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The first screen should say what you do.

A slogan does not help someone hiring a plumber or a bakery. The first thing they see should name the work in plain words.

  • homepage
  • small business website
  • clarity
  • messaging
  • local business
Shopkeeper at a white counter helping a customer pay in a small retail shop

The first screen is the part of your homepage you see before you scroll.

If that space only shows a slogan, a pretty photo, or a vague line like "quality you can trust," a busy customer still doesn't know what you do.

Say the work in plain words

Lead with the job. "Clovis kitchen remodeling." "Emergency plumber in Fresno." "Same-day appliance repair." Those lines beat a clever phrase every time.

You can still sound like yourself. Just put the useful words first.

Match what people typed into search

Someone who searched "fence repair near me" is checking if they landed in the right place. Your first screen should answer that in one look.

Name the towns you serve if that helps. Name the service. Leave the poetry for later on the page.

Test it the hard way

Show the top of your homepage to someone who doesn't know your business. Ask what you do. Give them three seconds.

If they guess wrong, rewrite the first screen. Then check it on a phone, because that is how most people will see it.

If you want a homepage that says the work up front, talk with Hexacomb. You run the business. We take care of your website.

Contact

What should the site be bringing in?

New business, or one whose website went quiet. Say what you do, the towns you cover, and drop the link if you have one. I write back from Clovis, usually within a day. The first note is about your jobs, not a list of packages.

marco@hexacombllc.com
(559) 492-7402

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