Another circumstance I find amazing is the number of small businesses who join local business networking groups and have non-working websites listed in the group's membership directory. Occasionally it's because the directory listing was published with a typo in the domain name. But often, it appears the business that owned the domain name let it lapse – or never finished setting up the website. Don't let that happen to you. Be sure you register the domain name yourself (instead of letting the web developer do it), and be sure that you keep your credit card information up-to-date at the domain registrar. Double check your association directory listing after it's published to be sure there are no typos and the link works. Check each page on your site to be sure you didn't leave up any links going to blank pages or to "under construction pages.