The famous copywriter John Caples observed “The headline is the most important part of an ad”. If he were alive today, he would agree that a headline is also the most important part of a landing page. Just changing the headline and nothing else can often result in a significant conversion lift. In one test John conducted, the winning headline outperformed the control by a factor of 19! N-I-N-E-T-E-E-N times more reve Read more
Today I’d like to share an example of an effective “direct response” ad that has appeared in the print edition Wall Street Journal unchanged for the last 5 years. Usually this means that whoever is running it is making money—no one runs a national edition ad for that long if they are losing money! As they say in Direct Response marketing, it ‘pulls’ really well. While the ad itself looks “amateurish” and perhaps even Read more
Background & Testing Goal:
When it comes to soliciting charitable donations, there are certain assumed industry “best practices.”
One belief is people will donate more if given the freedom to select their own donation amount.
A previously conducted donation study by the charitable organization, Oxfam, examined this idea and found interesting results.
As an experienced testing team WWF, Read more