Taktical Growth Hacks 295

The best email of your week

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What’s in the news

Meta launches paid verification on Instagram and Facebook, TikTok under investigation by the DOJ, and Twitter now shows bookmarking metrics.

Growth Hacks

#1. An easy fix for +16% more conversions

A study by Quick Sprout revealed a simple trick that boosted conversions by 16%.

What’s the trick?

Making their website’s the cursor blink by default in the input field of their lead generation form.

Source: QuickSprout

#2. Push notifications push purchases 

Leanplum, a mobile marketing platform, analyzed 56 million data points to figure out how to boost sales.

Here are their 2 best findings:

1. Push notifications convert 9.6x more users to paying customers.

2. Sending notifications between 3-6 PM results in 2.7 times more purchases.

Source: Leanplum

#3. Increase revenue by saying hello

Promotional emails are a necessary evil of the eCommerce world, but a study indications that there’s a type of email sells 320% more products than promotional emails.

Welcome emails!

If you’re only using promotional emails to get sales, it’s time to start recommending products in your welcome emails.

Source: WordStream

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