Nowadays, every business has a website, which is not surprising seeing as 97% of all consumers search for local businesses online. Between incorporating your logo, search engine optimization for your content marketing, icon choices and all the information that you want to share with online visitors, web design sometimes loses sight of the ‘big’ number one – your customer. How your customers experience your website can make or break their decision to hand over their money to you… or your competitor. With so much at stake, you definitely want to avoid these two common mistakes:

Mistake #1:

Underestimating the Clout of First Impressions

According to a study at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, prospects form an impression of your brand in just two-tenths of a second when on your website!

So, while effective web marketing is much more than just a great website, web design plays a crucial role in converting prospects to clients. In a job interview situation, first impressions are made by your appearance, posture and communication style. Similarly, your website creates the first impression in an ever-increasingly online world. So much so, that 48% of people cite website design as the top factor in business credibility.

Mistake #2:

Overlooking the Human Element

As alluded to in the introduction, customers are the reason for your company’s existence. Your website is how you get them to sign up, to buy now, or come on in. For them to respond, as you would like them to, the interface between the viewers and your website needs to accommodate their needs. Back in the day, this was called a ‘user experience’. Thinking of human beings as users were OK. But new trends focus on the person behind that user, and ‘customer experience’ is a better turn of phrase.

If your customer is always on their phone, your website better is designed to deliver your message properly on not just desktop browsers, but tablets and mobile devices too. Along with responsive web design, easy navigation is important to busy humans. Make it clear where they should go and what they should do next.

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