Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 5, 2017

Anybody can create a website, but not everybody can create a conversion machine. All website owners want this dream, but they typically fail to implement the correct measures that will allow them to streamline their conversion process, which will benefit their business in terms of sales, engagement, inquiries and referrals.

Lead Generation 65

Lead Generation Software Review SEO PPC 65

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks. Customers that converted in the last year that have positively reviewed us on at least one third-party site. You segment users by the month they signed up and their zip code. Acquisition Efficiency. Expansion Potential. Advocacy Potential.

Conversion 48

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 12, 2016

Is PPC data showing in Google Analytics? PPC Keyword ID’s Visible on Landing Pages. What It Is: When PPC keyword ID’s are visible on landing pages, they are harder to analyze because Google Analytics thinks they’re two different pages. Solution: Add your Google Analytics code to 404 and 500 pages.

Analytics 48

Analytics Software Review eCommerce PPC 48

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Here’s what you can test with this approach: Landing pages (especially recommended before you invest in PPC ). Sales funnels (essential for websites offering demo calls or free trials to identify friction points). Let’s take a look at an example scenario: You’re trying to find users to review your B2B payroll solution.

Technical Review 92

Technical Review Software Review B2B Design 92

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2016

To do so, they reached out to Mercenta (a retargeting software company) to help get more website visitors into their local Mazda dealerships by way of some smart PPC ads. The value of car sales through their retargeting was 98% higher than the offline average. They had an engagement rate of almost 20% from their ads.

Campaign 48

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

You’d think conversion optimization and SEO should play together nicely, right? In theory, conversion optimization aims to improve the user experience, which, conveniently, is what Google wants to do as well with their top search results. How do you balance traffic acquisition with conversion optimization? Image Source.

SEO 48

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

By now we’ve discussed the fact that you should first plug your funnel , then improve conversion rates , then work on sending as much traffic as possible to your website. But we haven’t talked about how big of a role traffic quality plays in determining your conversion rate. This is because the quality is so much better.

Software Review 55

Software Review Marketing Startup PPC 55

Up and Running

MARCH 3, 2021

Because pay-per-click advertising (PPC) needs to be an option you consider in order to reach your customers and stay competitive online. In this article, we will cover what exactly PPC marketing entails, why PPC marketing is a beneficial tool for small businesses, and some PPC basics and best practices to get you started.

PPC 81

PPC Small Business Management Advertising 81

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

For example, if your customer acquisition costs are high for PPC ads , you can move budget to a marketing strategy with a lower CAC. This is due to factors such as maturity, sales cycle, product value, purchase frequency, and customer lifespan. The result of this formula indicates whether your sales and marketing are working.

Acquisition 22

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2020

PPC has a role. Ask the following six questions to help SEO and PPC teams collaborate—and achieve better results than either could on their own. Are SEO and PPC teams communicating effectively and sharing insights? SEO and PPC teams that don’t communicate effectively (or at all) achieve less. SEO has a role.

PPC 69

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Conversions low? Well run a test and increase your conversions by 12433%! Most split test “fail” in the sense that they won’t result in a lift in conversions (new variations produce either no change or perform poorer). Conversion optimization is a process. It’s easy! Thomas Alva Edison, inventor.

Clickthrough 110

Clickthrough Conversion PPC Software Review 110

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Or you might actually see some early benefits and more conversions (i.e. If your revenue model is the sale of a service or product, your goal could be to get your cost per conversion below a certain amount after 90 days. Define Conversions Properly. A conversion is an action that a user performs on your site.

SEO 48

SEO Search Engineer Small Business 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Competing businesses may click on each other’s PPC ads to waste money. Loads of PPC platforms ( Google Ads included) allow you to blacklist IP addresses. . Wired refers to these as “hordes of linked machines controlled by rogue software.” Ad Age estimates that $1 out of every $3 spent on PPC is subject to click fraud.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2020

Even after a purchase, Amazon knows whether a return was necessary or how buyers felt about the experience (through reviews ). Each brand must decide which keywords have that special mix of relevance, high search volume, and low competition—those with the potential to generate sales from organic search alone. Image source ).

SEO 113

SEO PPC Algorithm Software Review 113

Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

A recent discussion in the Micropreneur Academy surrounded the topic of starting an online business selling physical products as opposed to software. But there are two downfalls of selling physical products compared to software: 1. Sales shot up starting the next day and that month sales were in the low four-figures.

Product 35

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For conversion optimization , the main difference is the variability of Internet traffic. Results compare conversion rates among the variations based on a single change. Some 74% of optimizers with a structured approach to conversion also claim improved sales. Bugs—if they’re around—are a conversion killer.

Analytics 127

Analytics Technical Review Software Review Framework 127

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When WordStream began receiving complaints that the seven-day free trial of their PPC management software wasn’t long enough, the brand decided to A/B test 14-day and 30-day trials. Prospect trial to conversion rates fell with the longer trials. The results? A hypothetical goal may be to increase the total number of users.

Framework 102

Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 11, 2010

The quality of these information products is sometime suspect, yet with the right marketing process, including some good copywriting, sales will come. If I could “crack the code&# that so many other AdWords experts had supposedly done, I could set up campaign after campaign and spend $1 to make $1.10

Vertical 80

Vertical Business Model PPC Internet 80

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Customer acquisition drives sales and profit margins and it needs to be measured and balanced together with the customers’ lifetime value (LTV). It’s where you reach out and collaborate with influencers, brands, and other companies to drive traffic and ultimately sales to your business. Partner program. A/B testing.

Acquisition 127

Acquisition Cost Affiliate Customer 127

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Extra Lucrative Conversion Advice. Conversion Optimization Services. Conversion Research. It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem. I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Website Analysis.

Customer Development 60

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Look, if you work in sales, wanna learn how to sell, and frankly who doesn't check out the sales podcast, where host will Barron helps sales professionals learn how to buyers and win big business ineffective and ethical ways. You get me the sale. Like this show?

Marketing 88

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 88

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers. It needs perfect alignment from sales, marketing, and executive leaders across the organization.

Customer 98

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Of course, there are many, but the three most common (and relevant) types of validity for conversion optimization are: internal validity, external validity, and ecological validity. These types of results due to validity threats can, and do, happen to you. PPC, SEO, IT, brand, etc.) You just don’t know it, yet.).

PPC 48

PPC Software Review Technical Review Campaign 48

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For example, you can partner with social media and PPC teams to create content that encourages subscribers to sign up to receive something of value. Instead, Talu Tales is delivering a valuable experience that can be nurtured towards a sale. The follow-up and additional reviews speak to the consumer’s subconscious mind.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2015

An inbound marketing hub is a web site that with a blog, offers useful and compelling content, and is connected to “spokes” like email, sales conferences, social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+), social discovery platforms (Reddit, Digg, Delicious), and others. Let us go through each in turn. a) SEO in a Nutshell.

Software Review 100

Software Review Marketing Social Media B2B 100

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

billion daily active users , Google AdWords and Facebook ads are obvious choices for PPC campaigns. Well, the truth is that there are a lot of “it depends” situations in PPC, as Shuki Mann of LIXFIX explains… Shuki Mann , LIXFIX : “Is $1 a click cheap or expensive? Not for conversions. What about A/B testing?

PPC 48

PPC Software Review Campaign Analytics 48

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

conversion rate (average as reported by shop.org) and you are dutifully reporting our revenue of $1 million as a result. In blue below is the typical direct conversion impact and in red it a very large area that we almost always ignore quantifying. It's a tall order, but after two years of blogging why stop now. : ).

Analytics 116

Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

Perhaps you wake up in the morning and walk into a store and buy new clothes (or expensive software from Oracle). If we work in sales, all we care about are sales touch points. And that comes before you think about marketing/sales/advertising/billboards/tv. micro-conversion).

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Instead of a salary, you pay them for each new lead or sale acquired as a result of their marketing efforts. The conversion rate of your landing page or offer. Are you aware of your profit margin on every type of sale? Some people confuse affiliate marketing with referral marketing. Do you know the value of a repeat customer?

Affiliate 48

Affiliate Programming Marketing PPC 48

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Inbound marketing service provider HubSpot recently released its first ever State of Inbound Report for Asia – which surveyed some 400 marketing and sales professionals at virtually all levels and across all industries in Asia to compile some of the most comprehensive analysis on online marketing in this part of the world.

Asia 100

Asia Las Vegas Marketing Technical Review 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

MIT Technology Review – [link]. Iron Conversions – [link]. Increase Your Team’s Curiosity | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Can you Crowdsource Your Employee Reviews? The Dinosaurs of Cannes | by John Winsor, Harvard Business Review – [link]. The Habits of Happiness – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Every post is about unleashing the power of digital analytics (the potent combination of data, systems, software and people). Product improvements are quantified in incremental sales. Your digital marketing team has a monthly budget of $30k, and the company sees $120k in monthly sales from it. Marketing dollars (hopefully!)

Analytics 142

Analytics DC Web Revenue 142

ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2014

How other people have used affiliates, what are potential affiliates looking at when deciding on which products and services to promote, what software is out there, how to keep affiliates happy and much, much more. How Affiliate Sales Have Grown In Recent Years. After that affiliate sales took off. billion respectively) in 2013.

Affiliate 111

Affiliate Programming Marketing Software Review 111

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

How do you know which word or phrase might tank a sale? Copy testing, in other words, won’t help you differentiate —it will help you know if you’re conveying that differentiation effectively, in a brand spot or on a long-form sales page. A/B testing can tell you which version of copy generated more leads or sales.

Campaign 116

Campaign B2B Software Review Differentiation 116

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

She might turn to social media, look at more car insurance providers, go into the office, read online reviews, sign up for a newsletter first, etc. Both Harvard Business Review and Practical Ecommerce have reported the death of the linear funnel. sales page, cart, purchase, etc.) Are Linear Funnels a Thing of the Past?

Analytics 78

Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

ConversionXL

JULY 19, 2013

Billion lost in 2009, to $9 Billion in 2011, the amount of money lost due to cart abandonment has been climbing rapidly over the last few years. This article on Web Marketing Today gives some really great advice on how to tackle the free shipping conversation realistically. The truth is, from $1.2 image source.

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