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30% -- signup conversion lift for CTA copy change (your vs my free trial) (2025)

2025  · Michael Aagaard

Changing CTA copy from 'Start your free trial' to 'Start my free trial' consistently produced 30% to 90% lifts in signups.

  • Reported as a range of 30% to 90%
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CTA copy change (your vs my free trial)
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Michael Aagaard Primary Tier B
https://kirro.io/how-to-optimize-conversion-rate ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
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How to optimize conversion rate (data-backed)
To optimize your conversion rate, start with your value proposition, then simplify your copy, speed up your pages, remove form friction, and test every change. That’s the order. Not because it sounds nice, but because research across 20,000+ pages shows these five areas have the biggest impact, in t…
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Range 30-90%; midpoint used. CRO researcher Michael Aagaard's tests

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CTA copy change (your vs my free trial): 30% signup conversion lift. Source: Michael Aagaard (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/aagaard-free-trial-copy-lift-30-90
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