Building WordPress Forms That Convert - WordCamp Orlando 2018

The primary goal of every business website is to convert users into proper leads. Forms can help you generate those leads, but only when your forms are built to gather the information you need in the most streamlined way possible. We'll walkthrough how to create the perfect version of the most common type of form – a contact form – along with learning methods to optimize any kind of form.

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1. Travis Lopes Building WordPress Forms That Convert
2. Travis Lopes Developer for over 15 years Focused on forms since 2012 Developer @ Rocketgenius Owner & Developer @ ForGravity
3. Creating the Perfect Contact Form
4. !4 Creating the Perfect Contact Form travislop.es
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6. !6 travislop.es Creating the Perfect Contact Form
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8. !8 Creating the Perfect Contact Form travislop.es
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10. !10 Beyond the Contact Form travislop.es
11. !11 Beyond the Contact Form travislop.es
12. !12 Beyond the Contact Form travislop.es
13. !13 Beyond the Contact Form travislop.es
14. Improving Form Conversions
15. !15 They tell you how many people submit 
 your form after they have viewed it. Some conversion issues cannot be avoided, but most can. Form Conversion rates are Important Improving Form Conversions
16. !16 Where are people abandoning your form? Too many fields on the form? Are you asking the wrong questions? Improving Form Conversions Track partially completed entries
17. !17 Utilize Progressive Profiling Improving Form Conversions Track people across multiple forms It’s like site-wide conditional logic Remove questions they’ve already answered
18. !18 Improving Form Conversions travislop.es travislop.es
19. !19 Improving Form Conversions travislop.es travislop.es
20. !20 Improving Form Conversions travislop.es travislop.es
21. !21 Improving Form Conversions travislop.es travislop.es
22. !22 travislop.es Improving Form Conversions
23. After Lead Generation
24. !24 After Lead Generation We’ve generated a lead. Now what?
25. !25 travislop.es After Lead Generation
26. !26 travislop.es After Lead Generation
27. !27 Insert them into a CRM. Easier to track lead, ensuring follow up Register as a WordPress User Save data against user for easier population After Lead Generation
28. What Form Builder should I use?
29. !29 Features to look for in a Form Builder Plugin Support Developer Community 3rd Party Integrations Notifications Calculations Conditional Logic
30. !30 The most robust solution I recommend Used by Major Brands
31. Questions?
32. Get notes and download slides at https://travislop.es/wcorl2018 Thank You