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Peep Laja - How to Turn Data into Insights & Followers

WooConf
April 06, 2016

Peep Laja - How to Turn Data into Insights & Followers

Peep Laja is the founder of ConversionXL. He was voted as the most influential conversion rate optimization expert in 2015. He helps fast-growing companies grow even faster through his services, coaching, courses and the world’s favorite optimisation blog.

How to Turn Data into Insights & Customers

Everyone’s talking about being data-driven and using data to improve conversions – but what does it actually mean? How do you actually do it? I will present a framework for thinking about optimization, and how do you actually go out and gather and analyze data for ecommerce insights.

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  1. How to Turn Data into Insights & Customers Conducting data-driven

    conversion optimiztion Peep Laja, ConversionXL
  2. How to Turn Data into Insights & Customers Conducting data-driven

    conversion optimiztion Peep Laja, ConversionXL Your growth curve
  3. If you can’t describe what you’re doing as a process,

    you don’t know what you’re doing William Deming
  4. • whose problem are we solving? • what do they

    need? • what do they think they want? • why? • how are they choosing / making a decision? • why? • what are they thinking when they see our offer? • how is what well sell clearly different? • where is the site leaking money? • what is the problem? • what are they doing or not on the website? • what leads more people to do X?
  5. Step #1: Technical analysis • Is shit broken? • Where?

    • Which browsers? • Which devices? • Which pages are slow?
  6. Step #3: Digital analytics • Where are the leaks? •

    Which segments? • What are users doing? • Which actions correlate with higher conversions?
  7. #4: Mouse tracking • Where do they click? • How

    far down they scroll? • Differences between devices? • Session replays
  8. #5: Qualitative surveys • Buyer groups • Which problem are

    they solving? • How are they deciding? • What’s holding them back? • What else do they want to know?
  9. • Test • Instrument • Hypothesize • Just Do It

    • Investigate ★★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★ ★★ ★
  10. Issue Bucket Background Action Rating Google Analytics bounce info is

    wrong Instrument Google Analytics script is loaded twice! Line 207 and 506 of the home page both contain GA code, as do all the other pages. Remove the double entry ★★★★★ Conversions are low for IE9. Investigate Possible cross-browser issues. Conduct cross-browser testing. ★★★ People don’t know how to use category pages Hypothesize Too many options, unfamiliar information architecture & layout. Re-think the category page layout ★★★★ Missing value proposition on the home page Test Add a compelling value proposition in the header of your website that states what your website is about, what can they do here and why should they do it Add prominent value proposition ★★★★★ Content is very hard to read JFDI Font size 11px is too small Increase font size ★★★
  11. “Everybody wants a lift, but nobody wants to do the

    heavy ass conversion research” Peep Laja
  12. From Data to Customers: 1. Processes instead of tactics 2.

    The discovery of what matters is the basis for all 3. Start with questions, then seek data 4. Iterative testing ftw 5. Do the heavy ass lifting