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20 Secrets of Top-Converting Websites and How They can Boost Your Hotel Bookings

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Re-cap of Bryan Eisenberg’s presentation at SES Chicago

 

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If the average conversion rate for a website is around 3 percent, why do some websites achieve a 10 percent conversion rate? What do they do that the others don’t? This is the question that Bryan Eisenberg set out to answer in his presentation ‘20 Secrets of Top-Converting Websites’ at the SES Chicago conference this December. Bryan revealed 20 of his most valuable tips that will help you increase your hotel website conversion rate. Bryan is a New York Times bestselling author and a recognized authority in improving conversion rates, persuasion architecture and persona marketing.

First of all, what is a conversion? A conversion is when someone takes a desired action on your website i.e. they purchase a product, download a whitepaper, or in the case of the hotel industry, they make a reservation. You may attract a lot of traffic to your website but this means nothing if your site isn’t designed to facilitate conversions. (more…)

Tip One: Optimize for Natural Search

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

What is Natural Search?

Natural (or organic) search is the term used to describe the results displayed on the left hand side of a search engine results page based on a specific keyword query. The listings on the top and right hand side of the page are paid sponsored links. Below is an example of a Google results page for the search query “New England Weddings”.

Natural or Organic Search

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