The document summarizes 5 easy changes that can be made to landing pages to improve conversion rates: 1. Change headlines from hype to conversational language that clearly communicates the overall benefit. 2. Change copy writing from focusing on company values to focusing on customer values and highlighting key offers. 3. Simplify objectives by removing extra navigation or calls-to-action that distract from the main offer. 4. Change irrelevant or unrelated images to ones that clearly communicate the value of the product or service. 5. The document provides examples of tests where making one of these simple changes led to conversion rate increases ranging from 81-99%.

1. Quick Win Clinic (Part I):
The 5 easiest changes to make to your landing
pages right now

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3. Today’s team
Dr. Flint McGlaughlin Zuzia Soldenhoff-Thorpe
Managing Director Research Manager
Brian Carroll
Executive Director of
Revenue Optimization
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4. Experiment: Background and design
 Experiment ID: Saxo Bank Forex Trading
Source: Optimization Summit Attendee, Michael Aagaard,
Online-TekstForfatter.dk
Research Notes:
Background: Denmark-based Saxo Bank sells access to a foreign exchange
trading platform.
Goal: To get visitors to sign up for a free trial
Primary Research Question: Which landing page will have the highest free
trial sign-up rate?
Test Design: A/B split test
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Michael
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6. Call for student work
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7. Experiment: Control
Control
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8. Experiment: Treatment
Treatment
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9. Experiment: Side-by-side
Control Treatment
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10. Experiment: Results
99.4% Increase in conversion
The new page design improved the conversion rate by 99.4%
Version CR Relative Difference Confidence Interval
Control 2.00%* - -
Treatment 3.99%* 99.4% 99%
 What Youthe treatment was ableBytomaking a a 99.4% higher to
the page,
Need to Understand:
achieve
few simple changes
conversion rate.
* Conversion rates have been anonymized to protect Saxo Bank.
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11. How different are these pages?
Control Treatment
99%
IN CONVERSION
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12. How different are these pages?
Control Treatment
541%
IN CONVERSION
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13. How different are these pages?
Control Treatment
548%
IN CONVERSION
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14. How different are these pages?
Control
Treatment
No
Difference
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15. What you need to understand
F Key Principles
1. It is not the magnitude of change on the “page” that impacts
conversion; it is the magnitude of change in the “mind” of the
prospect.
2. Marketers must learn to see their webpages through the eyes of
the customers. Too often we employ company logic rather than
customer logic.
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16. Customer Logic vs. Company Logic
Marketer Value Market
Proposition
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17. What you need to understand
F Key Principles
1. It is not the magnitude of change on the “page” that impacts
conversion; it is the magnitude of change in the “mind” of the
prospect.
2. Marketers must learn to see their webpages through the eyes of
the customers. Too often we employ company logic rather than
customer logic.
3. When we employ customer logic, we discover simple changes that
can have a large impact on the conversion rate of a landing page.
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18. Today’s Focus
Today, we are going examine five simple landing
page changes that can have dramatic impact on the
customer’s mind.
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19. CHANGE #1: Headlines – From hype to conversation
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20. CHANGE #1
Headlines – From hype to conversation (example)
Control
From this …
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21. CHANGE #1
Headlines – From hype to conversation (example)
… to this
99%
IN CONVERSION
Treatment
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22. CHANGE #1
Headlines – From hype to conversation (example) From this …
Headline asks a question
that can’t be answered
by readers.
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23. CHANGE #1
Headlines – From hype to conversation (example) … to this
Headline clearly
communicates the
overall benefit of the
product.
90%
IN CONVERSION
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24. CHANGE #1
Headlines – From hype to conversation
Live Optimization
Channel:
PPC
Target Audience:
HR managers and
decision makers
Link:
bit.ly/LoyaltyWorks
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25. CHANGE #2: Copy – From marketer value
to customer value
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26. CHANGE #2
Copy – From marketer value to customer value (example)
Control From this …
The free demo account offer is buried underneath
company-centric copy.
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27. CHANGE #2
Copy – From marketer value to customer value (example)
… to this
Treatment
99%
IN CONVERSION
The free demo account with simulation funding is
highlighted at the beginning of the copy and is the
main offer on the page.
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28. CHANGE #2
Copy – From marketer value to customer value (example) From this …
Value in copy is
segmented by
company arbitrated
categories.
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29. … to this
CHANGE #2
Copy – From marketer value
to customer value (example)
Value in copy is
focused around
overall benefits of
insurance.
81%
IN CONVERSION
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30. CHANGE #2
Copy – From marketer value to customer value
Live Optimization
Channels:
SEO and PPC
Target Audience:
Anyone suffering from
plantar fasciitis and
looking for relief
Link:
bit.ly/KuruShoes
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31. CHANGE #3: Objectives – From multiple focus
to single focus
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32. CHANGE #3
Objectives – From multiple focus to single focus (example) From this …
Extra navigation
and “live chat”
give viewers more
reasons to click
away from the
offer.
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33. CHANGE #3
Objectives – From multiple focus to single focus (example)
… to this
Extra navigation
and “live chat”
eliminated
99%
IN CONVERSION
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34. CHANGE #3
Objectives – From multiple focus to single focus (example)
From this …
The control presents four
competing calls-to-action …
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35. CHANGE #3
Objectives – From multiple focus to single focus (example)
… to this
103%
IN CONVERSION
The treatment clearly
presents the customer with a
single objective.
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36. Live Optimization
CHANGE #3
Objectives – From multiple focus
to single focus
Channels:
Organic search
keywords like “Bahamas
cruises,” links in emails,
site navigation
Target Audience:
Consumers interested
in learning about our
Hawaii cruise
Link:
bit.ly/HawaiiCruiseLP
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37. Quick Win Clinic Part II at Optimization Summit
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In it, our Research Analysts will walk you through designing and
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38. CHANGE #4: Images – From irrelevant art
to relevant message
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39. CHANGE #4
Images – From irrelevant art to relevant message (example) From this …
Only image on the page is
dedicated to live chat
support.
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40. CHANGE #4
Images – From irrelevant art to relevant message (example)
… to this
Image clearly
communicates value of
the product.
99%
IN CONVERSION
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41. CHANGE #4
Images – From irrelevant art to relevant message (example) From this …
Control uses a stock
image of a customer
support
representative.
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42. CHANGE #4
Images – From irrelevant art to relevant message (example)
… to this
Image of a
recognizable company
founder
35%
IN CONVERSION
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43. CHANGE #4 Live Optimization
Images – From irrelevant art
to relevant message
Channel:
Promotional email sent
to marketers on various
publishers' lists
Target Audience:
Online marketing
managers for B2C
retailers
Link:
bit.ly/BrontoCarts
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44. CHANGE #5: Trust – From anxiety to credibility
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45. CHANGE #5
Trust – From anxiety
to credibility (example)
From this …
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46. CHANGE #5
Trust – From anxiety to credibility (example)
… to this
99%
IN CONVERSION
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47. CHANGE #5
Trust – From anxiety to credibility (example)
From this …
Credibility is
communicated in
bottom right
corner, out of the
main eye-path.
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48. CHANGE #5
Trust – From anxiety to credibility (example)
… to this
Credibility is
communicated
near the top of
the page, and
anxiety is reduced
near CTA.
29%
IN CONVERSION
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49. CHANGE #5 Live Optimization
Trust – From anxiety
to credibility
Channel:
PPC keywords like
“truck driver jobs”
Target Audience:
Males, 25-55 with HS
diploma (or GED)
unemployed and
underemployed
Link:
bit.ly/PamTrucks
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50. Summary: Putting it all together
F Key Principles
When we employ customer logic, we discover simple changes that can
have a large impact on the conversion rate of a landing page.
CHANGE #1: Headlines – From hype to conversation
CHANGE #2: Copy – From marketer value to customer value
CHANGE #3: Objectives – From multiple focus to single focus
CHANGE #4: Images – From irrelevant art to relevant message
CHANGE #5: Trust – From anxiety to credibility
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51. Live Optimization
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53. Smartphone in-app screen
Live Optimization
Channel:
In app "push" message
when opening our
android app
Target Audience:
Mobile business
people, professionals,
impulse buyers
Link:
bit.ly/QuickOfficePush
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54. Live Optimization
Channel:
Weddings & Events
emails
Target Audience:
Brides and bridesmaids
looking to purchase in
next six months
Link:
bit.ly/ATaylorLP
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55. Live Optimization
Channel:
Major display campaign
Target Audience:
IT decision makers
Link:
bit.ly/MS365LP
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