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Conversion Rate 101: Effective Pricing Tables

October 9, 2012

Conversion Rate Optimization 101, Ecommerce, Pricing Tables, Testing

Last week, I asked you to look at the pricing tables from the Dell.com website and to offer suggestions on how to improve them. There were some fabulous suggestions, let’s take a look: Graham Charlton shared: A comparison table, as used by UK site Comet, would work better. Less busy and allows for side by side feature comparison. Also has a handy ‘highlight differences’ button. http://i.imgur.com/JBilf.png As he suggests Dell is not currently doing a good job highlighting the differences between the…

Mastering Conversion Rate Optimization?

October 5, 2012

Bryan Eisenberg

conversion rate, Optimization

We (Jeffrey Eisenberg and I) were naïve and full of ourselves; in 2005, when “Call To Action: Secret Formulas To Improve Online Results” hit the major bestselling book lists. In 2006, “Waiting For Your Cat To Bark: Persuading Customers When They Ignore Marketing” also achieved the lists and we thought we were truly popularizing customer-centric conversion rate optimization. In accomplishing a mean goal we lost sight of the end goal. Client success and the recognition of our peers as conversion…

TheGrok’s Not to Miss Links for the Week of October 4th, 2012

October 4, 2012

Bryan Eisenberg

Not to Miss Links

It’s been almost 3 years since I published one of these. However, I know not everyone can keep up with everything Jeffrey and I read or share during the week. Here are some of those links you don’t want to miss this week: First things first, if you are an online retailer do not forget to register for my free ClickZ webinar Guaranteeing Holiday Sales for Online Retailers October 9, 2012 at 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT. I’ll be sharing tips from…

Conversion Optimization 101: Pricing Tables – Ecommerce

September 28, 2012

Bryan Eisenberg

B2C, Continuous Improvement, Conversion Rate Optimization 101, Ecommerce, Pricing Tables, Testing

On Twitter, I shared a link to this article from Smashing Magazine, Pricing Tables: Examples And Best Practices. When I shared it, I said that while many of these were beautiful there was still plenty of room for some conversion optimization. This won’t be as tricky as my first Conversion Optimization 101 post that you needed to pick up on the nuance that corporate culture trumps any conversion optimization tactics. Even so, we had some fabulous suggestions in the comments. For my…

What Keeps Retailers Awake at Night in 2012 [Videos]

September 21, 2012

Bryan Eisenberg

B2C, Ecommerce, Interview, Trends

I just came back from Shop.org’s Annual Summit in Denver, where over 4,000 retailers and industry supporters came to learn more about what the industry was up to. While I was there I thought I would spend some time interviewing some of my retailer friends and bring their words to you. I asked each one the following questions: Where do you think retail is headed in the next three years? What are the biggest challenges and opportunities you see for this coming…

Just Released: The Website Testing & Optimization – Buyer’s Guide for the Enterprise: Second Edition

September 19, 2012

Bryan Eisenberg

Optimization, Testing, Tools

There are several things that prompted me to update the Buyer’s Guide to Testing & Optmization: 1. Since Google replaced Website Optimizer with Content Experiments, I had to comment on it. 2. I’ve decided to add a new tool to the introductory tools section. Which one did I choose? You’ll have to check. 3. I’ve added information about a few other enterprise solutions that weren’t included in the first edition. I’m still very excited about Monetate as a leader in…

Conversion Optimization 101: Culture Trumps Strategy and Tactics

September 14, 2012

Bryan Eisenberg

Call to Action, Continuous Improvement, conversion rate, Conversion Rate Optimization 101, Customer Experience, Optimization, Testing, usability

Last week, I published my first Conversion Optimization 101 post and asked you if you could look at a particular screenshot and also to tell me: What’s wrong with this picture? How would you fix it? Here is the image: There were some very good suggestions on what you would do to improve this picture: Dennis Moons said: The three buttons: Previous, Process and Cancel all have the same colour and visual weight. I would change the Cancel & Previous buttons…