ARTICLES - CONVERSION

  • Online Edition

    “Understanding the True Value of Your Customers”

    Josh Dalton and Terry Hansen, Netmark - Conversion

    Top executives are under an increasing amount of pressure from demanding shareholders to take company profits to new heights.In a desperate search for additional revenue opportunities, most executives dismiss their website as practical solution for...

  • Online Edition

    Delivering the Best User Experience through Targeting Techniques

    Eric J. Hansen , SiteSpect - Conversion

    You have heard the saying, “When you optimize for everyone, you optimize for no one,” right? It sounds obvious: target your optimization efforts for the right audience to achieve your online marketing goals. But studies show that most digital...

  • Online Edition

    Maximizing ROI with Conversion Optimization

    Matt Filios , CodeBaby - Conversion

    Search keywords. Display ads. Email marketing. Affiliates. You pay significant money for clicks, but then what? Companies spend thousands of dollars driving traffic to their site, but many times don’t spend a fraction of that converting that...

  • Winter 2010

    Brands at Risk: Restoring Trust through Consumer Engagement

    Michael Fisher , Alterian - Conversion

    In the past, a one-way flow of information to customers was enough. Marketing strategies built around mass broadcast mediums were the norm, and consumers were content to digest the information provided to them.    

  • Fall 2010

    Prove Your Clients’ ROI to Leverage

    William Craig , WebpageFX - Conversion

    Standardized (or "package") pricing has been the Internet marketing industry norm for some time. It works because it's easy to sign up new clients without writing a custom proposal for everyone.  But if service packages are your only...

  • Winter 2009

    Testing Video to Improve Search Campaign Conversions

    Janet Driscoll Miller , Search Mojo - Conversion

      As the country continues to battle a recession, marketers increasingly feel the pressure to make search marketing campaigns perform at higher levels. One of the best options available is landing page testing, and one of the best landing page...

  • Summer 2009

    Conversion Optimization - Does Multivariate Testing Increase Sales?

    James Lisi, Increase Visibility - Conversion

    What is conversion optimization?  It's basically the procedure of maximizing the percentage of website visitors that take the desired action, such as purchasing an item or signing up for a newsletter. Conversion optimization blends art with science....

  • Summer 2009

    Transforming Your Website Into a Conversion Machine

    Abu Noaman , Elliance, Inc. - Conversion

    Imagine hiring a salesperson who never calls in sick and always persuades potential customers to take action – make a purchase, sign up for courses, give a donation – whatever it is that impacts your bottom line.  This isn’t a fantasy. ...

  • Summer 2009

    Who is Watching Your Conversions?

    Tom Berckt , Clicks2Customers - Conversion

    The conversion optimizer differentiates each click based on additional information available to Google. This includes (but is not limited to) the location of the user, the exact query he or she typed in, and many other variables, such as the website the...

  • Spring 2009

    Usability – How Good are Your Matchmaking Skills?

    Kathleen Fealy , KF Multimedia & Web, Inc. - Conversion

    A prospective client comes to you with a problem. Their site is underperforming and they are certain that the answer to all of their problems is more traffic. If they can just get the site in front of more people, they are certain to capture that phone...