Did you know that referral leads convert 30% better than leads generated from other marketing channels and have a 16% higher lifetime value and customers referred by other customers have a 37% higher retention rate and are 4 times more likely to refer more customers to your brand. Check out our infographic “The importance of Referral Marketing” for latest referral marketing statistics and trends.

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Any experiment that involves later statistical inference requires a sample size calculation done BEFORE such an experiment starts. A/B testing is no exception. Calculating the minimum number of visitors required for an AB test prior to starting prevents us from running the test for a smaller sample size, thus having an “underpowered” test.

My first experience as a speaker and attendee at the INBOUND18 conference was great. I was taken aback by all the glitz and glamour of such a large show. The lineup of keynotes and spotlight speakers was exciting with names like Beth Comstock, Shonda Rhimes, Reid Hoffman, Deepak Chopra, 2DopeQueens, and A-Rod (no J-Lo did not make a surprise appearance).

Did you know that 50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020 and Voice Shopping is estimated to reach $40 Billion in U.S. by 2022. More than 30% of US internet users have used a voice assistant to look for product information or purchase products. Check out our infographic on Voice Shopping in E-Commerce to know about the growth of voice shopping and latest voice shopping statistics and trends.

I will take you back to 2007 to one of the very first CRO projects we conducted for a large online retailer. The website received a massive amount of traffic (100k per day). Since it was one of our first projects, and the team was a bit trigger happy with AB testing, our first test included 30 different designs to run against the control. The headache of implementing all of these designs was overwhelming. None the less, we launched the test after about six weeks of implementation.

Seven of our challengers beat the original design within five days. The team …

Both user testing and a/b testing are important techniques used during conversion optimization. They aren’t poles apart as far as their purpose is concerned. You can say that they are indeed two sides of the same coin.

The ultimate purpose of user testing and a/b testing is to improve the overall on-site experience for users and to improve the conversion rates of websites. However, one must understand the 8 differences between the two and decide when to pick the right test based on its objective. So, let’s find out what is the purpose of each of these tests.

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Seasonality is an ever-evolving trend.

Even if you are not in a seasonal business – your customers are reacting to a particular season in predictable ways that you can leverage.

According to BigCommerce, nearly 40% of online sales are generated in the last three months of the year – October, November, and December.

What’s more:

CRO projects are complicated. They require a team, management, accuracy, creativity, and organization. There are many pieces to make a project succeed. In this article, I’m going to break down the ins and outs of a CRO project, and how to help spark creative solutions to inspire greater persuasion (and conversions).

But before we start – what does the team look like?