Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Conversions From Proper Optimization

By Carrie Serienz


Conversion rate optimization (CRO) in internet marketing is the basic process of producing a type of experience for a visitor of a website that is intended to persuade them into buying a product or service. Many people simply call it CRO, for short. Conversion rate optimization isn't only important for e-commerce and transactional sites. Each business with a website should be taking advantage of these conversion routes that will make the company more successful.

As marketing budgets are only so big in a company, the maximum benefit must be extracted for the money spent on marketing. It's worth it to go beyond the basic page advertisements when you have returning visitors to the page who are more solid leads, retargeting campaign have a significantly higher ROI than the generic ads for first time visitors.

Carefully considering the exact page that an ad leads a potential customer is important, as the conversion rate will be higher if directed correctly, making costs per action lower and campaign ROI will be increased. Websites that have proper conversion optimization, will ensure that a visitor to the page has many more chances to purchase your products or services.

Create a call to action that is not only highly visible, but that draws attention to itself and uses plenty of cues to lead customers there. The world wide web is not a delicate place.

Visitors who come to your site through display ads have different needs and wants, and are in a different part of the sales cycle than organic visits. If a visitor is there because of an ad that they clicked, the page should be tailored toward their particular needs. Initially, a single landing page for all non-direct/non-organic traffic will do, but eventually you'll want to move on to something that's more personalized.

Continuous testing brings you closer to finding the exact path to seamless usability for your web visitors. If a website visitor has an easy time navigating your site, they will be more happy and likely to become a paying customer. No matter how people find you they are all searching for the same thing. You both want the same thing, to resolve a problem or issue that they potential client may be having.

Optimization must be used where you can gain the maximum amount of effect. It's worth starting where the highest absolute increase can be achieved. A 100% increase might be possible on the last page of the ordering process however the increase in sales will be minor as a smaller percentage of overall site visitors see this page. It's far more effective to start with pages with lots of visitors - and a high bounce rate such as landing pages.

Engaged visitors are more confident and appreciate the experience more, so ensure this is how your site is, which will have a better chance of conversion, Those who end up on your page should be able to trust your company, and that will make conversion rates more significant.




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