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Website Mistakes Small Businesses Make, and How
to Fix Them
Chad Warner
@WarnerChad
Not optimizing to sell
Content Mistakes
Ineffective content
Not using a copywriter
No blog
Stock photos of strangers
No personality
Too much content on each page
Not optimizing for conversions
Design Mistakes
Not mobile-friendly
Over-designed
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Marketing Mistakes
No off-site SEO
No digital marketing
Technical Mistakes
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Insecure
Poor performance (slow)
No backups
Not updating WordPress (core, plugins, and themes)
No on-site SEO
Not maintaining plugins
Not optimizing images
Blog on separate domain
Sharing WordPress accounts
Conclusion
● Content mistakes
● Design mistakes
● Marketing mistakes
● Technical mistakes
● Detailed notes on OptimWise blog:
optimwise.com/wcgr2014
Q&A
Image credits
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