How to Conversion Rate Optimize Like There's No Tomorrow

1. Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus How to CRO Like There’s No Tomorrow Conversion Rate Optimization as The Four Riders of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Plague & Death

2. Michael Stricker Lead Consultant, MSDesign • Former US Marketing Director, leading competitive research tool for digital marketing • Agency, consulting and web design studio experience • 367+ successful digital marketing campaigns • 1,000,000s of impressions for web-based businesses • Speaker: LinkedIn, PubCon, HEROconf, Etail, SMX East. • Author: blogs CIO.com, Business2Community, SEMrush.com Publications Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly Ad News. • Worked with Enterprise Brands AeroPostale, BET, GolfSmith, Dell, JGWentworth, Johns Hopkins U Carey, RE/MAX, Toshiba, Verizon Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

4. The 4 Riders of the Apocalypse 1. War 2. Famine 3. Plague 4. Death Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

5. The 4 Riders of the Apocalypse Win the War Feed the Famine Pwn the Plague Cheat Death Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

7. Win the War • High Commercial Intent Terms (CPC Google AdWords & Semantically via Google Search Console or SEMrush) • Competitor’s Productive KWs (SEMrush Domain VS Domain ) Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

8. Win the War Brandjack like a mofo Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

9. Win the War Brandjack via Paid Search, and Defend Brand Terms ~ Lori Weiman Competitor’s Brand in URL, not in Title or Description Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

10. Win the War Brandjack invoke 3rd parties and legit comparisons ~ Lori Weiman Competitor’s Brand in URL, not in Title or Description Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

11. Win the War Brandjack via SEO Branded keyword phrases are 3.5x more likely to convert visitors to leads, yet… Visitors arriving by select, non-branded phrases are 10X more likely to convert ~ Chad Pollitt, Relevance Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

12. Win the War Brandjack with Care How to Rank for Your Competitor’s Keywords: What We Learned by Analyzing 62.6 Million Ecommerce Keywords ~ NeilPatel.com Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

13. Win the War Brandjack with Care How to Rank for Your Competitor’s Keywords: ~ NeilPatel.com Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus Brandjack… …w/ Care

14. Win the War Brandjack with Helpful Utility Modifiers Brand A VS Brand B, _ & _ comparison, _ reviews, _ ratings, _ testimonials, _ cheap, _ coupon, _ discount http://neilpatel.com/2016/12/01/how-to-rank-for-your-competitors-keywords-what-we-learned-by- analyzing-62-6-million-ecommerce-keywords ~ NeilPatel.com Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

15. How to CRO Like There’s No Tomorrow Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus Death on a Pale Horse by Benjamin West Image © Detroit Inst of Arts

17. Feed the Famine Highly engaged customers=3X more value • buy 90% more frequently • spend 60% more in each transaction ~ Rosetta/Publicis Groupe/Razorfish Global Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

18. Feed the Famine Prospects 7X more responsive to promotions after a brand interacts meaningfully ~ Rosetta/Publicis Groupe/Razorfish Global Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

19. Feed the Famine Remarket… • with a specific, relevant special offer • resubscription • supplies • accessories Network Default Duration Max. Duration Display 30 days 540 days Search 30 days 540 days Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

20. Feed the Famine Retention • Cross-sell • Up-sell • Discount Referrals • Betas • Trials to dispense Loyalty • Anniversary • Birthday • Survey Costs 6-7X more for companies to attract new customers than to keep existing. Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

23. Pwn the Plague Measles @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

24. The Plague Measles Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

25. The Plague Measles Conversion Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

26. The Plague Measles Conversion Goal Actions Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

27. The Plague Measles Conversion Goal Actions X14 Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

30. Pwn the Plague Measles = Analysis Paralysis • Too many options & choices • Too many distractions • Lacks urgency • Lacks scarcity Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

31. Pwn the Plague Inoculate your Landing Pages x Reduce options & choices x Simplify distractions x Add urgency x Hawk scarcity Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

33. Cheat Death “…judge the quick and the dead.” ~ King James Bible “Faster!” ~ UX “Faster!” ~ Conversions & AOV Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

34. Cheat Death 77% of webpages take up to 10 seconds to load. 19 seconds is the average. ~ DoubleClick 2–3 second page load times have the lowest bounce rate. ~ Maile Ohyeh, Google Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

35. Cheat Death “Mobile traffic has surpassed desktop.” ~ Maile Ohyeh, Google US Mobile search is roughly 58% of overall ~ Hitwise 2016 The Mobile-First Google Index is coming. ~ Google Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

36. Cheat Death A 1 second delay in page response can result in a 7% reduction in conversions. A 1 second page delay could cost $2.5 million in lost sales every year ~ KissMetrics on Ecommerce sites with revenues of $100K/day Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

39. Cheat Death Google Mobile Website Speed Test Tool https://testmysite.thinkwithgoogle.com/ Firebug Plug-in WebDeveloper Browser Plug-in PageSpeed Tools | Google Developers https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/ Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus

40. Thank you CRO Like There’s No Tomorrow Conversion Rate Optimization as The Four Riders of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Plague & Death Michael Stricker @RadioMS #DigitalOlympus