The first brand interaction a user has with many websites is the PPC ad impression. The ad sets the expectation for what a user will find on the landing page. With the proper ad testing techniques, you can learn what messages increase conversions and use that data to also design your landing pages.
After attending this webinar, you will learn:
How to conduct ad tests for global insights
How to use ad data to:
Design your landing page
Reinforce your form's message
Determine your form's buttons
Use AdWords & Form data to compliment each other
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1000 Searches
General Ad with
High CTR / No
Qualification
10% CTR on Ad
(100 people see
our page)
1% Landing Page
Conversion Rate
1 Customer
Why We Test Ads for Landing Pages
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1000 Searches
General Ad with
High CTR / No
Qualification
10% CTR on Ad
(100 people see
our page)
1% Landing Page
Conversion Rate
1 Customer
1000 Searches
Excellent Ad
Qualification
5% CTR on Ad
(50 People see
our page)
10% Landing
Page Conversion
Rate
5 Customers
Why We Test Ads for Landing Pages
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Searches Clicks Cost Per Click Cost Conversions CPA
Unqualified Ad 1000 100 $1 $100 1 $100
Qualified Ad 1000 50 $1 $50 5 $10
The Economics of Ad Testing
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Use Cases
Insights within an ad group
- Best for high traffic ad groups
- Best for brand ad groups
- Good for other ad groups after
you’ve done some multi-ad group
testing for global insights
Insights across a segment
- Best for template created ads
- Best for small data accounts
- Best for market research
Single Ad Group Testing Multi-Ad Group Testing
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Research Your Initial Ad Ideas
• Social mentions
• Customer support inquiries
• Your forums
• Company reviews
• Competitive research
• Brainstorming
• Previous marketing efforts
• Customer on-boarding interview
• Search query data
• Etc…
Ad Ideas Inspirations
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Ask the Big Questions First
• Are consumers price sensitive? (discounts, prices in ads)
• Does Location matter? (use geographies in ads)
• Does shipping matter? (Free or Rush shipping)
• Is selection important? (large, exclusive, variety, etc)
• How much does quality matter? (cheap, luxury)
• What’s your best CTA? (Call, Shop, Find, Discover, etc)
• Should your display URL be products, geo, CTAs, or something else?
• Do we need to pre-qualify clicks? (b2b vs b2c)
• etc…
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Determine Your Segments
•Your brand
• 3rd party brands
• Products
• Informational
• Long tail
• By buying cycle entrance
• Etc…
•Text ads
•DSAs
•Image ads
•Call only ads
•HSAs
• etc…
Basic Segments Ad Type
•Mobile
•Desktops
•All
Devices
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You Now Have Answers to Big Questions
•Don’t use brand names in non-branded ad groups
•GEOs increase CPI; break out campaigns by GEO
•Call Us works best on a mobile device
•Learn more works best on a desktop device
•Etc…
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Next Steps
•If you have more big questions to answer; do more rounds
of multi-ad group testing.
•If not; then move to A/B Testing
Easiest to start with your top ad groups (by impressions)
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Free Vs. Rush Shipping
Ad CTR Conv Rate CPI Avg Order
Fast & Free
Shipping
4.96% 4.22% 0.209% $71.32
Rush Shipping 5.13% 4.32% 0.225% $357.91
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Free Vs. Rush Shipping
Ad CTR Conv Rate CPI Avg Order
Fast & Free
Shipping
4.96% 4.22% 0.209% $71.32
Rush Shipping 5.13% 4.32% 0.225% $357.91
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Free Vs. Rush Shipping
Type Ad CTR Conv Rate RPI
B2B Fast & Free Shipping 2.31% 3.46% 0.286328
B2B Rush Shipping 5.47% 5.30% 1.037939
B2C Fast & Free Shipping 4.02% 4.73% 0.137408
B2C Rush Shipping 1.96% 3.05% 0.043392
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Free Vs. Rush Shipping
Type Ad CTR Conv Rate RPI
B2B Fast & Free Shipping 2.31% 3.46% 0.286328
B2B Rush Shipping 5.47% 5.30% 1.037939
B2C Fast & Free Shipping 4.02% 4.73% 0.137408
B2C Rush Shipping 1.96% 3.05% 0.043392
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Segmenting by Customer Type
Type Ad CTR Conv Rate RPI
B2B Fast & Free Shipping 2.31% 3.46% 0.286328
B2B Rush Shipping 5.47% 5.30% 1.037939
B2C Fast & Free Shipping 4.02% 4.73% 0.137408
B2C Rush Shipping 1.96% 3.05% 0.043392
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Free Vs. Rush Shipping
Free Shipping
(Takes 2-3 Days for Delivery)
Rush Shipping
Get it tomorrow for orders under 1000 items
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Free Vs. Rush Shipping
Conversion Rate
+9% Lift
+11% Lift
Free Shipping
(Takes 2-3 Days for Delivery)
Rush Shipping
Get it tomorrow for orders under 1000 items
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Free Vs. Rush Shipping
Conversion Rate
+9% Lift
+11% Lift
Revenue
+1%
-8%
Free Shipping
(Takes 2-3 Days for Delivery)
Rush Shipping
Get it tomorrow for orders under 1000 items
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Many Button Iterations
Free Shipping
(Takes 2-3 Days for Delivery)
Rush Shipping
Get it tomorrow for orders under 1000 items
Free Shipping
Orders over $150
Rush Shipping
Contact us for orders under 1000 items
Free Shipping
(Takes 2-3 Days for Delivery)
Rush Shipping
Click for Details
Free Shipping
Rush Shipping
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Using Ad Test Data on Landing Pages
Conversion Rate
+7% Lift
+9% Lift
Revenue Lift
+9%
+11%
Free Shipping
Orders over $150
Rush Shipping
Click for Details
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Using Ad Test Data on Landing Pages
Don’t overlook this important
element of your landing page.
Form Elements to test:
• Button Copy (CTA)
• Form length
• Field order
• Design & colors
• Headlines
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Test your Form Fields based on Ad Testing Results
Question: Does our conversion rate increase if we
match our questions on the form with the ad copy?
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A/B Test Your Button Copy to Match Your Ad Copy
Question: Does matching button text with ad copy
increase our conversion rate?
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Other Items to Consider When Setting Up Your Form A/B test
Two Form A/B Tests that we did at Formstack
•Added more form fields to our demo request
form
•Tested if adding more form fields would
decrease our conversion rate.
•Results: We saw no change in conversion despite
asking more of the user, which for this test, was a
win!
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Second Test
•Removed form fields to our trial form
•Tested if removing form fields would increase our
conversion rate.
•Results: We saw a huge increase in conversion
when we shortened the trial form
Other Items to Consider When Setting Up Your Form A/B test
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Conclusion
• “Best Practices” don’t always apply
• Users who are considering a bigger commitment (I.E. trialing our
product) experience more form friction than those in research
mode (requesting a demo).
• Test Everything!
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Should You Localize Your Ads?
Lead Gen Company 1: GEOs are Clear Winners
Next Steps:
• Change a few campaigns to only target singe region with non-geo keywords
and rerun test to see if there’s a difference. Then decide account organization.
• Localize landing pages
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Think Through Your Results
In this case, ads were localized – landing pages were not.
GEO increased CTR, but nothing else. Is that the market or the website?
Solution: Redo test with localized pages
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• Single ad group tests automatically created
- (optional) Define minimum data
- (optional) Define confidence factors
• Test up to 6 metrics
• Get alerts when there are no results
• Test patterns or labels across ad groups
• See global insights
• Support for AdWords & Bing Ads
• Works with text, rich media, DSAs, customizers, etc
• Only work on actionable data
• Free 30 Day Trial
Complex Testing Made Simple
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