Converting Searchers into Prospects and Customers

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July 17, 2008Brian Massey

Conversion Sciencesbrian@conversci.com

How we tend to think about our sites today.

The Sales Funnel Applied to Your Site.

The questions we should ask ourselves about our visitors.

SearchAnalytics

ContentDevelopment

Prospects become aware of your offering as a solution to a class of problem

Prospects explore your offering as a solution to their problem.

Prospects select your offering as a solution to their problem.

Prospects become aware of your offering as a solution to a class of problem

Prospects explore your offering as a solution to their problem.

Prospects select your offering as a solution to their problem.

What do you want your visitors to accomplish?

Why are your visitors visiting? What do your visitors want to see? How do your visitors want to take action?

How will your visitor use what you offer?

Get out a piece of paper and …

Buy Read Contact You

Your Sales Team

AdvertisingWor

d

Word ofMouth

RepeatCustomers

About SolvingProblems

About You About YourProducts

Spontaneous Purchase Considered Purchase

Offline Online

Pattern Action Traffic Content Purchase

Consumption

Brochure ReadContact

SalesAdvertising

About Me ConsideredSpontaneous

Offline

Portal ReadBuy

AdvertisingWOM

Solve Problem

Spontaneous Online

eCommerce Buy AdvertisingWOMRepeat

Solve Problem

Spontaneous Offline

Considered ReadContact

AdvertisingWOMSales

Solve Problem

Considered Offline

Site as Service

ReadBuy

WOMRepeat

Solve Problem

ConsideredSpontaneous

Online

Prospects can spend weeks or months considering your solution and securing budget to purchase it.

Pattern Awareness Consideration ActionBrochure/Sales Support

Home Page Navigation Contact

Information Portal/Thought Leadership

Home Page Site Search Invitations/Social

Consumer/eCommerce

Landing Pages (Product Pages)

Site SearchNavigation

Transaction

Considered Purchase

Home Page House List Email Landing Pages

Site as a Service Invitations/Social Demo/Trial Transaction

“…we (and your money) haveMissed your visits to Mint.com.”

Blog

Article

Whitepaper

Report

Seminar Podcast

Workshop Video

WebinarFree Consultation

News

User-generated

DemoEmail Notifications

Product Descriptions

Sweepstakes

Weekly Specials

Discounts

QuestionnairePictures

Stories

Home Page Landing Pages (Product Pages)Invitations

NavigationSite SearchHouse List EmailDemo/Trial

Landing Pages (Product Pages)Transaction

What questions to ask

Your unique Web pattern

The three strategies you should to focus on

How your to generate content for your strategies

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Who you are

Am I in the right place to solve my problem?

Navigation/Search/LoginI didn’t find anything of interest in the body of the page. Give me

some other options

You are in the right place.Here’s what you can do on this site to help solve your problem.

Advertisements for other

content on my site.

Company Info

Show the product

Why You really should take

action.

This is exactly and specifically what you were looking for when you clicked through to this

page.How do I

take action to get what I want?

Testimonial, supporting

information. I look here when

I don’t see what I want in

the body. Get It

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