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What if the reason your business isn't making sales has very little to do with how often you post?
Sometimes, you think more visibility alone will fix everything.
But posting more won't help if your offer is unclear,
your message doesn't speak to your customer's needs,
or people don't trust your business yet.
And when you fail to follow up, interested buyers may move on.
People don't just buy products.
They buy the value they understand.
Which do you think business owners overlook most?
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3 silent mistakes that keep a small business invisible on Google 👇
1️⃣ No website — only a social page. Google can't rank an Instagram profile the way it ranks a real website.
2️⃣ No booking or WhatsApp button. Visitors who can't act in 10 seconds… leave.
3️⃣ Slow, outdated pages. If your site still looks like 2018, customers assume your business is closed.
The good news? All 3 are fixable, and usually the first fix is small.
At Techi Thrive I start with a FREE audit — you see the problems first, then decide.
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— Muniba Nisar, Co-CEO at Techi Thrive | WordPress & Shopify Developer
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no booking or whatsapp button is the big one imo
One of the joys of being a founder or Product Designer is seeing people convertttt.
But chasing conversions can also become a trap… (Follow me🫴🏽)
I was in a conversation recently where someone mentioned that a website was getting traffic, but people weren’t converting.
And almost immediately, the conversation moved to what needed to change on the website.
But I kept thinking, how do we even know the website is the problem?
Sometimes, we’re so quick to suggest solutions that we haven’t properly understood the problem.
Something isn’t converting? Change the website.
Users aren’t completing a flow? Redesign the interface.
But what does the data say?
Where exactly are users dropping off?
Are we even attracting the right audience?
What are users trying to achieve?
I think one of the most important things we can do as Product Designers is learn to question assumptions, including our own.
The problem isn’t what everyone thinks it is most times.
And redesigning something without understanding why it’s failing might just leave you with a prettier version of the same problem.
📌A good solution to the wrong problem is still the wrong solution.
Good morning Friends❤️
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Ps: I am Gloria Ojo and I design apps and web products that solves real world problems
Starting a business is really hard.
Literally, it is.
Especially when you don’t have a plan before starting.
A plan that tells you:
What your main product or service is
Who your main audience is (who is going to buy)
What problem your product solves for them
What the market value of your product is
What the updated version of it looks like
You can’t sell an idea that worked years ago, because now people have new methods.
The hardest and most important part is how to sell and how to market (branding).
These are the questions that give you a reason to scale.
If you have a startup and no idea about these questions:
Sit down and write the answers.
Before hiring employees and outsourcing.
You need to understand what you are actually doing.
So true! A good idea is just the starting point. Knowing who you're selling to and keeping an eye on your numbers makes a big difference. 🙌