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Picking Up the Phone is Killing Your Business
A step-by-step guide to optimizing how your business handles incoming calls.
Your website is either building trust and driving conversions, or quietly pushing potential customers away.
Once your brand, layout, and messaging are dialed in, there’s still one crucial layer that often gets overlooked, what your website is actually communicating to visitors in real time.
That’s where tools like Google Analytics come in. This isn’t just about traffic, it’s about behavior.
How long are people staying?
What pages are they viewing?
Where are they dropping off?
These data points reveal exactly what your site is doing right, and where it’s silently losing opportunity.
In today’s AI-driven landscape, websites can do more than just inform. With intelligent chatbot integrations, you can create two-way conversations while monitoring them live from your mobile device. Your website can become a true extension of your sales team.
How many times have you wanted to contact a business but couldn’t find the button, number, or form? It’s one of the biggest revenue leaks on the web.
Your site should have a bold, consistent CTA ("Call Now", "Request a Quote", "Get Started") placed wherever your visitor might be ready to take action. Whether they’re on your homepage, scrolling through services, or reading a blog post, make it easy for them to say yes.
Too many companies treat website copy like a one-time project. But your messaging should evolve with your business.
Modern platforms like WordPress, Webflow, and others make it easy to update copy, photos, and resources. If a page is getting high traffic, double down, add a video, embed a podcast, or deepen the value with case studies.
Show you’re alive and paying attention.
We all know Google reviews matter, but what about the social proof on your website?
A powerful, well-placed customer testimonial can do more to build trust than a paragraph of self-promotion. Feature these as video snippets, rotating quotes, or embedded review cards. Let your happy customers become your best salespeople.
Ask yourself: How many decisions have you made because of someone else’s recommendation?
Your potential customers are no different.
Your website is often the first, and sometimes only, impression someone gets of your brand. Make sure it’s saying the right things.
If you want examples of websites that are crushing it right now, shoot me an email at sean@tierlevel.com and I’ll send you some of my favorites.
Because the truth is simple: Your website is either building your business, or breaking it.
The good news?
You have the power to change that.
SML