crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Don’t use flash. Keep in mind that people are generally impatient when browsing websites and slow load times do impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). Another reason not to use flash. Pick a few good restaurant or food shots and feature those on the homepage. Consider Performance.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). I wrote some answers and then quickly noticed alerts flashing gracefully across the top of the screen. It’s true. I rarely only read the post. It also feels very wiki like. New followers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

There’s an old saying that if I’m talking with you and I start the conversation by saying, “whatever you do, DO NOT think about Elephants &# then you can’t help but thinking about elephants while we’re speaking. We rebuilt everything in Flash and now have a better product.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2019

That is another issue that can lead to a lack of conversions. Your Website Relies on Flash Too Heavily. Actually, your law firm website should not rely on Flash at all, as it is an obsolete technology that most web browsers and operating systems have gleefully abandoned. This can hurt your ranking in Google’s search results.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

This can be done through launching new perks, running flash sales and targeting the non-purchasers from your email list. My company did this by offering bundles of products together at a discount one week into the campaign and running holiday flash sales. The challenge then becomes how do you calculate that conversion rate?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It is the new cocktail party conversation. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad. That is conformity.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

While this newfound obsession has had quite the negative impact on dinner conversation, it does present a great opportunity for retailers to take advantage of this mobile fixation by providing a high-impact, enjoyable mobile commerce experience. Our current culture is riddled with mobile junkies addicted to their tablets and smartphones.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

That little bit of extra intent, when compared to other visitor segments, is the reason that conversion numbers (on ecommerce or non-ecommerce sites) for clean direct traffic usually look like these. Excellent Analytics Tip: Measure the Real Conversion Rate & "Opportunity Pie"? Not bad eh?

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

You should know every metric regarding customer acquisition, conversion and retention. There are excellent venture lawyers in every major city, with enough to form a flash mob in places like California, New York and Texas. You should know EVERYTHING about your business, product, customers and competition. ” 10.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2018

If you walk into your office at work and experience oddly flashing lights, then that may mean that you need to get repair service from qualified electricians. Businesses that are searching for conversions can accomplish a lot through hiring digital marketing professionals for their campaign efforts.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Third-party cookies are the new Flash. The post-third-party-cookie conversion reporting solution is called the Conversion Measurement API. click ID, campaign ID, URL of expected conversion). How conversion tracking for ads might work without third-party cookies. Now, reluctantly, Google is, too. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2014

Because there was so much on the line, and I knew this would be exposed to millions, I obsessed over conversion rate. A mere 1% increase in conversion rate could have been the difference between a huge loss and a decent profit. Adding more to the package actually reduced my conversion rate. image source. Value Proposition.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2014

This is the second of a two-part series on mobile conversion. Although its possible to improve the mobile conversion of almost any shopping site, the biggest improvements in mobile commerce may come not from tweaking web shopping to fit on a mobile screen, but by creating new forms of shopping that leverage the unique strengths of mobile.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 7, 2010

On my eLearning blog, I recently predicted the Beginning of Long Slow Death of Flash. The conversation around Flash is an important one for startups and CTOs. Someone said: "I am not sure I am ready to bet on the long slow death of Flash just yet." What does it mean to "place bets" on death of Flash? That's my bet.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

Consider that your visitors might be visiting from laptops and mobile phones, so try to avoid designing pages for a large monitor size or pages that use more complex features such as flash animation or navigation (flash isn’t supported on the iPhone, for example). Consider Site Load Times.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

Consider that your visitors might be visiting from laptops and mobile phones, so try to avoid designing pages for a large monitor size or pages that use more complex features such as flash animation or navigation (flash isn’t supported on the iPhone, for example). Consider Site Load Times.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 31, 2014

You can even see that it’s the highest converting page in terms of volume of conversions. Looking at all the data in the default view, you could infer that your home page is the absolute most important page for getting conversions on your entire site. You know, like this home page! So how do we make that data more meaningful?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion. There are three “megatrends” as he puts it – real time data, the social web and flash marketing. Read more: TechCrunch.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

One-way, outbound, non-conversational messages still work – [link]. Incredible Video of Flash Flood Washing Away Cars In Queensland – [link]. What’s next for social media marketing (slides) – [link]. Celebrities in Advertising Are Almost Always a Big Waste of Money – [link]. Reeses Pieces, E.T. Phenomenal.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

Consider too that your visitors might be visiting from laptops and mobile phones, so try to avoid designing pages for a large monitor size or pages that use more complex features such as flash animation or complex navigation (flash isn’t supported on the iPhone and iPad, for example). For example, flat design has become popular.

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Software By Rob

MAY 23, 2010

iMemories offers hassle-free conversion of pretty much any analog medium you have (even those old slide wheels and 8mm film) to DVD, and the DVD includes chapters every few minutes, plus a color cover with frames from the video. The site uses a custom Flash UI that allows you to navigate and select clips to include.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Conversational marketing. Drift “conversational marketing” 0.70 Drift and “conversational marketing”. For Drift, founded in 2014, that was easier said than done: Drift didn’t go all-in on “conversational marketing” until 2018. Inbound marketing. The subscription economy. Growth hacking. The phrases have defined brands.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

As a person working for a company whose 1/2 income comes from selling flash banners on our site, responsive would be such a pain that you can’t imagine. If your boss is selling flash banners and thinking in “table” design, it’s time to move on to a better job. Thank for the article, Ben :). Nick Williams.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

But does video help increase conversions? Similarly, Vidyard found that 70% of marketers claim video produces more conversions than any other content. On Ice.com, the conversion rate for shoppers viewing video on product pages increased by 400%, while return rates dropped from 12% to 9%. How do you measure conversations?

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 23, 2010

Maybe it is the agency you have outsourced the site to, the agency whose only competence seems to be gratuitous use of flash. Flash & Add-ons Are Used Sparingly 5. Is Conversion Rate Enough? You are smart, so that is not it. Maybe it is internal politics. The usability checklist has four sections.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Marked by their brevity and exclusivity, limited-time offers and flash sales are time-sensitive promotions that create a sense of urgency and excitement among customers. If you have an online retail shop, for instance, you can introduce a 24-hour flash sale on selected items.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 18, 2015

This abundance will last for a while (large, profitable businesses typically die a slow, sagging death rather than disappearing in a flash). This market is willing to pay far more than cost for this product (else profits wouldn’t be generated). This means the market is ripe for an Innovator’s Dilemma-style disruption.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s the point where effort spent on creative and dollars spent on ads culminate in a successful conversion—or not. Unfortunately, most landing pages are ineffective, with an average conversion rate of only 4.6% The top of the page is set up to deliberately guide the visitor to the flashing blue dot on the left side.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It could be a button color, a bit of web copy, an image — something extremely finite that may (or may not) have a measurable impact on desired actions, be they conversions or a simple click-through. The folks at Performable also recently added a new analytics backend that focuses on conversion goals rather than just testing alone.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2018

Maybe they listen to customer service conversations with clients. One designer had a flash of insight, which he depicted with a Venn Diagram. It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to find cases where technological innovation and the best interests of customers are at odds. What are such companies “listening” for? Were JotForm Cards a flop?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

Flash) or one whose design is clearly dated. These techniques—such as stakeholder and user interviews , which I cover below—are mostly qualitative because the best audience insights surface during conversation and observation. There are many heuristic frameworks (several of which overlap with conversion optimization ).

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Conversation They establish a dialogue between the user and the organization. Appearance By the way they look, they establish a relationship and a conversation. Aspect 2: The Conversation. A form is a conversation. Order the labels logically , reflecting the natural flow of a conversation.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

No keyword-level conversion analysis. Bounce Rates, % New Visits, Visit Duration, Goal Conversions, Average Order Value. The Multi-Channel Funnels folder in Google Analytics contains the Top Conversion Paths report. From there, jump to my personal favorite report in MCF, Assisted Conversions.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 3, 2012

It All Just Came to Me In a Flash. We had a couple of minutes to catch up between sessions and the conversation got strangely awkward when I asked him how their startup was going. I just saw our entire new business model in a flash, all of it at once. We can only try to create the conditions where this might occur.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

Wistia’s analytics can help connect the dots between video consumption and conversions. Before, running videos directly on your site required a plugin, like Flash.) In terms of concrete features, it’s the look and feel of the video player, the speed and quality of video delivery, and ease of use of the platform. Image source ).

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Do you have the full picture of where your leads are coming from, the conversion process, and the lifetime value of different types of customers? Nordstrom bought the flash sales site Hautelook for $270 million in 2011. Tighten up Your Metrics and Reporting. Evaluate your metrics tracking and see where you’re losing data.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

And as I stared through the billowing clouds of soot flashing between black and white took on fantastical shapes as tiny figures on the factory floor scurried around the bucket. The lunch conversation was an interesting data point to add to a hypothesis I’ve had. It looked like an update of the iconic image of Penn Station writ large.

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