How focusing on one primary message on an instant donation page impacts donor conversion.
FamilyLife
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Experiment Summary
Timeframe: 04/18/2018 - 05/12/2018
FamilyLife offers a free online course called, I Still Do. After a person signs up for the online course, they are presented with an instant donation ask. After reading the copy on the instant donation page, we felt that there were two competing messages; one – about the details of the online course, and two – asking people to make a donation. We hypothesized that we might be able to increase donor conversion if we focused the value proposition solely on the primary goal of the page – the donation ask. To do this, we stripped out all of the details regarding the course and started our messaging around the donation. To reinforce the value proposition of the ask, we also told people the number of people they could reach with a specific, suggested, dollar amount right before the call-to-action.
Research Question
Would focusing the value proposition on one primary message increase conversion?
Design
Results
| Treatment Name | Conv. Rate | Relative Difference | Confidence | Average Gift | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C: | Control | 1.2% | $0.00 | ||
| T1: | Non-content focused copy | 3.2% | 165.8% | 98.8% | $0.00 |
This experiment has a required sample size of 419 in order to be valid. Since the experiment had a total sample size of 1,355, and the level of confidence is above 95% the experiment results are valid.
Flux Metrics Affected
The Flux Metrics analyze the three primary metrics that affect revenue (traffic, conversion rate, and average gift). This experiment produced the following results:
0% increase in traffic
× 165.8% increase in conversion rate
× 0% increase in average gift
Key Learnings
The treatment donation page increased donor conversion significantly by 165.8%! We were able to significantly increase donor motivation by strengthening the value proposition. This was done by simply focusing the content of the page on ONE primary message – the donation ask.
It is important to understand what the purpose of your page is for. In this case, we were trying to communicate too many messages to the end user which resulted in a low conversion rate for the control. When we were able to re-focus the page around what we want people to do, our messaging was much stronger and our case for support became much more clear.