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Old 11-15-2009, 12:29 PM
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Default Choosing the Correct Sales ****on for Your Web Site

It may be surprising to know that something as simple as the sales ****on you use on your order page can be responsible for massive changes in your conversions, but it's true.

Just changing the color of your order ****on, or changing the text on the ****on, can have a major impact on your sales.

The only way to really make sure you've chosen the right ****on is to split test, but there are a few things you can do to make sure that right from the start you are using a sales ****on that is most likely to have a higher than average conversion rate.

In general, the color red can attract the users eye to the order ****on.

A recent analysis of over one hundred of the top e-commerce websites showed that 15% of them use the color red for their sales ****ons, so make sure that red is one of the options you test.

Other colors that tend to work well are blue, orange, and green so do run tests to see if any of these can help lift your response. It may also be worth testing rollovers for your ****ons.

A rollover is when an image changes when a user hovers their mouse over it. Some studies have shown that changing a ****on's color from red to green upon rollover can increase conversions. Again, this isn't a hard and fast rule so there are no guarantees, but it's well worth testing to see if this holds true for your site.

The text on the ****on is also crucial. You can often see a major change in conversions by doing something as simple as changing a single word on your ****on.

For example, changing the text on the ****on from 'Buy it now!' to 'Get it now!' could make a big difference. Other wording you could try include 'Order Here', 'Click Here to Order', or just the single words 'Buy' or 'Order'.

A word of caution though. Some marketers believe that a percentage of people have an aversion to the word 'buy.' Remember, testing is crucial, but you should avoid words that can often associated with spending money. Again, the golden rule is to keep testing.

Something else worth bearing in mind is the profile of your customers, or potential customers. For some people, particularly those who are not particularly online savvy, conversions can be increased by giving them clearer instructions. Instead of having a ****on that just says 'Order' you might want to tell people that they have to click the ****on to purchase the product.

It may seem obvious to you and me, but to someone with little experience buying things online, it may not be so obvious. Putting the words 'click here' somewhere on your ****on has been known to increase conversions for some sites.


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Other things to test are the addition of credit card icons to the ****on, animation to draw attention to your ****on, adding images around the ****on, and adding design elements such as arrows to draw the users eyes toward the ****on.

Remember, although your order ****on might be the last thing people see before placing their order, it is only a small part of the overall purchasing process. In addition to running tests to see which order ****on works best

don't forget to also test your headline, your call-to-action, your price points, your body copy, and pretty much everything else that makes up your web page or is part of the order process.
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