Conversion Optimization
Do you have a lot of visitors on your website, but have issues converting those visitors into actual meetings or sales? You may be tempted to scrap your website and create a new one, but likely a lot can be done with your existing website. Conversion optimization deals with how you get your website visitors to fill out a form, place an order, or take whatever action you want them to take on your website. Simply explained, conversion optimization is getting as many of your website visitors as possible to do what you want them to do.
What is a good conversion rate?
It is difficult to define a "normal rate" for how many of your website visitors should take a certain action, such as filling out a form, on your website. It differs a lot depending on industry and target demographics. Usually, it is said that an average conversion rate should be somewhere between 1.5% and 2.5%. However, before you start thinking about your conversion, it might be a good idea to check out how many visitors you have. Maybe your conversion rate is already above average but you have very few visitors. In that case, it would be better to review your SEO or social media strategy in order to drive more traffic to your website.
Set goals for the website
We always recommend that you define realistic goals for your website and track your progress. The goal of the website does not have to be to sell something or bring in revenue. It may be, for example, to increase awareness of your company, decrease technical support calls, or generate leads for your salespeople.
Develop the website around your goals
When you have goals defined for your website, it is also easier to start analyzing how your website is actually performing. If the goal of your site is to decrease technical support calls, then you should develop content for the website that allows your visitors to find solutions to their problems directly on the website. Track statistics from your support line. What are the most common questions and issues? Write answers to those questions on your website so that a visitor can solve issues on their own, just by visiting your website.
Relevance and clarity drives conversion
A basic goal of your website should be to keep the content relevant and easy to understand. Analyze your content, is something unclear and difficult to understand? Make it easier! Keep in mind that you should start by thinking about your target group and make sure your content is relevant to them. It might be a good idea to let someone who is not familiar with your business take a look at the content. If it is not easy for them to understand, look at options to clarify your content.
Distractions and irrelevant content
Irrelevant content and other distractions are things that will lower your conversion rate. It is therefore important to structure your website and your content so that it is not distracting to the visitor. Make your content easy to follow and minimize distractions from unnecessary content. If a page is unclear and difficult to use, it will drive visitors away and lower your conversion rate.
Tell your visitors what to do
It may seem obvious, but many people forget to inform visitors on their website what they want them to do. Do you want the visitor to contact you? If so, tell the visitor how they can contact you and offer several paths to get to that point.
