After I've reworked a client's website, it is not unusual for them to tell me that customers come into their stores very knowledgeable about their offerings and "ready-to-buy."
Ready-to-buy customers should be the goal of most retail websites.
When someone
arrives at your website from a search, a pay per click ad, or other
source, that person is on a mission to solve a problem.
Your site, therefore, needs to immediately show
how your company can solve the visitor’s problem. Beyond that it should
show why your company is the best choice to solve that problem and why
there’s no real need to shop elsewhere.
But there needs
to be something else.
There needs
to be the beginning of a relationship between your company and the
visitor.
This is done
first by doing an in-depth "creative review" of your company to unearth
all the gems of what makes your company great … and proof of same. It can’t be done hastily. It must be done
thoughtfully.
When this review is
done, it becomes your "website content bible" that will help you develop
custom content for your key web pages that will truly woo your
customer.
Easy Furniture Web Tip #68: Focus on developing a relationship with your prospects through your website content. Then when they walk through your doors, they will be ready-to-buy.