Lizards Thru Doorways: Optimize Your Website Buttons with These A/B Tests to Guide You

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There are 2 obstacles getting in the way of your visitors clicking your buttons: friction and anxiety. In this short presentation, see how both may be holding your CTR back - and what we've done to reduce friction and neutralize anxiety. (With data from A/B tests we ran in 2013 and 2014 on button copy.) Oh, and find out what the hell we mean by "lizards thru doorways"... and how that little phrase can make all the difference for your button click-thrus. By Joanna Wiebe of Copy Hackers (www.copyhackers.com).

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Unmistakable Proof That Your Calls to Action Are

Costing You $$$By Joanna Wiebe

The humble button

$121,333 more per year in

online sales

$2M more per year in SaaS

users

$360,000 more per year in

leads-for-sale

An Experience An Emotion

104.5% CTR

95% CTR

164% in signups

NOT VISITORSBUTLIZARDS

What would a lizard do?

WHICH BUTTON WOULD ATTRACT A LIZARD’S EYE?

HOW ABOUT NOW?

81% lift in CTR on middle plan

AND HOW ABOUT NOW?

95% lift in CTR on middle plan

81% lift in CTR

WHEREWOULD ALIZARD CLICK?

LIFT:▶96.6% to Shop Cycling (Men) ▶104.5% to Shop Running (Men)

139% increase, valued at $199/mo

200% increase, valued at $42/mo

274% increase, valued at $10/mo

WHENWOULD ALIZARD CLICK?

164% increase in signups

More than $2M MORE IN REVENUE PER YEAR

QUESTION YOUR BUTTONS

▶ Does it look clickable… or disabled?▶ Is it prominent enough to easily notice? ▶ Is it large enough to easily acquire?▶ Is it competing with another button or call to action?▶ Does anything about it – like copy, design or

placement – suggest it’s not to be clicked?▶ Does a person have to actively think before clicking

it?

An Experience An Emotion

34% in signups

38% CTR

13% CTR

15% CTR

10% in leads

26% CTR

NOTBUTTONSBUTCLOSED DOORS

THE ANXIETY OF OPENING A DOOR:What’s really on the other side?

THE ANXIETY OF OPENING A DOOR:What’s really on the other side?

“WHAT’S REALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE?”

15% increase in signups, confidence not reached

34% increase in signups with 99% confidence

THE ANXIETY OF OPENING A DOOR:Is it worth the risk?

THE ANXIETY OF OPENING A DOOR:Is it worth the risk?

“IS IT WORTH THE RISK?”

24% increase in CTR with 98% confidence

13% lift in CTR with 99% confidence

10.3% increase in leads with 96% confidence

THE ANXIETY OF OPENING A DOOR:Once I go in, is life going to get harder?

THE ANXIETY OF OPENING A DOOR:Once I go in, is life going to get harder?

“IS LIFE GOING TO GET HARDER?”

Decreased CTR by 15%

37.8% increase in CTR

THE ANXIETY YOUR VISITORS FEEL

▶ What’s on the other side of this button?▶ Once I click it, what immediately happens? ▶ Should I look around first before I click it… just to make sure I’m

not missing something better for me?▶ Am I ready to go wherever this leads?▶ Once I click it, can I get back to this page easily, or am I trapped

in a new area of this website – or a different site?

Double that anxiety – and add some friction – when you add a second button into the mix.

▶ 104.5% more people to movefrom a home page

▶ 26% more people to choose a solution

▶ 10% moreform

submits

GET MORE LIZARDS

TO OPEN MORECLOSED DOORS

Joanna Wiebe@COPYHACKERS

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