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	<description>Get 'em there. Keep 'em there. Get 'em back. Convert your website traffic into dollars.</description>
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		<itunes:summary>Get 'em there. Keep 'em there. Get 'em back. Convert your website traffic into dollars.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Case Study: E-Commerce Product Page Optimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a screencast from the folks at Future Now talking about e-commerce page optimization. This is very interesting because they actually find a similar product on 3 different websites and compare and contrast the designs, calls to action and other on-page features.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a screencast from the folks at Future Now talking about e-commerce page optimization. This is very interesting because they actually find a similar product on 3 different websites and compare and contrast the designs, calls to action and other on-page features.</p>
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		<title>Case Study: Landing Page Conversion</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/landing-pages/landing-page-conversion-case-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting case study about what you can learn from testing offers and calls to action.
Landing Page Conversion: Getting Significant Improvements Even When You Can&#8217;t Complete Your Tests
Basically, you need to look at more information than just the clicks when you&#8217;re evaluating your landing pages - or anything for that matter. There are some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting case study about what you can learn from testing offers and calls to action.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.marketingexperiments.com/improving-website-conversion/landing-page-conversion-improvements.html?utm_source=journallist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=html&amp;utm_campaign=JournalMail">Landing Page Conversion: Getting Significant Improvements Even When You Can&#8217;t Complete Your Tests</a></p>
<p>Basically, you need to look at more information than just the clicks when you&#8217;re evaluating your landing pages - or anything for that matter. There are some good tips there to give you some insight.</p>
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		<title>BarCamp Nashville Video Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-nashville-video-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-nashville-video-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Understand the Steps Within Your Conversion Funnel</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/understand-the-steps-within-your-conversion-funnel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/understand-the-steps-within-your-conversion-funnel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[BarCamp Nashville]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to our PodCast recapping my speech at CarCamp Nashville. The focus of this PodCast is better understanding the Conversion Funnel and relating it to optimizing an assembly line.
tags: chip gallent, podcast, conversion funnel]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Listen to our PodCast recapping my speech at CarCamp Nashville. The focus of this PodCast is better understanding the Conversion Funnel and relating it to optimizing an assembly line.</p>
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		<title>BarCamp Nashville Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-nashville-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-nashville-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the highlights from my presentation last Saturday at BarCamp Nashville.
The Conversion Funnel is a tool that can help you understand the following:

How can I break down my visitors site behaviors.
How can I understand all of the steps of my website&#8217;s success metric – sale, lead or registration.
Understand that what you think you know [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">Here are the highlights from my presentation last Saturday at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.barcampnashville.com">BarCamp Nashville</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The <a href="http://www.conversion-funnel.com">Conversion Funnel</a> is a tool that can help you understand the following:</strong></p>
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<li>How can I break down my visitors site behaviors.</li>
<li>How can I understand all of the steps of my website&#8217;s success metric – sale, lead or registration.</li>
<li>Understand that what you think you know about how your visitors interact with your site is unimportant.</li>
<li>Understand that online marketing and website usability are now sciences – they&#8217;re not an art.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>What are the goals of the <a href="http://www.conversion-funnel.com">Conversion Funnel</a>?</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Break down your conversion process to determine where the opportunities for success are within your website.</li>
<li>Understand why your site visitors don’t continue to the next step.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>What does the <a href="http://www.conversion-funnel.com">Conversion Funnel</a> look like?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.conversion-funnel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/conversionfunnel.png" title="Conversion Funnel"></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.conversion-funnel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/conversionfunnel.png" alt="Conversion Funnel" /></p>
<p><strong> <a href="http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-nashville-recap/#more-58" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
<div class="ttag">tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/conversion+funnel" rel="tag">conversion funnel</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/barcampnashville" rel="tag">barcampnashville</a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Better Landing Pages - Better Conversions</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/landing-pages/better-landing-pages-better-conversions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/landing-pages/better-landing-pages-better-conversions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Website Conversion Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great video case study from the people at Future Now and their excellent Blog - GrokDotCom.
Simply put, make sure that the URL&#8217;s associated with your AdWords match up to create a streamlined user experience for those searching out your products and services. If you&#8217;re using specific keywords for specific products - use a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a great video case study from the people at Future Now and their excellent Blog - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.grokdotcom.com/">GrokDotCom</a>.</p>
<p>Simply put, make sure that the URL&#8217;s associated with your AdWords match up to create a streamlined user experience for those searching out your products and services. If you&#8217;re using specific keywords for specific products - use a specific URL that either lands on that product or that product&#8217;s category.</p>
<div class="ttag">tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/landing+page+optimization" rel="tag">landing page optimization</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/website+conversion" rel="tag">website conversion</a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BarCamp Materials</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-materials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-materials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who attended BarCamp Nashville yesterday - thanks for coming out.
I&#8217;ll post my materials and links for you on Monday&#8230;stay tuned.
tags: barcampnashville]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you who attended BarCamp Nashville yesterday - thanks for coming out.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll post my materials and links for you on Monday&#8230;stay tuned.</p>
<div class="ttag">tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/barcampnashville" rel="tag">barcampnashville</a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BarCamp Nashville</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-nashville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/barcamp-nashville/barcamp-nashville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m speaking today at 5:00pm at BarCamp Nashville. Check out this great event at the Exit/In in Nashville.

I will post my materials shortly for those who are attending the event.
tags: barcampnashville]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m speaking today at 5:00pm at <a href="http://www.barcampnashville.com">BarCamp Nashville</a>. Check out this great event at the Exit/In in Nashville.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.conversion-funnel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/barcampspeaker_120x240.gif" alt="BarCamp Nashville" /></p>
<p>I will post my materials shortly for those who are attending the event.</p>
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		<title>Content is, and Will Always Be &#8230;King</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/content/content-is-and-will-alwayd-beking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/content/content-is-and-will-alwayd-beking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;ve said it from day one. Content is king. Here&#8217;s an article many years later that continues to validate the fact:
Half of Web Time Spent Viewing Content: Study
You gotta have bait before you can set the trap!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They&#8217;ve said it from day one. Content is king. Here&#8217;s an article many years later that continues to validate the fact:</p>
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/wr_nm/internet_study_dc_1">Half of Web Time Spent Viewing Content: Study</a></p>
<p>You gotta have bait before you can set the trap!</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Forget SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/search-engine-optimization/dont-forget-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversion-funnel.com/search-engine-optimization/dont-forget-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgallent</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan recently spoke at Jupitermedia&#8217;s Search Engine strategies show and outlined the state of the Search Engine Optimization industry. Here&#8217;s the article: Keynote: Don&#8217;t Forget SEO
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Danny Sullivan recently spoke at Jupitermedia&#8217;s Search Engine strategies show and outlined the state of the Search Engine Optimization industry. Here&#8217;s the article: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20040811094358/http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=30014">Keynote: Don&#8217;t Forget SEO</a></p>
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