If you had to pack all your conversion wisdom and power into one tiny space, it would be the call to action button. It’s amazing how a single button can make or break an online business. I believe there’s no such thing as a successful marketing effort unless there’s a…

The human population is made up of 65% of visual learners. This means that we can influence 65% of consumers using images. Since time immemorial, visuals have been used by marketers to grab their customers’ attention, which means that there must be something about the images that leads to conversions.…

Conversion rate is a metric that has a direct impact on your revenue. You can never have enough of it. A number of factors affect the conversion rate, such as brand trust, messaging, landing page design, etc. For instance, Amazon has an industry-leading conversion rate because of the years in…

At the end of the day, we use content marketing to build business results. These business results are usually represented by some form of conversion — usually an email subscriber, but sometimes a lead or a customer as well. In my estimation, content marketers spend more of their time creating content,…

Crafting a high converting landing page is not for the faint of heart. There are dozens of different components to keep in mind, a whole science of psychology lurking beneath the surface, and the vague idea of “what the customer wants” whispering in the background. This means that creating an…

It’s dangerous territory to make assumptions, over-generalize, or depend on logic or even so called “best practices” to make decisions about site changes. My team and I launched an e-commerce website a few years ago, and here are four ways we tried to break through common conversion pitfalls in order…

You know your landing pages are a crucial cog in the conversion funnel. You’ve probably read a few articles on crafting a solid landing page, and perhaps even performed some A/B testing on the pages you’ve made. And you may have been less than impressed with the results. That’s fairly common…

Take a moment and think about a first meeting with a prospective customer. A good salesman will not try to sell right away. Instead, he will start by asking specific questions and subsequently use the answers provided to give valuable advice. Why does this work? Because in this way, trust is developed…

Your CTA buttons are some of the most important elements on your site. You’ve probably heard this statement dozens of times on various marketing blogs and publications. But it’s repeated so often for one reason: because it’s true. Of course, there are many other factors that go into creating a…