how truly effective cro requires great ux
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“Why Truly Effective CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization) Requires Great UX”
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• Common Misconceptions About Conversion Optimization
• What Is Cro Really About? (How Does It Involve Ux Methodologies)
• What Is A Typical Cro Process
• Best Practices Are Only A Starting Point
• Real World Project Example - Careerfoundry
What we’ll cover:
Conversion Optimization is about Increasing Conversion Rate
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Common Misconceptions About Conversion Optimization
Conversion Optimization is about Increasing Conversion Rate
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Common Misconceptions About Conversion Optimization
Common Misconceptions About Conversion Optimization
Conversion Optimization is AB Testing
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Conversion Optimization is AB Testing
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Common Misconceptions About Conversion Optimization
Conversion Optimization is about Digital Analytics
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Common Misconceptions About Conversion Optimization
Conversion Optimization is about Digital Analytics
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Common Misconceptions About Conversion Optimization
Conversion Optimization is the process of increasing profits through a better and deeper customer understanding
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What Is CRO Really About?
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A Complete CRO Process
Business Objectives
Collect Data
Data Analysis
Hypothesis Creation
Design
Build{ }
Testing
Learning & Improving
You should be constantly setting, measuring and iterating on your business objectives:
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Step 1: Business Objectives
• Objectives
• Goals
• KPI’s• Targets
Quantitative Data Qualitative Data
Mouse Tracking
Digital Analytics
Live Chat
Customer Surveys
Customer Development Interviews
Website & Exit Intent Polls
Usability Evaluation
User Testing
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Step 2: Data Collection
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Step 3: Analyse Data
Customer Theory: A formal representation of your customer and company positioning
• Brand Positioning Statement
• Value Proposition
• Customer Persona
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Step 4: Create Hypotheses
A hypothesis is a statement based on initial data collection andanalysis that should be tested and validated.
This means that you collected and analysed some data and from this process learnt something about your website or customer that you should now test to confirm it’s truth.
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Step 5 & 6: Design / Build
Wireframing Visual DesignCopywriting
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Step 7: Testing
• Run tests based on hypotheses created from data insights
• Don’t just make up test ideas
• Don’t run a test without a hypothesis, even if it wins still a loser
• Make sure your hypotheses validate something about yourcustomer and strengthen your customer theory
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A Complete CRO Process
Business Objectives
Collect Data
Data Analysis
Hypothesis Creation
Design
Build{ }
Testing
Learning & Improving
Optimizers are polymaths - they need to speak design, copywriting, persuasion,statistics, psychology, analytics and then some. So rookie optimizers focus ontactics (they read on a blog post), while true professionals have a structuredapproach to CRO.
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Best Practices Are Only A Starting Point
• Conventions & best practice are only a starting point
• Expert analysis
• Case studies - what worked for someone else won’t necessarily work for you• No hard and fast rules in CRO
• Every idea is only an assumption or a hypothesis
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Best Practices Are Only A Starting Point
Functional
Accessible
Usable
Intuitive
Persuasive
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CareerFoundry - Real World Example
CareerFoundry is a Berlin based startup that helps career changers get started in the tech industry with online mentored courses in web development and user experience design.
Objective: “Increase our sales by getting more visitors to enroll in our courses”Goal: “Increase the number of course enrollments”KPI: “Number of new student enrollments per month”Target: “10% more than last month”
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Step 1: Business Objectives
Qualitative• Site Walkthrough• Usability Evaluation• Accessibility Evaluation• Customer Surveys• Live Chat • Web & Exit Intent Surveys• Customer Development Calls & Meetings
• User Testing• Expert Analysis
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Step 2: Data Collection
Quantative• Google Analytics Health Check• Funnel & Goal Flows• Content Reports• Screen Resolution, Device, Browser Insights• Key Audience Insights• Site Search Insights• Mouse Tracking
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Step 2: Data Collection
Quantative• Analytics Software• Segmentation (analytics lie)
Qualitative• Summarise• Categorize• Word clouds
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Step 3: Data Analysis
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Step 4: Hypothesis Creation
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Step 5: Design
Wireframing Visual DesignCopywriting
Step 6: Build
Step 7: Testing - Results Web Development Course
75% Increase in conversion rate to enrollment!
158 Sign Ups
174 Sign Ups
6040 Visits
Original
3020
New
3020
20 Enrollments
35 Enrollments
• CRO is more than just a/b testing or quantative data/analytics• CRO is about increasing profits through a deeper customerunderstanding• UX and CRO have huge cross over as disciplines, we are short on CRO professionals so it’s a great career step for UXers• UX professionals will need to learn CRO to stay at the top of theirindustry over the next 6 months to a year
Conclusion
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