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Website Redesign Tips & TricksMike VolpeVP Marketing @HubSpotTwitter: @mvolpe

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Marketing is Changing

1950 - 2000 2000 - 2050

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The Good News…

Inbound Marketing:Get Found using Google, Social Media and Blogs

Top 5 Web Marketing Book on Amazon

InboundBook.com

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The Great News…

www.HubSpot.com/ROI

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Inbound Gives Leverage

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Budget vs. Brains

Flickr: Refracted Moments Flickr: Gaetoan Lee

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www.HubSpot.com/ROI

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Why do you havea business website?

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Which is better?

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The Wrong Reasons for a Redesign

• “We have a new corporate look and feel.”

• “I’m tired of the old website.”• “It’s been 12 months since the last

redesign.”• “The design department wants to.”• “The CEO wants to do it.”

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Website Redesign Half-Life

Your CompanyYour Prospects

Launch 6 Months 12 MonthsTime

Happiness

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BUY NOW

Flickr: thegolzer

Billboard in the Desert?

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The Right Reasons for a Redesign

• “Get found by more prospects.”• “Convert more prospects into leads

and customers.”

• “Branding” might be a good reason… if it will drive the goals above.

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Business websitesare for

lead generation.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

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Which is better?

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Which is better?

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Which is better?

• Website traffic has doubled• Lead flow has doubled

-- Noel Huelsenbeck, CEO, Vocio

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Which is better?

• Website traffic has doubled• Lead flow has doubled

-- Noel Huelsenbeck, CEO, Vocio

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What do you want?

Beautiful & Empty Ugly & Crowded

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The 3 Keys to aSuccessful Website

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Websites should attract prospects.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

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How do you attract prospects?

Use Inbound Marketingto Get Found:• Create great content• Optimize that content

for search (SEO)• Promote that content

using social media

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Content Drives Visitors

• Search engines like fresh content (SEO)

• People like fresh content (social media)

• More content means more tickets in lottery

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What to Publish?

• Blog• Podcast• Videos• Photos• Presentations• eBooks• News Releases

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Websites should convert visitors to

leads.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

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All Websites Need Landing Pages

Target Market

Website Visitors

Leads

Opportunities

Customers

Conversion is where we take what we have spent time and money to get (visitors) and change it into something valuable to marketing (leads).

A cost becomes a benefit.

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Calls to Action

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Landing Pages

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Landing Page Uses

• Call to action on website homepage

• Links in all email newsletters / emails

• Use for all pay-per-click ads

• Next step after tradeshows or events

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Websites should produce

measurable ROI.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

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Measurement is Easy Online

Flickr: akisra

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Metrics Drive Website Redesign

• A redesign without measurable improvements is a waste of time.

• Know your current stats and goals before starting the redesign.

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3 Keys to a Successful Website

1. Get Found: Attract website visitors

2. Convert: Visitors to leads & sales

3. Analyze: Produce measurable ROI

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Tips for a SuccessfulWebsite Redesign Process

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Audit your website, then protect

your key assets.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

Website Redesign Tip #1

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Avoid Website Redesign Pitfalls

1. Take an inventory of your website assets.

• Content, inbound links, keyword rankings, conversion tools

2. Protect your assets during the redesign.

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Website Redesign Pitfalls

• Removing valuable content• Losing value of inbound links• Losing keyword rankings• Changing good conversion tools

• Destroy your assets and you’ll get a drop in traffic and leads.

• You’ll also have wasted time, effort and money.

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Website Assets = Content

• How many pages do you have?• How many will be killed?• Will pages move to a new URL?• How many new pages will you

create?• What is your most popular content?• What is your most powerful content?

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Website Assets = Links

• How many inbound links do I have?• What interior web pages have links?• Where are my links coming from?• What are my most powerful links?

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Website Assets = Keyword Rank

• What keywords do I rank for today?• What keywords do my competitors

rank for?• What keywords should I want to rank

for?• How has my keyword rank changed?

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Website Assets = Conversion Tools

• What generates most of my leads?• What are my best conversion tools?• How can I increase conversions?

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Use HubSpot to Find Your Assets

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Use HubSpot to Find Your Assets

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Use HubSpot to Find Your Assets

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Use HubSpot to Find Your Assets

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Protecting Your Assets

• If you change domains, use a 301 redirect for each individual page. Not all pages globally.

• Have a permanent redirect (check at http://www.WebsiteGrader.com)

• Identify all URLs with assets (content, keyword rank, links, conversions) and:• Keep this content on the new website• 301 Redirect old URL to the new URL for that page• Maintain SEO / content characteristics

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Spend resources on creating content,

more than beautiful design.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

Website Redesign Tip #2

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Seth Godin on Website Redesign

“I'm going to go out on a limb and beg you not to create an original design. There are more than a billion pages on the web. Surely there's one that you can start with?”

“Your car isn't unique, and your house might not be either…”

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/10/how-to-create-a.html

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Create Great Content by Blogging

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Blogging Attracts More Links

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Blogging Attracts More Visitors

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Blogging Brings Social Media Success

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Make it easy to run conversion

experiments.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

Website Redesign Tip #3

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All Websites Need Landing Pages

• Limited navigation

• Clear and simple

• Form above fold

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Track Your Conversion Rate

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Conversion Experiments

32% Conversion

53% Conversion

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Faster Experiments = Better Results

Flickr: Jim Doran

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Landing Page Editing

• How fast can you launch a new landing page?

• Can one person do it in 15 minutes?

• What is the cost of experimentation?

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Make it easy to measure results.

-- @mvolpe from @HubSpot

Website Redesign Tip #4

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Avoid Paralysis by Analysis

• Don’t measure everything.• Simple is better than complicated.• Focus on 3-5 metrics.

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Traffic

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Leads

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Sales

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…By Channel or SourceVisitors Leads Sales

SEO

SocialMedia

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Website Redesign Summary

3 Keys to a Successful Website• Get Found: Attract website visitors• Convert: Visitors to leads & sales• Analyze: Produce measurable ROI

4 Tips for Website Redesign• Audit your website, then protect your key assets.• Spend resources on creating content, more than

beautiful design.• Make it easy to run conversion experiments.• Make it easy to measure results.

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How to Put All the Pieces Together?

d.j.k. on flickr

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HubSpot Puts the Pieces Together

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What’s HubSpot?

• All-in-one Marketing Software• Over 2,000 customers in 3 years• 110+ employees, lots of MIT grads

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Blog & Social Media

• Business Blog Software

• Blog Analytics• Social Media

Monitoring• Social Media

Publishing

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Search Optimization

• Keyword Grader• Link Grader• Page Grader

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Lead Generation

• Landing Pages• Lead Intelligence• Lead Alerts• Visitor Profiling

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Competitor Tracking

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Marketing Analytics

• Assess the effectiveness of your marketing on a campaign-by-campaign level

• Optimize resource allocation to maximize sales

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Proven ROI by 2,000+ Customers

Cilk Arts Increases Leads 500%

Makana Solutions 3x Leads, 2x Conversions

Vocio Pays for HubSpot 30x Over with New Leads

Objective Management Group Grows Leads 360%

Bridge Group Doubles Online Leads

www.HubSpot.com/ROI

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Q & AFree trial of HubSpot:www.HubSpot.com/free-trial

Mike VolpeVP Marketing @HubSpotTwitter: @mvolpe