users come from countries around
           the world. They want to buy the "latest and greatest"                       products. They have money. With the Internet they can            become your customer! How much do you think it would
           cost you to advertise in California, New York and Florida            everyday for a year? Compare that to the cost of a
           website for a year.

         ANSWER REPETITIVE QUESTIONS - Websites are a
           great way to provide personalized support for your                       customers with answers to common questions; such as
           store hours! Easily provide assistance on specific products
           or services, and a variety of ways in which you can be
           contacted. Do all this without answering a phone or hiring
           additional staff. Every business should have a website to
           send customers and clients for more information.

           When it is busy in your store, not all visitors will be able to
           speak to one of your sales people. Opportunities to cross
           sell ("did you see that we also sell ...") are lost. But on a
           carefully constructed website you can make sure that
           people are exposed to other offers that may interest you.
           A classic example is Amazon.com, which is very successful
           with an automated suggestion feature ("Customers who
           bought this title also bought:...").


         EASILY MAKE CHANGES - If you have produced "paper"            catalogs orbrochures then you know how difficult and           
           expensive it is to change them. You want to add a new
           item, or the phone company changed your area code. No,
           no! What a pain with paper! With your Internet site,
           changing anything is a simple and inexpensive process.
          
           Brochures and flyers only allow for a few lines of
           communication. A carefully crafted website can guide your
           clients, suppliers or employees through page after page of
           information. Another advantage is that you can add audio
           and video to these pages - something that paper
           communication tools cannot offer.

         EASIER TO REMEMBER - When you are on the road
           passing by an advertisement It is easier to remember a
           website URL than a telephone number - Especially if your
           not familiar with the area code!

        NO MORE SMUDGES! - Your portfolio will always look it's
           best! No more smudges or ripped pages to worry about
           and It can't get shuffled to the side of the desk and mixed
           in with all the other paperwork for that major design firm            you're trying to land. For the freelance artists, designers,
           comics, poets, and all other individualists who are trying to
           get ther name out in the world - the days of paper
           portfolios are over!

        SOCIETY - In today's fast-paced business world businesses
           without a web presence will be left behind. Online shopping
           and searching is becoming the standard and millions search
           for services everyday on the Internet. With such a vast
           and active market available through the World Wide Web,
           a company (No Matter The Size!) would be foolish not to
           take advantage of the Internet as a business promotional
           tool. EVERY small or home-based business should consider a
           website. There are certainly some businesses where a
           website offers nothing of value but for the vast majority a
           website can be a very effective sales channel and
           marketing tool.

        E-Mail - Communicate anywhere in the world with
           customers and employees and pay NO long distance           
           telephone charges. Create a professional email address
           that is specific to you or your business (such as
           tech@cgrafiks.com) and eliminate the endless paper trails
           and waiting days for the post man! For example, you can
           send an updated proposal to a client across the country -
           and have results within the same day! Added benefit: you            will have an email address Something@Somewhere.com, so            you will never have to change addresses again!
           (Not even in case you decide to witch Internet providers -            for instance from Frontier to Charter)

        Reach customers that speak a foreign language
           Why restrict your market to the "English-speaking" world?
           Translate your website into a number of languages and
           offer a choice to users when they come to your home page
           to further increase your exposure.

        Try new ideas CHEAP! - When you use the Internet, you
           can try new ideas usually for little invested on your part. It
           doesn't work, OK, you learned. Modify it your idea.
           Improve it. At the very least you'll know more than your
           competitors. Who could imagine that authors would put
           their books on the Internet? Well, that's what people are
           trying with the hope that customer's will like what they read
           enough so that they'll buy the paper version.

        ADVERTISE SPECIALS - Say you just received a new
           product and you want to advertise a "special." Reaching
           your customers via the phone, sending a letter, or FAX
           would be time-consuming and expensive. With the Internet
           you can send out an e-mail to 500 of your best customers
           with the click of your mouse. You can put a "SPECIAL"
           notice on your website advertising the new product.