There are instances when SEO is not the best solution 
as a traffic source, the squeeze page is one of them. Here’s a good example of a question I’ve seen in marketing forums a number of times…
Q: “I understand that SEO is content and backlinks and all that mumbo jumbo. Now normally I’d think you’d stick your squeeze page out there and SEO that, but with that there’s no real content so no real SEO. The other issue I have is that I went and wrote some articles a while back and when I really changed to what’s working for me now, none of the directories will except my new squeeze page as its very small and has about zip content (but has been converting the best for me). So do I need to completely reconstruct everything I”m doing to get started with SEO or is there something I’m just not getting about what pages need SEO and what pages can get subscribers?”
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Tags: conversion rate optimization, facebook page, guest blogging, link building, seo, squeeze page, youtube
An interview with Martin Eising
It puzzles me why so few businesses really attempt to optimize conversions. Why is that?
I think it has to do with the way people think about web sites. When someone wants to increase the action they get from their site the first thing that comes to mind is increasing the amount of visitors the site gets. This is just logical, and is naturally the first thing that comes to mind. Doing more with the same amount of traffic , on the other hand, is not something that most people immediately think of.
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Tags: analytics, conversion rate optimization
An interview with Matt Williams of No Possum Consulting
- What challenges do businesses face today with online conversion?
- You’re really competing with yourself, not your competitors
- Classic book on entering the shopping cart: “Don’t Make Me Think”
- Shopping cart abandonment
- ROI for online conversion is usually high and on going
- Increase your traffic, optimize your conversion process, up selling and cross selling opportunities
- Where do you invest your $1000?
- Forecasting is key
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Tags: conversion rate optimization, ecommerce, market research, return on investment, shopping cart abandonment
There are many aspects of Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) that SEO Companies address effectively: testing headlines, the call to action, content, images, etc. But, there is an aspect of CRO that SEO firms don’t address well: web design.
This element can make a big difference to increase conversions, but most web developers and businesses are not aware of it.
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Tags: conversion rate optimization
The Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AiMA) held their monthly meeting last night. The topic of the night: recognize the value of online marketing efforts beyond the simple click to conversion metrics that are so common in our industry. The truth of the matter is search is responsible for much more business than it gets credit for in traditional models, it’s extremely important as a branding tool and it can be used as a powerful tool to track offline marketing efforts.
For instance, when someone performs a search and finds a product they would like to purchase they may not necessarily purchase the product online, they may actually go to the store and buy the product but the search they performed online does not get credit for the sale. The importance of leveraging search engines for branding is also something that is very difficult to measure but has a major impact on how people view a company’s product. Seeing a company at the top of the search results creates a trust for the brand. Also, analyzing website statistics can be a great way to test whether or not an offline mailing, radio ad, TV commercial, etc. was effective at driving traffic to the site and increasing purchases.
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Tags: analytics, conversion rate optimization
landing page’s conversion rate?
