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Black Friday is a great time to go treasure hunting online. But I wasn’t looking for deals this past Black Friday. Instead, I was searching for the new or unique ways websites were trying to get us to stick around for a bit longer. Prettylittercats.com did something pretty interesting. I went to their site, searched around for a bit, then …
On December 3rd I wrote a post titled Screw Automation. Interesting update on that. Chris (a long time reader) didn’t just agree with the post it’s how he is already running his email marketing. Chris sends out personalized emails. Granted, this is hard to scale but that’s precisely why Chris’ emails perform so well. Chris was kind enough to let …
eCommerce marketers are constantly looking for automated email marketing hacks. This article talks about a very un-automated solution that works.
If your Black Friday product pages have jargon (black highlight) and features without benefits (red text) no one is going to buy what you’re selling:
This post is about how jobs to be done (JTBD) thinking can be used to maximize conversion rates.
Amazon isn’t perfect. Watch this video.
Got this email from Google Maps. I felt great. Flattery works: Have you considered sending a flattering email to your top customers? You don’t have to give a discount, the email could simply be a personal “we appreciate you” note. People remember unexpected kind gestures way longer than coupon codes. Also, don’t just contact top customers. You can get creative. …
If you can’t slow your users down, you’ve already lost. Use priming to increase time on site. Increased time on site = higher conversion rates.
Visualization is a powerful conversion strategy. Here are 5 examples.
Moosejaw.com has done a great job with their email marketing. Check out what they emailed me (the subject line read “My Mean Boss wants you to know about this sale”): Instead of your typical marketing speak, Moosejaw uses the Likability tactic by adding humor to their messaging, and as a result, their potential customer is now aware of a “big …
I recently came across skiplagged.com—a site dedicated to finding the lowest ticket prices for flights. This site uses a number of conversion tactics and it uses them well. From the screenshot below alone you can see Personality (Likability), Clairvoyance (Serendipity), Confidence (Assurance), and Credibility (Assurance): What is perhaps more prominent and the most successful is this use of Likability. Skiplagged.com …
Generic reviews are pointless. But a detailed and helpful review can do wonders.
If you don’t like watching videos here is the written version of the article. The things I do for my readers 🙂 Marketing has become incredibly powerful. Whenever you go to a website (whether it’s CNN or Walmart.com), often times anonymous aspects of our data are sold in the marketplace. The goal of this is to not release personal information …
When people run experiments, they are simply looking at the outcome of the experiment and determining if it was a success or a failure. This can be a problem. We started adding tracking to see how many people were actually clicking on our test elements. Turns out, the number is low. If people aren’t seeing our test element and interacting …
I know Amazon is a scary animal. But Amazon isn’t the end all of retail. Here is my personal story: Here is the product page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009B0WREM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 You tell me if you see any mention of this being a Japanese language model.
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