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Website Mistakes That Cost Businesses Enquiries

The recurring mistakes I see on UK service business websites, and what to do instead.

By Chris G Jones · · 3 min read

The same errors, everywhere

I look at a lot of service business websites. The failures repeat, and almost none of them are design failures.

The list

Each of these is fixable in a day.

  • Phone number hidden on a contact page
  • Stock photography instead of your own work
  • Slow-loading hero images on mobile
  • Thin location pages with town names swapped
  • Forms that email an address nobody monitors
  • No conversion tracking, so nothing can be improved

Fix order

Contact visibility, page speed, proof, then content. Redesign last, if at all.

Then make sure something answers the enquiry quickly — that is usually the biggest single gain available.