Conversion Optimization 101: Copywriting Perspectives in Email Marketing

Sometime you have to flip your perspective

Last week's conversion optimization challenge was to take a look at the webinar invite sent out by WriterAccess.com with the subject line: Webinar Invite: Lessons Learned From 90,000 Content Orders.  The email contained two major obstacles and a handful of smaller obstacles. The major obstacles … [Read more...]

Conversion Optimization 101: Email Marketing – Webinar Invites

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This week's Conversion Optimization challenge is to take a look at the following email I received from WritersAccess.com with an offer to attend a webinar: The subject line was: Webinar Invite: Lessons Learned From 90,000 Content Orders What would you do to optimize this email so that more people … [Read more...]

Webinar: Best Practices for Effective Website Testing & Optimization

Join Carlos Del Rio, Director of Conversion Analysis & Digital Strategy at Unbounce, and Monetate's Adam Figueira and I, who will present case studies from the different tools that I reviewed in my Website Testing & Optimization Buyer's Guide for the Enterprise and help explain the … [Read more...]

Conversion Industry Wins, Conferences, Catching Up and All That Jazz

Conversion and testing are what Jeffrey and I have predicted would be sexy since 1998. Luckily, even a broken clock is right two times a day and the recent news around companies we're invested in: BoostCTR.com, Tagman.com and Monetate.com may finally prove us right (see below). We're also encouraged … [Read more...]

10 Steps to Optimizing Copy and Content

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If we could spend only a few minutes working together to optimize your website, we'd still get results starting with a process. When evaluating and improving any type of content or copy, there is a quick 10-step process you can use. 1. Headlines. Why are headlines first? They are the critical … [Read more...]

How to Prove That Your Designer Is Costing You Money {4:00 video}

Video thumbnail for youtube video How to Prove That Your Designer Is Costing You Money {4:00 video} - Bryan & Jeffrey Eisenberg

Often times, marketers approach me to tell me they think something is wrong with their page but they aren't sure how to convince their designer or management that their are any issues. In this four-minute video, I share a simple technique and how to use attention mapping software like … [Read more...]

Google, User Experience & Thinking Beyond Conversion

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Google is a money making machine; that is why it has tremendous influence in the online ecology. Google has a lot to teach the world about relevance, credibility, value & user experience. However, Google isn’t a training company; it derives more than 90% of its revenues from advertising. … [Read more...]

2 Ways to Legally Spy on Your Competition

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Last week, I had the pleasure to present a webinar sponsored by Compete titled "How to Legally Spy on Your Competition." Many people on that webinar requested a list of the tools that I mentioned on the call. I thought I'd share them here as well. For specific examples on how to use each of these … [Read more...]

Will You Be the Next Person to Increase Conversions by 100%?

I couldn't be prouder of my MarketMotive conversion certification students. For example, I had one of my students do a fabulous job critiquing websites at SES New York during a conversion clinic session and many of my students have been doing amazing work increasing conversion rates on their own … [Read more...]

6 Marketing Secrets Not Worth Sharing

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In the space of a few weeks I've had my material "ripped off" twice. One instance was OK by me, but one instance was not. The differences open up important questions at the forefront of the new rules involving content, sharing, social media, and copyrights. Today, ideas spread quickly. Volumes of … [Read more...]