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What is A/B Testing? The Complete Guide: From Beginner to Pro

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A/B testing splits traffic 50/50 between a control and a variation. A/B split testing is a new term for an old technique — controlled experimentation. Yet for all the content out there about it, people still test the wrong things and run A/B tests incorrectly. Table of contents What is A/B testing?

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A/B testing alternatives for low-traffic websites

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In a world where A/B tests are done by over 70% of online businesses , choosing not to follow a data-driven methodology to make informed decisions on website changes might seem unreasonable. Or if your management refuses to justify the costs of A/B testing? At Map My Growth , we often face this scenario.

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How to Use A/B Testing and Personalization Best Together

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If you ask most marketers, they will tell you that A/B testing and personalization are two completely different things. We as growth/performance marketers are accountable for results, often measured with conversions, new customers, or revenue. Why and when you should use A/B testing and personalization.

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How to Estimate a “Net Value” for Your A/B Testing Program

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In my experience, I find that teams and organizations report many winning A/B tests with high uplifts, but somehow they don’t seem to bring those uplifts in reality. Five types of A/B test “wins” can exaggerate discovered uplifts. These five types of winners show up in every experimentation program.

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A/B Testing Mastery: From Beginner To Pro in a Blog Post

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A/B testing – for all the content out there about testing, huge amounts of people still mess it up. From testing the wrong things to running the tests incorrectly, there are lots of ways to get it wrong. What is A/B testing and How Does It Work? How to Prioritize Test Hypotheses?

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Sample Pollution: The A/B Testing Problem You Don’t Know You Have

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You want your test to include all of those people. Angie Schottmuller , Growth Marketing Expert : “I use the VWO calculator to confirm minimum sample size and test duration requirements. Tests are planned to run in full-week increments. For example, let’s say you run a simple A/B test from Tuesday to Thursday.

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5 Uncomfortable A/B Testing Questions

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In addition to this, we tracked everything closely in Google Analytics and we could verify that conversions, revenue and sales were up and that the combined effect of all my work was a 21% lift in the overall conversion rate. You’ve had solid winners each month – you’re absolutely confident in the test results.