96. 1. Testimonials Placing a testimonial on your final conversion page can reduce abandonment by up to 16% .
97. 2.Videos Adding a video from the founder of the company can increase your leads by up to 17% .
98. 3. Badges Placing a Better Business Bureau logo or other comfort related badges, such as hacker safe, on your website can increase conversions by up to 3% .
99. 4. Showing Off Placing INC 500, Deloitte, Fast 500 and similar badges on your site can decrease conversions by up to 2% .
100. 5. Opt-In Box Placing a testimonial below your option box can increase opt-ins by up to 9% .
101. 6. Audio Testimonials Adding audio testimonials below tangible products can increase conversions by up to 6% and 4% on virtual goods .
102. 7. Lucky Number 7 Having your price points end with “ 7” can increase conversions by up to 6% .
103. 8. 1-800 Number Having a toll free number in addition to a local phone number can increase sales by up to 8% .
104. 9. Money Back Guarantee Using a 45 day money back guarantee instead of a 30 day money back guarantee can reduce returns by up to 21% .
105. 10. Red Text Having red text on a squeeze page (lead gen) can increase conversions by up to 13% and having red text on an ecommerce site can reduce conversions by up to 16% .
106. + 1 more. Live Chat Add a live chat to your website can increase conversions between 5- 13%
Statstics can help us identify points of change that generate opportunities… and besides, I LOVE stats, don’t you?
According to the Kelsey Group (March 2010), 90% of respondents say they use search engines for research before making major and midrange purchases. 48% use Internet Yellow Pages. 42% use comparison shopping sites. 24% use vertical sites. Read more: http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/two-more-studies-confirm-people-research-online-buy-locally/2901/#ixzz0iPWvAsEQ
Local searches are happening in places and on devices most of us aren’t even thinking about. Check out UBL.org
Beginning with the wide business adoption of the Blackberry, web enabled cell phones took a giant leap forward with the release of Apple’s iPhone. Google’s Android and many other options now provide a deep and solid base of choices across all price points.
1.2 million new users per month in India. Cell phone adoption in the US is already >50%.
Tell google that your website is available to mobile browsers
Use .m, iPhone or other cell –friendly indicators to let viewers know your site is available in a mobile browser.