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Lessons Learned From RSS Ray

March 9, 2010

This is a copy of the letter I asked my friend Brian Offenberger to draft about the lessons learnt from a situation that led him to share a copy of one of my presentations. “The recent situation with Bryan Eisenberg concerning my duplication of his material in one of my presentations was quite a learning experience. I walked into my office Monday afternoon, only to be greeted by an associate saying there was a firestorm of activity on the internet claiming I…

Bad Decisions Make Good Stories

March 9, 2010

Bryan Eisenberg

Conversation

We’ve all made bad decisions. Some personal, some professional. Intelligent people look to find lessons from these mistakes. What is your best “bad decision story” and what did you learn from it?

Get Over The Tool

February 26, 2010

Bryan Eisenberg

Uncategorized

Anyone who has read my “69 Free or Low Cost Tools to Improve Your Website” post knows that I love tools. This past week I was excited to see a new list of tools with the just published “Which Multivariate?” a multivariate testing tool comparison guide. I’m happy they beat me to the punch in putting this list of tools together, because many people have asked me about the various testing platforms and tools, and I haven’t had a chance…

The Missing Google Analytics Manual

February 25, 2010

Bryan Eisenberg

web analytics

Google has done a fabulous job putting together learning materials for their Google Analytics IQ Lessons – where you can follow the lessons in order to pass their GA IQ individual certification test. But the following will help you get the most out of your Google Analytics with this collection of links to implement, configure and get insights from Google Analytics. Initial Setup of Google Analytics Google Analytics Setup Checklist Google Analytics IQ Lessons from Google’s Conversion University with videos A…

What Your Form Design Reveals About You

February 9, 2010

Bryan Eisenberg

Lead Generation, Optimization, Uncategorized, Web Design

There is no question that improving the forms on your website can improve your conversion rate. In fact, Gavin Doolan, of the Google analytics team, did a wonderful job explaining the basics concepts needed to improve form conversion rates. However, what do the forms that exist in the “wild” tell your visitors about you? Does it say you care about your visitor? Your sales team? Your legal department? No one? This past week one of my MarketMotive conversion optimization students…

The Ultimate Conversion Optimization Reading List

January 29, 2010

Bryan Eisenberg

Books, conversion rate, Optimization

If 2010 is the year of conversion rate optimization, then people are going to have to move beyond today’s simplistic tactical application (pushed mainly by tool vendors anxious to sell technology fixes) of basic landing page optimization and testing, to the strategic worldview that conversion optimization should play in an organization. Good conversion optimization should focus on uncovering and understanding your target market’s needs, your content strategy, and on delivering your brand promise and a remarkable customer experience. Great conversions come…

Free Conversion Rate Consulting

January 27, 2010

Bryan Eisenberg

conversion rate, Optimization

Yes, you read it right. I have the opportunity to offer 2 or 3 websites the opportunity to increase your conversion rate. A couple of weeks ago, I started teaching a Certification course in Conversion Rate and Landing Page Optimization course. It has been going great as one of my students just sent me this note: Thanks for teaching the course. It is simply fantastic. I have to admit that I was very skeptical when I first signed up but I couldn’t…