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26 Website Essentials For Exponential Growth

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26 Website Essentials

For Exponential

Growth

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Introduction

Website is your top salesman in today’s age

Content-rich websites tend to drive more traffic

More traffic means more customers More customers means more

Business

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Essentials For Website Construction

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Don’t Focus On Technology

Focus on the outcome

Visitors are humans and not robots, hence focus on content and looks

Hire top professionals who’ll align themselves with your business as per your requirements

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First Impression Is The Last Impression

Question: How to achieve...

Site credibility?

Professionalism?

Trustworthiness?

Relevancy?

Answer: Layout, Typography and Color palette should match

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Consistent Layout And Structure

A common template must be followed

Site navigation must be accessible

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Clear Navigation

Use breadcrumbs

Keep navigation simple

Optimize links in anchor text

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Too (Much / Less) Animation

Too much can distract

Use of HTML5 is recommended

Devices like phones/tabs don’t necessarily support flash

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Captivating Images

Use real imagery instead of stock pics

95% customers prefer real imagery instead of stock

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Accessibility And Responsiveness

Use of tablets/phones have boomed

40% people leave webpages if they don’t load within 3 seconds

Site speed matters!

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Security

Keep CMS updated

Keep plugins updated

Update anti-viruses and firewalls on admin system

Recommended to use SSL

Website security tools can be used

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Essentials For Content Management

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Clear Messaging In Headers And Body

Clarity in transmission of message

Users should be able to know where they are on the site

Next steps should be elaborative

Add proofs that you’re better at your job than others

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Perceivable Value

Its age of customer delight

Think website as middleman to connect with humans (clients)

Give solutions

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Quality Content

Add unique, relevant and fresh content

User are going to read, hence have human touch

Proper research for 3rd party content writers

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Corporate Jargons

Avoid excessive use of jargons as they are overlooked

Business website should be professional but must have minimal jargons

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(A Lack Of) Trickery

Users have become aware of cheap ads

Adblock plugins block ads

Be clear on your content, it’ll earn client trust

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A Blog

More content is equal to better SEO

Helps drive more traffic leading back to your website

Significant to get valuable inbound links

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Social Sharing Buttons And Widgets

+1, Like, Tweet buttons help you analyse traffic directions

Also helps people to share and socialize your content

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Various Forms Of Content

Multimedia rich sites generate more traffic

Content can be Audio, video, images, pdfs, infographics, whitepapers

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Customer Testimonials, Reviews Or Case Studies

Customers like to check the reviews before investing

Real testimonials affect the customers probability of buying

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Essentials For SEO

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Inbound Links

Awesome content makes users to share it and it ultimately links back to you

Submit your site to online directories

Write guest posts and invite guests to post

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On-Page SEO

Primary keyword for each page

Place primary keyword in headlines and sub-headlines

Include keywords in body

Use keywords in images

Use of keywords in URL is recommended too

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Meta Tags For Webpages

They help search engines to know about the site

Search engines use these tags to populate search listings

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XML Sitemaps

They consist of links to all the webpages

These help search engine crawlers to find and index your pages more efficiently

Update your .xml file monthly

Its overlooked but improves SEO

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301 Redirects

It’s a solution to “404 page not found”

Redirects website to newer urls keeping SEO intact

Helps search engines to locate latest pages

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Essentials For Increasing Conversions

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Effective Call-To-Action

Helps convert traffic to leads

Make them clear and clickable

Test different colors and positions

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Tested CTA Positioning

Placing the CTA is a critical job

Placing them either on top-of-the-funnel or middle-of-the-funnel is recommended

Some suggestions are placing CTAs in right side of the page

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Landing Pages

Landing pages are responsible to convert traffic to leads by collection info or transactions

Include only what’s absolutely needed!

Remove main site navigation

Keep offers consistent with CTA and landing pages

Use right kind of forms

Make it hassle-free

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Forms

Longer forms = more work

Ask only for relevant info needed

Instead of using generic buttons like Submit, use appropriate buttons.

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Email Subscription Options

Inspire visitors to subscribe

It’s a great way of getting email

You can develop prospects to leads over time

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Conclusion

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Your Business Runs On Your Website

The above must-haves are essential in success and failure of your business

Since, it’s a content loving traffic, focus should be on content instead of cheap advertising tricks

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Our Services

Constantly Updated Website

Relevant Content Generation

Search Engine Optimization

Social Media Marketing

Top-of-mind-recall Marketing Support Infographics Landing Pages

HTML Mailers Paid Ads Management Business Intelligence

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Schedule a demo to talk to an Inbound Marketing Specialist

about your specific needs.

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