How should you measure the success of your credit union website?

We know the job of your credit union website, and we know how your website should do that job. But don’t stop now! How do you know if your website is doing the job well?

It’s not enough to look good or sprinkle calls to action (CTAs) on every page. You need to know how to measure the success of those beautifully designed pages you’ve spent so much time on. You need to know if people are actually moving down the conversion funnel after visiting your site, and you need to know what value that converts to.

What’s the right measurement?

If someone clicks on a CTA after coming to your site, ideally they will complete a lead capture form before going on to the rest of the application process. With every action a user takes, they are moving further down the conversion funnel—your goal is to eventually get them to the very bottom, at which point a new loan or account is funded.

In other words, the success of your website is measured by its conversion rate, or the percentage of people your website gets to become a lead or to click through to your origination application.

 

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