What started as a hobby quickly grew into a business, and now it's more of a hobby again. The Internet has always been in a constant state of flux, so you have to be ready to adapt to new technologies. Your website should be the one place where you have total control of your information. It is a valuable resource that can pay itself off several times over, but that does not mean it has to be expensive. There was a time when a website had to be built from the ground up. Now you just have to know how to put the pieces together as efficiently as possible.