GMC

APRIL 30, 2012

A/B Testing. Brian Christian reports in the May 2012 edition of Wired that (now-classic) A/B testing of web site variations has virtually replaced HiPPO decision-making in tech circles, at least for web design decisions. Sales volume then tells the story whether to change to the new label, POP or promotion.

A/B Testing 52

A/B Testing B2B Advertising Sales 52

Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Of course, as an investor you can’t run A/B tests or analyze results directly, but you can form hypotheses, ideate, and apply the same type of thinking. Or perhaps you can assume there’s no engineering help, and it’s just a matter of adding a few new advertising channels. This is your forecast.

Metrics 111

Metrics Scaling Marketing Media 111

Andrew Chen

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

And you can start to draw conclusions, sort of a natural A/B test in order to do that. Sonal: It’s like counting impressions and being able to sell that to advertisers. Their goal is to get you to their advertisers as fast as they can. Are they checking the houses that are going on sale in their neighborhood?

Marketing 75

Marketing Metrics Retention eCommerce 75

Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

There’s a long laundry list of skills that are critical, but not often considered core to the product: adtech integrations, signup funnel A/B testing, optimizing notification delivery, testing price points, testing cohort curves, etc. Yes, occasionally there are people who know all of it – but they are rare!

Engineering 110

Engineering A/B Testing Marketing User Experience 110