Your Website, Your Goals, Your Users

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by Jamie Fiedler
Senior Digital Product Manager

A well-crafted website is more than just an online presence—it’s a powerful tool for engaging visitors and achieving organizational goals. Your website should have clear goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) to succeed. Let’s explore how focusing on user experience and research can help optimize your website to drive engagement and conversions. 

Building with Purpose: Goals and KPIs

The foundation of a successful website lies in its alignment with your business objectives. Whether you’re aiming to boost destination affinity, increase visitor engagement, or drive conversions, it’s essential to establish clear goals and KPIs. When you begin a website build, start with a performance measurement framework outlining the north star of your goal. 

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Top 3 Key Performance Indicators

  1. Track the total number of visits to your site to check if your digital efforts are getting users where they need to be.
  2. Average page views per visit and number of video plays can help you understand if users are considering your destination and actively engaged with your content.
  3. Are consumers researching your destination’s travel options? Listing page referrals and visitor guide views are helpful indicators here.

By setting these benchmarks, you can measure the effectiveness of your website and make data-driven decisions to enhance its performance. 

Collecting User Experience Data

Using a third-party tool to collect data on how your users navigate your website, paired with key data from analytics, helps you comprehensively understand your users.

Collecting quantitative data, like ratings and how likely users are to recommend your site to others, along with qualitative data, like surveys on what might be frustrating or whether they found the information they needed, provides a holistic view of how users interact with your website. 

Are you considering changing the content on one of your top pages? Try adding a survey directed to users specifically on that page to see their goals and what best fits their reason for being on this page.

Analyzing and interpreting this data identifies any statistically significant opportunities, uncovers gaps in the user journey, and gives us new insights into user personas. This data can be leveraged to personalize the user experience further, prioritize important information, and adjust based on user interests.

Turning Data into Actionable Insights

Collecting data is essential, but knowing how to interpret it is crucial. 

User research analysis focuses on understanding user behaviors, preferences and challenges. The goal is to grasp user motivations, identify usability flaws and pinpoint opportunities to enhance your digital product.

Considering redesigning your eNewsletter signup for better conversion rates? Compare the number of taps and clicks through heatmaps and recordings before and after implementing changes to see the impact. You’ll be able to see if there’s a flaw in the design, the development or the strategy.

UX research focuses on improving human experiences, allowing us to design better tools, processes and procedures that enhance daily life. By centering on the user, we can create solutions that not only enrich lives through travel but also positively impact communities and travelers, delivering audience-focused, results-driven outcomes.

Ongoing Optimization and Collaboration

UX research is a continuous process that refines your product and user experience. By consistently updating your UX research, you gain valuable insights into customer behavior, which helps create a product that surpasses user expectations.

Besides, happy users help lead to happy travelers.

Adopting this strategic approach ensures that every update to your website is compelling and aligned with your organizational goals. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our team. We're here to help you maximize your website’s potential and deliver an outstanding experience to your visitors.

 

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