My leads have risen by 50% in the last quarter. I have been getting an increasing interest in new websites over the last few months. I wonder whether people are beginning to feel more confident that there will be more economic activity in the near future. Is the economy about to pick up?

Of course, anecdotes do not equal quantitative evidence. More interest could come from a variety of other reasons. Some of them are:

Regardless of why, we love to work on good projects. So bring on the new website and web marketing!