Conversion rate optimization is commonly thought of as a best practice or a tactic utilized for paid traffic. Because I was introduced to CRO through PPC, that’s the lens I typically use when optimizing for conversion rate. Instead, I urge everyone to think about conversion rate optimization as just another marketing strategy used to increase the percentage of people … [Read more...] about Eliminating Conflict to Maximize CRO and SEO Efforts
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6 Best Practices For Effective Landing Pages
If the current climate has affected your website traffic, positively or negatively, it may be time to focus on conversion rate optimization (CRO). When it comes to user experience, specifically on high-traffic landing pages, I generally focus on 6 best practices. I described these in even more depth in my latest webinar, Improve Your Website (and sales) Immediately with … [Read more...] about 6 Best Practices For Effective Landing Pages
Understanding & Addressing Concerns of Your Website Users
Conversion rate optimization is… … a system for increasing the percentage of visitors to a website that convert into customers, or more generally, take any desired action on a webpage. It is commonly referred to as CRO. (Wikipedia)… the process of enabling people to take an action when they visit a website. (Hubspot)… understanding how users move through your site, what … [Read more...] about Understanding & Addressing Concerns of Your Website Users
3 Key Elements to Form Optimization
We all know that if you have lead gen forms, they are an important piece of the conversion rate optimization puzzle, but why does this piece often have a high impact on CRO? Forms are typically close to or tied to final conversion. Beyond this, they often play a role in guiding users through the conversion funnel. For example, a form to sign up for a blog would be … [Read more...] about 3 Key Elements to Form Optimization
The Best Marketers Make CRO a Top Priority
According to the state of PPC, conversion rate optimization (CRO) has continuously been a top priority since 2013 for agencies and brands year after year. In the 2018 survey, only 1% separated AI and CRO for the most important aspect of the digital marketing industry, with AI coming out on top. You can read the entire State of PPC Report here. You read that correctly … [Read more...] about The Best Marketers Make CRO a Top Priority
Landing Page Elements that Optimize the Post-Click Experience
Just one click. That’s what separates an ad from its corresponding landing page elements, and yet most ads and the landing pages connected to them seem to have nothing in common. Most marketers often overlook a crucial piece of information when it comes to optimization, and this is what results in the 70-90% bounce rate for landing pages. What many marketers overlook is the … [Read more...] about Landing Page Elements that Optimize the Post-Click Experience
5 Lessons I’ve Learned (the hard way) in CRO
Approaching an anniversary commemorating the time I've spent in the glorious arena of conversion rate optimization under the umbrella of a stellar PPC agency (#8 on AdAge's Best Places to Work list), I wanted to take this small corner of the Interwebs to share a few key lessons with you all. Why? Because I am a doer. I learn by doing. Thus, I tend to make mistakes. It … [Read more...] about 5 Lessons I’ve Learned (the hard way) in CRO
Faster, Easier Mobile Lead Generation with Social Lead Ads
Social ads continue to get more and more interactive for e-commerce advertisers. Facebook is hard at work, beautifying canvas and product layouts that really make product images and video content pop. Facebook introduced canvas templates for product ads this month, which may leave those of us cultivating leads or advertising in the business to business sector feeling green with … [Read more...] about Faster, Easier Mobile Lead Generation with Social Lead Ads
Making The Case For The Customer Journey As An Important Piece Of The Digital Puzzle
Let's face it. We live in a fast-paced era and work in a technology-driven industry where the ability and expectations to quickly make changes can inhibit critical thinking. In fact, when speaking to the pros of paid search, the speed at which marketers are able to make changes based on data is typically a highlight. We can increase bids, change budgets, update ads, migrate to … [Read more...] about Making The Case For The Customer Journey As An Important Piece Of The Digital Puzzle
5 Habits To Adopt To Keep Your Users’ Experiences On Your Mind
What's one HUGE factor influencing your conversion rate? And not only your conversion rate, but the conversion rate of your returning users? Or even the number of users you have returning? User experience. As digital marketers, we want to speak to our users about their specific pain points on a level that is appealing and understandable. To do this, we must put on our … [Read more...] about 5 Habits To Adopt To Keep Your Users’ Experiences On Your Mind
How I Cut Costs By 20% Using Monthly Bid Schedules
I recently found myself in a situation that most PPC-ers will experience at some point. I needed to decrease spend in order to hit a cost-per-lead goal and I did not know where to start. Of course, I asked myself one important question, “Where do I decrease spend in the account in a way that least impacts conversions?” In an account that’s relatively new or in an account … [Read more...] about How I Cut Costs By 20% Using Monthly Bid Schedules
How Micro Targeting And Micro Messaging Drives Your PPC Forward
My father was in the retail automotive industry for most of his working life. He always preached to me ‘location, location, location.’ Last week during Google’s live summit, a major focus of the presentation was the rise of local searches. My key takeaway from the rise of local based searches is that granularity is key to a successful paid search account. Providing a … [Read more...] about How Micro Targeting And Micro Messaging Drives Your PPC Forward
