Mobile technology is exploding but a lot of businesses don't know the best ways to take advantage of it. This presentation covers 5 ways your mobile strategy could be losing you money...and what you can do about it.

1. 5 Ways Your Mobile Strategy
Is Losing You Money
BRIDGET RANDOLPH

2. DID YOU
KNOW…

3. that
of users
won’t recommend
a business with a poorly designed mobile site?
Source
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4. or that
have turned to a
competitor’s site
after a bad mobile experience?
Source
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5. MOBILE IS
HUGE.

6. already a
basic
requirement
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7. for any
online brand.
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8. and it’s
just
s
getting
BIGGER.

9. by 2017,
85%
of the
will have
world’s population
3G coverage.
Source: Ericsson Mobility Report
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10. Facebook’s Internet.org initiative

11. mobile in 2012 was
12x
the size of
the entire
internet
in 2000
mobile
in
2012
internet in
year 2000
Source: Cisco's Global Mobile Data Traffic
Forecast Update
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12. Mobile Data Usage
160
12x growth
in 6 years
140
120
100
80
2013
60
40
20
12x growth
in 12 years
0
Source: Ericsson Mobility Report (pg. 10)
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13. so businesses need to be
mobile-friendly.
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14. the
problem is,
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15. people are doing it
WRONG
.
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16. BRIDGET RANDOLPH
Online Marketing Consultant, Distilled
bridget.randolph@distilled.net
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17. 5 Ways Your Mobile Strategy
Is Losing You Money
BRIDGET RANDOLPH

18. (…and what you can do about it)
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20. you don’t have a
mobile-friendly website

21. only
70%
of the
top 20 UK retailers
have a mobile-friendly website.
Source: Econsultancy
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22. small
businesses
are even
less likely
to have a mobile-friendly web presence.
60% of small businesses have websites;
only half of these are mobile-friendly.
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23. and still
more businesses
create a mobile site and forget about it.
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24. where your online
customers
primarily
interact with you
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25. and remember our
stats from before…
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26. of users
won’t recommend
a business with a poorly designed mobile site
Source
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27. and
have turned to a
competitor’s site
after a bad mobile experience
Source
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28. But mobile only matters
when you’re on the
go, right?
typical CEO
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29. 77% of mobile searches
happen near a PC
Source: Google Databoard

30. if you don’t have a
mobile-friendly website,
you’re leaving money
on the table.
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31. FIX:
make your website
mobile-friendly
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32. it’s not as
hard
as you might think.
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33. main
approaches
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34. •
responsive
–
•
dynamic serving
–
•
rearranges the layout
serves different HTML on same URL
separate mobile subdomain
–
e.g. m.domain.com
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35. responsive

36. separate mobile site

37. dynamic serving:
a cross between the two

38. choose
an approach
based on
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39. goals
and technical
capabilities
your
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40. your
users’ needs.
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41. we did a flowchart for our Best Practice Guide
http://www.distilled.net/training/mobile-seo-guide

42. for a
small business
with a
small website…
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43. …I’d usually recommend using
a responsive
template,
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44. and a WYSIWYG
CMS
(like Wordpress).
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45. individual Wordpress themes
• Designfolio (from PressCoders): free, or $79 with support
licence.
• Standard: $49 or $99 with support licence.
• Responsive (from CyberChimps): free.
premium Wordpress theme providers
• Elegant Themes: ~$40/year with full support.
• WooThemes: free-$70.
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46. or, if you don’t want to use Wordpress:
• SquareSpace: from $8/month (for the most basic service).
• Wix: around $10/month.
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47. for a
larger
larger
with a
business
website,
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48. dynamic serving
based on
user agent.
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49. does it work?
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50. case study: O’Neill Clothing

51. RESULTS
on iPhone/iPod
conversions increased by 65.71%.
transactions increased by 112.5%.
revenue increased by 101.25%.
on Android devices
conversions increased by 407.32%.
transactions increased by 333.33%.
revenue increased by 591.42%.
Source
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52. final
point to
remember:
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53. a mobile-friendly
website is
NOT
a strategy.
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54. it’s just the
starting point.
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56. you’re making
technical SEO mistakes

57. why does technical
SEO matter?
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59. responsive design?
SEO of Responsive Design by Kristina Kledzik
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60. You don’t need to do
anything extra.
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61. what if I can’t use a
responsive design?
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62. dynamic serving
Vary HTTP header http://goo.gl/km1qcZ
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63. separate URLs
There are
several areas
to look at.
A Checklist for Optimizing Your Mobile Site
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64. redirects
•
redirect mobile users on www. 
most relevant mobile page
•
redirect desktop users on m. 
most relevant desktop page
•
allow users to override
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67. “switchboard tags”
for duplicate content
on the desktop page:
<link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)"
href="http://m.example.com/page-1" >
on the relevant mobile page:
<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/page-1" >
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68. site speed
• 2-3 sec is recommended
• needs to be less than 5 sec
Google PageSpeed Insights tool can help
74% of users would bounce after waiting 5 sec
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69. unsupported technology
• don’t use Flash!
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70. I wrote a whole blog post about it.
http://moz.com/blog/how-to-optimize-a-mobile-site
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71. and don’t forget about
testing
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72. testing
have you visited
your site on a
mobile?
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73. USE




Litmus – website testing
Qualaroo – user surveys
CrazyEgg – heat maps
Optimizely – split testing
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75. your permission-based marketing
isn’t mobile-friendly

76. it’s not just about
the content ON
your website.
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77. social media
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78. social
is a
huge
channel for mobile.
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79. 4
out of every
5
people who use Facebook
daily access it on a mobile
device
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80. social marketing
IS
mobile marketing.
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81. @BridgetRandolph

82. anything you want to get shared
has to work on a mobile
…even if it’s an MVP.
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83. FIX
make your social content
mobile-friendly
80% of Facebook and Twitter’s daily users
are accessing the app from a mobile device
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84. http:www.distilled.net/training/mobile-seo-guide
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85. FIX
make sure your social share
buttons work on mobile
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86. email marketing
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87. 62%
of e-mails are
opened on mobile devices.
Source: US Consumer Device Preference
Report (Q2 2013)
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88. email marketing
IS
mobile marketing.
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89. @BridgetRandolph

90. FIX
use mobile-friendly email
templates
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91. @BridgetRandolph

92. USE
• Campaign Monitor
• MailChimp
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93. USE
test your email campaigns
with Litmus
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95. you’re overcomplicating
the checkout process

96. smarter checkout paths
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97. Could it be the case that
mobile is simply more of a
research platform?
Commenter on a blog post
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98. My cellphone isn't for
buying, fb, amazon - it's just
a phone (or gps) :)
Commenter on a blog post
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99. WRONG.
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100. in the retail industry,
mobile spend is expected to be
by the end of 2013.
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102. smarter
conversion paths
for mobile.
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103. KISS.

104. Keep
It
Simple
Stupid.
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105. FIX
link the form fields to
the correct keyboard
Smashing Mag article about touch keyboards
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106. image source
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107. for phone number fields:
<input type="tel" />
for a numeric keyboard, use this:
<input type="text" pattern=“d*" novalidate />
for any email fields, use this:
<input type="email" />
to disable autocorrect:
<input type="text" autocorrect="off" />
Cheat sheet from Baymard
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108. FIX
only ask for information
which is essential
to complete the transaction
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109. example: Amazon 1 Click

110. example: Argos

111. FIX
keep people logged in long-term
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112. thinking bigger
biometric tech
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113. example: Apple Store

114. FIX
don’t neglect microconversions
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115. …like
social shares
and
email signups
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117. you’re not tracking
cross-device and
cross-channel

118. track the
person,
not the device
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119. PROBLEM:
tracking each visit separately
isn’t accurate
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121. Visit-Based Tracking

122. User-Based Tracking

123. user-based tracking:
tracking each step of the
customer journey
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124. FIX
set up Universal Analytics
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125. (how does it work?)
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126. but all of these are
just examples

127. the point
really is…

128. stop
treating mobile
as a separate channel

129. of
mobile searches
happen near a PC
Source: Google Databoard
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131. in some ways,
it’s just
another
‘browser’.
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132. final
takeaways

133. you need a
mobile-friendly
website
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134. if it’s a
separate website,
remember to check
the technical stuff
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135. always test
your site
across devices
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136. permission-based
marketing
needs to be
mobile-friendly too
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137. make
mobile checkout
EASY
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138. track
people, not
devices
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139. mobile
isn’t separate
anymore.

140. Thanks.
Any questions?
BRIDGET RANDOLPH
bridget.randolph@distilled.net
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141. image credits
girl on couch: http://images.smh.com.au/2013/07/27/4608179/Dan-20130727185724263940620x349.jpg
baby of Obama/Chewbacca morph: http://www.morphthing.com/baby/3532403-Baby-of-BarackObama-and-Chewbacca
KISS: http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/filepicker/HTUUgGMnQ4CgAJoOKb0w_kiss.jpg
multi-device path to purchase: http://marketingland.com/study-90-percent-use-multiple-screensthroughout-the-same-day-20386
mobile overtaking desktop graph: ComScore study;
image credit http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4fda47c569beddef0b000003-960/comscoremobile-users-desktop-users-2014.jpg