Tim Ash
Tim Ash is the president of SiteTuners.com, a performance-based landing page optimization company. During his Internet career, Tim has worked with companies like American Express, Sony Music, Black&Decker, eBags, American Honda, and McAfee (HackerSafe). He has chaired Internet conferences and spoken internationally at such industry events as Search Engine Strategies, PC Expo, the Affiliate Summit, eComXpo, and Internet World. Tim is a frequent columnist and writer on conversion improvement, and is the author of Amazon's e-commerce bestseller book Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions (John Wiley & Sons Press, 2008).
Recent articles by Tim Ash
Writing Sales Copy for Conversions
One of the most common components you can test is sales copy. Changing your approach to writing can often lead to a double-digit increase in conversion rates. Jan 7, 2009
Assembling Your Landing Page Optimization Dream Team, Part 4
We've outlined several of the key roles needed for a successful landing page optimization program. Today, we'll look at the final three roles: the programmer, system administrator, and quality assurance tester. Dec 24, 2008
Assembling Your Landing Page Optimization Dream Team, Part 3
We've already described some key roles necessary for a successful landing page optimization program. Today, we'll examine three more roles: the copywriter, marketing manager, and user experience expert. Dec 10, 2008
Assembling Your Landing Page Optimization Dream Team, Part 2
The success of your testing program relies heavily on the cooperation of many people in your organization. We continue our look at some key roles needed for a successful landing page optimization program. Nov 26, 2008
Assembling Your Landing Page Optimization Dream Team, Part 1
The success of your testing program relies heavily on the cooperation of many people in your organization. There are some key roles that you'll need to fill with the right kinds of people, or your ideas will never see the light of day. Nov 12, 2008
Landing Pages and the Decision-Making Process
Landing page optimization and testing is a complex activity that requires knowledge of many fields, including usability, copywriting, math, and Web design. But at its core, we're still trying to influence the behavior of people, and human nature hasn't changed. Oct 29, 2008
Landing Page Optimization: Guessing vs. Testing
Even the most experienced experts will be wrong much of the time because no one person can envision the diverse needs of all visitors who find your page. Even if the expert knew everything about every visitor, they would find that their needs often are contradictory. The real experts on the design of your landing pages are your Web site visitors. Oct 15, 2008
Landing Page Optimization -- Insource or Outsource? Part 2
Deciding whether to outsource your landing page optimization and testing program is not an easy decision. There are advantages to each. Here are three more important considerations before you choose to outsource your testing program or "insource" it by doing everything in-house. Sep 17, 2008
Landing Page Optimization -- Insource or Outsource?
Landing page optimization and testing can lead to huge performance improvements across your online marketing programs. But how do you capture these gains? Should you outsource your testing program or "insource" it by doing everything in-house? Sep 3, 2008
What Are You Converting?
Many people view conversions as large-scale events, such as product sales or sign-ups for a service. But a conversion can mean many things, depending on the site. Aug 20, 2008
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