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©2016 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved.
Erik JohnsonMorningstar, Inc.May 17, 2016
Think Like Your Visitors to Increase Website Conversions
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To engage your visitors, you have to know how they think Image: dierk schaefer
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1. Speak to the Right System2. Prime your Visitors3. Frame the Action4. Experiment
Agenda
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Hi, I’m Erik.Marketing Optimization ManagerMorningstar, Inc.
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About the Behavioral Insights Team
•Behavioral scientists study the quirks of the mind: people often act “irrationally” and small interventions can help people change their behavior.•At Morningstar, we work to better understand, and help, investors and their ecosystem overcome behavioral biases.
Steve Wendel Head of
Behavioral Science
Sarah Newcomb Behavioral Scientist
Amna KanounProgram Manager
Erik JohnsonMarketing
Optimization Manager
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Phallon Edmonds
BehavioralContent
Associate
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1. Speak to the Right System2. Prime your Visitors3. Frame the Action4. Experiment
Agenda
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Which is more intuitive?
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Which is more intuitive?
10Image: The Design of Everyday Things
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Our mind operates in two systems
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System 1Automatic SystemAutomatic and quick, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control
System 2Reflective SystemCareful attention for effortful mental activities
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Our mind operates in two systems
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System 1Automatic SystemUncontrolledEffortlessAssociativeFastUnconsciousSkilled
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Our mind operates in two systems
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System 2Reflective SystemControlledEffortfulDeductiveSlowSelf-awareRule following
Image:, Amber Case
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So how does this apply to your site?
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Thinking prevents action
15Image: Brian Siewiorek
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Thinking prevents action
16Source: Fidelity Investments
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Appeal to System 1 first
17Image: Anna
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Communicate clearly
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• Clearly state your value proposition:–Who your site is for–What the benefits are for the visitor–Why it’s relevant to them
• Speak in the language your visitors use
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Speak in the language your visitors use
20Image: Verizon Wireless
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Make actions clear
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200% increase
Source: Morningstar
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Make action easy
23Image: amanda tipton
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Use defaults
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Simplify steps
25Image: UserOnboard
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Skip steps
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Sometimes we need System 2
27Image:, Amber Case
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Appeal to System 2 when System 1 will cause problems
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1. Speak to the Right System2. Prime your Visitors3. Frame the Action4. Experiment
Agenda
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Who can tell the difference between red and white wine?
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Who can tell the difference between red and white wine?
34Image: Nicholas Brett Source: Morrota, Brochetb, and Dubourdieub, 2001
White wine artificially colored red with an odorless dye was identified as a red wine by a panel of 54 professional wine tasters.
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What’s priming?
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Priming
How our decisions, actions, and opinions are influenced by subtle and often seemingly meaningless factors in our environment.
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Our thoughts, feelings, and actions are primed by everything around us
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How are your visitors being primed?
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Prime with words
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Prime with words
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Prime with words
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Prime with images
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Prime with images
42Source: Signal v. Noise
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Prime with color
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Blue: Security and integrity or tranquility and peace
Green: Freshness and environmental
Yellow: Energy and cheerfulness or caution
Source: Quicksprout
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Prime with color
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Purple: Spirituality, luxury
Pink: Romance, beauty, love, sensitivity
Source: Quicksprout
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Prime with color
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Pure colors: youthful, summery, cheerful, energetic, or ‘cool’ feelings.
Tinted colors: lighter, more peaceful, and less energetic
Shaded colors: mysterious, dark, evil, or dangerous
Source: Quicksprout
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1. Speak to the Right System2. Prime your Visitors3. Frame the Action4. Experiment
Agenda
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Which one of the inner squares looks lighter? Darker?
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What’s framing?
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FramingThe way choices are arranged and presented to us changes the way we perceive our options and make decisions.
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Framing changes action
49Source: Ariely, 2008
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The Decoy Effect
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68%32%
16%0%84%
Source: Ariely, 2008
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Anchoring
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Anchoring
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Anchoring
55Source: Unbounce
500%increase
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Frame what’s popular
57Source: Marketing Land
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Frame with social proof
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1. Speak to the Right System2. Prime your Visitors3. Frame the Action4. Experiment
Agenda
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Test to see what really works
61Source: Signal v. Noise
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Best practices aren’t infallible
62Source: Signal v. Noise
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Experimentation is the behavioral method
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The A/B test: The easiest, and most powerful way to test and learn
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Technology makes testing easy
65Image: Smashing Magazine
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1. Speak to the Right System2. Prime your Visitors3. Frame the Action4. Experiment
Agenda
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Know the psychology of your site
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• Which system of thinking are your visitors using?
• What is priming them?
• How are the actions framed?
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Experiment to find what works
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• Test different ways of utilizing psychological theories
• Use software to run A/B tests
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Reap the benefits
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