Jul 2 2009

Marketing In Tough Times: Improve Website Conversions

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Marketing online takes a good deal of experience. This is especially true as marketing budgets become smaller and are asked to do more. Internet marketing requires skillful management of multiple audiences, campaigns, and more. By using the proper data analysis, and implementing some best practices, you can get more from your online marketing.

If you are an established business with a well designed website, you may be wondering what has happened in the last few month. Many websites are seeing less traffic or fewer conversions. No matter what ails you, all websites can benefit from a more granular analysis to determine better ways of keeping website visitors on the page or converting into customers.

In the last few months, I have experimented with a number of methods to better leverage the traffic I receive to my website on a regular basis. Having to do more with a smaller marketing budget, implementing new methods for improving conversions is essential. The techniques I use are simple to implement and can begin working immediately.

Provide a free report on your website. When visitors come your website, be sure to have a free offer they can access by providing their name and email address. This allows you to capture information about your users in exchange for helpful or valuable information. After they have provided their email, you can communicate with them regularly.

Use an automated communication stream. Auto responders are great for moving your prospects through the purchase process. After visitors sign up for free information, you can automate the process of speaking with them on a regular basis and providing information that is timely and relevant.

Create must have information or resources on a regular basis. Another way to entice website visitors is by changing your informational offers on a weekly schedule. Think about creating a weekly online seminar or chat that are unique from week to week. This keeps things new and gives browsers a reason to return to your website.

Think about other resources you can produce on a regular basis to pull browsers back to your website. One common method is a newsletter. After individuals sign up for your newsletter, you can have a dialogue with them on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Make sure to save copies of your past newsletters online and require registration to view them.

Leveraging your website visitors into customers is still very important, even more so in today’s difficult economy. Get creative. Think of new ways to attract visitors and get them to convert. One of the most popular ways is with free information or content. Experiment with different offers to see what converts the best. Once you’ve determined what works, focus on moving your customers through the purchase process.

With an added focus on traffic and conversions, you can easily leverage the visitors you already receive to your website.

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