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Figuring Out What to Test: 9 Experts Share their Methodologies

Oftentimes the hardest part of testing is deciding what needs optimizing and where to get started. As a matter of a fact, 63% of marketers optimize websites based on intuition (MarketingSherpa). There are many ways and techniques to locating the leaks in a funnel, finding the pitfalls and then testing them. Fortunately we have a…

Email Marketing: 5 Ways to Get More Email Subscribers

Email marketing is an essential part for every conversion optimization strategy. It has long been used to reduce cart abandonment, increase returning customers and of course build and maintain a relationship with customers.  Email marketing also has a large return of investment and over 86% of subscribers say they find them useful. In fact, the…

How to Consistently Grow Your Conversion Rates with Emotional Targeting

When people venture into AB testing they have a set agenda, like increasing registrations or downloads for example. All efforts are dedicated to increasing that one KPI and running different AB tests to improve it. For me, conversion optimization has always been about more than just optimizing that one KPI. It’s about running meaningful tests…

4 Meaningful Landing Page AB Test Ideas to Run Today

I recently got back from speaking at Optimizely’s event Opticon in San Francisco which had some really interesting and valuable content going on and some really cool speakers (not referring to myself!). One thing that kept coming up on all sessions and appeared to be on everyone’s agenda was how to get ideas for tests.…

Mobile Checkout Optimization: 12 Steps to Success

Earlier this year we discussed the importance of creating a mobile optimization strategy rather than just going responsive. Though responsive design is better than having your visitors pinch and zoom, assuming that consumers use desktop devices the same way they use mobile devices is fundamentally wrong. Consumers use their mobile devices for connectivity and quick…

Step-By-Step Guide To Creating A Marketing Persona

Do you know the answers to these questions about your customers? What is their greatest dream in life? What upsets them or makes them happy? What are their values and fears? What are their hobbies? The foundation of marketing is the process of identifying, meeting, and satisfying customer wants and needs.  In order to meet…

AB Test Checklist: Everything You Need to Check Before Launching

Building a conversion optimization strategy is a process. You’ve spent time on tracking, analyzing, building a hypothesis and building your test. Moments before you launch, take the time to go over the following AB test checklist to make sure you have everything you need and to ensure your test results are meaningful and scalable. Everything…

3 Ways Skydiving Made Me Better at Conversion Optimization

I started skydiving about five years ago, everyone thought I was crazy. It started out as a one time thing, “just an experience” is what I told everyone. But the moment I stepped out of that plane, I knew it was over. This is who I’m going to be – a skydiver. Skydiving is all…

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