Presentation Title
Subtitle
Month, #, Year
How to turn client websites into
conversion engines
Get more value from every visitor forever
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Google Thank You
Page
Type of Conversion Contact Content Brand
Lead 🙋
Customer 🙋
Donor 🙋
Event Registrant 🙋 💡
Subscriber 💡
Downloader (guide, ebook, whitepaper) 💡
Webinar Registrant 💡
Follower / Fan 💡 ⭐
Member ⭐
Reviewer ⭐
Job Applicant ⭐
How to Increase Conversion Rates
LEAD
How to Increase Conversion Rates
CUSTOMER
How to Increase Conversion Rates
DONOR
Traffic x Conversion Rate = $
image source: Marco Verch, Flickr
Why don’t visitors convert?
How to Increase Conversion Rates
source: NN Group
Causes of User Failure
How to Increase Conversion Rates
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
Why do people convert?
Recently hacked
Narrowing the options
Is this cloud-based? Does it integrate with X?
What are the service level agreements?
Show uptime statistics.
Schedule a demo.
Triggers
Decision Stage
Q’s and
Objections
How we can help?
Dave, Systems Engineer
Buys technology for his financial firm.
Recently hacked
Narrowing the options
Is this cloud-based? Does it integrate with X?
What are the service level agreements?
Show uptime statistics.
Schedule a demo.
Triggers
Decision Stage
Q’s and
Objections
How we can help?
Dave, Systems Engineer
Buys technology for his financial firm.
Recently hacked
Narrowing the options
Is this cloud-based? Does it integrate with X?
What are the service level agreements?
Show uptime statistics.
Schedule a demo.
Triggers
Decision Stage
Q’s and
Objections
How we can help?
Dave, Systems Engineer
Buys technology for his financial firm.
Recently hacked
Narrowing the options
Is this cloud-based? Does it integrate with X?
What are the service level agreements?
Show uptime statistics.
Schedule a demo.
Triggers
Decision Stage
Q’s and
Objections
How we can help?
Dave, Systems Engineer
Buys technology for his financial firm.
Recently hacked
Narrowing the options
Is this cloud-based? Does it integrate with X?
What are the service level agreements?
Show uptime statistics.
Schedule a demo.
Triggers
Decision Stage
Q’s and
Objections
How we can help?
Dave, Systems Engineer
Buys technology for his financial firm.
“I need some marketing technology...”
Can I put this behind my firewall?
“In the cloud or on-prem options available”
Logos of financial firms that use it
Chat with a data-security expert >>
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
“I need some marketing technology...”
Can I put this behind my firewall?
“In the cloud or on-prem options available”
Logos of financial firms that use it
Chat with a data-security expert >>
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
“I need some marketing technology...”
Can I put this behind my firewall?
“In the cloud or on-prem options available”
Logos of financial firms that use it
Chat with a data-security expert >>
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
“I need some marketing technology...”
Can I put this behind my firewall?
“In the cloud or on-prem options available”
Logos of financial firms that use it
Chat with a data-security expert >>
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
ANSWERS UNCERTAINTY
20 Questions
Let’s play
Questions to ask your
clients/customers…
Take me back to that moment when
you first realized you needed help.
What else did you try?
What didn’t you love about it?
What almost kept you
from buying from us?
What made you confident enough
to give us a try?
What made this
the best option for you?
When evaluating options,
what was most important to you?
What can you do now (or do better)
that you couldn’t do before?
Can you give me an example of when
this made a difference for you?
If you couldn’t work with us ever again,
what would you miss the most?
What’s the #1 thing you would tell
a friend if you wanted to convince
them to hire [company]?
Questions to ask
your top salesperson…
What questions are you just sick
and tired of answering?
What should people ask you,
but they usually don’t?
What is the A-ha moment
prospects have during sales calls?
What analogies do you use to
explain what we do?
What is the biggest number
you can get up to?
Fill in this blank: people can work
with us even if they ______.
Useful Words and Phrases
Because
“We offer on-site installs because not
everyone wants their data in the cloud…”
Should
“You should have access to your data,
anytime from anywhere.”
Already …still
“You’ve already upgraded your network, but
your still having performance issues.”
The fact is / The truth is
“The truth is that cloud-based applications
still crash, no matter what they promise.”
Even if
“You still have 100% access from anywhere
even if your services are on-site.”
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
When evaluating
options, what was most
important to you?
Security was
the top priority,
then scalability.
Security
Marketing Client
Scalability
How to Increase Conversion Rates
When evaluating
options, what was most
important to you?
Security was
the top priority,
then scalability.
Security
Marketing Client
Scalability
How to Increase Conversion Rates
When evaluating
options, what was most
important to you?
Security was
the top priority,
then scalability.
Security
Marketing Client
Scalability
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Give me an example of
when this helped you?
You guys really
saved my bacon that
one time… “You guys really saved
my bacon…”
Marketing Client
How to Increase Conversion Rates
What was the biggest
challenge you were
hoping to solve?
I wanted better
insights, not just
dashboards
You already have
dashboards, but you’re
still not getting insights.
Marketing Client
How to Increase Conversion Rates
What can you do now
that you couldn’t do
before?
Now I don’t have
to run that report
every time
Stop running the same
reports again and again
Marketing Client
How to Increase Conversion Rates
What analogies do you use
to explain what we do?
On-site installation is
like owning your
own home
It’s like your house.
You should own your
own home.
Marketing Sales
How to Increase Conversion Rates
What is the biggest
number you can get up to?
We have 14,000
total end users
Trusted by 14,000
professionals
Marketing Sales
How to Increase Conversion Rates
What questions are you sick
and tired of answering?
“What if I want to
cancel my contract?”
Cancel anytime.
Marketing Sales
How to Increase Conversion Rates
What questions should people
ask you, but they don’t?
Prospects never ask
about our testing and
documentation
The fact is, 80% of
software installations
are never fully tested
or documented
Marketing Sales
source: B2B Service Page Checklist
The Anatomy of the “Perfect” B2B Service Page
1. Short descriptive headline
2. Keyword focus
3. Quick visual credibility
4. Meaningful subheads
5. Answers to top questions
6. Short paragraphs
Service Page Checklist
7. Testimonials / social proof
8. Strong supportive visuals
9. Faces of your people
10. Data and statistics
11. Clean, simple flow
12. Depth and detail (800+ words)
13. Compelling call to action
They ask. You answer.
Marcus Sheridan
The Sales Lion
The Backyard BBQ Test
“So, what do you do for a living?”
This headline doesn’t clearly
describe the service
This headline says
exactly what they do
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Most homepage visitors don’t scroll
Composite scroll heat maps for 10 lead gen
website homepages (desktop only).
On average 73% of homepage visitors
do not see any below-the-fold content.
Descriptive Navigation Labels
How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Increase Conversion Rates
First things first…
Sales pages have
two kinds of content
How to Increase Conversion Rates
ANSWERS What they came to find Clear
Meet visitors’
expectations
Answer questions
Address objections
Examples:
• “Can they help?”
• “How do they do it?
• “Who are they?”
EVIDENCE What we want them to find Compelling
Reasons to believe
Support our answers
Purpose / Passion
Examples:
• How well we do it
• Who we’ve done it for
• Why we do it this way
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
EVIDENCE UNCERTAINTY
There are two kinds of evidence
Sales pages have
two kinds of content
How to Increase Conversion Rates
BIG EVIDENCE Quantitative numbers Appeals to the mind
with reason
Examples:
• % Increases, ROI
• Dollars / hours
saved
• Years in business
• Number of
happy clients
• Best seller
SMALL EVIDENCE Qualitative Stories Appeals to the heart
with emotion
Examples:
• Testimonials
• Case Studies
• Reviews
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Big Evidence: Data and Statistics
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Logo
Headline
Face, name, title,
company
Target keyphrase
Elements of a great testimonial
source: B2B Service Page Checklist
The Anatomy of the “Perfect” B2B Service Page
Put your best evidence …on a rarely visited page?
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Message, messengers and formats
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Message, messengers and formats
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Message, messengers and formats
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Message, messengers and formats
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Message, messengers and formats
Who’s the best messenger for this message?
What is the best format?
Movement is more powerful than images.
Images are more powerful than text.
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Calls to Actions
QUESTION
ANSWER
EVIDENCE
CALL TO ACTION
Specificity drives conversions
source: Michael Aagard
source: Michael Aagard
How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Increase Conversion Rates
BENEFITS COSTS
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RETURN INVESTMENT
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How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Increase Conversion Rates
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How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Increase Conversion Rates
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How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Increase Conversion Rates
How to Grow Your List
Start with your mission
Our content is where…
[audience x] gets
[information y] that offers
[benefit z].
Our content is where…
[audience x] gets
[information y] that offers
[benefit z].
Our content is where…
[audience x] gets
[information y] that offers
[benefit z].
Our content is where…
[audience x] gets
[information y] that offers
[benefit z].
Our content
[audience x]
[information y]
[benefit z]
1. Our blog, articles and resources
2. Our newsletters
3. Our social media posts
4. Our videos, events, podcasts
…and every other format we use
Our content
[audience x]
[information y]
[benefit z]
1. Potential customers
2. Anyone we can help through our
expert advice
Our content
[audience x]
[information y]
[benefit z]
1. Tips, advice, insights, strategies
and checklists
2. Stories
3. Ideas and inspiration
4. Research and reports
5. News and trends
Our content
[audience x]
[information y]
[benefit z]
Why they should click, visit, read,
watch, listen, share
…and pay attention to your content
Where digital marketers find practical advice
on content, analytics and web design
to get better results from their websites.
Where digital marketers find practical advice
on content, analytics and web design
to get better results from their websites.
Where digital marketers find practical advice
on content, analytics and web design
to get better results from their websites.
Where digital marketers find practical advice
on content, analytics and web design
to get better results from their websites.
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Source: Content Marketing Institute
Marketers who document their
mission statement are 3x more
likely to succeed.
Source: Content Marketing Institute
“Do you have an editorial mission statement?”
Turn your mission
into your email CTA
Where digital marketers find practical advice
on content, analytics and web design
to get better results from their websites.
The 3 P’s of email signup forms
1. Prominence
2. Promise
3. Proof
source: Email Signup Forms, Orbit Media
The 3 P’s of Signup Boxes
Find and Fill the Gaps
What’s missing from your website?
...unsatisfying
What’s missing from your website?
...unsatisfying
...weak
What’s missing from your website?
...unsatisfying
...weak
...not compelling
Out of context answers
FAQ Page
Out of context evidence
Testimonials Page
Before and After
The ROI of CRO
THANK YOU!
The (data-driven) case against sliders.
And the (data-driven) case for stacking.
What drives Local SEO?
Many, consistent instances of the company
NAP (name, address, phone number)
How to Increase Conversion Rates
Source: David Mihm, Whitespark

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