A/B Testing Tutorial: A Short How-To Guide

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“It is a capital mistake to theorize, before one has data” – Sherlock Holmes.
Data are valuable information, and it will always tell you the right answer. If you can’t find an answer, run a test. This is where A/B testing – one of the most effective ways to make measurable and scientific improvements to your online presence - comes in. What is A/B testing? Why and how to do it? Hit play, sit back, and learn how to increase conversion rates through the roof.

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What is A/B testing?

You get it. A/B testing is a practice that takes two different versions of a piece of content to a control group, and then measures the performance. The test is run simultaneously to equally sized audiences, and the page that performs better (gets more conversions) is the winner.

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What should I test?

-Main Landing Pages
The Main Landing Page is the first page people hit on your site (often determined by Google organic traffic). Remember however - this isn’t necessarily the homepage of your site.

-Conversion (SEM) pages
These are pages that advertising or campaigns send traffic to, with the goal of ‘converting’ people to take action.

-Page Templates
These can be types of content like blog posts that are all laid out in a similar way, making it easy to add a component to the page designed to ‘convert’ visitors.

What happens when I make a menu change, or add something to the header? What happens when I change the color of the “Sign-up” button? A/B testing will help you find an answer to all of those questions.

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What is the most important component of A/B testing?

Copy! Say it with me – content is king. If there is no text on your site, people won’t do what you want them to do. Here are some things to remember with regards to copy:

1. One call to action is better than multiple calls to action.

2. Be concise, use bullets.

3. Copy should influence decision.

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How should it look?

Design is crucial. You should definitely have a designer on your team (we have one here at Whole Whale – Ann, she’s awesome). Here are some guidelines when thinking about how your site should look like:

1. Design for one action – we only want people from our audience to do one thing.

2. Simplicity/K.I.S.S – Keep It Simple Stupid. Remove all unnecessary distractions.

3. Color consistency and contrast – these are all your friends. For example, make sure that your “action” button is a high contrast color so it’s easy to see and people can pick it out quickly.

4. Mobile friendly – if your page is not mobile friendly…then…I don’t even know. People on mobile devices, are people too. They can convert…I promise.

5. Use hero images – The Good: babies, dogs, active happy kids, eye contact. The Bad: feet, busy photos, unrelated stock photos.

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Where to start?

Just do it! The only way you can mess this up is by not doing anything. Don’t wait 6 months to start an A/B test. Do it now. In the video above we provided you with the most crucial steps to get you going, so now that you’ve watched it, you have no excuses. We A/B believe in you! Let us know how you did - send us any comments or questions below, or on Twitter @WholeWhale.

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