This episode covers the following chapters from the book:
- SECTION 2 (CONTINUED): DIAGNOSIS. THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR WEBSITE CAN BE IMPROVED
- Diagnose by…seeing how others describe it in writing (because their words are likely to reveal a lot)
- Diagnose by…talking to a “VOC aggregator” (perhaps the fastest way to understand users)
- Diagnose by…encouraging your visitors to phone you (so you can understand them better)
- Diagnose by…creating—and then studying—a knowledge base of answers to your visitors’ questions (to manage the long tail of obstacles)
- Diagnose by…running user tests (to see your pages’ shortcomings firsthand)
- Diagnose by…using eye tracking (to identify where your visitors are looking)
- Diagnose by…using pop-up surveys (to recruit participants for your user tests)
- Measure your wins…using A/B testing (to test different versions of your webpages to see which is the best)
- Know your market by…analyzing your competitors (to see what they have learned about their visitors)
- Why each of the techniques for understanding your visitors is like a spotlight
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