Welcome to Marketing Monday – a short series of practical tips on what’s working now in SEO, Google Ads and website performance.

Here’s what’s in this issue:

• 5 Website Trust Factors
• Partnership with Melbourne SEO
• Client Highlight – Gardening Direct

In September, we shared tips on improving website conversions.

This October, we’re focusing on how to build trust and authority through your website and digital marketing.

While many businesses focus on driving leads and sales, they often overlook the importance of establishing trust and authority.

Building trust boosts conversions while increasing authority allows you to command higher prices.

As a trusted authority, you’ll attract more new business and strengthen relationships with existing customers, leading to higher lifetime value.

Let’s dive into this week’s issue!

5 Website Trust Factors

Trust is the most important part of your relationship with your customers and those looking to do business with you.

When someone researches your business online, are you making it easy for potential customers to trust you?

The first point of trust is on your website.

Giving people a great first impression of your business with your website helps you to stand out from your competition.

Unless you offer the most unique product or service in the world, there will be many other businesses that offer something similar.

So why should someone trust your business over another? 

That’s the question you need to answer to encourage potential customers to make a purchasing decision.

Here are some trust factors to consider for your website to help you stand out and win new business over your competitors:

• Design – Your website should have a professional design that reflects the products or services that you’re selling. An outdated website is an easy way for a potential customer to lose trust in your business.
• Usability – Is your website easy to navigate? A visitor should be able to access important information on your site within a few clicks. Make sure your website is easy to use and help your visitors to learn more about your products or services.
• Messaging – The message you share through your content should be consistent with your branding and the images or video you use on your website. Great messaging will help a visitor to feel like they’re in the right place to get the help that they need.
• Authority – The easiest way to show authority is to share reviews and testimonials from real customers and clients. This is known as social proof. Ensure you show a potential customer that you’ve previously helped people like them.
• Transparency – To reduce the perceived risk in your prospect’s mind, be transparent about what it looks like to work with you. You can do this by sharing a simple overview of your process. For example, we list our web design process here so new clients know exactly how our process works to get results with their website.
  Take a few minutes to think about the five different types of trust factors above for your business.

There are likely one or more things that you can improve on with your website to help boost your credibility.

Getting this right will encourage your website visitors to take the next step. And who doesn’t want more leads or more sales?

Do you want feedback on your website?

If you’d like our feedback to improve how your website shows trust and authority, reply to this email with “Website trust review” and your homepage URL, and we’ll share our recommendations.

SGD partners with Melbourne SEO Services

We’re excited to announce our new partnership with Melbourne SEO Services, a highly respected name in the Australian SEO space.

Melbourne SEO Services, founded by David Jenyns, brings a wealth of experience in the SEO field.

David’s journey began over a decade ago with his passion for helping businesses grow through effective marketing strategies.

He learned SEO the hard way—through years of trial and error—and has since developed a proven system for ranking websites and driving traffic.

Together, we’re taking SEO performance to the next level for our clients, helping businesses improve search rankings, increase traffic, and drive conversions.

Learn more about Melbourne SEO services here.

Upcoming Masterclass:

David Jenyns is also hosting a masterclass this week on October 10th about lead generation systems and AI.

David has literally written the book on systems and authority marketing, so this is one masterclass we won’t be missing.

Early bird tickets are still available.

Learn more and register here.

Highlight: Gardening Direct Australia

Gardening Direct, an innovative gardening store dedicated to helping home gardeners, approached SGD for a complete website redesign to showcase their wide range of gardening products and tools.

Their goal was to create an easy-to-navigate, visually appealing site that would drive more traffic and boost sales.

The results speak for themselves:

• 600% increase in website traffic
• 300% increase in website clicks
• Online sales growth from SEO and Google Ads

If you’re looking for products and advice to help your garden thrive, be sure to check out Gardening Direct Australia.

Visit the website here.

That’s it for this week! Thanks for reading.

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