Optimizing PPC Ads

Our August 13, 2008 follow–up clinic on PPC campaigns included a new case study, a review of the two types of relevance, and a live critique of five new campaigns submitted by clinic participants. The pay–per–click ads and landing…

Email Optimization

Anyone who has set up an email campaign knows many factors need to be considered before hitting the Send button: Quality of leads and lists; segmenting and targeting; envelope fields; copy content and length; and…

B2C Landing Pages

Taking a cue from our clinic participants' feedback, and heeding our own advice, we tested a "radical redesign" with our February 11, 2009 live optimization web clinic. The focus was strictly B2C landing pages, a departure from our…

Landing Page Confusion

We examine research findings to discover what factors determine the efficacy of online marketing email copy. Which will perform better, a landing page that has one clear objective or one that has multiple objectives? As marketers,…

Email Marketing Tested

We examine research findings to discover what factors determine the efficacy of online marketing email copy. EDITOR'S NOTE: The live clinic where this research was presented included practical application of the essential

Optimizing Site Design

We examine how reducing customer anxiety by matching your site's appearance to prospects' preconceptions and expectations increases conversion to sale. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a 1,500-word version ("Brief") of a 10,000-word live…

How do You Stop Shopping Cart Abandonment?

Your landing page could be a marketing expert’s dream, complete with credibility factors, bold text, and a natural eye path. But what happens when a customer proceeds to checkout and they become suddenly hesitant of their purchase because…

Landing Pages

We recently released the recording of our landing pages clinic. You can listen to a recording of this clinic here: Windows Media Audio: http://meclabs.com/cgi-bin/pl/pl.cgi?clw RealMedia: http://meclabs.com/cgi-bin/pl/pl.cgi?clr The…