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Getting visitors to your website is one thing; turning them into customers is a whole different ballgame. If you are selling on the Web, you need to be able to do both well. You need to be able to attract more visitors and then turn them into customers.
We have seen many small online retailers focusing on how to increase their traffic, dedicating big chunks of their budgets to getting visitors. Unfortunately, once the visitor lands on their website, they do not know what to do to convert them into buyers.
Turning visitors into buyers, however, is not simple. There are several factors that you need to consider and improve on to entice visitors to spend their hard-earned cash on your website. Here are some of the important factors:
- Simplicity or ease of use
- Attitude and accessibility
- Responsiveness or the quality, speed, and helpfulness of your email replies
- Transparency of your policies including privacy and return policies
- Selection and presentation of products
Conversion rate is the measure of how many browsers become buyers. According to Internet Retailer Magazine, “conversion rates generally average in the 2.5% range, but rates that reach 8% are not uncommon and some sites report conversion rates of 18% and higher.” We think every Internet retailer, big or small businesses alike, should want to be in the high end of that conversion rate range. Imagine the increase in sales your website could generate if your conversion rate increased by a couple of percentage points, more so if it means seeing conversion rates jump from 2% to 18%!
If you want to increase your website’s conversion rate, we provide tips in this series to help you convert more browsers into buyers. These tips are written with the small business Internet entrepreneurs in mind, and avoid strategies that may be working well for the big boys (e.g. in-store pick up of online orders has been a huge conversion driver for multi-channel marketers because it saves customers shipping fees).
This “Conversion Rate: 30 Tips on How to Sell Online” series is divided into the following articles:
- Conversion Rate: 30 Tips on How to Sell Online
- Conversion Rate: Get the Right Traffic
- Conversion Rate: Build Customer Confidence
- Conversion Rate: Improve Product Presentation
- Conversion Rate: Maximize After-Sales Opportunities
Part 2: Conversion Rate: Get the Right Traffic
Recommended Books on Improving Conversion Rate:
- Convert!: Designing Web Sites to Increase Traffic and Conversion
- Conversion Optimization: The Art and Science of Converting Prospects to Customers
- Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions
- Video Strategies To Help Sales: Improve Sales And Increase Revenue By Boosting Your Online Marketing Strategy With Business Videos That Increase Conversion Rates
- Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets
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