You and many other people are looking for information on the Internet. No matter what you are looking for. It can be a shop, hairdresser, mechanic, electrician or photographer. If you run a business and you don’t have a website, you can lose many customers. You can add your business details to free online directories, but that won’t guarantee you a new customer anyway. You always have to put yourself in his shoes.
The client will search the phrase on the internet and check the few links. It is also possible that he will search for this phrase in online maps. Then, in the obtained results, he will look for a website to see what the company can offer. Only after that doesn’t work, it is possible that he will start calling the companies without websites. People are very used to email communication. They can send a message at any free time. The return message may contain a lot of data which may be difficult to remember if you are talking over the phone. They will search for that on your website.