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It is important to begin our discovery process and future strategic sessions by defining the overarching goals we are trying to accomplish
Larger company goals should help frame the discussion even if they are not directly tied to optimizing the customer’s experience
What are we trying to accomplish as an organization
What goal do we have for our customers
Do we have major initiatives in the pipeline or changes to product mix and offerings
We should try to define measurable and achievable goals for the year that will help us assess the success of our larger roadmap and guide expectations and efforts in ensuing years
These goals should be quantified
They should be aligned with larger company goals
They should
We should define quarterly goals which will help narrow our focus and develop a manageable number of themes
Quarterly goals should be set up to build toward the annual goals
They should be quantified
They should be limited to 2 or 3 goals which we can directly build themes around
We should identify constraints which are likely to impact our ability to achieve certain goals or hamper execution in any meaningful way.
(ie the availability and velocity of developmental resources,
factors imposed by partners or 3rd parties,
major product changes or
changes to our industry and customer base.
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
11.1% increase in conversion rate
6.6% increase in product click-throughs
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof
Lots of turnover in products, not enough time to generate customer reviews before product was replaced with another
Left the site with lots of products without reviews, or with very few
Hypothesis was that this created a negative social proof