HI. I'M JOE!

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who's visiting your website

Get to know (beyond a doubt)

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are these the kind of visitors you want?

but before we get started...

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now...easy wins!

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google analytics

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(WATER BREAK)

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olark livechat

a/b testing

easy way to test visitor preferences

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LET'S look at some examples!

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a/b testing

Conversion rate: 5.36%

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a/b testing

Conversion rate: 7.98%

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a/b testing

Conversion rate: 24.71%

(water break

ing bad)

hotjar

The best tool i've found for slightly more difficult wins

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now...get to know your audience

unscalable, time-consuming, frustrating and possibly the most important ways to Get to know folks 

• facebook groups

• send personal emails

• meet in-person

• BE AUTHENTIC AND CURIOUS

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how i do it

(lean methodology) 

1. I TURN EVERYTHING ON

2. I SET REPEATING TASKs TO CHECK (WEEKLY FOR HOTJAR, MONTHLY FOR GA)

3. i measure and adjust

4. then let it run for another cycle

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FINAL THOUGHTS

• there's no "finish line"

• you'll always have complainers

• Is the traffic i'm getting the traffic i want?

• how am i going to budget for these tools?

• how am i going to dedicate time to this?

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THANK YOU!

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