#3 Loading site with slow-loading graphics

The Internet is about getting information fast. When you slow down process, you sabotage your own marketing. One of ways people slow it down is by loading their website with slow-loading graphics. Every second your prospect has to wait his impatience and frustration build... and that is NEVER good for business.

Use graphics by all means but use graphics which are fast loading and which highlight, emphasize and reinforce your client-centered message. Again, look at simple, fast-loading graphics at http://www.worldprofit.com

#4 No attempt to discern what prospect wants

Most websites are about owners of those sites. They are egotistical, making prospect work to discover what that owner has that will benefit him. The extent to which you make it difficult for prospect to know what you've got and how she'll be better off using what you're selling is extent to which you're killing your sales.

Instead, you should take every opportunity to ascertain just what prospect wants. How can you find out? Use a questionnaire like one you'll find at http://www.homebizedge.com A questionnaire like this gives prospect opportunity to tell you what she wants, so that you can respond with just appropriate information.

Then there are sites that you go to and you get a page that says - "This site requires that you have cookies enabled" and you can't get to site content. They must get so much traffic that they can afford to turn some away.

Yes, we have one pop up at our main site but it will only come up once when you leave main page and it will not come up for that visitor for next twenty-four hours not matter how many times he or she clicks around at site.

Well if you want to make sure that after you spend all those resources to get people to come to your site that they don't come back, make sure you use all these fancy Flash presentations, lot's of pop ups and cookies and great big graphics so if they do get into your page it takes forever to load completely. What ever happened to keep it simple!

It is a lot quicker to "click" away with a mouse than Ann from "The Weakest Link" can say "Good Bye" although result is same!