<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: A/B Split Testing &#8211; Does it Help Email Marketing?</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/</link> <description>MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys!</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:21:24 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>By: mari@kitchenwizardmari.com</title><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-6984</link> <dc:creator>mari@kitchenwizardmari.com</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:45:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-6984</guid> <description>I love you guys offer this in very easy format. thanks! Wonder why &quot;delivery time&quot; option is 50/50 split and we don&#039;t have an option to test smaller segment, then the rest goes out to the winner?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love you guys offer this in very easy format. thanks!<br /> Wonder why &#8220;delivery time&#8221; option is 50/50 split and we don&#8217;t have an option to test smaller segment, then the rest goes out to the winner?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Robert Stanley</title><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-3549</link> <dc:creator>Robert Stanley</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:23:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-3549</guid> <description>The series B looks like better sales copy. Split testing email is a nice feature but a well written sales letter will always perform.It would be interesting to see more information regarding subject lines. That is where the rubber meets the road....@robertmstanley</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The series B looks like better sales copy. Split testing email is a nice feature but a well written sales letter will always perform.</p><p>It would be interesting to see more information regarding subject lines. That is where the rubber meets the road&#8230;.</p><p>@robertmstanley</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Subject lines III: Branding &#124; The Marketr</title><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-2405</link> <dc:creator>Subject lines III: Branding &#124; The Marketr</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:24:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-2405</guid> <description>[...] recently, MailChimp evaluated the results of numerous A/B tests and [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] recently, MailChimp evaluated the results of numerous A/B tests and [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Subject lines I: Length &#124; The Marketr</title><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-2404</link> <dc:creator>Subject lines I: Length &#124; The Marketr</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:22:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-2404</guid> <description>[...] the mantra of subject line length. MailChimp, for example, reviewed a host of campaign stats and found [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the mantra of subject line length. MailChimp, for example, reviewed a host of campaign stats and found [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Should Retail Email Sell Or Inform? &#124; MailChimp Blog</title><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-2258</link> <dc:creator>Should Retail Email Sell Or Inform? &#124; MailChimp Blog</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:58:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-2258</guid> <description>[...] and it&#8217;s unbelievably easy and automatic.  Even a little fun. And people who use it get better results than people who don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s called A/B testing, and here&#8217;s how it works.   Spread [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] and it&#8217;s unbelievably easy and automatic.  Even a little fun. And people who use it get better results than people who don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s called A/B testing, and here&#8217;s how it works.   Spread [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Light &#38; Dark</title><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-1571</link> <dc:creator>Light &#38; Dark</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:31:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab-split-testing-does-it-help-email-marketing/#comment-1571</guid> <description>I&#039;d be interested to know what the results were for the &quot;losing&quot; versions as well - ie how much lower than the average were the losers?I&#039;m assuming for this A/B testing, a smaller segment of the list is being used for the split test, then the winner being sent to the balance of the list? (As opposed to split-testing the whole list?)P.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d be interested to know what the results were for the &#8220;losing&#8221; versions as well &#8211; ie how much lower than the average were the losers?</p><p>I&#8217;m assuming for this A/B testing, a smaller segment of the list is being used for the split test, then the winner being sent to the balance of the list? (As opposed to split-testing the whole list?)</p><p>P.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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