Join us
September 21-22
for a seminar
in Chicago |
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The
seminar will be held at the Hilton Chicago (720 South Michigan
Avenue), with rooms available at a
low LucidView rate. Beyond the spacious and
comfortable meeting and guest rooms, the hotel's
ideal location across the street from lakefront
Grant Park offers impressive views and convenient
sights within a short walk, including the Art
Institute, Field Museum, Goodman Theater, Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium. The hotel
itself has a full athletic club and large pool,
restaurants and business center.
While you're in town, catch a Cubs
game at historic Wrigley Field, see the Chicago
premier of the smash hit Broadway play "Rock of
Ages," enjoy shopping just down Michigan Avenue on
the Magnificent Mile, or hear some of the best jazz
musicians in the country at one of the nearby jazz
clubs. If you're in town early, you can also
see the Chicago Symphony kickoff it's season with a
free Sunday concert at Millennium Park. But... don't forget
to show up for class (maybe adding
another day or two at either end of the seminar would be helpful). |
Register by September 8th
and you will receive a free copy of the book, "Testing
1-2-3," plus a 50% discount for each additional attendee.

Learn the art and science of testing
through two days of focused coursework, insightful case studies,
and hands-on activities
Testing is proactive – quickly, clearly, and
confidently proving the new ideas that work, where you can cut
costs, and how to squeeze out greater profit from every
marketing dollar. When the marketplace changes, testing is
more important than ever. You can quantify your ROI on
every test. You can uncover new opportunities impossible
to see with other statistical methods. Testing brings
scientific power and discipline to the "front lines" of your
marketing programs. Advanced scientific techniques (also
called experimental design or multivariable testing) offer even
greater power and freedom to test more variables more quickly
with a smaller sample size.
You will learn best practices in the art and
science of testing in this focused 2-day seminar. We've concentrated 80 years of statistics, 12
years of consulting experience – and insights from thousands of
variables in hundreds
of tests with dozens of market leaders – to give you just the
right hands-on training to quickly, clearly, and profitably
increase your testing ROI.
If testing is an important part of your direct
marketing, CRM, Internet, or retail programs, you should join us.
Whether all your testing is A/B splits, you regularly use
software like Optimost, you've had statistical training in
experimental design, or you've already done multivariable
testing, this 2-day seminar will give you a full range of new
knowledge and tools you can use immediately to improve your
marketing programs.
Since these small classes can fill quickly,
register now (or call us at 888-582-4384 x705 for more
information). Plus, if you
register by September 8th, you'll
get a free copy of Ledolter & Swersey's "Testing 1-2-3" and 50%
off the course fee for each additional attendee. You can
download a brochure or follow the links below to learn more
and register for this insightful 2-day seminar.
If you'd like to read more
about testing, here are a few good articles and case studies:
1. Sample size
The Right Sample Size will bring Your Tests into
Focus
2. Testing strategies
What Mix of Split-run and Multivariable Testing is
Best?
3. Intro to multivariable testing (with
an e-mail example)
Navigating the Depths of Multivariable Testing
4. Case studies by channel
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Direct mail (case study from "Successful
Direct Marketing Methods," 8th ed.)
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Retail (in-store marketing-mix test)
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E-mail (1-page summary)
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CPG price test (1-page summary)
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SEM (with a good introduction to advanced
techniques)
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Contact us for examples from other
channels or industries
5.
Extreme statistics... If you
like really, really technical stuff, here's a journal article
explaining two credit card DM tests
6.
Fun with statistics... An
article covering a few interesting aspects of "Statistical
Skullduggery"
Scientific Marketing Testing for
Internet, Retail, CRM, and Direct Marketing Programs
Introduction to
the 2-day seminar
The course is designed for front-line
marketers, analysts, executives, agencies, and statisticians who
plan, manage, and oversee in-market tests and want to learn:
- Strategies to increase market
intelligence and testing ROI
- Core concepts to ensure
statistically-valid results before launching a test,
including sample size, confidence limits, and market
uncertainty
- The variety of available test designs for
multivariable testing
- How to select the best elements and test
designs for different channels, programs, and objectives
- Back-end analytics required for a clear
and accurate view of main effects and interactions
- Ways to minimize sample size and cost,
speed learning, and ensure clear insights and successful
roll-out
- Step-by-step procedures for successful
scientific testing
Case studies will cover tests run by industry
leaders in direct mail and catalog, Internet and e-mail, retail
and CRM, CPG,
and media advertising. These include tests of creatives, price
and offer, in-store displays, advertising media mix, contact
strategy, landing page and cover tests, among others.
You will learn specific procedures and
statistical techniques, yet with a streamlined approach that
does not require a background in statistics. Whether a skilled
marketer, new manager, or degreed statistician, this course
offers basic tools you can implement immediately, plus advanced
information you can use as resource for on-going learning.
Your fee for the 2-day Scientific Marketing Testing
seminar is $1,395 (not including your hotel room) which covers:
- Two full days of content
- Course manual and all materials
- Continental breakfast,
lunch, and snacks
- Your evenings are free
What you need to bring
- Laptop computers are required (please
contact us if not available)
- Bring samples of your marketing programs,
tests, and/or data you would like to review and discuss in
the class
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Registration Information Classes fill quickly, so please register
early. For more information, e-mail us at
seminars@lucidview.com or call 1-888-LucidView
(888-582-4384 x705).
Register online or by phone:
1. Register online by clicking the "Register now" button, above
2. Register by calling 1-888-LucidView (888-582-4384 x705)
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Instructors
Gordon Bell
President, LucidView
Gordon is a published expert in the field of
scientific testing, with numerous articles, plus recent case
studies in the books “Testing 1-2-3: Experimental Design in
Marketing” and the 8th edition of “Successful Direct Marketing
Methods.” He is a frequent speaker at marketing and statistical
conferences, guest lecturer at Yale School of Management, and
regularly consults with market leaders on retail, advertising,
CPG, direct marketing, and Internet programs.
Fred Holland
Vice President, LucidView
Fred has consulted for over twenty years with
leading corporations, including Staples, HSBC, Financial Times,
AOL, Whirlpool, DuPont, and Mobil. With in-depth experience
in both manufacturing and marketing, Fred has successfully
combined best practices from both areas into his on-going work
with market leaders.
Why LucidView?
For over a decade, Gordon, Fred, and the
LucidView team have been instrumental in bringing advanced
techniques to the front lines of marketing programs. At the
forefront of academic research and real-world application, your
instructors have an unmatched depth of expertise and hands-on
skills in distilling complex techniques down to key concepts and
methods that are proven to speed insights and strengthen testing
programs.
Click here for a pdf of the brochure for the 2-day
seminar on Scientific Marketing Testing.
Course Contents
Scientific Testing Seminar – Day 1
1. Introductions and course overview
- Terms and tools: one-variable tests,
experimental design, multivariable testing, Taguchi methods,
and other testing tools
- Strategies: what, where, when, why and
how to test
- Overview of case studies we’ll cover from
industry leaders
2. Core concepts
- Randomness, types of variation, and
market uncertainty
- How to lie with statistics (and charts)
- Confidence limits, error, and sample size
- Split-run testing (A/B splits,
test-control, champion-challenger)
3. Basics of scientific testing
- How it works: champion-challenger to
multivariable testing
- Basics of multivariable testing: the
full-factorial design
- In-class experiment (project teams)
- Industry case studies
4. The Joy of Testing: many elements in
a few simple recipes
- Flexible test designs like
fractional-factorial and Plackett-Burman
- The debate: orthogonal vs. optimal
- Proactive restraint: 2-level test
elements versus multi-level
- Industry case studies
- Team project: mixing creative freedom
with scientific discipline
Day 2
1. Review & discussion of attendees’
case studies
2. The art of testing
- Choices and challenges testing different
channels and markets
- Selecting and defining strong test
elements
- Choosing the right test design
- Test planning and execution, strategic
testing and test cycles
- Case studies
3. Analyzing results – step-by-step
strategy
- Assessing experimental error and
analyzing significance (4 methods)
- Calculating interactions
- Summary charts and predicted improvement
- Software tools
- Case study – team analysis
- Attendee examples
4. Advanced test designs and techniques
- Design alternatives: resolution,
confounding, reflection
- Streamlined strategies: overlay designs,
test units and blocking
- Reducing cost: minimizing experimental
error, recipes, sample size, and execution costs
- Managing complexity: multiple levels,
curvature, optimizing price points, managing dynamic markets
5. Real-world applications (customized
by class)
- Team project presentations
- Case study analysis and discussion
- Attendee project plans – getting started
If testing is an important part of your
marketing programs,
register now to learn new
techniques and best practices for more efficient, insightful,
and profitable in-market testing.

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