In this day, when digital communication is as easy as pulling your cellular phone out of your pocket, people often draw the critically flawed conclusion that paper media is no longer necessary. Web sites are much more cost-effective; they can reach thousands of people or millions of people, and the price difference is virtually insignificant.
What they fail to recognize is the value of placing something in people's hands that doesn't have to be navigated through, scrolled around, or powered on. In a second's time, you can place the heart of your business into your potential client's hand, and in the very next moment they'll be unfolding it and engrossing themselves in a vibrant and visually pleasing representation of how your company can benefit them. Easy on the eyes, no downloading or clicking, and highly portable.
Not only that, but brochures can serve as one of the major marketing tools to drive people to your website. Online advertising is fine, and it often does people a world of good, but the largest and most successful companies in this world did not develop their client base through online marketing alone, or even predominantly. Rather, through tangible paper media, you can inundate the market with your ideas and beneficial business qualities. Once you develop the interest that you're shooting for, you're website, should you choose to build one, will have more hits than you can handle.
A lot of people think that web design should begin in Dreamweaver or whatever HTML program they have. These programs are not made for creating visually pleasing designs; they're made for generating html code.