have you built a beautiful website and invested a ton into driving traffic only to find out that most visitors bounce away without taking any action hmm if so you've got yourself a website conversion challenge but don't worry from HubSpot and I'm going to help you fix it let's get started think of your website as a store if the store is empty nobody's coming in at all you probably have some kind of marketing or even a product problem but if the store is full of people and only very very few are
actually making their way to check out and buying stuff yeah that's a conversion problem the good news a lot of things had to go right to get people to your site in the first place so you've got a product or service people are actually interested and that's no small thing but when they get to your site they're just not quite seeing what they need to help them make that decision to buy or to get in touch or to fill out that important form those actions purchasing getting in touch filling out a fo
rm there are examples of conversions it just means when your web visitor takes an action that has a high value for your company so what's more good news Well if people are coming to your website there's a lot you can do to make them more likely to convert to help them do what they actually came to do so that's what this is all about designing your website to get you the most possible conversions the Art and Science of conversion optimization can get super detailed and super specific that's why H
ubSpot has put together this free ultimate workbook for redesigning your website if you're planning to optimize your website I can't think of a better resource for you to use but for now I'll break down a few fundamental principles that can dramatically raise your conversion game to illustrate our points we'll use a fictional fashion company Hub socks make a refined socks and other sock based accessories some key principles to make your website convert better first things first make your home pa
ge a clear compelling introduction to your company you wouldn't show up to a first date not looking your best similarly your home page is the most important page of your entire website your homepage needs to instantly Orient the visitor show them what you're all about and make them feel they've come to the right place you've only got a few seconds to grab people's attention and make them want to explore further so lead with strong clear benefits focus on the top use cases and make it about the b
uyer not just about you for Hub socks that means showing the visitor that this is the place for a wide range of quality socks the homepage needs to be clear compelling and professional it has to show the socks now people find just the socks that they need your own website might sell a single product or service or it might sell a whole range of different products make it as easy as possible for people to pick a lane to get on the right Journey towards their goal and your goal for them for Hub soc
ks the home page makes it easy for people to choose either socks or accessories once they choose you can give them the best experience and the easiest Journey for what they're trying to do like the parent that's sending your kid off to school and you give them a nice little lunch box with their favorite little goodies in it that's what the home page experience is supposed to be doing you're sending your kid off to have a good day at school that brings us to the next key principle prioritize if y
ou put equal emphasis on all your different products or calls to action you're likely to confuse your visitors you need to decide which product and which conversion behavior is the single most important and get your visitors to focus on that think of your homepage as a clear focused landing page for that most important thing but you can't expect everyone to just hit the home page and choose to buy your product life isn't like that unfortunately you need to think about the key steps in the purcha
se journey and Lead Visitors by the hand through each step for Hub socks we know people who see our demo video are more likely to buy so they'll watch the demo call to action is prominent in key places once people have watched the demo the CTA is all about talking to a sales rep it's a step-by-step Journey the key is to understand that journey and make sure your website supports it and also provides clear simple navigation so any user can choose their own adventure the next key idea use the powe
r of social proof before you buy any product it helps to know other buyers have been happy with that product this is why social proof is so important and luckily for us hubsox gets amazing ratings and reviews so we show them at key points in the buyer Journey like on the home page the pricing page along with strong customer quotes and deep dive case studies to inject a bit of urgency you might even use a plug-in to show how many products are in stock right now so the next key principle make your
ctas sing design big bright clear ctas make sure people know they're clickable then track and measure which ones work best hubsock saw a bump in conversions just by changing from yellow to Blue CTA buttons we also made our primary CTA stay on screen even when the user scrolls with a sticky CTA bar on the side of the page and for people not ready to buy there is always a secondary CTA in this case signing up for the Hub Sox newsletter all these are great examples of an even more fundamental prin
ciple of web conversions reduce friction your buyers are in a hurry and your competitors are always one click away you want that journey to be buttery smooth right you want your customers to be saying I can't believe it's not a friction full Journey if they sense even for a glimpse of a moment an iota of a second that this is going to take a long time or be difficult for them they're gone you've lost them hubstock's analyze our bounce rates to find our friction points and decide to cut our form
fields in half and remove the form altogether for some key content we also reduce the average number of clicks for finding the right socks from 8 to 4.5 that's a lot of friction removed part of reducing friction for the user is clear coherent design hosox uses plenty of white space clear headings and icons useful charts and images and short Punchy text blocks all held together by a simple color palette and a clear consistent use of fonts okay let's zip through what we've just seen the key princi
ples of web conversion we really want to take away are make your homepage clean clear and compelling prioritize the conversion Behavior you most want to see create clear lanes and purchase Journeys for your different users streamline your ctas and reduce friction by simplifying clarifying and emphasizing and just for you because I hear about you a lot here's a bonus tip for people who've come this far with me keep improving your conversion rate buy test test and uh test run simple a B test to se
e if one landing page CTA headline or content converts better than another and it really is that easy apply these simple principles to your site track the conversion rates and engagement metrics and you're sure to be improving in no time you've invested in your website and in the marketing to get people to your site that's just a little bit more time and energy into making sure your website converts as well as it possibly can and without a doubt Fame and Fortune will be yours my friend try it ou
t and let us know how it works for you and to help you out on the way don't forget to check out our free guide the ultimate workbook for redesigning your website truly one of the best things that we put out there so I want to know what website design choices have changed the game for your business profession comments below and don't forget to subscribe for the latest and greatest marketing tips and tools now if you'll excuse me I want to go purchase a couple Hub socks for myself man my toesies a
re a little cold and uh you know it's not getting that much warmer where I'm from so until then I'll see you next time I can't find this client info have you heard of HubSpot HubSpot is a CRM platform so it shares its data across every application every team can stay aligned no out of sync spreadsheets serve dueling databases HubSpot grow better [Music]
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