This is not a lesson in physics, but a conversion formula
developed by Marketing Experiments.
Translation:
C = Probability of conversion
m = Motivation of user (when)
v = Clarity of the value proposition (why)
i = Incentive to take action
f = Friction elements of process
a = Anxiety about entering information
Summary: The probability of conversion depends on the match
between the offer and visitor motivation + the clarity of the value
proposition + (incentives to take action now-friction)-anxiety. The
numbers next to each character signify the importance of them.
How to apply this to your copy:
- Is your value proposition easy to understand and perfectly
clear? Would everyone understand what you offer and how it's
beneficial to them?
- Go through your copy and see if there's any way to make your
statements clearer.
- Communicate value: don't just list features, turn them into
benefits.
- Make a list of all possible questions, doubts and objections
that prospects might have in the buying process. Address them.
- Make the buying or signup process as easy as possible, remove
everything that is not absolutely necessary.
- Add microcopy:
explain why you need certain data and what happens after they give
it to you.
- Provide full information: what happens after they buy, what can
they expect, when is the product shipped, what's the delivery
time.
- Add risk reversal: what kind of guarantees are in place? What
happens if they don't like it, or it's not what they thought,
etc?