This saying is true… having your business online allows you a myriad of things. It increases your visibility as a business. Visibility in search engines thus reaching any part of the world. It is immediate, and the best way to promote your brand or service.
In addition, having a website will provide credibility to your current and future clients. Hence the importance of having good content, with updated information.
Always make sure you are working with companies that offer you guarantees, and that they can communicate properly.
Quick Tip: It is important that when you decide to build your website, you are the owner of your domain name. There are many places that offer you a monthly service for domain and hosting. The problem with that is that they can hold your domain name hostage and keep you on their monthly fee plan without releasing your domain name to take elsewhere.