Customer and UX research that helps you make better decisions faster than your competition.
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A growth roadmap is customer and UX research that helps you make better decisions faster than your competition. By focusing on the customer journey:
The driving force of your value proposition is its appeal. Is it generic, or does it focus like a laser on your prospects real world wants and needs? Then add the multiplying force of exclusivity. What reason do you give your prospects to buy from you alone? Or could they go anywhere? Is there any scarcity in the product? Is there any urgency to buy?
The Growth Roadmap will give answers to the questions above and help you to increase thrust (appeal and exclusivity) through:
(Drag = Financial Cost x Mental Cost)
These forces detract from you value proposition. They need to be minimized, while thrust is maximized.
What hoops do people have to jump through to buy from you? The less exclusivity you have, the less hoops you can demand your prospects to jump through. As a general rule, removing usability friction increases sales.
Is cost justified by clear communication of benefits? Cost is always an objection, but unjustified cost is a killer. The more you justify cost with clear communication of benefits, the less resistance you encounter.
The Growth Roadmap will give answers to the questions above and help you to reduce drag (unjustified cost and usability friction) through:
(Grip = Understand x Believe)
Without grip even with the most powerful proposition will slide off the road at the first corner.
Are you talking your prospects language? Do they comprehend your communication of value? If not, all it’s force is lost. Clarity trumps persuasion every time.
Do you substantiate all your claims of value with proof? If not, the sceptical buyer is unlikely to believe you. More proof = more sales.
The Growth Roadmap will give answers to the questions above and help you increase grip (clarity and credibility) in your message through:
Finding out why visitors aren't converting.
Discovered from Growth Roadmap: Customer surveys revealed how customers described what they bought. It was different than how the company described it on the website.
Result: $2.6 million in added revenue. By A/B testing the impact of using the customers words to describe what is being sold.
Finding out why first-time buyers weren't buying with discount code.
Discovered from Growth Roadmap: First time buyers were offered a discount code but most weren't converting. Research revealed that the reason was it was taking an hour before they received the email.
Result: After implementing a fix to receive the email within 5 minutes. $311K in added revenue.
Finding out why there was so much attrition on the product page.
Discovered from Growth Roadmap: Customers have specific questions they want answered before buying. This was revealed through sales team interviews and customer surveys.
Result: By testing the impact of moving the FAQ's to the product page. $1.2 million in added revenue. 69.2% increase in bookings.
Aggressive | Competitive | Basics | |
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Surveys | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Sales Interviews | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chat Log Analysis | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
Reviews Analysis | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
Analytics Analysis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Competitor Reviews Analysis | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
Heuristic Analysis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Heatmaps | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
Session Recordings | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
Copy Testing | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
Keyword Research | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
Depending on the amount of data from reviews, surveys, chat logs, etc, our conversion research project usually takes 4-6 weeks.
Growth Roadmap research consists of qualitative and quantitative methods. We generally include the following on every project:
Once we've completed the conversion research we'll:
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Kevin Mailey
Manager - North America
I feel like we got a good understanding of where we sit in the market and greater confidence. This is valuable information to see how we compared with our competitors. An interesting exercise to review yourself through the lens of your customers.
I liked the virtual heat map showing where we need to position our marketing messaging. I found this to be powerful.
It exposed what is important to the customer, not to us.
Showed us how poorly our website was performing, and unearthed key points of persuasion for customers.
I would absolutely recommend this. I think it is invaluable to have an unbiased party assessment. Sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees. Being caught up in the whirlwind. Assuming customer sentiments and why customers choose us. It's enlightening to see the actual methodology and the Growth Roadmap delivers just that.
Well worth the investment.
Kimberly MacAulay
Chief Experience & Strategic Marketing Officer
They were quick to learn the business. And earned my trust and respect by delivering results quickly. An increase in gross profit and a decrease in cost per lead.
My team is stronger having worked with them. They've gained expertise from the shared knowledge and mentoring.
I'd absolutely recommend them.
They're easy to work with, adaptable, and collaborative. Always having the best interest of the company in mind.
Sarah Dilys Cuddy
Founder
They gave me clarity to instruct our dev team. Which is my weakest area and a general framework for landing / sales pages. I liked the wire frames they created with comments and so much detail. I have no doubt what I have to do next. Which brings incredible peace of mind.
The
three things that benefited us the most were:
I absolutely would recommend working with them. Especially for companies starting out. Because
they give incredible main sales page setup and value proposition advice. That would have helped us so much on day one. The value for what was delivered is unparalleled.
Michele Bedrick
Vice President of Marketing
They helped us shift to be consumer focused. With data that helps us identify the gaps and identify the areas where the consumer needs to have a voice.
I thought they would deliver only on the checkout piece. But instead
they identified challenges consumers are having with the site and brand. Helping to come up with solutions.
Emily Neild
Marketing Director
As a small business, it’s very chicken and egg. In some ways we cannot afford not to use your service. The cost can feel like a big decision for us, but we believe in it.
You came recommended. When we got the report
the level of analytics/insights was very convincing.
We liked the detail of the report and the summary of priorities.
Even though you are based in Canada you understand our business.
The
insights that you provided from a very robust data set was highly credible. And
the business cases you put forward for ongoing tests is clear.
Lynnette Mailey
Marketing Manager
We’ve used your service before and were very happy with the results. Based on the value we got out of the last growth roadmap you had done for us.
Found the competitor section very interesting and liked how you used principles and theories to put our customer feedback into perspective.
Your patience in trying to reach through to our clients / suggesting alternative ways to get feedback. You’re honest and just great to work with.
I would definitely recommend Growth Roadmaps.
It gave us insight and understanding of our customers needs, wants and feedback on our service. We didn’t have the time or the resources to do this research so it’s given us a shortcut to knowing what we need to focus on next.