What a website actually costs, and what you’re paying for
By Hernan Moya

By Hernan Moya
The meeting went well and then they went quiet. The site did not fail to attract them, it failed to confirm them.
You have the meeting. It goes well. They say they will look at the site and come back to you, and then they do not. The site did not fail to attract them, it failed to confirm them, and those are different problems with different fixes.
In the room you talk about outcomes. On the site you talk about services. Someone who liked you in person arrives looking for the thing you said, and finds a list of what you sell.
It repeats the promise, in the same words, where they land. That is usually the home page and one service page, and it is mostly writing rather than design.
Most sites put their proof where it cannot be checked: a logo wall with no story, or a testimonial with no name. One case study with a real number beats twelve logos.
Read your own home page as the person who just left your meeting. If it does not answer what you talked about, that is the page to fix first.
By Hernan Moya
By Hernan Moya
By Hernan Moya