7-Second Thoughts September 19, 2024

Our buyers are not bees

So why do our websites make them read like one?

FULL DISCLOSURE: I’m redoing my homepage

And after looking at various “heat maps”

You’d think that website visitors’ attention spans

Are bonkers

They go here, they go there

Their cursors darting about like their page is goin’ down.

But look at any given reader’s focus 

On, say:

A compelling news article

And they read straight through – beginning to end.

It’s risky, but:

I do think there’s a place and time in your business

To go “all-in”

By offering the 1 thing you’re known for

Or want to be known for

And diving straight into:

The struggle

The stakes of not ending that struggle

And the degree of relief 

To which your solution

Liberates them.

I know it’s a risk

But I think if you’re going to do the hard work

Of niching down

To attract your ideal buyer

To your homepage

If it truly is their story

Shouldn’t they want to see

How it ends?

I’m here,

Kevin

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