Search results for conversion

The "lead" refers to the most important point of an article or a piece of marketing copy. In most cases, it's the main idea that leads off the article, so it's the first thing the user sees. "Burying the lead" means that articles or copy aren't presenting the lead front and center. It's something that many new journalists do with a news st  More...
The top 4 ways to propel your website rankings, traffic, lead generation and sales are as follows. 1. Properly optimize your Google Adwords account. This involves installation of Adwords Conversion Tracking, building proper Adwords Keyword Lists, have a proper keyword tool to do your keyword research, conducting ad copy A/B variate split testing  More...
In the years that I've been writing about sales and marketing, Brian Carroll has been one of the sources I trust the most, hands-down. He understands both sides in a way that many self-styled gurus don't. He knows what does and doesn't work in real-world situations, and he offers practical advice, not fluff. Best of all, Brian isn't afraid to  More...
The key to properly applying this model to landing pages is to make sure that there's continuity and flow to support a visitor's progression through each of the steps. None of the steps can be skipped, and all of them must happen in sequence. That's not to say that equal emphasis should be placed on each within your landing page, or that visito  More...
Search is complicated, but it's still search. No matter how things change, a marketer's goal is still to maximize search coverage. As SERP listings and functionality changes, there are still two types of listings that have weathered the storm and are still attainable for marketers: traditional organic listings and paid search listings.  More...
Surviving and even thriving in this turbulent economic period has everyone looking to cut costs. From our newest and recently published Email Marketing Benchmark Guide, herefs a timely chart for marketers. It says: Keep email off the chopping block.  More...
Keywords selection is a very important process before you start applying SEO to your website. This is because without proper keyword planning, your SEO effort will not bring you any conversion as visitors to your site are not targeted at all. Relevancy is the key here.  More...
Professional copywriters know that All successful sales letters start the same way: with a compelling headline! In fact, the headline is the most important element of your salesletter because it’s key to grabbing your readers’ attention — and keeping it! And you only have a matter of seconds to do this. If you don’t instantly excite, inspire and  More...
I'll be willing to bet that when you hear internet marketing related terms like SEO, SEM, PPC, etc, you don't think of conversion optimization. And vice versa, when you hear talk of e-commerce conversion improvements, you may not think of internet marketing. If you do, then bravo!...you're ahead of the pack. If not, that's ok, but you may want  More...
Whether your market is B-to-B, B-to-C, or both, testing and optimizing even a few key aspects of your landing pages can provide major gains for your lead-gen efforts. The principles of the MarketingExperiments Conversion Sequence serve as a guide to optimizing your pages and your sales or lead-gen process to improve conversion and ROI. This  More...
For those who were unable to attend eBizITPA’s King Conversion: Web Sites that Sell conference a few weeks ago, you missed out on an extraordinary event with a captivating, experienced speaker presenting effective information to help improve your website’s performance and your overall conversion rate. Holly focused on both B2B and B2C companie  More...
Can a small change to your website's action buttons make a big difference in conversions? Many conversion optimization cheerleaders suggest that larger buttons convert better, and some tests show even different colors can perform better. Marketing Sherpa credits cart button design as one of 7 tweaks that helped Newegg.com boost online sales by 30  More...
The are many reason why a site doesn’t convert. It can be anything from poor site usability to bad copy writing. it may also be because you are not telling people what to do. sometimes you do have to tell them to “click here” ! ” Sue’s Needlepoint newsletter” used as anchor text is different than ” Subscribe Up for Newsletter Now !” . Even CLICK  More...
As web marketers seek new ways to boost conversion rates and improve their visitors' site experience, interest in multivariate testing is on a feverish rise. But those unfamiliar with the techniques are often unclear about where to start, or how to ensure success. Common methods for running controlled experiments on Web sites range from simple  More...
6 Landing Page tutorials that get you creating killer landing pages. 12 Real-life Landing Page Make-overs.  More...