Wishing your ecommerce site had more organic traffic and higher conversion rates? Want to be a dominant player in your space?
In this Search Engine Journal webinar, you'll learn how to swipe Amazon’s top three traffic and conversion strategies.
DJ Sprague, CMO at Shopper Approved, will show you exactly how Amazon leverages the “UGC Trust Stack” to drive massive conversion rates while getting tons of organic traffic in the process.
In this presentation, you’ll learn:
- How to increase organic traffic up to 400% for product or service pages and get a conversion rate of up to 75%.
- What the latest consumer research says about the power of product reviews and user-generated content.
- Why Google loves the “UGC Trust Stack” and how they reward companies that use it.
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Role: CMO of Shopper Approved
Expertise: IMC, Digital Marketing & Trust Branding
Clients: 800 Flowers, NameCheap, Signs.com
About DJ Sprague
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● Amazon has a traffic and conversion secret that you can use
(we call it the Traffic & Conversion Stack)
● 91% of consumers surveyed prefer the Traffic & Conversion Stack
● Google is looking for it
● When applied, the Traffic & Conversion Stack has increased
organic traffic 4x and conversion rate 9x
Key Takeaways
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Poll Question #1
If a product page has positive product reviews, a Q&A
section that answers your product questions, and a
secure transaction seal, are you more likely to buy?
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Question: Take a look at these two similar product pages.
Which one are you more likely to buy from?
A B
88% said example A. Even though example A and B
were randomized to avoid order bias.
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How much do product reviews influence your
buying decision?
68% said product reviews
have a ‘high’ or ‘very high’
influence on their buying
decisions
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How important is having a Question and Answer
(Q&A) Section on a product page when
researching a product to buy?
94% said Moderately to Extremely Important
35.83% 34.17% 23.50%
Extremely
Important
Very
Important
Moderately
Important
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How important is having a 'Secure Transaction' link
that shows that your information is safe when
buying online?
83% said Very Important or Extremely Important
51% 32%
Extremely
Important
Very
Important
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If you asked a product question in Google, and
the answer came up at the top of the search
results, how likely are you to visit that website?
73% were Highly or Extremely Likely
35% 38%
Extremely
Likely
Highly
Likely
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Would a website that answered your question and
showed up at the top of the Google search results
increase the perceived credibility of that website?
80% said ‘Yes’
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We wanted to know how the Traffic &
Conversion Stack aligned to the Google
“Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines”
These are the E-A-T Guidelines for the human
website rankers to give each website a quality score
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From the Google Ranker Guidelines Manual:
“Reputation research is necessary for all websites you
encounter. Use reputation research to find out what real users
think about a website. Look for reviews…
We consider a large number of positive user reviews as evidence
of a positive reputation.
When interpreting customer reviews, try to find as many as
possible.”
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“Invest in Security
Security is a big deal for Google.
In Google’s view, secure sites are more trustworthy.
Your goal is to create the most trustworthy website possible — both
Google and your website visitors will reward you for it.”
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1. Can I trust this seller?
2. Can I trust this product?
3. Is this a secure site?
3 critical trust questions both Google and
shoppers have:
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Amazon has proven the
Traffic & Conversion
Stack is best practice
Key Takeaways
91% of consumers
surveyed verified it
We proved it can increase
organic traffic 4x and
conversion rate by 9x
Shopper Approved is
the only company that
offers it