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Why the site loses the client after the meeting

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.

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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.

The meeting and the site say different things

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.

What a confirming page does

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.

  • Name the problem the way they described it.
  • Show one piece of proof, not six.
  • Make the next step smaller than "get in touch".

The proof problem

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.

Where to start

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.

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