Hi All,
I first used Coffee Cup Form Builder at work and was intrigued with it's simplicity. My husband runs his own business and for some time I've had a goal to build him a website to help with advertising and thought Coffee Cup might be the simple solution I look for. I have enough computer experience and design skills to do the work.... just need to take the leap and make the time. The time is NOW! It is my 2014 New Years Resolution to have a site up and running by Spring. I've purchased an arsenal of CC programs and feel ready to jump in!

Any advise for a newbie???

Lisa

Start out with a theme. They make building a website less painful and they actually help you learn how websites are built when you go to altering the theme to your liking.

Also, look at other websites for the same or similar type of business, in your area and elsewhere to get a good feel for what features and information should be on your site.
As for the CC products, I would suggest using whatever you need to make your site responsive. There's no sense in having a site that's not geared towards mobile devices.
As Eric suggested, starting with a template is a good way to go. You want to have a consistent look/feel to the site as well as any components of it (forms for example).
Welcome to CC, Lisa

Content Content Content,

Not necessarily in that order

But don't make it so tight with words that it's overkill and overwhelming to the visitor. Be sure that your content is relevant to your site's purpose and be sure each page has a good amount of content on it and not just a lot of images. Search engines will love you for giving them something relevant to index for you.

Welcome to the forums and CC!