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If your website has ever experienced a jump in traffic, you may have simply given yourself a pat on the back and called it a day. Perhaps more likely, you sat yourself down and analyzed the pages that were viewed and how visitors interacted. After all, despite so many new visitors, this doesn’t guarantee they are making any unique interactions or downloads. In other words, your website’s traffic can be misleading, and your bounce rate can be a lot higher than you think.

Here are a few ways that you can lower your website’s bounce rate, and keep your visitors engaged.

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Behind every company is a brand, and behind that brand is most likely a website. In the digital age, it’s so easy for a new prospect to search for your company online and instantly be taken to your website. First impressions can be a huge hit or miss. Whether it’s from bloated copy, a mismatched color scheme, or general lack of spacing and organization—your website can struggle as a result.

To ensure your company isn’t making these design and accessibility mistakes, here’s what to look for when you’re reviewing your website.

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Take a moment to reflect on this scenario: it’s the beginning of a new month, and it’s time to assess the new leads you’ve gained from last month. Reality sinks in, as you realize another month has gone by with unsatisfactory results. Minus signs and red downward arrows flood your screen, as your bounce rate and session durations are struggling once again. You think to yourself, “why aren’t any of our visitors converting?”

Let’s take a step back and search for the root of the problem. Here’s how you can properly assess your website’s lead generation, and improve results in the process.

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Some stories are told through text alone, without the need of imagery; but in the digital age, visual components can help play a key role in telling compelling stories. Last week, we discussed the importance of your website’s design and how it can influence your b2b branding. Here’s how you can take your website design strategy and apply it to your b2b brand story.

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Browsing websites is perhaps the most common task you may find yourself doing on a daily (or hourly) basis. What you may not always consider is the brand and company behind the websites you’re viewing. A company’s website says a lot about their brand messaging, and an inconsistent design can have a negative impact on your branding.

Inconsistent fonts, too many contrasting colors, and lack of whitespace are just some of many red flags a visitor may find when visiting a website. Here are some of the ways that your website’s design affects your b2b branding efforts.

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Your b2b website design plays a vital role in attracting users or turning them away from your company. To keep up with the rapidly changing digital marketing industry, you should feel confident in knowing that your website is up-to-date with current design trends.

Here are a few tips on how to design a website that will engage your users and allow your company to continue to compete with other b2b businesses in 2019. 

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In today’s world, your website’s ranking on Google matters more than ever. When users search for information, they usually want to find an answer as soon as possible and will almost always click on the first few links that they see on Google. In fact, research shows that 75% of users only look at the first page of search engine results. With that being said, you’ll want your website/blog/article to be on that first page.

So, how can you increase your website’s Google rank? Here are a few factors to remember when creating your search engine optimization (SEO) strategy.

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Over the past 10 years, the Department of Justice issued new regulation standards for all websites to follow—the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standard for Accessible Design. This means that all website content and design must be fully accessible for those with disabilities.

If you aren’t properly following regulations, your company can even face potential lawsuits. To ensure your company is taking the right steps to follow ADA compliancy regulations, here’s some important information you need to know.

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Whether your company specializes in content development, branding, or design, it’s incredibly frustrating when your website’s engagement rates are continuously decreasing. A number of factors can cause this, such as content written for the wrong stage of the buyer’s journey, a weak user interface, or lack of proper linking between webpages.

If your b2b website has seen a decline in engagement, here are three strategies that you can follow to help re-engage your audience.

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With the new year approaching, it’s time to begin anticipating upcoming marketing trends. Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the many opportunities that marketing and SaaS companies continue to capitalize on. Recent updates have included algorithm changes from Google and the ongoing growth of voice search optimization. 

To help prepare your company for the new year, here are some of the SEO trends that you can expect to see in 2019.