Startup Marketing Conference is the ONLY digital and lean marketing education event for startups and innovation teams that is focused on growth. This fall's program features a robust agenda , offering a wide range of topics to suit all experience levels and budgets.
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Startup Marketing Conference - October 23, 2014
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Conversion Hacking The Brain:
How to Increase ROI by Being Irrational
Tim Ash – CEO, SiteTuners
San Francisco - October 23, 2014
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About SiteTuners
• San Diego based conversion rate optimization agency
•Large and small company clients worldwide
Practice areas:
–Landing page test plans & testing strategy development
–Conversion-focused website blueprints (full redesigns & quick facelifts)
–Ongoing conversion management, knowledge transfer & training
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How the Brain Actually Works
Is it
dangerous?
START
No
Is it novel?
Yes
Deal with it
Ignore It
No
Yes
Consciously
Explore It
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1 - What you need to know
•Making choices tires the brain and can make subsequent decision making difficult
•Help guide customers (wizards – not filtering)
•Do not overwhelm
•Remove similar choices
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2 - What you need to know
•We anchor on the first thing we see
•Add a new high-end item (which will not sell well)
•Show in decreasing price order
•Sales of reasonable compromise will increase
•Irrational anchors can be put in the “lobby”
•Changing the context of your offer can have a big effect
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3 - What you need to know
•People are tribal
•Some tribes are self-selected
•We care more about people similar to us
•Look the part
•Communicate your values with editorial tone
•Don’t worry about alienating outsiders
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4 - What you need to know
•Visual processing is very powerful & quick
•Draw attention to offers with strong visuals
•Use people carefully to support calls-to-action
•Don’t use unnecessary motion or animation
•Test and refine how you deploy video
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Summary
1.Create a small number of clear choices
2.Use a big anchor
3.Be in my cultural tribe
4.Understand the power of visuals
71. SAVE $400
• increase your revenue and profit
• generate more leads
• land more customers
• boost sales and paid memberships
• maximize your marketing ROI
May 13-14, 2015 Rio All-suites Hotel & Casino
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Get a Free 15-minute Conversion Review
•Interactive review of your key conversion paths
•Conducted by SiteTuners conversion staff
•Identify key segments and opportunities for customization
•Video transcript recorded via GoToMeeting
•Offer good only for companies generating at least $1 million annually in online revenue. New customers only please.
Limited Availability – first 3 to sign up
To take advantage of this FREE offer
you must schedule by October 24, 2014
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Contact Info
tim@sitetuners.com
(619) 990-9062 mobile
(619) 223-8020 work PST
twitter @tim_ash
www.linkedin.com/in/timash
facebook.com/tim.ash1
skype tim_ash1