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Woman Accidentally Shares Embarrassing Personal Photo on Business' Website


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A small business owner recently made a shocking discovery on her website of a photo that most definitely shouldn't be there.

A video of Teri, who owns a sleepwear brand, has recently racked up 2.7 million views on TikTok (@tkersten_).

Teri looks aghast during the clip before shaking her head as she reveals an error she made. The video then changes to a screen recording of her website, which appears to be normal until she clicks on a set of photos that showcase a navy blue pajama set.

With a mixture of full-lengths and zoomed-in images, the gallery allows potential buyers to see the shirt and shorts from every angle. However, the last photo is an embarrassing selfie of Teri.

The clip captioned: "WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?????" has left the internet in stitches and amassed 193,300 likes.

One user said: "I'm so sorry hahahaha I saw this on your website when I bought mine last week, I thought surely this is intentional."

"Greatest advertisement I've ever seen," said another user.

However, Teri says the inclusion of the picture of her was a mistake. In another video, she explains her marketing team finished the website, but she decided to add some more photos, which is how the picture of her ended up on the website by accident.

An extract from the caption states: "Moral of the story- triple checking sometimes isn't enough."

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A stock image of a woman who appears to be shocked while looking at her laptop screen. A business owner recently realized she had made a huge error on her website. Pheelings Media/iStock/Getty Images Plus

5 Tips For Launching a New Website

Newsweek reached out to Daisy Cooper, who works as the head of marketing at Latest Free Stuff, an app filled with freebies.

She has provided five useful tips for successfully launching a website as a small business owner.

  1. As you're creating the website, make a list of every page you're adding content to—this makes it easy to direct people quickly and efficiently, and shows that you know your brand inside out.
  2. As soon as you feel like you have finished working on the website, leave your computer. Go for a run, a coffee, or anything to refresh your mind. Then come back and use your list to check everything. It may be a time-consuming process, but it's worth it to ensure no huge mistakes. Checking each picture and link is vital.
  3. Similarly, ask a trusted friend or find somebody on Fiverr to check your website for errors. This is a cheap way to double-check that nothing is amiss, and to ease the load if you're extremely busy. Request a check for desktop and mobile—sometimes links/layouts/usability don't automatically cross over.
  4. Use a tool to spell-check everything (e.g. Grammarly), but make sure it's in a localized language—if you and your customer base are American, check that you aren't using British English and vice-versa.
  5. Soft launch on one platform. It's tempting to push your new website out everywhere, but by slowly building up platforms and audiences, it gives more time for people to provide feedback if anything has slipped through the net.

Newsweek reached out to @tkersten_ for comment via email. We could not verify the details of the case.

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