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Video Often Confused Commerce Terms Audio Often Confused Commerce Terms

Recently I've seen some (often absolute) statements going around, generally in the line of "open source commerce platforms are a terrible idea". Now of course different solutions always have different pros and cons.

VideoMeet Magento Association becomes Magento AssociationAudioMeet Magento Association becomes Magento Association

Magento today announced the formation of the new Magento Association.

VideoCan you afford not to know? Can you afford to be wrong?AudioCan you afford not to know? Can you afford to be wrong?

In rapid changing online environments, continues business experimentation is a great way of constantly learning what works and what doesn’t. But then the question might arise: how far do you go? What do you test? And is it sometimes ok NOT to test something?

VideoTexas sharpshooter fallacyAudioTexas sharpshooter fallacy

So around a year ago, a friend of mine was looking for a house to buy somewhere around Amsterdam. Something that turned into a great hobby of his, sometimes spending hours (and hours) on housing websites. During one of these searches he found a single street with 6 houses for sale. So he told me: “That is not a good sign, there is probably something wrong with that neighborhood.”

VideoData Driven Decisions meets PsychologyAudioData Driven Decisions meets Psychology

On October 24th, I gave a session at Nomad Mage about using psychology and data to make the decisions to improve your webshop.

VideoWomen in Tech, Part 2AudioWomen in Tech, Part 2

Welcome to the second part of our Women in Tech podcast. In the first part Guido spoke with Allesandro Ronchi and in this second part he sat down with 5 women attending the Dutch Magento Unconference to continue our conversation about diversity in Tech and specifically in the Magento community.

VideoPossible experiment outcomesAudioPossible experiment outcomes

Question: what are the different possible outcomes of A/B test experiments and what do you do depending on each of those scenarios?

VideoQuestions on ExperimentationAudioQuestions on Experimentation

How would you design the experiment itself? What would you define as a good testing process / culture? What are the key metrics you’d pay attention to? How will you define success?

VideoInterview: David Manners joins Magento’s Community Engineering TeamAudioInterview: David Manners joins Magento’s Community Engineering Team

David Manners - originally from the UK - now works as Senior Software Architect at Magento solution partner Sitewards in Frankfurt, Germany.

VideoLearnings from ShenzhenAudioLearnings from Shenzhen

Last week I traveled to Shenzhen China to attend and speak at the first ever Meet Magento event in the country. Here I share some (random) notes/learnings from that trip.

VideoInterview: Sherrie Rohde (Magento Inc.)AudioInterview: Sherrie Rohde (Magento Inc.)

During our Unconference in August (in Utrecht, The Netherlands) Sander and Guido had the pleasure to interview Sherrie Rohde about her work at Magento and what we can expect from her and her team in the coming year!

VideoWomen in Tech, Part 1: Alessandro RonchiAudioWomen in Tech, Part 1: Alessandro Ronchi

In this episode Guido talks to Alessandro Ronchi from Italy (Bitbull) about diversity in our Magento community.

VideoFor the anthropodologists: Interview with Ben Marks (Magento Inc.)AudioFor the anthropodologists: Interview with Ben Marks (Magento Inc.)

At our Dutch Magento Unconference Guido spoke with Ben Marks about his work at Magento, travelling around the world and why The Netherlands is the best place ever.

VideoArtificial Intelligence/ Machine learning for E-commerce optimizationAudioArtificial Intelligence/ Machine learning for E-commerce optimization

‍Evaluation of our experiment with Sentient Ascend.

VideoProving the monetary value of A/B testingAudioProving the monetary value of A/B testing

How to go from “4% conversion uplift” to “€636K — €854K extra profit this year”. Example calculation sheet included!

VideoConversion Rate Optimisation & Multivariate Testing through AI by Guido JansenAudioConversion Rate Optimisation & Multivariate Testing through AI by Guido Jansen

During Amsterdam’s Growth Marketing Conference we had a talk by Guido Jansen about Conversion Rate Optimisation & Multivariate Testing through AI. Guido talks about the significant advantage AI can provide marketers in conversion rate optimisation & multivariate testing.

I'm a cognitive psychologist focussed on E-commerce in general and the Spryker platform specifically.
I build teams that turn user data & insights into continuous business growth.
I speak around the world sharing my experience.

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