7 Reasons to Elevate Your Digital Storefront

7 Reasons to Elevate Your Digital Storefront

Your website is more of a storefront than a business card. It’s a living, breathing entity that can update in real-time, at any time, for whatever reason you choose from just about anywhere. It’s practically magic, you guys. You can share news, announcements, new products or services, establish yourself as an industry leader with insightful blog posts and more – from anywhere with anyone in the world.

But do you? Do you take full advantage of everything your website could be doing to benefit you and your business? Be honest. While you may not make time to regularly update your website, it’s likely that at least one of your direct competitors does.

In the spirit of recharging your motivation and helping you make the most of the rest of 2019, we present you this list to consider today and start tomorrow.

Branding
They say you are the company you keep. If you own a business, you are the website you keep. Are you sloppy and hastily thrown together? Or are you organized, professional and an authority in your respective industry? If you are adaptive, responsive and thoughtful, your website should be, too. Decide who you and your business are and then design and update your website accordingly.

UX
User experience or UX refers to a visitor’s experience with your site, including how easy it is to use, how fast it is, how easy it is to navigate and how little friction there is when visitors try to complete whatever action it is they’re trying to complete. Your website navigation should focus on nudging the right visitor in the right direction.

CTA
Call-to-action. A CTA is a button or link on your website that serves to convert prospective customers into clients by calling them to complete an action. Make sure that your CTAs are prominent, prevalent and compelling enough to elicit the desired ‘push-button-get-banana’ response from visitors.

SEO
Add this to your now mind-blowingly impressive list of tech-savvy acronyms. You’re practically a coder. SEO, or search engine optimization, is how Google will index your site based on a combination of factors, such as the number of inbound links, keyword frequency, relevancy and quality, and how often it is updated. Basically, no updates mean no love from Google or other search engines.

Content
You’ve managed to get users to your site. Now what? Content, that’s what. If the look and layout are your first impression, your site’s content is the first date. Do you offer content that is useful, insightful, helpful and thoughtful? Further, is it compelling and fresh? You may have written the next great American novel but if you posted it five years ago, Google won’t consider it relevant anymore. No second date for you.

Security
While security issues can arise on any website, updated or not, the likelihood of security breaches is much greater for an outdated website as it relies on older, less secure coding and technology. So one of the most important things you can do is to make sure your website’s software stays up-to-date and make sure it’s hosted with a reputable company that cares about security.

Ease of Future Updates
Your future self will be sure to thank your 2019 self because once updated, your website will become infinitely easier to manage, allowing you to update layout designs, blogs, imagery, promotions, and advertisements, while constantly optimizing your website.

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