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Every test should be followed by an
implementation drop, often a split-run test of the optimal
combination of all elements versus the original control. This
way, you can accurately quantify your true ROI. Depending on how
close your actual results match the predicted improvement, you
can assess the validity of your test.
With scientific testing, you can test dozens of
variables at once and implement important changes in the next
drop, speeding growth by months or even years. Then with your
new knowledge, you can refine your marketing and testing
programs to continue testing, learning, and implementing new
changes proven to increase sales.
You can test efficiently, learn quickly, find
a proven path to success, and leave your competitors in the
dust. But it’s important to keep moving. Even when one test
shows you 10-20 times more than you could ever learn before, one
test cannot answer all your questions. You need to develop a
solid long-term plan for testing… just as you do for your
marketing programs.
As industry veterans have said…
“Testing is still the
best way to find true breakthroughs.”
– Bob Stone and Ron Jacobs, Successful Direct
Marketing Methods, 7th ed., 2001
“In planning an
advertising campaign, the first step should be to clear the
decks of all opinions … The next step should be to find a
scientific method of testing.”
– John Caples, Tested Advertising Methods,
1938
“What’s great about
DM is that it’s not a subjective business. We can test and we
can prove, not through abstract research but in the
marketplace.”
– Lester Wunderman, speaking to the Hudson Valley
DMA, Nov 2002
"Never stop testing,
and your advertising will never stop improving."
– David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man,
1961
A well-run scientific test can give you an
impressive ROI with amazingly clear results. And you gain even
greater benefits with LucidView's unique approach.
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