The first thing a visitor reads decides whether they stay or bounce. Here's the formula we use to write hero headlines for local-business sites.
Eye-tracking studies put the typical "is this the right page?" decision at well under two seconds. Whatever your hero headline says — that's the message you're betting on. Most local-business sites bet on something safe and forgettable.
Three ingredients: the customer's job, the speed/specificity of how you do it, and one number or proof point. That's it. Examples:
The good versions don't sell quality — quality is the floor, not the ceiling. They sell the specific outcome the customer was searching for.
Read your hero out loud in one breath. If you can't, it's too long. Cut adjectives first. "Fast, reliable, friendly, family-owned" reads like a compliment to yourself, not a promise to the buyer. The buyer wants the verb and the proof. Give them that and your bounce rate drops.
If your headline could be on a hundred other websites, it isn't a headline. It's wallpaper.
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