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Executing tests live from Summit has become a MECLABS tradition. At this week’s MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2014 in Las Vegas, the MECLABS live test team is shaking things up along with the test’s sponsor, BlueHornet. Typically, the team…

The effort and money invested in your marketing is predicated on understanding your customers all of the time. If you don’t deliver a message that alleviates their pain or helps them achieve a goal, then what good is it? Read on to learn…

What is the highest performing number of columns for your webpages? The question is deceptively simple and difficult to determine unless you test your way into the optimal layout for your needs. Read on to learn more about how a large…

According to the experts, users should be able to view your website on their various devices with minimal effort. But is responsive design worth the investment? Read on to learn more about the results of a recent responsive design test that…

When it comes to website testing, maybe you’ve heard of the terms type I and type II errors, but never really understood what they mean. In the context of testing, what we are really referring to is the ever-present risk that exists in all…

For Michael Aagaard, Copywriter, ContentVerve.com, optimizing call-to-action copy is one of the most fascinating aspects of improving conversion rates. Watch this video excerpt from his Email Summit 2013 presentation, "How to Optimize and…

The old adage “less is more” holds true when it comes to website optimization. To optimize your website, you need to remember to stick to the goal of your site and not distract your visitors with links and other elements that can stop users…

2014 is here and with it opens a new year full of many opportunities to test. Read on for three simple steps for A/B testing that you can use to help put you on the path to testing smarter, not harder, in the year ahead.

Online testing platforms and analytics tools can be fairly expensive, depending on your goals and objectives. But don’t let that stop you from getting started. Read on for three free resources you can use to aid your testing and analytics…

One of the most critical elements to test on your product page is “buyability.” But what is buyability? In essence, buyability is a perceived ease of use that exists within the customer’s thought sequence. Buyability is how a customer…

We recently held a subject line experiment contest with the fine folks at Copyblogger. Although it was nice to have a little fun, we wanted to offer a few caveats gleaned from the experience. Learn more about some of the (intentional)…

We recently launched a subject line writing contest here on the MarketingExperiments Blog using a product from our sister company, MarketingSherpa: Email Summit 2014 in Las Vegas. The point of this contest was to gather possible subject…

One of the best ways to figure out which aspects of your products or services are perceived as most valuable is to test them on the open market. Learn the first three steps to take toward testing your value proposition to help uncover…

The end of the year is an important moment to stop and reflect on the year that has passed as they seem to come and go now faster than ever before. Read this post for three takeaway lessons from 2013 you can use to aid your own marketing…

One of the most critical elements of copy needed for a product is the “why” factor. It’s the reason a customer needs to consider if your product is right for them before they make a purchase. In this experiment recap, learn how marketers at…

Clickthrough and conversion rates are often two metrics we track as measures of success in our testing efforts. It would almost seem that these two metrics share an intuitive dependency, which is simply not the case. In this blog post,…