Tag Archives: Website Content

7 Mistakes Website Owners Make, And How To Avoid Them (Part 7 of 7)

Mistake 7: Not reviewing your website statistics. The most fatal mistake that a website owner can make is to not review, or even understand the performance of their website. Nearly every hosting company out there provides some sort of web analytics tool. And if they do not, Google Analytics can be added to any website [...]

7 Mistakes Website Owners Make, And How To Avoid Them (Part 6 of 7)

Mistake 6: Taking too long to respond to inquiries, or not following up at all. It’s happened to all of us. We visit a website, find something interesting, and email the company for some additional information. Then you get the dreaded thank you page, “Thank you for requesting more information from ABC Company. We will [...]

7 Mistakes Website Owners Make, And How To Avoid Them (Part 5 of 7)

Mistake 5: Too much web copy. We see this mistake being made on huge numbers of websites. People want information now, and they want it fast. They do not want to spend half an hour reading website content. Studies suggest that on average, a visitor spends less than 10 seconds deciding whether or not they [...]

7 Mistakes Website Owners Make, And How To Avoid Them (Part 4 of 7)

Mistake 4: Letting your website become stagnant or out of date. Your website should never be “finished.” A finished website is an old website. And nobody wants to read an old website. At the very minimum, you should be adding fresh content to your home page at least once every few months. This tells the [...]

7 Mistakes Website Owners Make, And How To Avoid Them (Part 3 of 7)

Mistake 3: Thinking that your visitor will act (or buy) in their first visit. You’ve probably heard that you have to touch your potential customer/client at least 7 times before they purchase. Unfortunately, many website owners think that their visitor will take action or buy on the very first visit, and ignore the opportunity to [...]

7 Mistakes Website Owners Make, And How To Avoid Them (Part 2 of 7)

Mistake 2: Not Answering WIIFM? Most visitors come to your website with a problem or a need. They need to buy something, they need to find a solution, and they need help. Isn’t that why you are in business? Your website is an extension of your business and its purpose is to solve a problem. [...]

7 Mistakes Website Owners Make, And How To Avoid Them (Part 1 of 7)

Are there only seven mistakes that business owners make regarding their websites? Certainly not, but in this article we are going to cover the most common mistakes we see that lead to the failure of a service or product offering. Of course, the biggest mistake is to not have a website at all. It’s no [...]

Got A Second? – Barely! Grabbing a website visitor’s attention

The blink of an eye! That’s how long it takes a visitor to assess the overall look of your website. Research has recently shown that a site visitor will decide whether or not they like your website in 1/20th of a second. That’s less than the time it takes to blink! And in less than [...]