Marketing

The F-Pattern Scan

Your buyers don't read. They scan. Here is how to design for the lazy brain.

3 min read · Tactical · GTM-360 Intelligence

The Concept

Eye-tracking studies prove that B2B buyers scan websites in an 'F-Pattern'. They read the top headline (Horizontal), scan down the left side (Vertical), and only read across again if something catches their eye.

If your value prop is buried in a paragraph on the right side of the screen, it does not exist.

The Fix

  1. Load the Left: Put your strongest words (verbs) as the first word of every bullet point.
  2. Kill the Paragraphs: No block of text should be deeper than 3 lines.
  3. Bold the Insight: Bold the one phrase you need them to remember.