Improving the website 

Create a selling website that is visible on Google, attracting more visits and converting them into leads. 

What makes a good website?

The website is your new sales channel. Its main purpose is not to build a brand or get your message across. It is to build sales by capturing customers who are looking for solutions to their problems.

To do this, a good website needs to do the following, in this order:

  1. Be visible on search engines and attract many relevant visits.
  2. Effectively convert your visits into leads
  3. Selling your idea, vision and product to those who have found you.

How to build a good website

You can't build the new age selling website without data. How else will you know what is visible, converts and sells?

But you can't get data without first having a website. So what is the solution?

The solution is an iterative process, with flexible tools that allow for multiple and rapid changes.

Start with a theory. Start from intuition and feeling mixed with the data (if any) you have today.

The theory should answer the following questions:

  • What are the problems that our target groups experience in their daily lives?
  • What are the solutions (including services, products and functions) we offer that can solve these problems?
  • How can we group our solutions so that the same type of audience has everything in one place, summarized in one or a few words?

Then create a structure (see below) where you list all your sub-pages and the main messages you want to convey under each page. Do this in Word or similar so you can make changes as quickly as possible. List as many subpages as you can. It is these subpages that will give you data that you will then use to further improve the page.

Then build a first version of your website as quickly as possible based on this theory.

How a website can be structured

Imagine the structure of your website as a tree. The branches are your blog, the leaves are social media, the trunk is your front page and the roots are your offers.

home tree

The branches (your blog) give you the space to pump out a lot of content in a free and unstructured way. The leaves (external media) allow you to spread it out. Here you see what works, and every blog post is an opportunity to be found on Google.

The stem (your front page) gives you the opportunity to catch the attention of those who are interested. Here you present your offer, who you are targeting, and why they can trust you. Here you ask for their contact details. Either directly, or by offering a summary presentation in white paper format in return for their email.

The roots (your sub-pages) allow you to present your solutions in a structured way. How do you know which solutions to present, what to call them, and how to group them? See which blog posts get the most visits. Turn your most searched words into subpages. Group them according to your personas. Drive traffic by blogging more about these solutions, and linking from the blog post to your subpages.

The website is like a tree. The leaves are your blog, the trunk is home, and the roots are your features.

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Tools for a good website

The new process of building a website is about being able to build, measure and change continuously. This requires a tool that allows you, without design or technical knowledge, to change, add and remove new pages as quickly and easily as possible.

Here are some tools we recommend for that purpose:

Improving your website: Our packages

  • SET UP DYNAMIC CTAS ON THE WEBSITE

  • SUPPORT PER HOUR

  • CREATING A KNOWLEDGE BANK

  • SEO-OPTIMIZE YOUR WEBSITE

  • CREATE A CAMPAIGN SITE/MICROSITE OR WEBSITE

  • BRAND NEW WEBSITE

What it is: Display different Call To Action buttons on different parts of your website, automatically based on what the page is about.

Benefits: You get more leads. Instead of showing a generic lead magnet (e.g. PDF download, white paper or case study), you show something about what the person is already reading about.

What is done: Installation of the WordPress plugin that allows you to display different widgets depending on the page's categories and tags.

Cost: 3h (fixed price)

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