Ep 553: 5 E-commerce CRO Hacks That You’ve Never Thought Of with Will Laurenson, Customers Who Click

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Emphasizes the importance of CRO in ecommerce and the impact it has beyond just improving the website, including reducing return rates, increasing lifetime value (LTV), and decreasing product costs.


In this episode, Jordan West with Will Laurenson, they get into the realm of customer revenue optimization (CRO) and its impact on e-commerce success. Will shares his expertise in data-driven strategies, customer behavior modeling, and the significance of revenue per user in testing and optimizing e-commerce approaches. 



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Key takeaways from this episode:

• Utilizing data analysis and product development can improve customer conversion and retention.
• Incorporating customer feedback and speaking directly with customers is essential for business optimization and improvement.
• RPU is recommended as the ultimate KPI for testing the success of strategies in e-commerce, highlighting the importance of focusing on the revenue generated by each user rather than just conversion rates or average order value.
• The significance of user experience (UAM method - usability, anxiety, motivation) is emphasized as a means to inform website design and optimize customer experience.
• Case studies showcase the impact of split tests, such as the removal of an "in stock" tag leading to increased mobile conversion rates and the elimination of a timer resulting in additional revenue.

Recommended Tools/App:
Airtable: https://www.airtable.com/
Notion: https://www.notion.so/
Slack: https://slack.com/



Recommended Audiobooks:
Real Dictators: https://www.noiser.com/realdictators
The Rest Is History: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Rest-Is-History-Audiobook/B0C5YNM53Z



Today’s Guest:
Will Laurenson, from Customers Who Click, Will has a background in B2C marketing and startups, and he shares experiences where he improved customer conversion and retention through data analysis and product development. He challenges the significance of conversion rate optimization (CRO) for e-commerce, emphasizing the importance of revenue per user over conversion rate. Will uses data to determine customer behavior and discusses how it informs their approach to website design and user experience.



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