{"id":1138,"date":"2017-09-08T00:20:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T04:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/op4.af8.myftpupload.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2017-09-08T00:20:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T04:20:40","slug":"9-things-that-will-help-your-business-website-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/website-design-effectiveness\/9-things-that-will-help-your-business-website-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Things That Will Help Your Business Website Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s review 9\u00a0crucial features\u00a0to grow your business website:<\/p>\n<h3>Business Basics<\/h3>\n<p>Your business basics should include your unique domain name; your business logo and images; a section for each of your products and services that you provide; intuitive navigation; excellent design; clean coding; and good website hosting.<\/p>\n<h3>Analytics<\/h3>\n<p>In order to make sure that your website is performing the way you want it to, you need a basic analytics platform.\u00a0 With this, you can track how people are entering your website and what they are doing once they get there.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Analytics<\/a>\u00a0has become the industry standard when it comes to web analytics; and the best part is- it\u2019s free!<\/p>\n<h3>Mobile Friendly<\/h3>\n<p>Not only will 57% of mobile users leave your website if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load, but 30% will also not make a purchase if your shopping cart isn\u2019t optimized for mobile use. Statistics also show that mobile users spend more on average per purchase than their desktop counterparts. There are two options for a \u201cmobile\u201d site. You can either have a mobile website built separately or you can have a <em>responsive website<\/em>\u00a0(automatically adjusting in size according to the user\u2019s device).<\/p>\n<h3>Blog<\/h3>\n<p>A blog is a necessary outlet to connect and communicate with your clients.\u00a0 It\u2019s a perfect opportunity to add rich, engaging content that will ultimately drive traffic to your website. Also, for an added plus for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/search-engine-optimization\/\">SEO<\/a>, the fresh content keeps search engines coming back for the new information.<\/p>\n<h3>Easy-to-find Contact Information<\/h3>\n<p>Since your contact information is your customer\u2019s direct line of contact with your business, it needs to be in the most visible place on your website.\u00a0 Put your contact info everywhere! The best place for your contact information is the top left or top right corner of the home page. It is also a good practice to include contact information on every page of the website.\u00a0 You can opt for a footer or make it accessible on the top or sidebar menus.\u00a0 You want this information to be found with ease by all of your visitors!<\/p>\n<h3>Call to Action<\/h3>\n<p>CTA\u2019s are important because they turn conversions into sales. Make them big and make them obvious! If a customer can\u2019t find the \u2018click-to-buy\u2019 button, they are less likely to buy.<\/p>\n<h3>Social Subscriptions<\/h3>\n<p>Social media websites are another free promoting source! Use them to ramp up your social engagement by getting more followers and comments; add social buttons to all of your pages to get more shares and likes, and connect to your customers on every social basis possible.<\/p>\n<h3>SEO<\/h3>\n<p>If people are not stumbling upon your website, it\u2019s not doing you much good.\u00a0 It is wise to become familiar with\u00a0<em>search engine optimization<\/em> to make your website more accessible through a search engine. This means using correct keywords throughout your text; putting in plenty of links; using the correct names for your page titles and URLs, and employing the magic of images and videos.<\/p>\n<h3>Email Subscriptions<\/h3>\n<p>Email marketing is one of the best ways to market to your quality leads.\u00a0 Make it available for your customers to sign up for email updates.\u00a0 This will also make it easier for you to connect with your customers as a whole.<\/p>\n<h2>What We Can Do For You!<\/h2>\n<p>Is this all you need to keep your business growing? No, probably not.\u00a0 But these are some important features to have. With our knowledge, you have access to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/op4.af8.myftpupload.com\/pah_backup\/services\/website-design-development\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Web Design<\/a><\/em>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/search-engine-optimization\/\" rel=\"tag\"><em>SEO<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Contact us\u00a0today to get your business to the next level of success.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are numerous tactics for nurturing a new online business. If you&#8217;re just getting started, now&#8217;s the perfect time to make sure all the elements for your online success are in place. If you already have a websites established, then you may want to review it and make sure you have these areas covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website-design-effectiveness","tag-analytics","tag-mobile-website","tag-mobile-website-design","tag-search-engine-optimization","tag-seo","tag-small-business-websites","tag-website-design","tag-website-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/716co.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}