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Improve Your Website With Clear Text and Compelling Images

May 8, 2014

It’s spring cleaning time and not just for your home. This month, let’s freshen up your website, focusing on web page content. Adding great text and pictures to your site can help humans and search engines better appreciate and understand what your business has to offer.

With 97% of consumers researching products online before making a purchase*, it’s important to spruce up your website from time to time. So swing open those windows, do a little dusting, and use these lessons to get your website ready for spring.

Lesson Highlight: Tell customers about your business with great website text

Potential customers will often start by visiting your business’ website to learn about your products and services. If this is their first contact with your business, it’s important to make a positive first impression. The words on your website must clearly communicate what your business is about, and why a customer should choose you.

You don’t need to write a lot, but your website should clearly answer these questions:

Who owns and works for the business?

What products do you sell or services do you provide? (more…)