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Schibsted Lifestyle Online 2015 - 2016
Conversion optimisation
Challenge Q1 2015
Monthly revenue
from affiliates was
not increasing
enough to meet
business goals.
Step 1 - Adding skillsQ2 2015
A CRO - specialist and a UX researcher joined the team
Step 2 - Growth focusQ2 2015
Find the metrics that indicates growth from affiliates
Set a target for each metric!
Bootstrapping implementation of Google Analytics
Step 3 - Data!Q2 2015
● The right data● To the right person● In the right time
Step 4 - User research beginsQ2 2015 and ongoing
● Web analysis● Remote user testing● Heatmaps● User feedback
This gave us a long list of hypotheses for improvements to prioritize from
Step 5 - Vaildate hypothesesQ2 2015 and ongoing
● A/B-testing● Sequential “testing”● Follow the money
Deep dive: some of the tests and the reseach behind them
3 of many cases
Test case 1Research finding: 40% of recorded clicks are placed on the image even though not clickable. Only 4% of clicks on what we want: the button “To shop”
research method: CRO review and heat map
Tool: Hotjar
›› Changed - Clicks on the product lead directly to the partner shop.
›› Effect - Lift from 13% to 20% in users who enter affiliate from product pages.
Remove price from preview in product list
Test case 2
Research finding: Users hover the product list see the price and make a fast decision to not click based on price.
research method: Remote user tests
Tool: Tweaky.se
›› A/B-test: Show price versus not showing price on mouse-over
›› Effect - Lift by 10% in users who enter affiliate from product list.
Test case 3The header
Research finding: Users who enter in one content type don’t switch to a different type, even if the consume a lot of content during the session.
Only some of the content types can promote products. We want them to find those content types.
research method: web analysis
Tool: Google Analytics
›› Changed - We have tested so many things in the menu. Making it sticky, swiching orders, taking away drop downs and enlarged the search field.
›› Effect - No detectable effect
Results at end of Q3
Increase in affiliate kickback in six months
+132%april
october
Moving on Q4 2015 - Q1 2016
Step 6 - Diving deeper in dataQ4 2015
Focus on understanding the differences in behaviour depending on screen size.
Detailed understanding what content and what products creates conversion
Step 7 -The love of bargainsQ1 2016 and ongoing
Our main persuasive trigger is offering discounts at our affiliate partner sites.
● 5 collabo-campaigns with partners● Increases total conversions● Increases Average order value
Step 8 - Quality trafficQ1 2016 and ongoing
● Added SEO-skills to the team● Knowledge spread to IT and editors● High quality traffic that converts better
Step 9 - Shoppable content for realQ1 2016 and ongoing
We are currently focusing on how to really offer seamless shoppable content.
How do we integrate the right products in content and by minimum workload?
Results at end of Q1 2016
Increase in affiliate kickback in one year
April -15
october
March -16
Year-on-year affiliate kickback
+227%
April -14
April -15
March -16
Year-on-year affiliate kickback vs. traffic
April -14
April -15
March -16
traffic
This made it possible
● High level mandate ● Culture of “lets try it”● Throw out assumptions● It is not a one man show● Product owner on business side● Everyones interest in being data informed● No silo thinking between business and product teams