Are Your Catalog Test Results Worthless?
Testing is an excellent way to learn how to maximize sales and minimize costs. However, it's critical to construct your tests to deliver results that are both accurate and actionable. A poorly designed test can deliver unreadable results and money down the drain. Here are tips to get clear, actionable results every time you test:
Susan J. McIntyre is Founder and Chief Strategist of McIntyre Direct, a catalog agency and consultancy in Portland, Oregon offering complete creative, strategic, circulation and production services since 1991. Susan's broad experience with cataloging in multi-channel environments, plus her common-sense, bottom-line approach, have won clients from Vermont Country Store to Nautilus to C.C. Filson. A three-time ECHO award winner, McIntyre has addressed marketers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, has written and been quoted in publications worldwide, and is a regular columnist for Retail Online Integration magazine and ACMA. She can be reached at 503-286-1400 or susan@mcintyredirect.com.
