WEBSITE TRAFFIC & CONVERSION FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLAR
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WEBSITE TRAFFIC & CONVERSION FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLAR
BayWa r.e.r.e.energize Your Digital Marketing Peter Troast, Founder & CEO, Energy CircleJune 20, 2019
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370+ High Performance Building Businesses
Solar installers, HVAC, home performance contractors, builders/remodelers, energy auditors, architects, non-profits
50 States & Canada
64,000 Tracked Search Terms in Solar & HP
$1 BILLION in Renewable & Performance Building Work
Significant Solar Specific Data
• Mix of integrated and pure solar contractors
• Thousands of leads generated
• Several million in marketing spend
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The Energy Circle Sandbox
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Are we getting enough traffic?
Is there diversity in our traffic sources?
How do we assess the quality of our traffic?
Are we turning traffic into leads?
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Website Traffic: The Key Questions
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UNDERSTANDING & EVALUATING TRAFFIC Sources Quality
IS YOUR CONVERSION WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE? by Traffic Source by Page
SPECIFIC INDICATORS THAT WEBSITE MAY NEED IMPROVEMENT
Where to focus/invest?
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What We’ll Discuss
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ENOUGH TRAFFIC?THE RIGHT TRAFFIC?
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Where’s Your Traffic Coming From?
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Organic Improvement Over Time?
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Very Often: It’s Lumpy
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Which Pages are Getting Traffic?
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The Organic “Not Provided” Challenge
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Top Destination Pages
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The Bounce Rate Question
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The Bounce Rate Question
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Is There a “Right” Traffic Mix?
Enough Traffic? Converting?
Organic Dominant
Heavy Display
Paid SearchLeads
Converting? Quality?
Bounce Rate?
Cost & Return? Conversion Rate?
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Beyond the Website: A Healthy Lead Mix?
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TRAFFIC —>CONVERSION
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LEADS* / TRAFFIC
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CONVERSION RATE
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How Conversions are Measured
29%
71%
Web Forms vs Phone/Chat
2016
~135 Energy Circle Websites 2018
31%
69%
23%
77%
20182017
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Why Conversion Matters So Much
Before After
All Web Traffic 1625 1625
Conv Rate 7.72% 9.39% +1.67 / 22%
Leads 125 153 +27
Lead -> Job 12% 12%
Jobs 15 18 +3
Ave Job 22,500 22,500
Revenue $337,500 $405,000 67,500
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Why Conversion Matters So Much
CONVERSION FOCUS
Before After
All Web Traffic 1625 1625
Conv Rate 7.72% 9.39% 1.67
Leads 125 153 22%
TRAFFIC FOCUS
Before After
All Web Traffic 1625 2100 475
Conv Rate 7.72% 7.72%
Leads 125 162 29%
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Organic
Paid
Display
Direct
Social
0% 3.2% 6.4% 9.6% 12.8% 16%
2.93%
10.11%
3.93%
0.3%
15.07%
9.42%
Data from 65 Energy Circle Clients, 12 months of 2018
Average Conversion Rates by Channel
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SPECIFIC INDICATORS OF WEBSITE NEEDS
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1. CONVERSION RATE IN RELATION TO TRAFFIC
2. KEYWORDS YOUR SITE RANKS FOR
3. PAGES ON YOUR SITE THAT RANK FOR KEYWORDS
4. TOP VISITED PAGES IN RELATION TO TOP CONVERTING PAGES
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4 Key Indicators
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CONVERSION RATE & TRAFFIC Traffic steady but conversion declining?
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Conversion Rate & Traffic
• Steady Traffic • Decline in Conversion • No Significant Site Changes • Status Quo Results in Conversion Decline
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Conversion Rate & Traffic
• Modest Traffic Growth • Substantial Conversion Rate Improvement • Consistently Refreshed Site Content • A/B Testing of Conversion Page Elements
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# OF KEYWORDS FOR WHICH SITE IS RANKING
Does Your Website Rank for the Most Important Search Terms?
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Search Queries for which Site Pages Rank on Page 1 (Organic)
• Volume of Unique Keywords
• Shows Comprehensiveness of Content
• Site Content is Relevant to Diverse Set of Search Terms
• Reaching Broader Audience
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DIVERSITY OF SITE PAGES RANKING FOR IMPORTANT
KEYWORDS How well does your website dominate search results?
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Diversity of Site Pages that Rank for “Energy Audit”
• 4 Pages Ranking
• Signals to Google: Site is Highly Relevant for that Service
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TOP VISITED VS TOP CONVERTING Are your most popular pages working for you
(i.e. generating leads)?
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Do Top Traffic Pages Match Conversions?
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Healthy Diversity of Pages that Convert
• Phone Calls in This Example
• Home Page Always Wins
• Goal is Many Pages that Convert
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