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- | **What is an A-B test / split test?** | + | **What is an A-B test/split test?** |
- | It is often difficult to predict how readers will react to a campaign. This is why the most important principle in e-mail | + | It is often difficult to predict how readers will react to a campaign. This is why the most important principle in email marketing is test, test, test. The automatic A/B split tests in promio.connect make it easy to test a campaign. |
- | Set up two or more e-mails | + | Set up two or more emails |
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- | A split-run test allows you to compare different designs or subject lines in a test mailing prior to the main delivery. In the main delivery, the best performing mailing is then automatically sent to the rest of the recipients. When creating the campaign, select the type //A/B Test Campaign//. | + | A split-run test allows you to compare different designs or subject lines in a test mailing prior to the main delivery. In the main delivery, the best-performing mailing is then automatically sent to the rest of the recipients. When creating the campaign, select the type //A/B Test Campaign//. |
- | This box – which only becomes visible after setting up the creatives | + | This box, which only becomes visible after setting up the creatives, contains all necessary settings for split testing. |
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- | * **Target group**: Unlike standard campaigns, split testing requires the target group to be selected at the campaign level. The target group contains the addresses for both test run and main delivery. | + | |
+ | * **Winner Parameter**: | ||
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* **Test Part of target group**: The percentage of the target group that will be used for the test run. | * **Test Part of target group**: The percentage of the target group that will be used for the test run. | ||
- | * **Duration test period**: Defines the period of time between test run and main delivery in hours. In this time the winner gets identified. | + | |
- | * **Winner Parameter**: | + | |
The delivery date that has been inserted under //Actions > Send campaign > Delivery date// refers to the start of the test part. The main delivery starts after finishing the test period. | The delivery date that has been inserted under //Actions > Send campaign > Delivery date// refers to the start of the test part. The main delivery starts after finishing the test period. | ||
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* Duration test period: 5 h | * Duration test period: 5 h | ||
* Campaign start: 10 o’clock | * Campaign start: 10 o’clock | ||
- | The test run starts at 10 o’clock, the main delivery follows at 15 o’clock. \\ | + | The test run starts at 10 o’clock; the main delivery follows at 15 o’clock. \\ |
<WRAP round alert 70%> | <WRAP round alert 70%> | ||
Please keep in mind that | Please keep in mind that | ||
- | * coupon | + | * Coupon |
- | * there is no option in A/B test campaigns to refresh the target group. This means that you should finalize your split tests as late as possible | + | * There is no option in A/B test campaigns to refresh the target group. This means that you should finalize your split tests as late as possible so you do not address those who signed out. |
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