When you were browsing through our collection of themes, you have probably noticed that most of our blog themes have gigantic, edge-to-edge sliders on the homepages (that can be transformed into smaller ones, of course). This is no coincidence.
Did you know that site visitors take 6 seconds to decide whether they want to stay on the website or leave forever? Six freaking seconds! This only means that if you don’t impress them right away, they’ll feel no guilt for closing the tab on your blog. That’s why we decided to include gigantic sliders on the homepages of our blog themes, so we can help you catch visitors’ attention.
But, the truth is, the slider can do its magic only if you put the most interesting articles/content in it. You can use the slider to feature your recent blog post(s), your most read content, or any article/video/image you feel needs extra promotion. And if you pair these articles/images/videos with eye-catching (not clickbait-y!) headlines, you have a win-win situation 一 your blog visitors will spend 60 minutes going through your site, instead of 6 seconds.