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From CRO to
Experience
Optimization in 300,000
Hours
Matty Wishnow
CEO, Clearhead
Experiment #
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OPTIMIZING AND
PERSONALIZING
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES
Clearhead was acquired by Accenture Interactive on July 12, 2017
TOGETHER
OPTIMIZING AND
PERSONALIZING
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES
Clearhead was acquired by Accenture Interactive on July 12, 2017
TOGETHER
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+3.82% +1% +1.21% +1.24%
+3.65% -1.06%
+3.81%
+11.18 +18.65% +28%
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Why do we not win bigger with more experiments?
&
Why is experience optimization still stuck in first gear?
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5 Lessons from Expedia’s
test-and-learn culture
- CMO.com
Digital marketing
incubation: how to develop
a test & learn culture
- Econsultancy
A Step-by-Step Guide to
Smart Business
Experiments
- HBR
Personalization is a Big
Challenge for Digital
Marketers
- Adweek
Personalization is a Big
Challenge for Digital
Marketers
- Forbes
Continuous optimization is
the future of making
consumers happy, but
we’re stuck in the past
- VentureBeat
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Optimization Technology Investment
Optimization Resource Investment
Enterprise Optimization Adoption
2010 2017
Clearhead’s Birth Personalize Full Stack
Test and Learn
Optimizely’s Birth
Lean Startup
Published
Artificial Intelligence
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ProblemGoal Hypothesis
Problem
Long drives without a lot of
entertainment are boring for
kids.
Goal
Get from Austin to Taos as fast
as possible.
Hypothesis
Ask Waze for the fastest route
possible to minimize pain for
everyone.
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Problem
Long drives without a lot of
entertainment are boring for
kids.
Goal
Get from Austin to Taos as fast
as possible.
Hypothesis
Ask Waze for the fastest route
possible to minimize pain for
everyone.
Goal
Get to Taos within 2 days with
"thumbs up" from all family
members.
Problem
There aren't many fun places
to stop between Austin and
Taos.
Hypothesis
I believe that if we select a
route from Austin to Taos
based on two destinations the
kids choose and two the adults
choose, we will have a happier
road trip.
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ProblemGoal Hypothesis
Problem
Our Product filters and facets
are not well designed.
Goal
Make it easier for our
customers to shop online.
Hypothesis
We should redesign our
Product filters and facets.
Goal
Increase new customer order
conversion by 20% in the next
twelve months.
Problem
Our new customers require
more guidance than our filters
and facets for selecting the
right blender for them.
Hypothesis
I believe we should design a
guided recommendation flow
based on factors like price,
size, color and recipe to make
it easier for new customers to
match a blender to their needs.
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+5%
lift in product detail page views
+5%
lift in add-to-carts
+13%
lift in “Find a Retailer” usage
+3.5%
lift in overall site order conversion
rates for all site visitors
+47%
lift in order conversion rates for
Blender Recommender users
against those who demonstrated
household shopping intent
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Problem Solution Mapping (PSM)
A unifying framework for optimizing user experience around a common set of goals,
problems, and solution hypotheses — researched and validated with data.
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Goals + Problems + Solutions
Constrained Optimization =
What you’re allowed to test
÷ What’s easy to test ÷
Resources skilled ÷
Resources available
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Conversion Optimization ≠ Experience Optimization
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Web Conversion
Brick and Mortar Conversion
Net Margin
NPS
Checkout
PDP
Category
Homepage
Goals
Stages
Channel 1
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4
Customer
Business
Problems
Hypotheses
Channels
Reach Engage Activate Nurture
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Customer
Business
Problems
Hypotheses
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Reach Engage Activate Nurture
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A/B
MVT
Personalization
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EmergingCentralized
Centralized
DemocratizedCentralized
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Channel 3
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I.
Experiments fail when they don’t solve problems
II.
Conversion optimization does not equal experience optimization
III.
The prescribed narrative for optimization maturity is flawed
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I.
Experiments fail when they don’t solve problems
Problem Solution Mapping
(PSM)
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II.
Conversion optimization does not equal experience optimization
Map the Customer
Experience
Experiment on the
Biggest Problems
Measure for
Incrementality
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III.
The prescribed narrative for optimization maturity is flawed
Widen the aperture
from test manager to
experience conductor.
Develop a common process,
tech stack and data layer so
experimentation can be
democratized.
Experience
Optimized
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Q&A
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THANK YOU
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