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7 Form Conversion Killers
(and how to avoid them)
Tim Ash – CEO, SiteTuners
Webinar - July 23, 2015
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About Our Presenter
Tim Ash, CEO – SiteTuners
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About SiteTuners
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• Large & small company clients worldwide in all industries
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• Company conversion-maturity assessments & triage
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• Conversion-focused website blueprints (full redesigns & quick facelifts)
• Voice-of-customer research and user testing
• Technological tools recommendations & piloting
• Online business strategy and organizational alignment
• In-house staff training, mentoring and knowledge transfer
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7 Form
Conversion Killers
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7 Form Conversion Killers
1. Not matching upstream intent
2. Asking for too much information
3. Setting unclear expectations
4. Assuming that people will correctly fill out your forms
5. Making the mobile experience an afterthought
6. Ignoring the thank-you page
7. Not focusing on the after-formfill experience
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Not Matching Upstream Intent
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1 – Not Matching Upstream Intent
• Review the promises made in your upstream experiences
• Do not intentionally bend or break your promises
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Asking for too much information
2
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Before
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After
+ 17%
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Before
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After
+ 51%
+ $48,000,000
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2 – Asking For Too Much Information
• Consider the balance between give and get
• Use progressive disclosure to collect info overall multiple
interactions
• Ask “Is the information absolutely necessary to complete the
current transactions”
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Setting unclear expectations
3
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3 – Setting Unclear Expectations
• Don’t create visual distractions that interfere with the form
• Have clear motivation to complete form (form headline)
• Make sure the action button describes what happens next as
a benefit to the visitor
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Assuming that people will
Correctly fill out your forms
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4 – Assuming That People Will Correctly Fill Out Your Forms
• Do error correction – don’t let junk get through
• Encourage social login whenever possible
• Don’t have confusing functionality changes on your form in
response to inputs
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Making mobile experiences
an afterthought
5
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5 – Making Mobile Experiences An Afterthought
• Have a separate mobile form experience
• Avoid popups and interstitials
• Change to easily press-able controls
• Consider alternate response mechanisms (sometimes the best
mobile form is not a form at all)
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Setting unclear expectations
6
Ignoring the thank-you page
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6 – Ignoring The Thank-you Page
• Make sure it is professional
• Make sure it is personalized
• Ask for additional calls-to-action
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Not focusing on the
after-formfill experience
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7 – Not Focusing On The After-formfill Experience
• Makes sure it works (secret shop it)
• Make sure there is clarity and messaging continuity
• Make it personal
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Recap - 7 Form Conversion Killers
1. Not matching upstream intent
2. Asking for too much information
3. Setting unclear expectations
4. Assuming that people will correctly fill out your forms
5. Making the mobile experience an afterthought
6. Ignoring the thank-you page
7. Not focusing on the after-formfill experience
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