
So you’re a stats-driven marketer that lives and breathes CRO, LPO and A/B Testing? Well, you’re in for a treat. Here are 25 mind-blowing facts that will get your juices pumping.
So sit back, learn some new & interesting stats, take your pick of the best, and tweet away. But don’t worry, you get to change the tweets before they go out.
Just don’t change the stats :)
My Top 3?
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44% of companies use split testing software. It should be 100%Source: seogadget 
 
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President Obama raised an additional $60 million, using A/B TestingSource: event360 
 
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Digital marketers allocating more of their budgets to optimization tend to have more success with their conversion ratesSource: Marketing Charts 
Conversion Rate Optimization Stats

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Only about 22% of businesses are satisfied with their conversion ratesSource: EduBirdie 
 
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For every $92 dollars spent acquiring customers, only $1 is spent converting themSource: EduBirdie 
 
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85% of search marketing professionals will focus more on conversion rate optimization this yearSource: Marketing Charts 
 
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It’s not rocket science: the fewer questions you ask, the greater your form-fill rate will beSource: clickz 
 
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A 1 second delay in your site speed can result in a 7% reduction in conversionsSource: KISSmetrics 
 
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60% of online marketers plan to do customer journey analysis to improve their online conversion ratesSource: Marketing Charts 
 
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Lack of resources (54%) and lack of budget (35%) are the leading barriers respondents named to improving conversion ratesSource: Marketing Charts 
 
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Most companies are employing a variety of conversion optimization best practices but are dissatisfied with their proficiency in themSource: Marketing Charts 
Landing Page Stats

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Getting landing pages built and tested is one of the top five challenges faced by B2B marketersSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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44% of clicks for B2B companies are directed to a home page, not a landing pageSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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48% of marketers build a new landing page for each marketing campaignSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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Of B2B companies that use landing pages, 62% have six or fewer total landing pagesSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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48% of landing pages contain multiple offersSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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Only 52% of companies and agencies that use landing pages also test them to find ways to improve conversionsSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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16% of landing pages are free of navigation barsSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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42% of offer-related graphics on landing pages are not clickableSource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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Using videos on landing pages can increase conversions by 86%Source: Eyeview 
 
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Roughly 75% of businesses have problem finding suitable expertise for optimizing their landing page copySource: Marketing Sherpa 
 
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The testing of multiple landing pages is considered an advanced and difficult methodologySource: Marketing Charts 
A/B Testing Stats

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Only 1 out of 8 A/B tests have driven significant changeSource: Conversion XL 
 
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Gmail once tested 50 shades of blue for their CTA color and found the highest converting shadeSource: Quick Sprout 
 
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For 2 years running, A/B testing is the most used method for improving conversionSource: Econsultancy 
 
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President Obama raised an additional $60 million, using A/B TestingSource: event360 
 
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Google ran more than 7,000 A/B tests in 2011 aloneSource: Pardot 
 
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44% of companies use split testing software.Source: seogadget 

