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Although A/B testing has helped many companies improve sales, increase revenue and generate leads, it is still not an adopted practice in part because many organizations either don’t know about it or don’t know how to do it. 4imprint’s newest Blue Paper®, podcast and infographic, Learn to Read: The ABCs of A/B Testing, include steps businesses can use to get started with A/B testing including goal identification, hypothesis development and test element determination.
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The basics A road you should travel The benefits Plus it is … The barriers The beginning Use A/B testing on … A/B testing can … Seven steps to get started: Reasons for variant preference remains unknown • Can’t assist improving other site aspects 2 versions of an element (A or B) are presented unknowingly to website visitors to determine which version performs better. Sales Subscriptions New accounts No long-term planning Only immediate feedback A Headlines Headline HEADLINE Product descriptions Website layouts Pricing/ promotional offers Images A B B OFFER Offer Increase sales Improve conversion rates Raise revenue Increase lead generation Ecommerce leads increase 20-25% B2B leads increase 30-40% Affordable Easy to maintain Measures small changes Provides results Only measures a single key performance indicator Focuses only on short-term goals Fails to capture behavioral insights A/B testing … No usability specialists required Low maintenance costs Replicable Requires few resources Button size Font Punctuation Measures actual behavior No more guesswork 1. 7. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Formulate a question: “Will the search button location make a difference with bounce rate?” Research: Understand customer behavior with analytic tools Report: Share results with the team to assist in future planning Set benchmarks: Determine the amount of time or number of visitors needed to obtain statistically significant results Test: Create an A/B test to check your hypothesis Develop hypothesis: “When the search button is on the left, visitors stay on the site longer” Analyze: Collect results and analyze to formulate conclusions Transform your website and become an online marketing master with A/B testing. Sources: 1. Soskey, Ginny. “11 Common A/B Testing Myths BUSTED.” Hubspot. N.p., 12 Mar. 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34254/11-Common-A-B-Testing-Myths-BUSTED.aspx>. 2. Chopra, Paras. “Mulitvariant Testing in Action.” Smashing Magazine. N.p., 24 Nov. 2010. Web. 05 May 2014. 3. Nielsen, Jakob. “Putting A/B Testing in Its Place.” Neilsen Norman Group. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. <http://www.nngroup.com/articles/putting-ab-testing-in-its-place/>. 4. “The Complete Guide to A/B Testing.” A/B Testing: The Complete Guide N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2014. <https://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/ab-testing/>. You may reproduce and distribute this infographic in its entirety. You may not create derivative works. (Licensed under the Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/) www.4imprint.com Infographic created by www.4imprint.com, based on the AB Testing Blue Paper ® . Download Blue Paper at: http://info.4imprint.com/bluepapers/ab-testing/ A/B testing
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Page 1: AB Testing [INFOGRAPHIC]

The basics

A road you should travel

The benefits

Plus it is …

The barriers

The beginning

Use A/B testing on …

A/B testing can …

Seven steps to get started:

• Reasons for variant preference remains unknown• Can’t assist improving other site aspects

2 versions of an element (A or B) are presented unknowingly to website visitors to determine which version performs better.

• Sales• Subscriptions• New accounts

• No long-term planning• Only immediate feedback

A

Headlines

Headline HEADLINEProduct

descriptions

Websitelayouts

Pricing/promotional

offers

Images

A

B

B

OFFEROffer

Increasesales

Improveconversion

rates

Raiserevenue

Increase leadgeneration

Ecommerceleads increase

20-25%

B2B leadsincrease

30-40%

Affordable Easy tomaintain

Measuressmall changes

Providesresults

Only measuresa single keyperformance

indicator

Focuses onlyon short-term

goals

Fails to capture behavioral

insights

A/B testing …

• No usability specialists required• Low maintenance costs

• Replicable• Requires few resources

• Button size• Font• Punctuation

• Measures actual behavior• No more guesswork

1.

7.

2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

Formulate a question: “Willthe search buttonlocation make adifference withbounce rate?”

Research: Understand

customer behaviorwith analytic tools

Report:Share results

with the teamto assist in

future planning

Set benchmarks: Determinethe amount of time or number

of visitors needed to obtainstatistically significant results

Test: Create anA/B test to checkyour hypothesis

Develop hypothesis:“When the search buttonis on the left, visitors stay

on the site longer”

Analyze:Collect resultsand analyze to

formulate conclusions

Transform your website and become anonline marketing master with A/B testing.

Sources:

1. Soskey, Ginny. “11 Common A/B Testing Myths BUSTED.” Hubspot. N.p., 12 Mar. 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34254/11-Common-A-B-Testing-Myths-BUSTED.aspx>.

2. Chopra, Paras. “Mulitvariant Testing in Action.” Smashing Magazine. N.p., 24 Nov. 2010. Web. 05 May 2014.

3. Nielsen, Jakob. “Putting A/B Testing in Its Place.” Neilsen Norman Group. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. <http://www.nngroup.com/articles/putting-ab-testing-in-its-place/>.

4. “The Complete Guide to A/B Testing.” A/B Testing: The Complete Guide N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2014. <https://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/ab-testing/>.

You may reproduce and distribute this infographic in its entirety. You may not create derivative works. (Licensed under the Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)

www.4imprint.com

Infographic created by www.4imprint.com, based on the AB Testing Blue Paper®. Download Blue Paper at: http://info.4imprint.com/bluepapers/ab-testing/

A/B testing

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