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UX Benchmarking: What Good Is It for Conversion Optimization? [Original Research]

ConversionXL

Conversion Rates are Misleading; Comparing Them is Worthless. Let’s start by debunking one method of competitive benchmarking: comparing your conversion rate to that of your competitors is pretty irrelevant. So will knowing Amazon conversion stats help you in any way? But you do control your own conversion rate.

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Why UX is critical to digital marketing

Martech

One of the key skills that the digital marketing industry is sadly ignoring, howver, is that of the User Experience (UX) expert. The absence of UX experts on digital marketing teams shows that those in charge of these teams still believe that everyone can be all things. Unfortunately, conversions only tell you half of a story.

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Top 7 Google Ads and SEO synergies you should act upon

Search Engine Land

Ultimately, both are focused on increasing conversions from Google and other search engines, so it makes sense to bring these teams together for greater success. While clicks are often a key performance indicator (KPI), they hold little value if they don’t lead to conversions. Set budgets to 10-20% of your total Google budget.

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10 Product Recommendation Techniques to Improve UX and Conversions

ConversionXL

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. Similarly, a search box on 404 pages can sometimes make up for the UX glitch. Similar Products.

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The execution team’s role in a martech center of excellence

Martech

Central to this is the execution team — a skilled group that includes UX designers, web experts, email marketers, social media strategists, CRM managers, campaign analysts and operational strategists. Each role is key in engaging customers, boosting conversions and supporting broader business goals.

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A Proven UX Research Process to Redesign Your Website

ConversionXL

You can throw away years of incremental gains in UX and site performance—unless you have a battle-tested process. I’m going to walk you step-by-step through our company’s UX research process for site redesigns—the role of each aspect, how long each should take, and what, generally, each entails. Website redesigns are a huge risk.

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Ecommerce UX Battle: Benchmarking 4 Beauty & Cosmetics Mobile Websites

ConversionXL

This is a conversion-focused benchmark analysis of four competing beauty and cosmetics websites : Clinique. Our analyses measure overall user experience of each site as a composite of 5 separate UX dimensions. What is competitive UX benchmarking and why does it matter? 5 dimensions of UX benchmarking. Appearance.

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