5 Things To Fix On Your Website In The Next Week To Increase Sales!
Written by Angie Neal, PurpleCow Digital Marketing
Written by Angie Neal, PurpleCow Digital Marketing
You can do these 5 things in a week and increase the traffic and sales for your website!
Stop wasting time on the Internet!
This is my hope for you.
Like most business owners, you are probably distracted and overwhelmed by the possibilities of doing business online. It is true that the Internet is a game changing tool for collecting leads,
attracting customers, growing a business, finding staff, providing awesome customer service and building communities.
It is also true that most of us fail dismally in our online ventures.
So here are five things you can do in the next week to get the needle moving in the right direction.
As a business owner and entrepreneur, I have a great passion for business and technology. I love to help other business owners reach their goals and create a predictable marketing strategy.
I have been working in marketing, sales and technology for over 27 years. I've studied the fields of project management, web development and design and know how to make businesses stand out online.
Supported by an amazing team, I understand the importance of small and medium businesses being visible to their audience online.
I have created this easy to implement e-book, so you can make some quick changes that will help you get more sales and increase you traffic in a week.
I hope you enjoy the read and if there is anything we can help you with, lease just shoot us an email at standout@purplecow.digital
Angie Neal
Chapter 1
For those of you who are not familiar with SMART goals, the acronym stands for Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic and Time bound. SMART goals are part of an idea that has been around for decades and has helped businesses and individuals
increase productivity and stay focused.
The reason SMART goals are back in favour is because the Internet allows us to measure and track most of what we do. In this section, we’re going to focus on getting specific about our goals because that is usually the hardest part of the process.
Ask yourself this question: If you could have 10 new clients today, but they all had to be a clone of one of your existing clients, who would the existing client be?
Chapter 1
The best way to find that existing client is to identify who is the most profitable, gives you the least amount of grief, is a joy to work with, refers you new business, pays on time and who you would genuinely like to have more of.
Once you have identified this client, ask yourself what industry they work in, the size of the business, their turnover, what kind of products and services they offer, how many staff they have, what their business aspirations are and what value YOU offer the relationship.
Now visit your website and read all of the pages, view all of the images and work your way through the site as if you were your number one client. I want you to imagine that this website has been built specifically for you.
Ask yourself these questions:
Your website should be built for your number one client and nobody else. This is usually difficult to execute because we are afraid of potentially losing other clients. However, if we have identified who our number one client is, doesn’t it make sense to then focus on just attracting more of them?
Actionable:
List all of the changes to the text and images you need to make on your website so that it appeals to your number one client.
Chapter 2
Most websites fail to achieve a measurable goal for the business because they fail to ask the user to take action. If the goal of your website is to encourage potential new clients to pick up the phone or email you with an enquiry, then you need to be explicit about asking them to take that action.
Have you ever been in a clothing boutique when the shop assistant asked you if you’d like to join their VIP club to receive a discount? Some of us join; most of us don’t. But when was the last time you walked into a clothing boutique and asked them if you could join their VIP club? Never. The point is: if you don’t ask, you don’t get.
Chapter 2
[If you visit my website purplecow.digital you will see a form at the bottom of every page encouraging visitors to download a free e-book. This simple action allows me to collect email addresses from potential new clients every day, even while I sleep.]
Actionable:
Identify the action you want your website visitors to take and make sure it is clear and obvious on every page throughout your site.
Chapter 3
It’s no secret that millions of people are using Google every day to search for information and answers to their questions.
But it doesn’t take black magic or superpowers to get your website found on Google.
The first thing you need to ensure is that you are in the Google index.
This is like making sure your card is in the library index so when someone searches for your type of book I can find you.
Chapter 3
Type the following into the Google search engine to see if your website is in the Google index:
site:yourdomainname.com
Obviously replace “yourdomainname” with your actual website address. E.g. if I want to make sure my website is in the Google index I would type this into Google:
site:purplecow.digital
If your website is not in the Google index, you will need to open an account with Google Search Console and submit your website to Google. Here’s a great video from Jennifer at Google explaining how it works.
Actionable:
Make sure you are in the Google index so you can get found. If need be, instruct your web developer to submit your site to Google for you.
Chapter 4
This is the part that requires actual work.
You’ve probably heard a thousand times that the key to getting shared on social media is to create engaging content.
Let me explain this in real world terms that you can understand.
Chapter 4
Have you ever been at a party and found yourself quoting someone else from a conversation you had a few days ago? Have you ever been at a party and overheard somebody else quoting something you said earlier in the evening? The same principle applies to getting shared on social media. People share things on social media based on how it is going to make them look to their peers. So if nobody is sharing your content on social media, then you need to create different content.
Ask yourself what you could create that your number one client would be interested in sharing with their peers. Types of content can include a blog post, a free report, a video interview, a podcast or a free e-book just like this one you are reading. The key is to make it as useful as possible to number one client and make it easy for them to share.
Actionable:
Create one piece of content and share it with your number one client via LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.
Chapter 5
The only way to improve your online activities over time is to measure what you are doing.
Luckily, Google provide us with an amazing free tool to track how visitors are behaving on our website.
Google analytics should be installed on every page on your website and you should be reading your Google analytics reports once a week to understand how your audience are responding to you.
Chapter 5
He is a free video to show you how to get started with Google analytics:
Actionable:
Make sure Google analytics is installed on your website and that you can access the reports to read every week.
The Internet provides business owners with huge opportunities to connect with new clients and better service our existing clients. It also provides us with an enormous amount of information, white noise and distraction.
The aim of this short e-book is to cut through the clutter and give you some
actionable steps that will make a real difference to how your website is performing for your business.
"Angie is amazing. She has helped my business threefold. Why spend a week trying to work out how to do something, getting frustrated along the way, when Angie can do in a few minutes. Do what your best at and leave the Digital Marketing to the professionals. Thank you so much Angie and your amazing team."
- Debbie Haworth