When starting out your new Internet business you will need to make a decision.

The decision to be made is whether you need a web site or a blog. If you have a product or a service you need one of the two or maybe both!

Do you have a product or service that you want to offer? Do you want to sell in your local area or do you want to sell to a world wide audience?. It's easy, but not inexpensive, to run an ad in the local paper. You will, however, expose your product to only a finite number of potential customers. On the web your product or service will be shown to millions of people if you can get them to come to your site.
If you have a properly designed web page you can compete with anyone. It simply is not possible for readers to determine if they are dealing with a small company or a large one. It levels the playing field.

It is far more cost effective to maintain a web site than utilize other forms of advertising on a cost per reader comparison.
It has been proven that more and more people go to the web to look for products. They might be searching for price or delivery. Often the temptation to buy and not leave the comfort of their home wins out. The internet is a very convenient shopping area.
The time is fast approaching when a company that doesn't have a site simply will not be able to conduct business. Another option is to create a blog. You can make a rather nice income starting a blog rather than a full web site.