100 Years of Techology

Along with gluten free bread recipes, I keep a long list of cookie recipes for our gluten free life. I adore peanut butter cookies and fell in love with this recipe after trying it the first time.

With this Big Mouth juicer, you can fit whole fruits and vegetables in which makes creating your favorite juice SO much easier. Plus, the 800-watt motor is really powerful.

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A big and expensive error that many consumers make happens when they fail to compare auto insurance rates. When consumers examine a cheap insurance company before making a final decision, they often find out that the policy they’re being offered won’t meet their needs after all.

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Yes, he saved a good bit of money on his premiums, but when it came time to NEED that insurance, he realized how bad of a deal he actually got.

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Squidoo.  What a crazy name for such a valuable internet tool! However, it is time to stop laughing at the name and realize the pure power of Squidoo.  With proper resources and a proven Squidoo Guide, you too can feel the power of the Squid – and start to make money with Squidoo!   If you are tired of busting your butt to get traffic to your website or blog.  If you are tired of PAYING for that traffic you DO get.  If you are flat out exhausted by all your attempts to rise to the top of Google and other search engines…then Squidoo is for YOU! Go ahead and ask (I know you want to)  "What is Squidoo?"  "Can I Make Money with Squidoo?"  "What are the benefits of Squidoo?" "Why Should I pay attention to a website with such a silly name?"  "Can Squidoo really help my online business?"  "How do I learn how to use Squidoo?" "Can’t someone make my Squidoo lens FOR me?"   If any of these questions about Squidoo are racing through YOUR mind, you’ve come to the right place to get Squidoo answers!

One simple change led to a significant, measurable increase in our conversion rates.

For years, at the bottom of every single web page on our web design & internet marketing site was a call to action.

Each one of those calls to action was a unique link that led to our contact form.

“Contact us today for a free consultation.”

“Learn how search engine optimization can bring new prospects to your site.”

“Move your static website to a content management system.”

It was fairly effective, but I wondered if there was a way to remove a step and increase our conversion rates. The simple change we made led to a 50% increase in our website conversion rates. 

What was that change?

The change was rather than send people via a link to a contact form, why not just add the contact form to the bottom of these pages? We now call these forms our Action Forms.

While it did add a bit of clutter to our pages, I was hoping that the Action Forms would be a more obvious call to action than just a simple text link. Like a tip jar on the coffee shop counter, it would work as a visual cue to let people know what the expectation was when they finished reading the page.

In the first week we saw a 400% increase in our lead capture forms, which included both the new Action Forms and our original contact form! That was a bit of an aberration, and by the month’s end it settled into a 50% increase over just the contact form alone…an increase that has stayed steady over the years.

While some people may scoff at a 50% increase in leads, especially when you see these crazy numbers some marketers throw around, a 50% increase in qualified leads is substantial for most businesses, and all it took was adding a streamlined version of our contact form to the bottom of our web page template.

It’s definitely something that you or your web developer can do…and if it’s not, it’s probably something we can help you out with.  

So, here’s my challenge to you: put an Action Form at the bottom of your web pages and see what kind of impact it has on your conversion rates over a 30 day period. Good, bad or indifferent, please share your results with us.

Rich Brooks
It’s All About the Conversions

Method: Cut a piece of ribbon of about 3 inches length and cut another ribbon of a much smaller size to only about 4/8th of an inch.

The most important channels today are search, social & mobile. Here’s a conference with all three.

If you’ve been following this blog for a while you know that for the past few years I’ve been running a conference called Social Media FTW with a couple of friends.

We retired that brand after three successful years but I wasn’t quite done.

So this year I started a new conference that would focus on the three most important channels for businesses and organization today: search, social & mobile. These are the Agents of Change.

Earlier today we launched the website for The Agents of Change Digital Marketing Conference.

This all-day conference is happening in Portland, Maine and online on 9.14.12. 

And while the speaker lineup is just getting started, we’ve got some amazing speakers already lined up:

• Chris Brogan, co-author of Trust Agents and Google+ for Business
• Amy Porterfield, co-author of Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Business
• Derek Halpern, brains behind the insanely popular marketing website Social Triggers
• Rich Brooks, who hasn’t done anything, but might. One day.

So, how much are tickets? you’re probably wondering.

The physical ticket is $199 and the digital ticket is $99. The digital ticket gives you access to the live stream and you can watch the presentations over and over again for a full year!

But for a limited time only, we’re offering an early bird ticket: you can get the physical ticket for only $99 and the digital ticket for only $49…that’s over 50% off each!

But wait…there’s more!

If you order the physical ticket by 11:59pm, Tuesday, 5.1.12, we’ll throw in the digital ticket for free! (And yes, it’s still only $99. That’s $298 worth of edutainment for only $99!) Why would you want both the physical ticket AND the digital ticket? So you can watch all the presentations over and over again, or see presentations you may have missed.

If you can’t make it to Portland, Maine on 9.14.12 we’ve still got an amazing deal for you. The digital ticket is only $25 during this 36 hour sale!

Whether you plan to attend in person or virtually, don’t miss this amazing, very limited sale.

Get your tickets now!

Rich Brooks
Agent of Change