5. Height Is Holding You Back…
As women’s height rises, messages drop (the opposite is true for men):
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online-dating/
6. Height Is Holding You Back…
Not only is height a poor, arbitrary limitation, most lie about it:
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online-dating/
20. Google Wants the Head for Themselves
The only non-Google link
(barely) visible without scrolling
21. Regular Content + UGC = Long Tail Success
Tens of thousands of pages of content created by
professional marketers (our writers and those who ask Q+A)
36. Timing Matters
At the highest point, only ~6.5% of my followers are online, which
means only 4,514 of my 69,458 followers could possibly see a tweet.
Via http://followerwonk.com
37. Repetition Matters
The 3.5% online at night are almost certainly not
the same as the 6.7% online in the morning.
Via http://followerwonk.com
38. Link Placement Matters
URL at the end & hash URL in the center of text blocks, no
tag next to the URL usernames or hashes around it
39. Hashtags & Mentions Matter
Using the event hashtag will get Mentioning me makes
it in front of IFBC attendees sure I see it, which
might mean I RT
40. Snippets Matter in Google+
Not a great image (4:3
style format works best)
Comes from title &
meta description
41. Snippets Matter on Facebook
When @jennita (Moz’s
community manager)
shares content on
Facebook, she’ll often
upload an individual image
from the post to make it
better stand out in the
Facebook timeline
43. Site Speed Optimization: Simple.
Data from @jcolman of REI
http://www.slideshare.net/jcolman/web-performance-optimization-the-silver-bullet-of-seo-and-ux
44. 404, 500 & 302 Fixes: Simple.
http://google.com/webmasters and/or http://pro.seomoz.org can help ID these
45. Re-targeting: Simple. Increases Traffic.
Best retargeting providers?
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/comparing-the-top-4-retargeting-companies
52. Multivariate Testing
We’ll show each version to a
percentage of visitors and find a
winner
53. We Can Test Everything!
Location on Page
Display Width
Box Color
Address Verification
Social Proof Inclusion Different Versions Based
on User Behavior
Loading After the Page
Changing Messaging on
Call-to-Action Copy
Different Types of Pages/Posts
58. Likability
Design Branding
Historical Experiences
Trust
Social Proof
Word of Mouth
Associations
UX
CONVERSION DECISION Price
(it’s a complex process)
CTAs
Process
Copywriting Word of Mouth
Timing Amount of Pain Effort Required
Discovery Path
59. Likability
Design Branding
Historical Experiences
Trust
Social Proof
Word of Mouth
Associations
UX
WHICH OF THESE IS THE Price
CTAs REAL ISSUE?
Process
Copywriting Word of Mouth
Timing Amount of Pain Effort Required
Discovery Path
60. Ask Smart Questions to the Right
Never Taken a People
Took the Free Trial Took the Free
Free Trial But Left Trial and Stayed
What are you seeking
What are you seeking What made you take
What made you take What initially made
What initially made
from SEOmoz? What’s
from SEOmoz? What’s the free trial?
the free trial? you want SEOmoz?
you want SEOmoz?
brought you back?
brought you back?
What objections did
What objections did What objections did
What objections did
What would make you
What would make you you have and how did
you have and how did you have and how did
you have and how did
more likely to sign up?
more likely to sign up? you overcome them?
you overcome them? you overcome them?
you overcome them?
What are your biggest
What are your biggest What caused you to
What caused you to What’s been most
What’s been most
objections to signup?
objections to signup? cancel subscription?
cancel subscription? valuable to you?
valuable to you?
What would have made
What would have made Had success w/ Moz?
Had success w/ Moz?
you stay a subscriber?
you stay a subscriber? Can we share?
Can we share?
61. This is How the Pros Do It:
Boom.
From Conversion Rate Experts’ case study (which is definitely worth a read):
http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/crazy-egg-case-study/
62. This is How the Pros Do It:
Boom.
And
Shakalaka.
From Conversion Rate Experts’ case study (which is definitely worth a read):
http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/crazy-egg-case-study/
63. This process made SEOmoz $1mm in
additional revenue in 2009, when we
desperately needed it.
CRE detailed their results with us here: http://www.conversion-rate-
experts.com/seomoz-case-study/
65. Scale of ROI from SEO Activities Over Time
2004-2009
2004-2009 2010-present
2010-present
Highest
Value Make the website’s pages
Make the website’s pages Create content people
Create content people
accessible to engines
accessible to engines want to consume & share
want to consume & share
Build links to individual
Build links to individual Make the website’s pages
Make the website’s pages
URLs for higher rankings
URLs for higher rankings accessible to engines
accessible to engines
Optimize on-page
Optimize on-page Optimize on-page
Optimize on-page
keyword usage/targeting
keyword usage/targeting keyword usage/targeting
keyword usage/targeting
Create content people
Create content people Optimize metadata,
Optimize metadata,
want to consume & share
want to consume & share schema, rich snippets, etc
schema, rich snippets, etc
Optimize metadata,
Optimize metadata, Build links to individual
Build links to individual
Lowest
Value schema, rich snippets, etc
schema, rich snippets, etc URLs for higher rankings
URLs for higher rankings
66. Scale of ROI from SEO Activities Over Time
2010-present
2010-present Google’s Dream
Google’s Dream
Highest
Value Create content people
Create content people Build a brand that searchers will
want to consume & share
want to consume & share positively associate w/ the niche
Make the website’s pages
Make the website’s pages Create content people
Create content people
accessible to engines
accessible to engines want to consume & share
want to consume & share
Optimize on-page
Optimize on-page Make the website’s pages
Make the website’s pages
keyword usage/targeting
keyword usage/targeting accessible to engines
accessible to engines
Optimize metadata,
Optimize metadata, Optimize metadata,
Optimize metadata,
schema, rich snippets, etc
schema, rich snippets, etc schema, rich snippets, etc
schema, rich snippets, etc
Build links to individual
Build links to individual Optimize on-page
Optimize on-page
Lowest
Value URLs for higher rankings
URLs for higher rankings keyword usage/targeting
keyword usage/targeting