High bounce rates and low conversion usually stem from a lack of trust, not a lack of traffic. The most common mistakes are: Being boring (Encyclopedia style), being selfish (Sales-first), and being inconsistent.
Key Takeaways
- Information without Insight is a commodity; don't publish Wikipedia articles.
- Never hide your pricing; it screams 'expensive'.
- Don't gate 'Top of Funnel' content; give it away freely to build reciprocity.
- A blog with the last post from 2023 is a red flag.
You are publishing 3 times a week. Your SEO is green. Your traffic is up. But your demo requests are flat. Why? Because you are building 'Traffic', not 'Trust'.
Content that gets clicks but kills conversions is worse than no content at all. It burns your addressable market.
Here are the 5 content mistakes that signal to your reader: "Do not trust this company."
Mistake #1: The Wikipedia Trap
Writing "What is X?" articles that repeat generic definitions. "What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of..."
**The Fix:** Assume the reader is smart. Skip the definition. Go straight to the *Insight*. "Here is why your Cloud bill is doubling every year and how to fix it."
Mistake #2: Hiding the Price
Users are not stupid. If they can't find a pricing page, or if the pricing page says "Contact Sales", they assume you are too expensive or hiding something.
**The Fix:** Radical Transparency. Even if you have enterprise pricing, give a range. "Starts at $5k/year". Use content to explain *why* you cost what you cost.
Mistake #3: Premature Gating
Asking for an email address to read a basic blog post. This is like asking for marriage on the first date.
**The Fix:** Ungate 90% of your content. Only gate the 'Implementation Assets' (Templates, Calculators, Ebooks) that have tangible utility.
Mistake #4: The 'ghost town' Blog
The reader checks the date on your latest post. It says 'June 2023'. They assume you are out of business or don't care.
**The Fix:** Consistency > Intensity. Better to post once a month like clockwork than 5 times a week for a month and then quit. Remove dates if you can't keep up (controversial, but better than looking dead).
Mistake #5: AI Slop
Publishing unedited ChatGPT output. It has a specific 'smell' (words like 'delve', 'dynamic landscape', 'tapestry').
**The Fix:** Human-in-the-loop. Use AI to outline, but human to write the final draft. Inject personal anecdotes. AI doesn't have anecdotes.
Trust is fragile. One bad interaction (like a gated generic article) can ruin it. Audit your content library today. If a piece of content doesn't create value, delete it.
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