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Use high-quality photos to reduce SaaS churn

High-quality photos are your best bet to persuade visitors to take action. Photos are catchy, noticeable, and trigger emotions. On the contrary, low-quality photos aren’t appreciated much and lead to a high churn rate.

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Intuit

Intuit uses a high-quality large photo of a smiling woman on its landing page. They know real photos work and they're doing it tremendously.

Device_Magic

IDevice Magic increased the conversion rate by 31% after it replaced the video with images.

Highrise

Highrise tested different variations of its landing page. The one with a real human photo worked best. It boosted conversion rate by 102.5%.

How to use the technique

  • Photos should be consistent with buyer personas. Targeting females with a male photo isn’t a smart idea. Use our free churn optimization framework for actionable insights. 
  • Use photos above the fold. It is the most crucial part of your landing page so make sure you have a high-quality photo there for conversion optimization.
  • Use large images as they're known to convert at a better rate and reduce churn.
  • Use photos of real people. The face should be clear. The photo needs to be high-quality. Other images aren’t really effective on a landing page.
  • The photo should be clear. It should have a catchy background. It should be meaningful.
  • Test conversions with different images. Not all photos perform well. Some photos will force visitors to churn. Find the best-performing images by testing for conversions. This free guide has step-by-step instructions on how to do it.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Using stock photos. It doesn’t feel personalized and stock photos are used all over the internet. Make yourself unique. Refrain from using stock photos.
  • Not compressing images is a lethal mistake that reduces website load time. Use the right format (preferably .eps) and compress photos to reduce their size.
  • Using irrelevant photos. No matter how high-quality it is, but if your photo is irrelevant to the copy and offer, it won’t work. Keep it relevant.

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Research evidence

A study by MIT found that 90% of the information transmitted to the human brain is visual while 10% contributes to all other senses. Photos are easier-to-process (60K times as compared to text) and the human brain has the capacity to recognize images in as low as 13 milliseconds.

90%

This is how much information our brain gets from visuals. That's why it simply doesn't make sense to try to engage people with text alone. 


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