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5 Hardest Things in Conversion Optimization

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Chad Sanderson, a conversion optimization, experimentation, and personalization specialist for Subway, argues that developing a system that includes the many aspects of optimization is one of the biggest challenges. Chad Sanderson, Subway. Imagine you’re a heart surgeon at a world-renowned hospital.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. Ive forecasted the issues you have spoken of without entertaining the thoughts of solutions like you have. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Email Testing: Going Beyond Open Rate and Click Rate

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In 2019, email advertising spending is forecasted to reach $350 million in the United States alone. Despite the fact that email continues to thrive over 40 years after its inception , marketers remain fixated on top-of-funnel engagement metrics. No, of course not (unless you’re using dark patterns to game the metrics).

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CXL Live 2019 Recap: Takeaways from Every Speaker

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What to do with AI: Predict churn ; Identify which offers to send to an individual; Accelerate innovation; Personalize content; Account-based marketing ; Algorithmic attribution; Forecast future lift; Predict blame. Setting up your experiments for success: Define success metrics. Try out different tactics, tools, offers, and designs.