The 3-Second Website Test Every Church Should Run
What you'll learn in this tip
- The exact 5 questions your homepage must answer in 3 seconds
- How to run the test with a real person (takes 5 minutes)
- The most common failure points and how to fix each one
- A free tool that simulates a first-time visitor's attention span
About this tip
The 3-second test is the simplest usability test you can run on your church website. Find anyone who hasn't visited your site before, pull it up on your phone, hand it to them, and count to three. Then take it back and ask five questions. Their answers — especially the blank stares — will tell you more than any analytics dashboard. This tip walks through the test step by step and shows the most common fixes.
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