Optimization and Testing Takeaways from OptiCon 2014

Last week leading A/B testing company Optimizely held their first conference in San Francisco, OptiCon 2014. In addition to several exciting announcements from the company, OptiCon brought together leading Conversion Rate Optimization and digital marketing professionals to share their experiences and learn from one other. As tools like Optimizely make the tactics of testing easier and more accessible, the challenge shifts to the process and organizational challenges that need to be overcome to build successful optimization programs. These seemed to be the dominant themes from the sessions that I attended, which I’ve summarized along with some key takeaways here.

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By |2014-04-24T15:15:32-07:00April 25th, 2014|Conversion Rate Optimization|0 Comments

3 Key A/B Testing Considerations for Startups

It’s somewhere on your ever growing to-do list – “figure out A/B testing”. You may have even read how the Obama campaign increased sign ups by 161% and Twitter increased clickthroughs by 173% through testing and measurement.

But who has time for that? You have a product to build, investors to pitch to, and customers to find. Testing and analytics seem too complex, only for the high traffic sites and a big distraction. Oh and did we mention – we don’t need numbers, we have a huge disruptive vision!

It could be a colossal mistake and a significant missed opportunity.

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By |2014-04-21T15:02:40-07:00August 21st, 2013|Testing|0 Comments
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