Presentation for our Delicious Digital Breakfast seminar about Writing Webpages That Convert. Learn more about SEO, webpage structure and landingpages.
4. Nice to meet you
Shanelle Newton Clapham
Consultant with more than
12 years experience in
digital marketing & fundraising
Author: Attracting Donors Online.
6. What we’ll cover
• How to write for humans and robots
• SEO basics
• What good web structure looks like
• Landing page conversion
(what you’re really here for, right?)
8. For every page of web content you create you have to decide
Who are you writing for?
You need to choose
Converting
people
Getting
people to
your
website
9. You need:
• To attract people that are ready to convert
• Keyword research + SEO landing pages
• Advertising and marketing.
Getting people to your website
10. Tick more boxes than your competitor
• Google is a robot
• Best result = top spot
• 200 variables under consideration
• One more box can make a difference.
One simple SEO rule
11. Landing pages that:
- capture data
- accept payment.
It’s people you have to convert
13. Keyword Research
• Identify what your audience is searching for
• Prioritise your target keywords based on volume, relevancy
and competition (likelihood to convert)
• Identify gaps in your content that you need to fill.
SEO Tools for keyword
research:
http://www.seotoolset.com/to
ols/free_tools.html
https://adwords.google.com/
ko/KeywordPlanner
14. Use your keyword on the webpage in:
• Links
• Buttons
• Headings
• Paragraphs
• Captions
• Alt tags
What is the keyword for this page?
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/deforestation/deforest
ation_causes/illegal_logging/
15. Case study:
Heart Research Institute
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/deforestation/deforest
ation_causes/illegal_logging/
Conversion rate 2.8%
18. Linking
Internal, External, Inbound
Internal Linking External Linking Inbound Links
Used to move people
around your own site
Used to direct visitors to
other websites
Links pointing to your
website from 3rd parties
Create contextual links
through keywords
Done to add value for
the user
Google views inbound
links as
recommendations
You can use internal
links to strategically
grow your page rank
SEO credit goes to site
you point to
Most important (&
hardest) element in
SEO
25. Call to action – buttons
Use buttons:
Nielsen:
• 3D buttons work best
• Buttons need to stand out from the text – don’t use coloured
blocks around headings that are not clickable
• People are used to rectangular buttons with rounded corners
43. Landing pages checklist
1. Make a great first Impression
2. Choose an image with impact
3. Simple layout
4. Strong & clear next step to take
(call to action)
5. Maximum 5 data capture fields.
Case Study from Jon Dawson, Digital Ninja’s
http://www.hri.org.au/about-heart-disease/campaigns/heart-disease-information-pack
a good example of how you can optimise campaigns to drive INSTANT uplifts in conversion
Here's the overview:
We launched a lead generation focused campaign for HRI with the objective of encouraging people to download a brochure that gave them information on the causes of heart disease along with an overview of some of the amazing research the scientists are involved in to help prevent, detect and treat heart disease
We used a combination of channels to drive traffic to this page.
The page was converting at around 2.8%.
We noticed that a lot of the traffic hitting that page was the result of people searching for "heart disease cause" related information, the landing page didn't address this directly, whereas the downloadable book does talk to the "causes".
We quickly set up this page.
Spot the difference!
That's right the only difference is the headline, it now DIRECTLY addresses the search term being used by the user.
This new page now converts at a whopping 20%, now that's high!
I know of a few businesses like Uber and Deliveroo who have used very similar techniques to sky rocket their conversion rates.
http://www.hri.org.au/about-heart-disease/campaigns/how-is-heart-disease-caused/
Case Study from Jon Dawson, Digital Ninja’s
a good example of how you can optimise campaigns to drive INSTANT uplifts in conversion
Here's the overview:
We launched a lead generation focused campaign for HRI with the objective of encouraging people to download a brochure that gave them information on the causes of heart disease along with an overview of some of the amazing research the scientists are involved in to help prevent, detect and treat heart disease
We used a combination of channels to drive traffic to: http://www.hri.org.au/about-heart-disease/campaigns/heart-disease-information-pack
The page was converting at around 2.8%.
We noticed that a lot of the traffic hitting that page was the result of people searching for "heart disease cause" related information, the landing page didn't address this directly, whereas the downloadable book does talk to the "causes".
We quickly set up: http://www.hri.org.au/about-heart-disease/campaigns/how-is-heart-disease-caused/
Spot the difference!
That's right the only difference is the headline, it now DIRECTLY addresses the search term being used by the user.
This new page now converts at a whopping 20%, now that's high!
I know of a few businesses like Uber and Deliveroo who have used very similar techniques to sky rocket their conversion rates.