You need a website for your business. This fact is becoming increasingly clear to everyone.

According to a recent study by The Kelsey Group, "70 percent of U.S. households now use the Internet as an information source when shopping locally for products and services… This puts the Internet on par with newspapers as a local shopping information resource, with the Internet likely to surpass the impact of newspapers in the very near future."

So why are most local businesses - like you - not supplying this demand for online information? Recent surveys indicate that only 40% of local businesses have an online presence.

While some businesses are simply unaware of the need for an online presence, most are intimidated by the perceived costs of creating and maitaining a website. Most small business owners believe that having a website requires the hiring of expensive, technically trained "web designers".

But now there are new alternatives that make the creation of a business website fast, easy and affordable. A new free report - A Practical Guide To Websites For Small Local Businesses - shows you how to use new technologies to get a professional website and do it on shoestring budget. It is a simple, no-nonsense guide written in plain English, not computer jargon.

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A Practical Guide To Websites For Small Local Businesses shows you:

• How to get a website on a shoe-string budget (and save up to $2,000 !)
• Exactly what to look for in a website designer - and why you probably don't need one.
• Exactly how to present your home page to attract customers.
• The 3 common mistakes that virtually guarantee that no one will see your website.

And this report goes beyond the mere mechanics of setting up a website. It also shows you how to integrate your website as a part of your overall marketing strategy.

• Website tricks that can double - even triple - the power of every advertising dollar you spend.
• The secrets of using email to maintain customer loyalty and generate more business.
• Free ways to promote your business online and offline.
• How to make your site pay for itself - easy ways to create extra income online.

If you can read, write and click a mouse, you have all the skills you need to create a website using this report as a guide.

How To Choose The Best Web Host For Your Business

There are many factors to consider when choosing a hosting plan for your website. Which factors are the most important will depend on your business. But, given all the possible factors you must weigh, how do you choose which plan to go with?

You owe it to yourself to compare any small business Web host against the next-generation hosting service called Site Build It! (SBI). Now you can use new free software, called Choose It!, to help you decide. You can...

• List all hosts you might be considering.
• Enter your own factors, weighting them according to your own situation.
• Score how well each host meets each factor.

It's like magic! A complex question is reduced to bar graph answers. And no, there are no tricks involved. This really will help you find the best host FOR YOU, and if it's not SBI!, Choose It! will tell you.

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Free Report!

This free report (PDF format) shows you how easy it is to create a business website using SiteBuildIt. It takes you through the process of creating a real web page, step-by-step.

No HTML, FTP, CGI, graphic or programming skills needed.

How easy is SiteBuildIt to use? You'll be amazed! Download this free report and find out for yourself.

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