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      Best Practices for working with SiteSpect

      This article reviews some best practices for working with SiteSpect.

      Best Practices for Using SiteSpect

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      Organize processes and personnel to fit your needs/resources:

      • Create a standard team and process for working through Ideation, Development Cycle, QA, Live Testing, Analytics.
      • What team and process to drive ideation?
      • What does the dev cycle look like? Who is doing the dev work?
      • Generally the more eyes and devices you can have QA, the better.
      • Who sets the test to live? 
      • Who analyzes results? Are you comparing to other tools? 
      • How is all of this being communicated and coordinated team wide?

      Before starting the test build and development process:

      • Have clear goals/questions to be answered
      • Be careful not to test too many things at the same time
      • Use iterative testing to help isolate the changes that are giving you the desired return
      • Example of information captured:
        • Hypothesis
        • Area(s) of website (page types, line of business, etc.)
        • Metrics to capture (add to cart, conversion, subtotal in cart, interaction with elements, etc.)
        • Target Audience
        • Estimated time to run to reach significance
        • Traffic and overlay considerations
        • Variations and differences between them
        • Screenshots, mockups
        • Specifications / Design Guide (fonts, colors, margins, etc.)
        • Assets if applicable

      Submit CDG for all campaign builds, metrics and other testing components: 

      • Here is the CDG Template
      • Make sure to clearly specify affected pages, elements, and copy. Pictures are usually helpful here.
      • Always consider any pre-existing variations in user experience. (Do any users already see a different experience based on location or other criteria?)

      QA Best Practices:

      • Always QA everything before turning it live 
      • Preview the campaign on multiple browsers and mobile devices if those are part of the target audience. 
      • Test any actions a user might perform and verify the variation changes are persisting as expected. 
      • Try navigating away from and back to the target page.
        • Adjust filters/options/input values. 
      • It is also important to test the campaign across different URLs and page types on your site.
        • Make sure the desired experience triggers where it should, and does not trigger where it should not.