I have known a lot of people who have given up their businesses to save the money they have invested and whatever gains they have earned throughout the years. It is sad though that this financial crisis has toppled a lot of good business establishments, big or small. As an entrepreneur, this has posed a threat on my own business. I became more wary and have taken all precautionary actions to avoid closing my retail business down. I am a firm believer that entrepreneurs should not succumb to stresses and crises, and take these as challenges that should be overcomed. As an entrepreneur, advertising and marketing are very important keys in inviting and retaining business clients. A lot of businessmen spend thousands of pesos to pay advertisers and web designers just to promote the business. A lot of businessmen have sacrificed their advertising and marketing goals to be able to cut down costs, this move has cost their companies a lot of potential customers and even existing customers. As an entrepreneur who manages a newly owned business, I cannot afford to sacrifice advertising and marketing strategies. I am just grateful that I found Wix.com. Wix.com is a free website Flash templates generator that helps create Flash templates for websites without having to do HTML coding and all those sorts of techie procedures. Wix.com has saved me from hiring highly paid Flash templates website designers. Thanks to Wix, I was able to independently create a superb engaging website and have made Flash Widgets, banners, flyers, and more. Now, my e commerce online retail business is surviving thanks to Wix and its Flash website builder.