The document discusses overcoming confirmation bias. It begins by explaining that confirmation bias is the human tendency to seek out and favor information that confirms preexisting beliefs while dismissing or ignoring information that contradicts those beliefs. It then provides examples of how confirmation bias can limit objective analysis and presents various strategies for overcoming it, such as accepting that one may be wrong, seeking out different perspectives, and questioning one's own assumptions.
Aproveitando a infraestrutura dinâmica disponível por meio de provedores e containers da nuvem, podemos dimensionar como nunca antes. Entretanto, ao aumentar nossa escala, o monitoramento se tornou mais complicado e precisamos ajustar nossa estratégia de monitoramento de acordo. Nesta sessão, aprenda a dimensionar sua estratégia de monitoramento. Mostramos a você como enquadrar suas métricas para determinar quais dados coletar e como interpretá-los. Essa sessão é oferecida pelo parceiro AWS, Datadog.
Henry Ford una vez dijo, “El único verdadero error es áquel del que no aprendemos nada.” Entonces, ¿Cómo podemos aprender más de las fallas de los sistemas? En esta sesión mostramos como usar los datos para mitigar y evitar fallas en el futuro. Esta sesión es presentada a usted, por nuestro socio AWS, Datadog.
Mobile CRO - The psychology behind selling to thumbsOnline Dialogue
Online Dialogue chief inspirational officer and psychologist Bart Schutz was invited by Google last week to talk during Google Engage about Mobile CRO.
Webinar - Data driven postmortems - Jason Yee Codemotion
The DevOps movement has not only influenced the tools we use in modern development and operations engineering, but also how we work. As part of how we work, DevOps has changed how we respond when systems inevitably stop working or don't work as expected. This presentation will provide methods and techniques for gathering information and effectively using that information to avoid and mitigate failure in the future. I'll cover best practices for gathering systems-related data, including monitoring and logging. This presentation will also cover practices for gathering and recording people-related data; including methods we can adopt from police, accident investigators, and other safety management professions to learn the most from incidents. After discussing how to gather data, I'll discuss how we can use the data to formulate actionable response plans and how to adjust existing organizational practices to avoid repeating failure.
I plan to keep the technical portions of this talk at a novice level so that it's accessible to both developers/engineers and those in non-technical roles who will be involved in incident response.
Marshmallows, & the Psychology"behind Evidence-Based Growth. Bart Schutz was invited to speak at Conversionboost 2017 on March 14th. Bart inconveniently clarifies why most of our CRO efforts are just comforting lies; “Most CRO-experts live in the ‘illusion of control’”. He shares his vision and experience on how only combining data with behavioral science, actually leads to true exponential growth in both earnings & learnings, ultimately bridge the gap between optimization and innovation, and questioning whether we should leave our customers behind as the only ones who still live in the ‘illusion of control’.
The CIA Mindset: Securing Your WordPress Code” on March 19th. Using the classic CIA Security Triad, David will explore how developers can have more confidence in the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availablity regarding their own WordPress Sites, plugins and themes.
Aproveitando a infraestrutura dinâmica disponível por meio de provedores e containers da nuvem, podemos dimensionar como nunca antes. Entretanto, ao aumentar nossa escala, o monitoramento se tornou mais complicado e precisamos ajustar nossa estratégia de monitoramento de acordo. Nesta sessão, aprenda a dimensionar sua estratégia de monitoramento. Mostramos a você como enquadrar suas métricas para determinar quais dados coletar e como interpretá-los. Essa sessão é oferecida pelo parceiro AWS, Datadog.
Henry Ford una vez dijo, “El único verdadero error es áquel del que no aprendemos nada.” Entonces, ¿Cómo podemos aprender más de las fallas de los sistemas? En esta sesión mostramos como usar los datos para mitigar y evitar fallas en el futuro. Esta sesión es presentada a usted, por nuestro socio AWS, Datadog.
Mobile CRO - The psychology behind selling to thumbsOnline Dialogue
Online Dialogue chief inspirational officer and psychologist Bart Schutz was invited by Google last week to talk during Google Engage about Mobile CRO.
Webinar - Data driven postmortems - Jason Yee Codemotion
The DevOps movement has not only influenced the tools we use in modern development and operations engineering, but also how we work. As part of how we work, DevOps has changed how we respond when systems inevitably stop working or don't work as expected. This presentation will provide methods and techniques for gathering information and effectively using that information to avoid and mitigate failure in the future. I'll cover best practices for gathering systems-related data, including monitoring and logging. This presentation will also cover practices for gathering and recording people-related data; including methods we can adopt from police, accident investigators, and other safety management professions to learn the most from incidents. After discussing how to gather data, I'll discuss how we can use the data to formulate actionable response plans and how to adjust existing organizational practices to avoid repeating failure.
I plan to keep the technical portions of this talk at a novice level so that it's accessible to both developers/engineers and those in non-technical roles who will be involved in incident response.
Marshmallows, & the Psychology"behind Evidence-Based Growth. Bart Schutz was invited to speak at Conversionboost 2017 on March 14th. Bart inconveniently clarifies why most of our CRO efforts are just comforting lies; “Most CRO-experts live in the ‘illusion of control’”. He shares his vision and experience on how only combining data with behavioral science, actually leads to true exponential growth in both earnings & learnings, ultimately bridge the gap between optimization and innovation, and questioning whether we should leave our customers behind as the only ones who still live in the ‘illusion of control’.
The CIA Mindset: Securing Your WordPress Code” on March 19th. Using the classic CIA Security Triad, David will explore how developers can have more confidence in the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availablity regarding their own WordPress Sites, plugins and themes.
Aprovechando la infraestructura dinámica disponible a través de los proveedores de nube y los contenedores, podemos escalar como nunca antes. Sin embargo, al incrementar nuestra escala, el monitoreo se ha vuelto más complicado y por consiguiente, necesitamos ajustar nuestra estrategia de monitoreo. En esta sesión, aprenda cómo escalar su estrategia de monitoreo. Le mostraremos cómo estructurar sus métricas para determinar qué información recolectar y como interpretarla. Esta sesión es presentada a usted, por nuestro Socio AWS, Datadog
SearchLove London 2018 - Tom Capper - The two-tiered SERP: Ranking for the mo...Distilled
Like it or loathe it, as SEOs we often find ourselves being asked to explain rankings, especially for highly visible head terms - but I’ve noticed in the last few years that for these most competitive terms, the normal rules don’t always apply. In this talk, I’ll dig into whether and how Google is going beyond our normal understanding of ranking factors, and how we need to react.
Does Google still need links? - SearchLove San Diego 2017Tom Capper
Back in Google's early days, people navigated the web using links, and this made PageRank an excellent proxy for popularity and authority. The web is moving away from primarily link based surfing, and Google no longer needs a proxy - so what, in 2017, is the point in links?
Problem solving using root cause analysisFranck Vermet
This slideshow explains how to render the well-known 5 why's anaysis more robust by putting it on steroids using the Guess / Opinion / Fact qualifier: without validating each answer with a fact, there is no point to continue the analysis.
From AMP to voice search, Google's evolution seems to be accelerating. Recent changes signal some very real existential threats to SEO. How likely are these paradigm shifts, and what can we do today to mitigate the risks?
Ranking for head terms, the limits of ranking factorsWeLoveSEO
Tom Capper - Distilled
Like it or loathe it, as SEOs we often find ourselves being asked to explain rankings, especially for highly visible head terms – but I’ve noticed in the last few years that for these most competitive terms, the normal rules don’t always apply. In this session, I’ll talk through new data, examples, and real world tests to explore the hypotheses that Google is increasingly going beyond our normal understanding of ranking factors.
A root cause is a factor which caused a nonconformance and should be permanently eliminated through process improvement. Finding the root cause is done through root cause analysis which is a term describing a collective of approaches, tools, and techniques used to find the true causes of problems..
This is a brief overview of our Knight Foundation project—scrubadub—that was presented to the Data Science Chicago meetup. on May 4 http://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-Chicago/events/230076311/
Have you been wondering WTF is the Semantic Web? Greg Elin explains the key pieces and benefit of the buzz words and concepts in a mere 5 minutes and 20 slides.
Lean Startup: How Development Looks Different When You're Changing the World ...Abby Fichtner
I updated my Lean Startup presentation for Agile 2011 to share what is happening in the startup community with the agile community and to show how Lean Startup is pushing Agile to the next level.
Session Description:
How does development look different when you're creating things that no one has ever created before? Lean Startup is about creating from a BIG VISION, where we want to change the world & do something really significant. It combines Agile Development with _Customer_ Development so we can be disciplined about how we create our startups. Learning (rather than working software) becomes our most important measure of progress and agile practices are pushed to the next level. Come get a glimpse of the next level of agile and discover how development looks different when you're changing the world.
This is the full slidedeck our 'from Aha! to Eureka' Smartees Webinar, hosted on 26 November 2013 in Rotterdam. The presentation elaborates on what a consumer insight is (and what it is not), how you can mine them and how you can make them impactful for your company, through a variety of business stories. All of this illustrated with client cases from Cloetta and Heinz.
The real Breaking Bad: Underfunded, underutilized and undervalued, non-profit communications disaster recovery. Find out how to clean up other people’s failed efforts and get on to the job at hand. Learn how to clean up the mess, build strategy and get buy-in, in 60 minutes or less. Learn from feedback from non-profit marketing and communications leaders from across North America.
We aim to create high-quality content. We really do. But, more-often-than-not, we fail. We understand that high-quality content must be clear, concise, and consistent in voice, tone, and terminology. We also know that it’s supposed to be easily findable, accessible, retrievable, and relevant those who need it—delivered when, where, and how they prefer it.
Crafting content that follows the rules (grammar, punctuation, linguistics) isn’t good enough. Our content also has to be helpful.
In this fast-paced talk, Scott Abel describes what it means to be helpful. You’ll discover how understanding the power of explanation
Presented November 27, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
InboundCon 2016: You're Making My Brain Hurt! The Psychology behind Terrible ...Powered by Search
Remember that time you filled out 27 mandatory form fields (including fax) to get a free quote? Or when you had to fill out all 27 fields again because you didn’t check “Terms & Conditions”? What about the time the “Special Offer!” overlay hijacked the screen on your phone so you couldn’t buy anything? Yep, stuff like this can turn the most mild-mannered prospects into wall-punching maniacs. But why are these experiences so frustrating? What actually happens in our brains? In this session, we’ll examine the psychology behind terrible conversion experiences and identify specific tactics for avoiding them.
Michael Aagaard, Unbounce’s Senior Conversion Optimizer, is widely known as one of the most passionate and enthusiastic people in the CRO Industry. He strives to make the internet a better place by inspiring companies to infuse research and testing into their marketing culture. When he is not analyzing and optimizing conversion experiences at Unbounce, you’ll find him onstage somewhere on the planet preaching the CRO gospel.
Lessons from Silicon Valley applied to a startup from Nicegethupp
Designed to be presented to students of the EIT ICT of Sophia Antipolis. During this talk, I tried to compare my experience as a startup cofounder to popular Silicon Valley advice, what did we do, what we did not and why.
Nathalie Nahai - The psychology of persuasive content for "boring" industries...Nathalie Nahai
If your content needs a jolt of life, web psychologist Nathalie Nahai will show you how to apply targeted psychological techniques to design more engaging images, killer headlines, and videos that are more likely to go viral.
On social media, if content is king, conversation is queen. See how alivenow works with brands to create a comprehensive content strategy for their Facebook pages.
Aprovechando la infraestructura dinámica disponible a través de los proveedores de nube y los contenedores, podemos escalar como nunca antes. Sin embargo, al incrementar nuestra escala, el monitoreo se ha vuelto más complicado y por consiguiente, necesitamos ajustar nuestra estrategia de monitoreo. En esta sesión, aprenda cómo escalar su estrategia de monitoreo. Le mostraremos cómo estructurar sus métricas para determinar qué información recolectar y como interpretarla. Esta sesión es presentada a usted, por nuestro Socio AWS, Datadog
SearchLove London 2018 - Tom Capper - The two-tiered SERP: Ranking for the mo...Distilled
Like it or loathe it, as SEOs we often find ourselves being asked to explain rankings, especially for highly visible head terms - but I’ve noticed in the last few years that for these most competitive terms, the normal rules don’t always apply. In this talk, I’ll dig into whether and how Google is going beyond our normal understanding of ranking factors, and how we need to react.
Does Google still need links? - SearchLove San Diego 2017Tom Capper
Back in Google's early days, people navigated the web using links, and this made PageRank an excellent proxy for popularity and authority. The web is moving away from primarily link based surfing, and Google no longer needs a proxy - so what, in 2017, is the point in links?
Problem solving using root cause analysisFranck Vermet
This slideshow explains how to render the well-known 5 why's anaysis more robust by putting it on steroids using the Guess / Opinion / Fact qualifier: without validating each answer with a fact, there is no point to continue the analysis.
From AMP to voice search, Google's evolution seems to be accelerating. Recent changes signal some very real existential threats to SEO. How likely are these paradigm shifts, and what can we do today to mitigate the risks?
Ranking for head terms, the limits of ranking factorsWeLoveSEO
Tom Capper - Distilled
Like it or loathe it, as SEOs we often find ourselves being asked to explain rankings, especially for highly visible head terms – but I’ve noticed in the last few years that for these most competitive terms, the normal rules don’t always apply. In this session, I’ll talk through new data, examples, and real world tests to explore the hypotheses that Google is increasingly going beyond our normal understanding of ranking factors.
A root cause is a factor which caused a nonconformance and should be permanently eliminated through process improvement. Finding the root cause is done through root cause analysis which is a term describing a collective of approaches, tools, and techniques used to find the true causes of problems..
This is a brief overview of our Knight Foundation project—scrubadub—that was presented to the Data Science Chicago meetup. on May 4 http://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-Chicago/events/230076311/
Have you been wondering WTF is the Semantic Web? Greg Elin explains the key pieces and benefit of the buzz words and concepts in a mere 5 minutes and 20 slides.
Lean Startup: How Development Looks Different When You're Changing the World ...Abby Fichtner
I updated my Lean Startup presentation for Agile 2011 to share what is happening in the startup community with the agile community and to show how Lean Startup is pushing Agile to the next level.
Session Description:
How does development look different when you're creating things that no one has ever created before? Lean Startup is about creating from a BIG VISION, where we want to change the world & do something really significant. It combines Agile Development with _Customer_ Development so we can be disciplined about how we create our startups. Learning (rather than working software) becomes our most important measure of progress and agile practices are pushed to the next level. Come get a glimpse of the next level of agile and discover how development looks different when you're changing the world.
This is the full slidedeck our 'from Aha! to Eureka' Smartees Webinar, hosted on 26 November 2013 in Rotterdam. The presentation elaborates on what a consumer insight is (and what it is not), how you can mine them and how you can make them impactful for your company, through a variety of business stories. All of this illustrated with client cases from Cloetta and Heinz.
The real Breaking Bad: Underfunded, underutilized and undervalued, non-profit communications disaster recovery. Find out how to clean up other people’s failed efforts and get on to the job at hand. Learn how to clean up the mess, build strategy and get buy-in, in 60 minutes or less. Learn from feedback from non-profit marketing and communications leaders from across North America.
We aim to create high-quality content. We really do. But, more-often-than-not, we fail. We understand that high-quality content must be clear, concise, and consistent in voice, tone, and terminology. We also know that it’s supposed to be easily findable, accessible, retrievable, and relevant those who need it—delivered when, where, and how they prefer it.
Crafting content that follows the rules (grammar, punctuation, linguistics) isn’t good enough. Our content also has to be helpful.
In this fast-paced talk, Scott Abel describes what it means to be helpful. You’ll discover how understanding the power of explanation
Presented November 27, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
InboundCon 2016: You're Making My Brain Hurt! The Psychology behind Terrible ...Powered by Search
Remember that time you filled out 27 mandatory form fields (including fax) to get a free quote? Or when you had to fill out all 27 fields again because you didn’t check “Terms & Conditions”? What about the time the “Special Offer!” overlay hijacked the screen on your phone so you couldn’t buy anything? Yep, stuff like this can turn the most mild-mannered prospects into wall-punching maniacs. But why are these experiences so frustrating? What actually happens in our brains? In this session, we’ll examine the psychology behind terrible conversion experiences and identify specific tactics for avoiding them.
Michael Aagaard, Unbounce’s Senior Conversion Optimizer, is widely known as one of the most passionate and enthusiastic people in the CRO Industry. He strives to make the internet a better place by inspiring companies to infuse research and testing into their marketing culture. When he is not analyzing and optimizing conversion experiences at Unbounce, you’ll find him onstage somewhere on the planet preaching the CRO gospel.
Lessons from Silicon Valley applied to a startup from Nicegethupp
Designed to be presented to students of the EIT ICT of Sophia Antipolis. During this talk, I tried to compare my experience as a startup cofounder to popular Silicon Valley advice, what did we do, what we did not and why.
Nathalie Nahai - The psychology of persuasive content for "boring" industries...Nathalie Nahai
If your content needs a jolt of life, web psychologist Nathalie Nahai will show you how to apply targeted psychological techniques to design more engaging images, killer headlines, and videos that are more likely to go viral.
On social media, if content is king, conversation is queen. See how alivenow works with brands to create a comprehensive content strategy for their Facebook pages.
UX Conversion Camp is the UK's only brand-only conversion event, organised by Keep It Usable. 2017 was the best yet! Here are the slides from our fantastic presenter, Kate Rylance, Shop Direct. For more information on UXCC, please visit www.uxconversioncamp.com
Presented on 3/16/2014 as Keynote for the MXConference.
Change in an organization is really hard. This is especially true when a company that was once on the forefront of innovation finds itself having lost that luster through its own growth & success. The last couple of years there has been a transformation happening at PayPal that is touching every part of the organization to make it innovative again. At the heart of this change is a new, close partnership between design and engineering.
Can your organization be changed? From Bill’s experience at Yahoo!, Netflix, PayPal and consulting with numerous companies he believes there are some core principles you can employ to drive transformation that are all centered around the customer. The question Bill will explore is “How can design be the catalyst for that change?” While this talk will be inspirational, it will take an honest (and humorous) look at what has worked and what hasn’t worked so well in trying to scale change.
Why is this so hard? Understanding Design Challenges - Adam Connor & Magga Do...Mad*Pow
Gain good insights into how to gauge your organization’s readiness for design and the ability to analyze your organization’s culture and use it to make meaningful decisions about change efforts and much more!
This is the full slidedeck our 'from Aha! to Eureka' Smartees Webinar, hosted on 21 November 2013. The presentation elaborates on what a consumer insight is (and what it is not), how you can mine them and how you can make them impactful for your company, through a variety of business stories, clear examples and tasks. Presentation by Kristof De Wulf (CEO, InSites Consulting) and Annelies Verhaeghe (Head of Research Innovation, InSites Consulting).
Slides for the presentation at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2014 on the topic of Millennial Marketing.
Session Description:
Millennials buy “the experience”. They don’t purchase hiking boots; they buy the idea of protecting their feet on the trail, while staying dry, avoiding blisters and looking “cool". The outdoor lifestyle is about the feeling of the experience, but our marketing strategies don’t show it. This session will identify acquisition strategies focusing on content to attract and engage millennials.
Win At Content on Twitter
#WinAtContent includes sections on crafting a brand's content strategy on Twitter, the usage of rich media Tweets to reach users throughout the funnel, and features best-in-class work by leading brands around the region.
Iste 3 out of 5 tech trends that bend 2-2014 finalJason Ohler
5 Technological Trends that Bend: Big Data, Augmented Reality, Semantic Web and Web of Things, xTreme BYOD, and Transmedia Storytelling. Seen through the lens of digital citizenship, and how they will impact the world of education, living, working, playing. Delivered February 13, 2014 for ISTE's Virtual Conference. This presentation was made at ISTE 2013, then at the ISTE Virtual Conference, February, 2014, and will be delivered at ISTE 2014, June 29th, 4:14PM. Review at: http://ow.ly/tIsD2
Delivering value through experimentation, from LAST Conference 2018 in MelbourneJulia Birks
Most organisations now understand why they need insights on customers’ needs and behaviours to drive customer-centred outcomes within agile teams. But many organisations struggle to convert insights from their quantitative and qualitative research into value that actually gets delivered to customers.
And whilst many organisations are employing researchers, and building agile teams, organisational behaviours—at a team level, and also at a leadership level—often get in the way of those teams converting insights into value, leaving teams feeling lost at sea.
But there are behaviours and principles that teams and leaders can put into practice to create an culture of effective experimentation based on insights. By being more human, we can enable our teams to deliver efficient value to customers, and even within the organisation itself.
Come with Julia Birks and Dave Calleja on a swashbuckling journey, as we show you how to navigate the oft-treacherous waters of organisational culture, to help your teams reach the mystical location we call Value Atoll.
CH2019 keynote: Guy Yalif - AI and personalization demystifiedWebanalisten .nl
(video summary at: https://conversionhotel.com/session/keynote-2019-ai-personalization-demystified/)
Guy has a background that is quite impressive. From Princeton to 3 years Boston Consulting Group in the 90’s and then on for his MBA at Stanford and MBA internship at Microsoft. Guy did his time at an online marketplace start-up that got acquired before he moved to Yahoo! to have several product marketing positions for 7 years in a row. He has been the head of global product and industry marketing at Twitter and was member of the executive team at Brightroll. Nowadays he is the founder and CEO of a start-up that uses machine learning to optimize websites.
The number 1 outcome of the #CH2019 attendee question on what the hot topics in our industry are for the coming year, was: personalization. AI and Machine Learnings were also high on this list, the combination of these topics is the sweet-spot where we all know of that the companies we work for are going to invest heavenly in the next coming years. But as true data driven optimizers we also know that many companies won’t have the users to do proper personalization and/or machine learning. We also believe that they should fix the basics first…
Nevertheless we know we are going to have to deal a lot with personalization and machine learning in our jobs. It may sound scary, because you don’t exactly know what it is and how to apply it, but you also know that this is the way to the future (or was McDonald’s buying Dynamic Yield a big fail?). But how to take the first steps in a proper way? When I thought of a potential speaker that could demystify AI and personalization for us – I thought of Guy.
Happy learning,
Ton Wesseling
Founder & host of The Conference formerly known as Conversion Hotel
(video summary at: https://conversionhotel.com/session/keynote-2019-future-of-data-governance-gdpr/)
This is an amazing woman with so much knowledge on analytics data and privacy in particular. I bumped into Aurélie Pols around 14 years ago when she was already publishing analytics content on the analytics blog of her former company (which might even be the first webanalytics agency being sold to a large firm). The blog was an inspiration for me to move away from writing about analytics for big broad marketing blogs and to start webanalisten.nl back in 2008 – a Dutch written niche blog on analytics and optimization. By then Aurélie already had 10 years of statistics and analytics experience… She moved on and did her work with Web Analytics Demystified and the Digital Analytics Association before she moved into the field of analytics & privacy. Yes, she focused on data and privacy already in 2012!
So when I saw privacy and issues with data quality among the top 10 topics the #CH2019 attendees want to learn form I immediately thought of Aurélie. She accepted the challenge to keynote at Texel, also because she was born nearby in Alkmaar. Great Aurélie is coming over – she will enlighten us on all the questions we have on data and privacy.
Cheers,
Ton Wesseling
Founder & host of The Conference formerly known as Conversion Hotel
CH2019 keynote: Lucia van den Brink - Keynote pitch winnerWebanalisten .nl
(video summary at: https://conversionhotel.com/session/keynote-2019-pitch-winner/)
One of the many things I strive to optimize year-over-year is the quality (and diversity) of the attendees. To me this is even more important then the quality of the performers (who are important too, don’t get me wrong). Performers are there to inspire and entertain, but the time you spend with your fellow attendees is way bigger. This is were you go in depth based upon the inspiration by the performers. And of course it makes sense if I state that the combined knowledge of the 200 attendees is way bigger then the knowledge of the performers combined.
Of course the performers are specialists, trained to deliver a performance. This is why they are on stage, but I also believe that there are also potential performers among our attendees. I’m not talking about the experienced performers that see this yearly Texel event as a nice final get together of optimization specialists before the winter conference break. I’m talking about people that are ready to take the step, but just need the final push.
This year at The Conference formerly known as Conversion Hotel we were having a keynote pitch competition. Out of all the keynote pitch applications we got from the ticket application proces this summer we selected 9 contestants. They were guided in their 2 minute pitch by world class CRO speaker and speaker coach Michael Aagaard from Denmark. All these pitches will be delivered on Friday and all the attendees voted “Yes” or “No” on the question for every pitch “Do you want this presenter and topic as a keynote”. The highest “Yes” score will become a keynote on the #CH2019 main stage on Saturday.
Number 9 got lot’s of speaker coaching by Michael and a bunch of drinks to recover. Number 2 to 8 were scheduled as a presentation in one of the two presentation rooms during the break-out sessions. Michael was there for support and will devote some coaching time after the conference!
Lucia won the pitch competition and took main stage on Saturday. She did great! Enjoy the slides.
Ton Wesseling
Founder & host of The Conference formerly known as Conversion Hotel
CH2019 keynote: Elke Geraerts - Authenthic intelligenceWebanalisten .nl
(video summary at: https://conversionhotel.com/session/keynote-2019-authentic-intelligence/)
Boundless curiosity and a passion for people – this perhaps best describes Elke. This unique combination quickly led to a flourishing academic career. With a PhD in psychology, Elke held various positions at the universities of Harvard, St Andrews, Maastricht and Rotterdam, where she attracted international attention with her research work. She moved over to the business site triggered by her scientific insights about mental resilience and started working on on increasing mental resilience, energy and productivity of employees.
Her public breakthrough came with her bestseller “Mentaal Kapitaal” (2015). This book, which is now in its thirteenth edition, was translated into English under the title Better Minds. In 2016, “Het Nieuwe Mentaal” (The New Mental) followed; it takes a closer look at the importance of courage for a successful life. In her latest book, “Authentieke Intelligentie” (Authentic Intelligence), Elke passionately advocates that we capitalize fully on what makes us unique as humans in an increasingly digitized world. And this is exactly the reason to invite her for a keynote at #CH2019 – to give us some inspirational insights on how to survive as humans in this AI based future.
Enjoy her talk,
Ton Wesseling
Founder & host of The Conference formerly known as Conversion Hotel
CH2019 keynote: Lukas Vermeer - One neat trick to run better experimentsWebanalisten .nl
(video summary at: https://conversionhotel.com/session/keynote-2019-run-better-experiments-srm-checks/)
Lukas combines industry experience in online experimentation and data science with an academic background in computing science and machine learning. When I first met him, he was already a smart guy, but still working at Oracle. A year later he moved on to Booking.com (almost 7 years ago already – he has seen a large bunch of new employees coming in :-)) to finally become their director of experimentation.
Lukas is responsible for the internal tooling and training that helps product development improve the customer experience in measurable steps through thousands of experiments. Of course he presented about this around the world, but never at Texel. Finally it was time to ask him – not to speak about democratizing experimentation or his storytelling on statistics. You have probably seen that before. We asked him because you, as CH2019 attendees, asked us to go advanced on experimentation and he is one of the only ones in Europe that has (co-)written in depth scientific papers on experimentation.
And that is exactly what Lukas is going to do: go in depth on his recent Sample Ratio Mismatch paper.
Enjoy the ride,
Ton Wesseling
Founder & host of The Conference formerly known as Conversion Hotel
(video summary at: https://conversionhotel.com/session/keynote-2019-friction/)
When I asked the #CH2019 attendees about topics they want to learn more about, consumer Psychology popped up in the top 5. Happy to see this topic so high on the list, because I truly believe that effective optimization is a combination of data & psychology.
Going through potential speakers I reached out to Roger Dooley, because he just published his new book: “Friction – The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage” (McGraw Hill, May 17, 2019). I’ve seen Roger on stage several times around the world presenting about his previous books, but he was never on stage yet at Texel. Perfect timing: so now he will be on our stage in November this year, to spread his knowledge, interact and investigate where friction can be reduced.
Roger is also the author of Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing. You might know him of his popular blog Neuromarketing or his columns at Forbes.com and I’m happy he accepted to keynote at CH2019.
Cheers,
Ton Wesseling
Founder & host of The Conference formerly known as Conversion Hotel
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
Confidently measure SEO performance
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
[Google March 2024 Update] How To Thrive: Content, Link Building & SEOSearch Engine Journal
March 2024 disrupted the SEO industry. Websites were deindexed, and manual penalties were delivered—all to produce more helpful, more trustworthy search results.
How did your website fare?
Watch us as we delve into the seismic shifts brought about by Google's March 2024 updates and explore strategies to not just survive, but thrive in this dynamic digital landscape.
You’ll learn:
- How to create content that is valuable to users (not just search engines) using E-E-A-T.
- How to build links that can boost rankings and withstand algorithm updates.
- Best practices for content creation and link building so you can thrive during algorithm updates.
With Vince Ramos, we'll examine the implications of the latest algorithm changes on content creation, link building, and SEO practices, and offer actionable insights from businesses like yours that have remained steadfast amidst the volatility.
Using real-life case studies, we’ll also show you the effectiveness of manual link building techniques and person-first content strategies.
Whether you're a seasoned SEO professional, a budding content creator, or anyone in between, this webinar will help you weather the changes in Google's algorithms and capitalize on them for sustained success.
Check out this webinar and unlock the secrets to thriving in the new Google era.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
The What, Why & How of 3D and AR in Digital CommercePushON Ltd
Vladimir Mulhem has over 20 years of experience in commercialising cutting edge creative technology across construction, marketing and retail.
Previously the founder and Tech and Innovation Director of Creative Content Works working with the likes of Next, John Lewis and JD Sport, he now helps retailers, brands and agencies solve challenges of applying the emerging technologies 3D, AR, VR and Gen AI to real-world problems.
In this webinar, Vladimir will be covering the following topics:
Applications of 3D and AR in Digital Commerce,
Benefits of 3D and AR,
Tools to create, manage and publish 3D and AR in Digital Commerce.
For too many years marketing and sales have operated in silos...while in some forward thinking companies, the two organizations work together to drive new opportunity development and revenue. This session will explore the lessons learned in that beautiful dance that can occur when marketing and sales work together...to drive new opportunity development, account expansion and customer satisfaction.
No, this is not a conversation about MQLs and SQLs. Instead we will focus on a framework that allows the two organizations to drive company success together.
SMM Cheap - No. 1 SMM panel in the worldsmmpanel567
Boost your social media marketing with our SMM Panel services offering SMM Cheap services! Get cost-effective services for your business and increase followers, likes, and engagement across all social media platforms. Get affordable services perfect for businesses and influencers looking to increase their social proof. See how cheap SMM strategies can help improve your social media presence and be a pro at the social media game.
10 Video Ideas Any Business Can Make RIGHT NOW!
You'll never draw a blank again on what kind of video to make for your business. Go beyond the basic categories and truly reimagine a brand new advanced way to brainstorm video content creation. During this masterclass you'll be challenged to think creatively and outside of the box and view your videos through lenses you may have never thought of previously. It's guaranteed that you'll leave with more than 10 video ideas, but I like to under-promise and over-deliver. Don't miss this session.
Key Takeaways:
How to use the Video Matrix
How to use additional "Lenses"
Where to source original video ideas
How to Use AI to Write a High-Quality Article that Ranksminatamang0021
In the world of content creation, many AI bloggers have drifted away from their original vision, resulting in low-quality articles that search engines overlook. Don't let that happen to you! Join us to discover how to leverage AI tools effectively to craft high-quality content that not only captures your audience's attention but also ranks well on search engines.
Disclaimer: Some of the prompts mentioned here are the examples of Matt Diggity. Please use it as reference and make your own custom prompts.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
The Forgotten Secret Weapon of Digital Marketing: Email
Digital marketing is a rapidly changing, ever evolving industry--Influencers, Threads, X, AI, etc. But one of the most effective digital marketing tools is also one of the oldest: Email. Find out from two Houston-based digital experts how to maximize your results from email.
Key Takeaways:
Email has the best ROI of any digital tactic
It can be used at any stage of the customer journey
It is increasingly important as the cookie-less future gets closer and closer
12. Dismiss information we don’t agree with -
unless the evidence is overwhelming
Accept evidence we agree with at face value
search for & recall information in ways that confirm
our existing beliefs, hypotheses & expectations
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
13. Dismiss information we don’t agree with -
unless the evidence is overwhelming
Accept evidence we agree with at face value
search for & recall information in ways that confirm
our existing beliefs, hypotheses & expectations
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
14. Dismiss information we don’t agree with -
unless the evidence is overwhelming
Accept evidence we agree with at face value
search for & recall information in ways that confirm
our existing beliefs, hypotheses & expectations
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
15. What the human being is best at
doing, is interpreting all new
information so that their prior
conclusions remain intact.
- Warren Buffet
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#CH2018
16. What the human being is best at
doing, is interpreting all new
information so that their prior
conclusions remain intact.
- Warren Buffet
“
”
#CH2018
29. Per Capita Consumption of Mozzarella Cheese
Correlates With
93%Correlation
http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
@CONTENTVERVE
30. Per Capita Consumption of Mozzarella Cheese
Number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets
Correlates With
93%Correlation
http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
@CONTENTVERVE
31. People Who Died By Falling Down the Stairs
Per Capita Consumption of Mozzarella Cheese
Correlates With
95%Correlation
http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
@CONTENTVERVE
32. Number of people who died by drowning while in natural water.
Per Capita Consumption of Mozzarella Cheese
Correlates With
90%Correlation
http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
@CONTENTVERVE
33. Per Capita Consumption of Swiss Cheese
Number of people who died by drowning while in natural water
Correlates With
40%Correlation
http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
@CONTENTVERVE
44. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
45. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
46. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
47. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
48. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
49. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
50. http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.
1. Read the research.
Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
51. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
52. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
53. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
54. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
55. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
56. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
57. http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.
1. Read the research.
Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
99. will i be billed during the trial?
Can i cancel during my trial?
can i change plans?
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
100. will i be billed during the trial?
Can i cancel during my trial?
can i change plans?
nope! you will only be billed after your 30-day trial if you choose not
to cancel. we’ll send an e-mail reminder near the end of the trial.
certainly! you can cancel at any time, just go to your account
dashboard and click “manage account”.
of course! you can change plans or switch between monthly/annual
billing via your account dashboard.
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
103. A: Bullets based on marketer’s logic
B: Bullets based on customer insight
11% increase in sign ups
✓ 2 full business cycles
✓ 867 account signups
✓ 95% significance level
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
107. 1. Read the research.
http://davidwees.com/content/confirmation-bias-cycle/
2. Keep my worldview.Ignore any flaws in the research.
No
Do I agree with the findings of the
research?
Yes
Find a reason the research is flawed.
Ignore the research.
@CONTENTVERVE
108. the power of habit - charles duhigg
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
125. ACCEPT INFO
AT FACE VALUE
MAINTAIN
WORLDVIEW
INFO I
AGREE WITH the habit loop
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
126. ACCEPT INFO
AT FACE VALUE
MAINTAIN
WORLDVIEW
INFO I
AGREE WITH the habit loop
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
127. ACCEPT INFO
AT FACE VALUE
MAINTAIN
WORLDVIEW
INFO I
AGREE WITH the habit loop
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
128. I COULD BE WRONG/
DO RESEARCH
MAINTAIN
WORLDVIEW
INFO I
AGREE WITH the habit loop NEW INSIGHT
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
129. I COULD BE WRONG/
DO RESEARCH
MAINTAIN
WORLDVIEW
INFO I
AGREE WITH the habit loop NEW INSIGHT
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
130. I COULD BE WRONG/
DO RESEARCH
MAINTAIN
WORLDVIEW
INFO I
AGREE WITH the habit loop NEW INSIGHT
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
131.
132. accept the fact that you could be wrong
er, and er and er again - but less and less and less
seek out a different perspective & challenge your beliefs
break the confirmation bias cycle
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018
133. i suffer from confirmation bias -
no one can convince me otherwise…
@CONTENTVERVE#CH2018