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1. Does your website fit today’s screens? Sites designed for yesterday’s screen resolution look very odd on today’s high screen resolutions (1024 pixels or greater). Your audience knows immediately if your site looks puny and doesn’t take up much screen real estate. This clearly states to a prospect, “This site is old.” Not only is this a sign that your website is past it’s expiration date, it’s like paying for a billboard and only using a quarter of the space.

2. Is your site optimized for mobile screens? If your website is not working well on mobile, you’re definitely not getting very much from your web investment. Research shows searchers use mobile devices for searching 55% of the time. Mobile has established a clear lead. Chances are that this will continue to grow over time.

3. Is your website fast and compliant? Technology changes all the time and your website is no different. Old and non-­‐compliant code can slow you down. Google and Bing don’t like slow websites and degrade them in the search results. You may also need to add mobile features and video, or take advantage of technologies that will help you gain credibility and improve your site’s performance. The best designed websites will help you convert search-­‐engine traffic into solid leads and sales. Technology alone does not win over visitors, but a compelling online experience certainly will.

4. Is your message compelling and vibrant or tired? One downside of the web is that content gets tired —and fast! Make sure your message gets a regular refresh to give your audience a reason to come back. Do you need to add a blog? Do you have a new service or product? Take a critical, dispassionate look at your content for outdated info or positioning. If your brand looks like it’s still stuck in 1992, consider a makeover of your brand assets. This also creates an instant marketing opportunity for promoting your relaunch.

A word of advice: don’t change just for the sake of change. Create a plan and make sure that plan maps solidly to your marketing strategy. In the end, it’s all about winning more business and better serving your customers.

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The influence of professional services websites on purchasing decisions has increased significantly over the past four years. According to the survey, 74% of buyers report the service provider’s website holds at least “some influence” over their ultimate decision to buy services from the provider.

It’s clear that professional services firms must take advantage of this power. With well-designed websites they can:

• Establish that they are professional: through professional design, writing, and arrangement of content.
• Establish that they are worthy of consideration: through an overview of their services, their client list, biographies and case studies that show how they helped clients and delivered what they promised.
• Establish themselves as an authority: through blog posts, publications, videos, and other resources to help build credibility, reliability, and trust-all essential elements necessary to win clients

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• Shareable content drives creates awareness for your brand. If your content engages readers they will share it via their social accounts, email or word-of-mouth as a recom- mendation. Everyone is an influencer today!
• Content drives results from SEO. Google has made this important since 1998 when it launched. Content became, and still is, king since websites are content and being found relies on content.
• Content drives purchases. We base our decisions on online content when shopping online or researching for offline purchases.
• Syndicated content drives purchases. Content marketing strategy is much broader than your site though, and includes content on social networks, online publishers, com- parison sites, blogs and many other types of site which help engagement and influence sales.
• User generated content drives purchases. Buyer behaviour has changed, we now want to reference wider opinion from others like us about products and services, whether rat- ing sites, blogs or social networks – buyers dig out content to help their decision making.
• Content on a range of platforms drives purchases. The importance of the internet continues to increase as technology (especially smart phones and tablets) evolve and we evolve with them.

Not sure where to start?  Let us help you build a plan to reach your target audience and connect with your customers and prospects.

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