If you have a business, you need a website
I have spent a good part of the past two days looking for dance studios in my area. My daughter would like to take a tap class and I've been searching for a place with classes that will fit into our schedule. However, so many of the local studios don't have even a simple website! Knowing that website hosting isn't particularly expensive, I don't understand why any businesses, not just dance studios, wouldn't have a website.
Using a site like WebHostingInformation.net, one can easily look up an inexpensive host with features that would fit your needs. I did a quick search to see what sort of web hosts would match the lowest price criteria with the highest rating. For under $25 per month and a rating of 10, three different companies came up. Granted these were last reviews in early 2006 so there may have been changes in their reliability and packages since then. Still, this is a good place to start.
Suppose your business website needs a shopping cart. You can find reviews on the different shopping cart softwares on Web Hosting Information as well. This makes it a lot easier to find something that will work for your business the first time around. No one likes wasting their time installing and uninstalling programs or reading technical jargon that tries to explain a software package. Everything here is explained in an easy to understand format with screenshots to show you what they are talking about.
There are other articles on the site to help you get your website running. They explain domain names and how to get the best domain name for your website, as well as what to do if the one you want is already taken. You can also find information about what type of hosting your website may require and what you should stay away from. This is definitely the best place for anyone who wants to open a website yet doesn't quite understand everything involved.