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Esoteric Strats

The five second test for your website

Ahmed Siyad ·

Open your website on a phone. Count to five. Can a stranger tell:

  1. What you do
  2. Who you serve
  3. How to reach you

If not, the message is the problem, not the design.

Most sites fail on content, not code

Before you redesign, rewrite. A clear headline, a clear offer and a clear next step fix more websites than new code ever will.

Design for the phone first

Most visitors arrive on a phone. Design for that screen first, then scale up.

A website is not a one time project

It is an operating asset. Budget for care, not just the launch. The website builds trust; WhatsApp often closes the sale.

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What’s slowing your team down?

Walk us through it. We’ll come back with what a fix could look like, and what it would take.