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Booking funnel research.

Before rebuilding anything: 24 interviews across five markets to find the seven things actually killing conversion.

Role
Head of Marketing, Berlitz EMEA
Timeline
Q1 2020
Markets
Five EMEA markets
Client
Berlitz EMEA
24user interviews
7critical issues found
45%projected conversion increase
01

The challenge

an dúshlán, die Herausforderung

The EMEA course booking funnel had never been formally studied. The assumption was that drop-off was a traffic problem: not enough quality leads going in at the top.

The data said otherwise. A significant share of motivated buyers were abandoning mid-funnel. The problem was the experience, not the traffic.

02

What John did

an cur chuige, der Ansatz

24 user interviews across five markets, a heuristic evaluation of every screen in the booking flow, and moderated usability testing sessions.

We mapped the whole path from first ad impression to course start, marking each friction point, missing trust signal and moment of unnecessary complexity. The output was a prioritised redesign roadmap with projected conversion impact attached to every recommendation.

03

The results

na tortháí, die Ergebnisse

Seven critical bottlenecks identified and documented with video evidence, and a roadmap projecting a 45% conversion increase if implemented in full. The findings went to the Berlitz global product team and became the foundation of a twelve-month product redesign programme.

24 interviews across five EMEA markets
7 critical conversion bottlenecks, documented with video evidence
Became the basis of a twelve-month global product redesign programme