Conversion Rate Optimization
More Leads From the Traffic
You're Already Paying For
Most businesses focus on getting more traffic. CRO focuses on getting more from the traffic you already have. Doubling your conversion rate has the same effect as doubling your traffic — without the additional marketing spend. We identify why visitors aren't converting and fix it systematically.
Overview
What conversion rate optimization actually is.
Your conversion rate is the percentage of website visitors who take the action you want — fill out a form, call your number, book an appointment. If 100 people visit your site and 2 contact you, your conversion rate is 2%. CRO is the practice of improving that percentage.
The value is compounding. A site converting at 4% instead of 2% doubles your leads from the same traffic. Combined with SEO or paid advertising, improved conversion rates dramatically lower your effective cost per lead. We use analytics data, heatmaps, session recordings, and structured testing to identify the specific barriers that are preventing visitors from converting — then systematically remove them.
What's Included
Everything you get.
Conversion audit
A thorough review of your current site — analytics data, user flow, heatmaps, form analytics — to identify exactly where visitors are dropping off and why.
User behavior analysis
Heatmaps, scroll maps, and session recordings that reveal how real visitors are actually interacting with your pages — often revealing problems invisible in analytics alone.
Hypothesis development
Prioritized list of conversion barriers with specific hypotheses for how to fix each one — ranked by potential impact and implementation effort.
Copy & UX improvements
Headline rewrites, CTA optimization, form simplification, trust signal placement, and page hierarchy changes that reduce friction and increase action rates.
A/B testing
Where traffic volume supports it, structured A/B tests that measure the impact of specific changes with statistical confidence before implementing site-wide.
Conversion tracking verification
Confirmation that all conversion events are tracking correctly — because CRO decisions are only as good as the data they're based on.
Why Sherwood
Why businesses choose us.
We built the site — we can fix it
CRO changes require code changes. We implement directly, immediately — no coordinating between an optimizer and a separate developer.
Data before opinions
Every change recommendation comes from analytics evidence, not design preference. We don't guess at what's wrong — we measure it.
Full-funnel view
We look at the whole conversion path — from the ad or search result through the landing page through the form or call. Fixing one piece while ignoring others misses the real opportunity.
Realistic about traffic volume
A/B testing requires meaningful traffic to produce statistically significant results. For lower-traffic sites, we use qualitative methods and expert review rather than testing for the sake of it.
ROI focus
Every CRO recommendation is evaluated against the potential revenue impact. We prioritize changes that move the revenue needle, not changes that are just interesting.
Integrated with paid and organic
CRO improvements benefit every traffic source simultaneously — better conversion rates from SEO traffic, better ROI from ad spend, better results from email campaigns.
FAQ
Common questions.
What's a good conversion rate for a service business website?
It varies significantly by industry, traffic source, and the type of conversion (call vs. form vs. chat). A service business homepage converting at 2–5% is typical. Well-optimized landing pages for targeted paid traffic can reach 10–20%. The more important benchmark is your own baseline — and how much you can improve it.
How long does CRO take to show results?
Initial improvements from copy, UX, and trust signal changes can show up in conversion data within 2–4 weeks. A/B tests need 2–4 weeks minimum to collect meaningful data at typical traffic levels. CRO is an ongoing process — the first round of changes opens the door to the next.
Do I need a lot of traffic for CRO to work?
Not for qualitative CRO — reviewing analytics, heatmaps, and session recordings, then making expert-informed improvements works at any traffic level. Statistical A/B testing typically requires at least 1,000 visitors per month per variation to produce reliable results.
Is CRO a one-time project or ongoing?
Both, depending on your goals. An initial CRO audit and improvement round is a defined project. Ongoing CRO — continuous testing and refinement as traffic and behavior data accumulates — produces compounding results over time.
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