{"id":5905,"date":"2021-05-18T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustpulse.com\/?p=5905"},"modified":"2021-05-17T08:28:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:28:12","slug":"product-recommendation-tactics-to-increase-trust-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustpulse.com\/2021\/05\/18\/product-recommendation-tactics-to-increase-trust-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Unique Product Recommendation Tactics (+ Tools You Need)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Are you looking for the best product recommendation tactics to increase sales from your online store?<\/p>\n
Many shoppers who visit your site won’t be ready to make a purchase. This is certainly true if it’s their first visit.<\/p>\n
That means you’ll often need to give new visitors a little “nudge” in the right direction.<\/p>\n
One of the best ways to do that is by making targeted product recommendations by suggesting items you know they’ll love.<\/p>\n
Not only will this increase sales across your site, but it will also increase your customer’s average order value (AOV).<\/p>\n
So, today, let’s look at 5 of the best product recommendation tactics you can use to drive more revenue from your eCommerce store.<\/p>\n
In the past, we’ve written about product recommendation strategies.<\/p>\n
If you haven’t seen that article yet, you should definitely do so: 7 Easy Product Recommendation Strategies You Need to Use Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n That article will give you a good base for recommending products on your site. But today, our focus is a little different.<\/p>\n That’s because we’ll be looking at unique and advanced tips to drastically improve your product recommendations.<\/p>\n These are strategies that are used by the pros, even though they’re easy enough for beginners to set up.<\/p>\n By the end of this article, you’ll have everything you need to totally overhaul your product recommendation strategy and grow your online sales.<\/p>\n Let’s get started.<\/p>\n First and foremost, you need to load your website with social proof.<\/p>\n This will help new customers feel more comfortable making a purchase. And even if they don’t buy something on their first visit, they’ll be more likely to return in the future.<\/p>\n That’s because people only buy products from brands they trust.<\/p>\n If they know that your business is legitimate from the get-go, there’s a much better chance they’ll check out your products and, eventually, pull out their credit card.<\/p>\n You can use various types of social proof, such as reviews, testimonials, video demonstrations from customers, and much more.<\/p>\n But one of the easiest (and most effective) forms is a social proof notification.<\/p>\n You’ve likely seen these before. They look something like this:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The image above is called a “recent sales notification.” It lets other users on your site know when someone has made a purchase in real-time.<\/p>\n These notifications display the activity of other customers on your website which leverages FOMO (“fear of missing out”).<\/p>\n Your site’s visitors will see how popular your brand’s products are and won’t want to miss out on any benefits your products have to offer.<\/p>\n When they see that other customers are actively buying this item, they’ll be more likely to click the notification and get redirected to the product page.<\/p>\n But now you might be wondering, “How can I make these notifications for my own shop?”<\/p>\n The best way to do that is with TrustPulse<\/a>:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n TrustPulse<\/a> is hands down the world’s best social proof software. It allows you to add social proof notifications to any website without any coding or “tech skills” required.<\/p>\n In just minutes, anyone can have powerful social proof notifications on their website in minutes.<\/p>\n And with these small messages, you can make targeted product recommendations to get your site’s visitors to take action.<\/p>\n One of the best parts about TrustPulse is that it offers so many different types of social proof for your site. You have:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These 4 campaign types allow you to make smarter product recommendations based on where you are in your business.<\/p>\n If you’re already making tons of sales, you can suggest products with recent sales notifications. But if you’re just starting out, you’d need a different type of social proof.<\/p>\n That’s where a campaign like\u00a0Visitor Analytics\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Action Messages<\/strong> comes in handy. Take the following notification for example:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This notification doesn’t show a specific sale, but it redirects users to a high-converting page.<\/p>\n As this tactic leads to more sales, you’ll be able to expand your social proof notifications to build momentum and drive more revenue.<\/p>\n But the best part is how easy TrustPulse is to work with.<\/p>\n You don’t need any coding or design experience to set up and create social proof notifications. Instead, everything can be done from drop-down menus, text input boxes, and color wheels.<\/p>\n When the campaign is designed, you’ll be able to target these notifications to specific posts or pages across your site.<\/p>\n In the end, it’s all these features and more that make TrustPulse the most powerful social proof software on the market.<\/p>\n And at only a fraction of the cost of its closest competitors, it’s easy to see why.<\/p>\n Ready to see it in action for yourself? Get started with your 100% risk-free TrustPulse account today!<\/a><\/p>\n One problem many eCommerce owners have is that they don’t make recommendations based on user behavior.<\/p>\n Instead, they’ll make product suggestions almost at random, hoping it leads to more sales.<\/p>\n A better tactic is to make your product recommendations as personal to the user journey as possible.<\/p>\n That means suggesting items based on what the customer has shown an interest in or purchased in the past.<\/p>\n For that, there’s no better tool than OptinMonster<\/a>:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n OptinMonster<\/a> is the world’s #1 lead generation tool kit. It allows you to make targeted product recommendations in a way that can dramatically increase your revenue.<\/p>\n Here’s how it works…<\/p>\n Everything gets started by selecting a campaign type and template.<\/p>\n As far as the campaign types go, you’re likely already familiar with them. These are things like popups, floating bars, gamified wheels, and more.<\/p>\n And for each type of campaign, OptinMonster has over 50+ pre-made templates:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These will save you time, energy, and headaches in the campaign creation process.<\/p>\n And since they look great out of the box, you’ll only need to make a few modifications to personalize your product recommendation.<\/p>\n Doing so couldn’t be simpler with OptinMonster’s drag and drop editor.<\/p>\n This allows you to customize your campaign in just a few clicks and doesn’t require any coding skills at all.<\/p>\n And once you’ve designed the perfect campaign, you can target these rules based on your user’s behavior.<\/p>\n This is especially true if you’re using a platform like WooCommerce, Shopify, or BigCommerce.<\/p>\n OptinMonster comes with powerful targeting rules to help you show product recommendations based on how customers engage with your site.<\/p>\n You can show product recommendations based on:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These kinds of targeting rules allow you to take your product recommendation tactics to the next level.<\/p>\n With a few small product recommendation popups, floating bars, and more, you can drastically increase your store’s revenue.<\/p>\n Want to try it out firsthand? Get started with your 100% risk-free OptinMonster account today!<\/a><\/p>\n While many companies make product recommendations through emails or their social media feeds, there’s a lot of missed opportunities when it comes to push notifications.<\/p>\n Push notifications are small messages sent to your client’s browser, even when they aren’t on your website.<\/p>\n This gives you direct contact with a larger audience base so you can instantly communicate product recommendations.<\/p>\n And since subscribers don’t need to hand over personal information to receive these notifications (they simply need to click ‘Allow’), your signup rates are often very high.<\/p>\n But how do you get started with push notifications if you don’t consider yourself very “tech-savvy”?<\/p>\n For that, we highly recommend using PushEngage<\/a>:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n PushEngage<\/a> is the best push notifications software on the market. With this tool, you can make product recommendations to a large audience and increase engagement with your site.<\/p>\n Plus, PushEngage allows you to “segment” your audience. This means you can organize your subscribers based on content they’ve viewed or purchases they’ve made in the past.<\/p>\n This allows you to personalize your notifications to get higher click-through rates (CTR).<\/p>\n And since each message is a link to a landing or product page, you can motivate users who’ve been off your site to come back on and check out your deals.<\/p>\n PushEngage comes loaded with other features to help you drive sales, including:<\/p>\n If you’re looking for an easy-to-use but effective product recommendation tactic, PushEngage is hands down one of your best options.<\/p>\n Get started with PushEngage today!<\/a><\/p>\n A lot of eCommerce platforms like WooCommerce or Shopify allow you to create product pages. But, these usually come with a standard format and limit your choices for customization.<\/p>\n That’s why we recommend building custom landing pages for all of your product suggestions.<\/p>\n Before you worry that this will take too long or require technical skills, WordPress users are in luck.<\/p>\n That’s because you can use SeedProd<\/a>:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n SeedProd<\/a> is the world’s #1 landing page builder. It allows you to create all kinds of pages, including:<\/p>\n It has a drag and drop builder which means you don’t need any coding skills to design professional pages in minutes.<\/p>\n Plus, you can always rely on one of SeedProd’s pre-made templates to save you time as you build your pages.<\/p>\n But the best part is that this plugin integrates with other marketing tools and platforms.<\/p>\n In fact, it has eCommerce-specific functions so you can quickly add your WooCommerce products, checkout page, add-to-cart buttons, and more.<\/p>\n Since you have total control over your page’s design, you can highlight the recommended product’s features, add testimonials and reviews, and customize the messaging to persuade your audience.<\/p>\n Using a tool like SeedProd really allows you to take control over your product pages and optimize your recommendations.<\/p>\n Try out SeedProd 100% risk-free today!<\/a><\/p>\n So far, we’ve covered a lot of different ways you can recommend products. But let’s talk about one of the most common:<\/p>\n Creating “frequently bought together” bundles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Depending on your eCommerce platform, you can install tools to help create these recommendations on your product pages.<\/p>\n They allow you to “bundle” items that pair well together so customers increase their AOV.<\/p>\n Again, the exact tool you use will change depending on the platform your site is built with.<\/p>\n WooCommerce store owners, for example, would benefit from a plugin like YITH WooCommerce Frequently Bought Together (Pro Version)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Whereas Shopify or BigCommerce users would need to find a tool specific to their platform.<\/p>\n That said, we highly suggest getting creative with these tools. Most frequently bought together software allows you to install your bundles with shortcode.<\/p>\n From there, you can add these to your OptinMonster campaigns for advanced targeting rules.<\/p>\n Rather than just showing your product bundles on specific pages, you can target users based on their behavior to increase sales.<\/p>\n That would mean using a popup that could look like this:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Doing so gives you more targeting rules to show these bundles to the right people, in the right places, and at just the right time in their customer journey.<\/p>\n To learn how to create a campaign like the one above, check out this helpful guide: How to Create a Frequently Purchased Together Offer in WooCommerce<\/a>.<\/p>\n Or dive right in by getting tarted with OptinMonster today!<\/a><\/p>\n And that’s it for today! These have been 5 of the most unique product recommendation tips you can use to increase sales from your store.<\/p>\n We hope you enjoyed this post. If you did, you might also want to check out the following resources:<\/p>\n These articles will have even more information about how to leverage tactics like social proof to improve UX and drive more sales online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you looking for the best product recommendation tactics to increase sales from your online store? Many shoppers who visit your site won’t be ready to make a purchase. This is certainly true if it’s their first visit. That means you’ll often need to give new visitors a little “nudge” in the right direction. 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<\/span>2) Personalize Your Recommendations<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/span>3) Leverage Push Notification Reminders<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/span>4) Create Custom Landing Pages<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/span>5) Build ‘Frequently Bought Together’ Bundles<\/span><\/h3>\n
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