Each year, marketers, tech writers, and overall online enthusiasts await the release of the 2018 Internet Trends Report: an annual presentation by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mary Meeker, covering the year’s most pivotal statistics and trends in the online realm .
A few years ago, I was working with a startup that had just launched their website. We were proud of it — it looked clean, had great product shots, and ticked all the branding boxes. But after the first month, we realized something was off: barely any leads were coming in. Traffic was decent, but conversions were almost nonexistent.