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A business owner asked me

Michael Tewogbade

Michael Tewogbade

A business owner asked me recently:
โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€?โ€
Before talking about SEO, ads, or social media, I asked them a different question:
โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ?โ€
Because getting traffic is only part of the equation.
You can spend money on ads.
You can post every day on social media.
You can work on your SEO.
You can even rank on Google.
But if your website doesn't clearly communicate what you offer, build trust, and guide visitors toward taking action...
You're simply sending more people to a problem.
For a service-based business, your website should make three things obvious:
What you do.
Whom you help.
What someone should do next.**
Then you can focus on bringing the right people to it.
Don't just ask:
โ€œ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ?โ€
Ask:
โ€œ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜?โ€
Because more visitors won't fix a website that isn't prepared to convert them.
Michael Adetayo ยท WordPress Website Designer ยท Elementor
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Posted Sep 2, 2026

A business owner asked me recently: โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€?โ€ Before talking about SEO, ads, or so...