This document discusses how local businesses can optimize their websites for conversions. It recommends including key content like contact details and services/pricing to inform visitors. The site should have an accessible design for search engines and mobile users. Analytics can track a conversion funnel from visits to desired actions like purchases. Testing different traffic sources by quality and conversion rates helps improve the funnel. Consistent information across citations and profiles boosts local SEO.
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CRO for Local Businesses
1. CRO for Local BusinessesHow to make your local/small business website optimized for visitor conversions. Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz CEO, March 2011
2. At SEOmoz, we make SOFTWARE!! We donât offer any consulting.
3. What is Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)? Visitors Who ConvertTotal Visits
4. CRO Measures the Rate at Which Your WebsiteGets Visitors to Make Desired Actions Hotel Forum probably wants lots of visitors to use this button http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.hotelforum.com/
5. Desired Actions Could Include: Booking a Reservation Watching a Video Viewing Contact Details Tweeting a Link Signing Up for An Email List Sending an Email Filling Out a Form Liking/Sharing on Facebook Taking a Virtual Tour Clicking an Ad Downloading a Document Buying a Product Making a Donation Leaving a Comment/Review http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html
6. Example of a Typical Local Websiteâs Funnel: Home Page List of Cheeses Hours + Directions 15% 10% Hopefully, this means a customer is going to come buy some cheese! http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.delaurenti.com
7. How Can We Improve Desired Actions? Letâs Make it Better!
8. More Traffic Home Page List of Cheeses Hours + Directions 15% 10% More visits to the home page means more people will decide to visit http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html Itâs a lot of hard work to get more visits, though, and we donât know if theyâll be the kind who love cheese!
9. A Better Funnel Home Page List of Cheeses Hours + Directions 25% 20% A better âconversion rateâ means more people who already visit the site will come to the store! http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html Woo hoo! Now for every 1,000 people that visit the site, 25 are potential cheese buyers!
11. Basic Google Analytics Data 2.7% of visitors click the âsneak a peekâ link; maybe we should make that more obvious. http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.google.com/analytics
12. Advanced Segments and Filters Our âSocial Mediaâ segment Includes sources like Twitter, Facebookand LinkedIn http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html
13. Adding âGoalsâ in Analytics http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html
15. Creating a Weekly Conversion Dashboard http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html This is the overview report SEOmozâs marketing team tracks each week
16. Analyzing Quality of Traffic Sources Quality > Quantity (at least, most of the time)
17. Segmenting Traffic by Conversion Rate Looks like Facebook & Twitter traffic are reasonably good, while StumbleUpon + LinkedIn arenât so great. http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html We can use âgoalsâ to understand which visit sources sent the most valuable traffic
18. Focusing on âGoodâ Traffic Sources This filter lets me show only sites that sent more than 100 visits http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html
19. Experimenting to Stay Fresh + Relevant http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html From November â February, I experimented with answering questions on Q+A sites
20. Keys to Local Business Successon the Web What does it take?
22. Contact Information Excellent! The Gelateria has a link that says âContact Usâ http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.dambrosiogelato.com/
23. Services List / Pricing Thereâs a list of all their offerings, but no prices ï http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.salumicuredmeats.com/
24. Photos Once I see it, I REALLY want to go! http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.osfashland.org/plays/theatres/elizabethan.aspx
25. Reviews (Editorial + Users) http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://blueacreseafood.com/media.html and http://urbanspoon.com
26. Viral/Blog/Share-Worthy Content(on the same domain!) http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.saltys.com/recipes/entrees/Heirloom_Tomato_BBQ_Glazed_Salmon.asp
35. Contact Form and/or Conversion Page with Phone Number http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.kuletos.com/contact/
36. Conversion Page w/ Events that âTriggerâ http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html
39. Evangelists and Those Likely to Share http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.siena-online.net/eng/siena-accommodation.html
41. Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla for CMS http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://wordpress.org/, http://www.joomla.org/ and http://drupal.org/
42. GetListed.org (US/UK only right now) http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://getlisted.org
43. Google Local / Maps / Places Registration http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://places.google.com/business
44. Whitespark Local Citation Tool http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.whitespark.ca/local-citation-finder/
45. MailChimp for Email Lists http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://mailchimp.com/pricing/
47. Make Your Information Consistent! Address Business Name Phone Number http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.google.com/search?q=coffee+seattle,+wa
48. Consistency Everywhere on the Web http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html
49. As Many Citations as Possible http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html
61. Experimentation with the quality/quantity of traffic driven by various sourceshttp:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html