CONVERSION

30 STATS
OPTIMIZATION

YOU SHOULD KNOW
1

4 in 5 marketers say their company
website isn’t operating at full
potential

Source: Demandbase/Focus (2011)

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2

22%

Marketers who are satisfied with
their current conversion rate

Source: Econsultancy (2012)

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3

56%

CMOs who say they are “unprepared
to meet ROI accountability
demands”

Source: IBM (2011)

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4

25% of the average marketing
budget is allocated to web marketing
Source: Forrester

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5

“For every $100 spent on
driving traffic to websites,
companies spend only $1
converting that traffic into
business.”

Source: Forrester Research

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6

31%

Companies that use some form of
conversion testing

Source: Adobe

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7

61%

Companies that run 5 or fewer
landing page tests per month

Source: Econsultancy/MarketingSherpa

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8

1 IN 5
Companies report not
having a landing page
testing strategy

Source: Econsultancy/MarketingSherpa

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9

1 IN 5
Marketers report
average conversion
rates of less than
0.5%
Source: Adobe

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10

Companies with a structured
approach to improving conversions
were twice as likely to see a “large
increase” in sales
Source: Econsultancy

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11

12x

Companies with over 40 landing
pages generate an average of 12
times more leads than those with 5
or fewer pages.
Source: HubSpot (2011)

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12

57%

B2B marketers who say conversion
rate is the most useful metric for
analyzing landing page performance

Source: Ascend2 (2013)

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13

82% of marketers say knowing how
to test effectively is “somewhat” or
“very” challenging

Source: Adobe

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14

17%

Companies that use multivariate
testing, rated the most effective
optimization method

Source: Econsultancy (2012)

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15

42%

Marketers who say interpreting
results is biggest challenge in
conversion optimization

Source: Fireclick/MarketingSherpa/comScore

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16

62%

B2B marketers who say increasing
lead generation is the most
important goal for landing pages

Source: Ascend2 (2013)

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17

0:03

Loading time after
which 40% of visitors
will abandon a website

Source: Akamai/Compuware

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18

44%

Online shoppers who will tell friends
about a bad web experience

Source: Akamai/Compuware

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19

56%

Marketers who believe optimizing
form logic has a “significant” impact
on website performance

Source: MarketingSherpa (2011)

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20

55%

Companies that have a
mobile-optimized
website, mobile app, or
both

Source: Adobe

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21

83%

Worldwide retailers that ranked a
consistent cross-channel customer
experience as “very important”

Source: Retail Systems Research (2013)

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22

2 in 5 marketers report average
mobile conversion rates of less than
0.5%
Source: Adobe

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23

3.8%

Average conversion rate for websites
viewed on tablets, versus 1.9% on
non-mobile devices

Source: Affiliate Window (2011)

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24

3 in 5 U.S. shoppers
abandon shopping carts
before purchase

Source: Adobe/MarketLive/Monetate (2012, 2013)

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25

85%

Search marketers
who plan to focus
more on conversion
optimization in the
next year

Source: Hanapin Marketing (2014)

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26

63%

CMOs who believe ROI will be the
“most important measure of their
success” by 2015

Source: IBM (2011)

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27

74% of
conversion rate
optimization
programs boost
sales

Source: MarketingSherpa

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28

74% of companies increased their
2012 conversion optimization budget

Source: Econsultancy

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29

7 in 10 marketers
practicing CRO use
results of experiments to
“inform offline or other
marketing initiatives.”

Source: MarketingSherpa (2012)

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30

39%

Client-side marketers named
conversion optimization a top digital
marketing priority

Source: Econsultancy/Adobe (2013)

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30 Conversion Rate Optimization Stats You Should Know

  • 1.
  • 2.
    1 4 in 5marketers say their company website isn’t operating at full potential Source: Demandbase/Focus (2011) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 3.
    2 22% Marketers who aresatisfied with their current conversion rate Source: Econsultancy (2012) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 4.
    3 56% CMOs who saythey are “unprepared to meet ROI accountability demands” Source: IBM (2011) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 5.
    4 25% of theaverage marketing budget is allocated to web marketing Source: Forrester Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 6.
    5 “For every $100spent on driving traffic to websites, companies spend only $1 converting that traffic into business.” Source: Forrester Research Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 7.
    6 31% Companies that usesome form of conversion testing Source: Adobe Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 8.
    7 61% Companies that run5 or fewer landing page tests per month Source: Econsultancy/MarketingSherpa Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 9.
    8 1 IN 5 Companiesreport not having a landing page testing strategy Source: Econsultancy/MarketingSherpa Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 10.
    9 1 IN 5 Marketersreport average conversion rates of less than 0.5% Source: Adobe Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 11.
    10 Companies with astructured approach to improving conversions were twice as likely to see a “large increase” in sales Source: Econsultancy Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 12.
    11 12x Companies with over40 landing pages generate an average of 12 times more leads than those with 5 or fewer pages. Source: HubSpot (2011) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 13.
    12 57% B2B marketers whosay conversion rate is the most useful metric for analyzing landing page performance Source: Ascend2 (2013) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 14.
    13 82% of marketerssay knowing how to test effectively is “somewhat” or “very” challenging Source: Adobe Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 15.
    14 17% Companies that usemultivariate testing, rated the most effective optimization method Source: Econsultancy (2012) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 16.
    15 42% Marketers who sayinterpreting results is biggest challenge in conversion optimization Source: Fireclick/MarketingSherpa/comScore Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 17.
    16 62% B2B marketers whosay increasing lead generation is the most important goal for landing pages Source: Ascend2 (2013) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 18.
    17 0:03 Loading time after which40% of visitors will abandon a website Source: Akamai/Compuware Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 19.
    18 44% Online shoppers whowill tell friends about a bad web experience Source: Akamai/Compuware Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 20.
    19 56% Marketers who believeoptimizing form logic has a “significant” impact on website performance Source: MarketingSherpa (2011) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 21.
    20 55% Companies that havea mobile-optimized website, mobile app, or both Source: Adobe Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 22.
    21 83% Worldwide retailers thatranked a consistent cross-channel customer experience as “very important” Source: Retail Systems Research (2013) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 23.
    22 2 in 5marketers report average mobile conversion rates of less than 0.5% Source: Adobe Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 24.
    23 3.8% Average conversion ratefor websites viewed on tablets, versus 1.9% on non-mobile devices Source: Affiliate Window (2011) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 25.
    24 3 in 5U.S. shoppers abandon shopping carts before purchase Source: Adobe/MarketLive/Monetate (2012, 2013) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 26.
    25 85% Search marketers who planto focus more on conversion optimization in the next year Source: Hanapin Marketing (2014) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 27.
    26 63% CMOs who believeROI will be the “most important measure of their success” by 2015 Source: IBM (2011) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 28.
    27 74% of conversion rate optimization programsboost sales Source: MarketingSherpa Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 29.
    28 74% of companiesincreased their 2012 conversion optimization budget Source: Econsultancy Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 30.
    29 7 in 10marketers practicing CRO use results of experiments to “inform offline or other marketing initiatives.” Source: MarketingSherpa (2012) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 31.
    30 39% Client-side marketers named conversionoptimization a top digital marketing priority Source: Econsultancy/Adobe (2013) Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC
  • 32.
    Get started withconversion optimization SwayHub can help Conversion optimization research and training to elevate your marketing results • Extensive library of research reports, best practice guides, and business tools • On-demand training videos and webinars Copyright 2014 SwayHub LLC