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More conversions from the traffic you already have. No extra ad spend required.

CRO finds and fixes the friction points that are costing you leads, sales, and revenue, turning more of your existing visitors into customers.

Getting traffic is only half the job. Converting it is the other half.

Most businesses invest heavily in driving traffic (SEO, paid ads, social, email) and then lose a significant portion of that investment to a website that doesn't convert. Slow pages, confusing navigation, forms with too many fields, CTAs that don't land, and checkout flows that create friction instead of momentum. These aren't design problems. They're revenue problems. CRO is the discipline that fixes them, systematically, using real behavioral data rather than gut instinct.

Our CRO practice combines behavioral analytics, UX audit, A/B testing, copywriting, and design to identify exactly where visitors are dropping off and exactly what to do about it. We work across landing pages, existing site pages, forms, and eCommerce checkout flows, building new pages where they're needed and optimizing what already exists. Every recommendation is grounded in data, and every change is measured against a baseline.

Data FirstEvery recommendation grounded in behavioral analytics, not assumptions
BothNew landing page builds and existing page optimization
Full FunnelPages, forms, copy, and checkout flows covered
Our Approach

What you can expect from our CRO work

Our CRO engagements are modular, designed to scale from focused audits to full ongoing optimization programs. A comprehensive engagement can include:

Research & Analysis

01

CRO Audit & Conversion Funnel Analysis

A structured audit of your conversion funnel from entry point to goal completion, identifying where visitors are dropping off, where friction is highest, and which pages represent the biggest revenue opportunity. GA4 data is analyzed alongside behavioral data to build a complete picture of what's happening and why before any changes are made.

02

Behavioral Analytics & Heatmap Analysis

Hotjar heatmaps, session recordings, click maps, and scroll depth analysis deployed across key pages, showing exactly how real visitors interact with your site: where they click, where they stop scrolling, where they get confused, and where they abandon. Behavioral data surfaces what analytics alone can't show.

03

Form Friction Analysis

Every form on your site audited for conversion friction: field count, field type, form length, error handling, and submission flow. Multi-step form opportunities are identified where a single long form is suppressing completion rates. Hotjar form analytics are used to pinpoint which specific fields are causing abandonment at the field level.

04

User Experience & Copy Audit

Page-level UX review covering information hierarchy, visual flow, trust signals, CTA positioning, and critical performance metrics like Core Web Vitals (INP, LCP, CLS) that directly affect user patience and conversion rates, because a page that loads slowly or responds poorly to interaction loses visitors before they ever experience your optimized copy or layout. Value proposition clarity, headline effectiveness, and social proof placement are evaluated against their job: moving the visitor toward the next step.

Optimization & Testing

05

Landing Page Development & Optimization

New campaign landing pages built from scratch where needed, designed and written specifically to match the traffic source's intent and convert it. Existing landing pages audited and optimized against conversion best practices. Every page is built with a single goal and zero unnecessary distractions between the visitor and the conversion.

06

CRO Copywriting

Headlines, subheads, CTAs, value propositions, and body copy rewritten for conversion, not just clarity. CRO copywriting is a distinct discipline from brand copywriting. It's built around what motivates the specific visitor on that specific page to take the specific action the page is designed to drive.

07

A/B Testing & Multivariate Testing

Structured tests designed, implemented, and analyzed across key layout variables: page variations, headline alternatives, CTA copy and placement, form configurations, and trust signal positioning. Every test uses pre-launch power analysis to set strict sample size thresholds and statistical confidence parameters before a single visitor enters the test, so no variant is declared a winner on insufficient data. Testing deployment is optimized to eliminate page flicker, protecting clean data integrity and the visitor experience throughout the test period.

08

eCommerce Checkout Flow Optimization

Cart abandonment reduction, checkout UX improvement, trust signal implementation, payment option optimization, and guest checkout configuration, for eCommerce clients where the checkout flow is the most critical conversion point on the site. Every step of the path from cart to confirmation is audited and optimized.

Where It Starts

You can't optimize what you haven't measured.

Every CRO engagement starts with a data-first audit, not assumptions about what might be wrong but behavioral evidence of what actually is. Hotjar session recordings show us where real visitors hesitate, click away, or abandon. GA4 funnel analysis shows us exactly where conversion rates drop. Form analytics show us which fields are killing completions. Core Web Vitals tell us whether technical performance is costing you conversions before visitors even reach your content. The audit is what separates CRO that moves the needle from redesigns that just look different.

Our Tools

Behavioral data plus analytics data. The full picture.

CRO decisions made without behavioral data are guesses dressed up as strategy. We combine Hotjar's behavioral analytics (heatmaps, session recordings, click maps, and scroll analysis) with GA4's conversion funnel and traffic data and Core Web Vitals performance mapping to build a complete picture of what's happening on your site and why. Together they reveal what analytics alone misses: the human behavior and technical friction behind the numbers.

Behavioral Analytics

  • Hotjar: heatmaps, session recordings, click maps
  • Hotjar: scroll depth & engagement analysis
  • Hotjar: form analytics & field-level abandonment
  • Hotjar: feedback polls & on-site surveys

Technical Performance

  • PageSpeed Insights: Core Web Vitals audit & scoring
  • Chrome UX Report: real-world field data by URL & origin
  • WebPageTest: waterfall analysis & load performance diagnostics
  • Lighthouse: performance, accessibility & best practice auditing

Conversion & Traffic Analytics

  • Google Analytics 4: funnel analysis & conversion tracking
  • Google Search Console: traffic & intent data
  • Google Tag Manager: event tracking & goal configuration
  • Looker Studio: unified reporting & performance dashboards
The Process

How we approach a CRO engagement

  1. 01

    Audit & Data Collection

    Hotjar deployed across key pages, with heatmaps, session recordings, and form analytics collecting behavioral data alongside GA4 funnel and conversion data. Core Web Vitals assessed via PageSpeed Insights and Chrome UX Report. Audit scope defined: which pages, which funnels, and which conversion goals are being evaluated.

  2. 02

    Analysis & Hypothesis Development

    Behavioral, analytics, and performance data synthesized into a prioritized list of conversion friction points, each with a documented hypothesis for what's causing the drop-off and what change should improve it. No recommendations are made without data backing the hypothesis.

  3. 03

    Prioritization & Roadmap

    Findings prioritized by estimated revenue impact and implementation effort, so the changes most likely to move the needle get tackled first. Optimization roadmap presented and agreed upon before any implementation work begins.

  4. 04

    Implementation

    Copy rewritten, design updated, forms restructured, landing pages built, and checkout flows optimized, all to the agreed scope. Where A/B tests are the right approach, test variants are built and power analysis completed before anything changes in production.

  5. 05

    Testing & Measurement

    A/B tests run to pre-determined sample size thresholds and statistical significance, with no premature conclusions and no flicker-compromised data. For changes implemented without formal A/B testing, pre- and post-implementation performance is tracked against the baseline established in the audit. Every change is measured against a defined success metric.

  6. 06

    Reporting & Iteration

    Results documented and reported: what improved, by how much, and what the next highest-priority opportunity is. CRO is a continuous process, not a one-time project. The data from each round of optimization informs the next hypothesis, and the cycle continues.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between CRO and just redesigning our website?

A redesign changes how a site looks. CRO changes how a site performs, based on behavioral evidence of what's actually causing visitors not to convert. A redesign without CRO data is an expensive guess. CRO without a redesign often produces better results faster because it's making targeted, evidence-based changes rather than rebuilding everything and hoping the new version converts better.

Where do you start, what does an audit cover?

The audit covers your conversion funnel from entry point to goal completion: GA4 funnel analysis, Hotjar heatmaps and session recordings across key pages, form analytics on every form in the funnel, a Core Web Vitals performance assessment, and a UX and copy review of the pages with the highest drop-off rates. Everything is prioritized by estimated revenue impact, so we know what to fix first.

Do you build new landing pages or just optimize existing ones?

Both. For campaigns that need a dedicated conversion-focused landing page, we build from scratch, designed and written specifically for the traffic source and the conversion goal. For existing pages that aren't performing, we audit and optimize what's there. Most engagements include both.

Do you run the A/B tests or do we?

Both options work. We design the test, write the variants, complete the pre-launch power analysis, and analyze the results in every case. Implementation can be handled by our team or yours depending on your technical setup and preference. Either way, tests are run to pre-determined sample size thresholds with statistical confidence parameters defined before the test launches, and deployment is handled to eliminate page flicker and protect data integrity.

Do you optimize eCommerce checkout flows?

Yes. Checkout flow optimization is one of the highest-ROI CRO investments an eCommerce business can make. We audit the full path from cart to confirmation, identifying friction points, trust signal gaps, unnecessary steps, and UX issues that are causing abandonment, and optimize accordingly.

How do you measure CRO success?

Against the baseline conversion rate established in the audit. Every change is measured against what was there before, whether through formal A/B testing or pre/post implementation tracking in GA4. We report on conversion rate change, the impact on lead or revenue volume, and the statistical confidence of the result.

How long does it take to see results?

It depends on your baseline traffic volume and conversion data. A/B tests require a specific sample size, determined by pre-test power analysis, to achieve true statistical confidence. High-traffic pages can yield clear winners in weeks. Lower-traffic areas take longer to accumulate the data needed for reliable conclusions. For lower-traffic scenarios, we pivot toward high-impact micro-conversion tracking and sequential pre/post behavioral analysis (measuring form interactions, scroll depth, click patterns, and engagement signals) so your optimization momentum never stalls while waiting on sample sizes to mature.

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