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ARTS & CRAFTS5 Tips for Becoming a Better Marketer-Designer
Ben Ratner
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AGENDA
1 Understand Your Goals
2 Create a Visual Hierarchy
3 Show, Don’t Tell
4 Solve for the Skim
5 Avoid Outdated Trends
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BEN RATNER@benjratner
CRM Growth Marketer, Freelance Web Designer, Breakdancer, and Chocolate Milk Connoisseur.
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1 Understand Your Goals
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WHAT IS DESIGN?
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DESIGN ISN’T ART.
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IT’S NOT ABOUT MAKING THINGS PRETTIER.
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IT’S ABOUT MAKING THINGS PERFORM BETTER.
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WHAT IS “GOOD” DESIGN?
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THE “GOODNESS” OF DESIGN DEPENDS ON HOW EFFECTIVELY IT ACHIEVES ITS GOALSHere’s what I mean by goals:
• Emails Drive clicks
• Landing Pages Drive form submissions
• CTAs Drive Clicks
• Infographics Drive engagement and recall
• Blog Drive CTA clicks and subscription
• Website Drive engagement and exploration
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MEASURING DESIGN REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR GOALS
So ask yourself this…
• What metric am I measuring performance off of?
• What is the action that is most important for
people here to take?
• How does this particular page / email / piece of
content fit in to my overall marketing funnel?
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A FAMILIAR FRAMEWORK
Understand your goals
Tie your goals to measurable metrics
Set performance targets
Hit those targets!!
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BE MY FRIEND
Or get to know me first
BEN’S EVIL TIP
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2 Create a Visual Hierarchy
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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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CREATE A VISUAL HIERARCHY
1. Categorize the elements by importance
2. Emphasize the essential elements
3. Remove or de-emphasize the non-essential elements
4. Arrange the remaining elements effectively
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1. CATEGORIZE THE ELEMENTS BY IMPORTANCE
First off, what do I mean by “the elements”?• All of the individual pieces that make up a piece of content
or webpage
• Ex: The headline, the body copy, benefit bullet points, the
CTA or form, the featured image, testimonials, social share
icons, screenshots, video
How to Categorize Elements by Importance• What is essential in order to provide context for conversion?
• What is important for influencing conversion, but not
essential?
• What has no real business being there in the first place?
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A CHEAT SHEET
ESSENTIAL NON-ESSENTIAL
OFFER EMAIL Name of offerBrief description of offerLink / CTA to offer
Email signatureAdditional informationSocial share buttonsFeatured imageCompany logo
OFFER LANDING PAGE
Name of offerBrief description of offerForm to download
Benefit bullet pointsTestimonialsWebsite navigationWebsite footerVideoScreenshotsSocial share buttons“How it Works”Additional information
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2. EMPHASIZE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
It’s time to add emphasis to the elements that are essential
for conversion. Here are some common ways to do that:
•Make them big
• Make them bold
• Make them ALL CAPS
• Make them Colorful
Or just give them space!
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3. REMOVE OR DE-EMPHASIZE THE NON-ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
For all of the elements that aren’t absolutely necessary to get
to the point of conversion, you can do 1 of 2 things:
1. Get rid of them entirely
2. Demote them, or move them below the point of conversion
Be smart about how you use these elements, or they’ll get in
your way!
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4. ARRANGE THE ELEMENTS EFFECTIVELY
The way elements are emphasized also depends on the way
they’re arranged. To optimize for conversion, you should
arrange the elements based on the principles of human
interaction.
The most common is the “Z” or “F” principle – let’s explore
that.
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WHAT
WHY HOW
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WHAT
WHY HOW
1
2 3
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3 Show, Don’t Tell
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USERS ONLY READ ABOUT 20% OF TEXT ON THE AVERAGE PAGE.
(Source)
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HOW CAN YOU SHOW YOUR MESSAGE INSTEAD OF TELLING IT?
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WAYS TO SHOW, NOT TELL
• Software company or app? Use screenshots
• Physical product? Show it in use
• Service company or agency? Show your best
work
• Promoting content? Depict the offer visually
• Have video? Use it!
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SCREENSHOTS
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PRODUCT IN USE
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PHYSICAL DEPICTION
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BEN’S TOOLKIT
• For screenshots Skitch, by Evernote
• For live action screenshots Placeit.net
• For 3D ebook covers PSDcovers.com
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4 Solve for the Skim
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YOU HAVE 8 SECONDS TO GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS.
Because guess what…
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HUMANS HAVE A SHORTER ATTENTION SPAN THAN THE AVERAGE GOLDFISH
8Seconds
9Seconds
(Source)
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PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SKIM THROUGH YOUR CONTENT.
(Unless you’re marketing to Goldfish)
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SO YOU’LL NEED TO SOLVE FOR THE SKIM
Here are some ways to do so:
• Get the message across with your emphasized
elements
• Create clearly defined sections
• Say enough to hook, but not enough to bore
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GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS WITH EMPHASIZED ELEMENTS
• Most of the people who open your emails will
only read 1 or 2 sentences before making a
decision – how do you influence them?
• Use a combination of your subject line, headline,
header image, and CTA to get the full message
across. Namely:– Why you’re emailing them (purpose)– What you’d like them to do about it (call-to-action)
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LET’S COMPARE…
70% visual, 30% written
Even in emails!
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CREATE CLEARLY DEFINED SECTIONS
• Got a lot of content? Or have multiple points of
conversion? Break it up.
• Why break it into sections?– To add breathing room– To guide the user experience– To allow for harmony between different points of
conversion
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A GREAT EXAMPLE
Notice how the pieces of content in this email are broken into clearly defined sections.
When skimming this message, it’s easy to see where one section ends and the next begins, as well as what the CTA for each section is.
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SAY ENOUGH TO HOOK, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BORE
• Say too little and you won’t provide enough
context. Say too much and you’ll lose your
readers along the way.
• Knowing how much to say depends on your
audience and what you’re promoting.
• Rule of thumb: Entice people. Curiosity drives
clicks.
• And remember, you’ve only got 8 seconds!
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Yay, Sarah!
Let’s hear it for Sarah, the master of all things HUG! She did a great job…
• Telling the full story through the header and CTA
• Breaking things into sections
• Striking a balance between saying too much and too little
And she isn’t a designer!
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5 Avoid Outdated Trends
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WARNING
What you’re about to see is really, really bad design. If you scare easily or suffer from any sort of heart condition,
please look away.
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1. AWFUL CORPORATE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
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KID: But mommy I want a ham sandwich like the other kids.
MOM: Stop whining and eat your bucket of fruit.
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Suzanne immediately regretted getting her daughter MMA lessons. But by then it was too late.
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Recipe:1. Boil Noodles2. Put ketchup on boiled noodles3. Ruin childhood.
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UNSPLASH.COM
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OR HUBSPOT FREE STOCK
PHOTOS
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2. CHEESY IMAGES (OR CLIP ART)
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THENOUNPROJECT.COM
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3. EXCRUCIATING TYPOGRAPHY
Comic SansPapyrus
Times / Arial
Curlz
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GOOGLE FONTS
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Want people to believe what
you say? Use Baskerville!
(Source)
PRO TIP
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4. IMAGE SLIDERS
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WAIT…WHY NOT IMAGE SLIDERS?
• They make the user lose control of their
interaction with the site
• They create banner blindness and are often
ignored
• They simply do not work (and I’ll prove it)
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Only 1% of total visitors click through from the carousel, and majority of these visitors (84%) interacted with only the first slide
of the carousel. (Source)
CTR% of Clicks by Slide Position
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JUST GET YOUR GROOVE ON!
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TO SUMMARIZE
• Don’t use terrible stock photography
• Don’t use cheesy images / clip art
• Don’t use excruciating typography
• If you can…avoid using carousels
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Recap
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1. UNDERSTAND YOUR GOALS
Understand your goals
Tie your goals to measurable metrics
Set performance targets
Hit those targets
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2. CREATE A VISUAL HIERARCHY
Rank the elements by importance
Emphasize the essential elements
Remove or de-emphasize the non-essential
elements
Arrange the remaining elements effectively
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3. SHOW, DON’T TELL
Software company or app? Use screenshots
Physical product? Show it in use
Services company or agency? Show your best
work
Promoting content? Depict the offer visually
Have video? Use it!
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4. SOLVE FOR THE SKIM
Get the message across using your emphasized
elements
Create clearly defined sections
Say enough to hook, but not enough to bore
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5. AVOID TERRIBLE DESIGN
Don’t use horrible stock photography
Don’t use cheesy images and clip art
Don’t use excruciating typography
Try not to use image sliders
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QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU