Most small business owners think of their website as a digital business card. Something that exists because it is supposed to exist. A box to check. That mindset is costing them thousands of dollars in lost revenue every month.
The Numbers
81% of consumers research a business online before making a purchase or visiting in person. 75% judge a company's credibility based on its website design. 57% will not recommend a business with a poorly designed mobile site.
Your website is not a business card. It is your storefront, your salesperson, and your first impression rolled into one. And for most small businesses, it is making a terrible first impression.
What a Bad Website Actually Costs
A plumbing company in Dallas gets 2,000 website visitors per month. Their site loads in 6 seconds (the recommended maximum is 2.5 seconds), half the visitors leave before the page finishes loading. That is 1,000 people who needed a plumber and left without calling.
If just 5% of those lost visitors would have converted to a job averaging $300, that is $15,000 per month in lost revenue. $180,000 per year. From a slow website.
The math works the same way for every local business. Dentists losing new patient appointments. Restaurants losing Friday night reservations. Contractors losing $10,000 remodeling jobs. The cost of a bad website is not the $500 you did not spend to fix it. It is the revenue you are silently bleeding every single day.
What Good Looks Like
A good small business website does five things:
Loads fast. Under 2.5 seconds on mobile. Every second beyond that costs you 7% of conversions.
Works on phones. Over 60% of local searches happen on mobile devices. If your site does not work perfectly on a phone, you have lost the majority of your potential customers.
Shows up on Google. When someone searches "plumber near me" or "best dentist in [city]," your site needs to appear. That requires proper SEO structure, local business schema, and relevant content.
Builds trust instantly. Professional design, real photos, clear services, visible reviews. A visitor should know within 3 seconds that you are a legitimate, professional business.
Makes it easy to take action. Click-to-call buttons. Online booking. Contact forms. Clear directions. Every page should make it obvious what the visitor should do next.
The SitesByTed Solution
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