When it comes to your site's design, a flashy website makes your product or service seem more exciting, right?  It just seems to make sense that elaborate flash animations just add even more "sizzle" to your site, doesn't it?

Sure, many business owners hold on to these perceptions - well, actually, misconceptions - on what makes a great website design.  The problem is those small business owners want to know if their website design will be exciting enough to capture a visitor's attention.  Instead, they should ask the following question: "Is my website user-friendly enough to keep visitors engaged and coming back?"

Pew Internet research project shows that 67% of adults and 90% of teens use social networking sites.  That's right, 2 out of every 3 adults and, even more impressively, 9 out of 10 teenagers are on social networks.

So, what do these numbers mean for your business? Well, your potential customers are using social networks, so you better be too!

Sure, you're a small business owner.  You're way too busy to update your Facebook or Twitter status, create videos for You Tube, or share your photos on Facebook or Flickr.  Or, so you think, right?