WhatUsersDo Travel Breakfast Briefing - Loveholidays

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loveholidays.com Matthew Lawson - eCommerce Director What User Do Sess! Sess!

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Matthew Lawson, the newly appointed E-Commerce Director at loveholidays.com, who spoke about his guiding principles and what he thinks is wrong with online travel.

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loveholidays.comMatthew Lawson - eCommerce Director

What User Do Sess! Sess!

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About me

8 years at AO.com

Head of Conversion

3 months at loveholidays.com

eCommerce Director

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Major achievements

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

AO.com Site Performance

Transactions Acquistion Cost %

Minimum 40% conversion growth each year, every year

Conversion

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My guiding principals

“Understanding your customer should be at the heart of everything you do”

“Simplicity should be the ultimate aspiration of any website”

“If you base all your decisions on averages then your performance will be average”

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WHY DID I JOIN TRAVEL?

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The approach seen so far?

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Technology first industry…

SystemsSite

FunctionalityCustomer

Needs

Customer Needs

Site Functionality

Systems

Seems to be have driven the decision…

The right way…

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WHAT EVER MATT, WHY ARE YOU DIFFERENT?

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I’ve made loads of mistakes…

UX Principals

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What it boils down to…

1. Understand 2. Simplify 3. Believe

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Don’t forget have fun

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I’LL TELL YOU MY SECRET…

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Forget about conversion rate

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THANKS FOR LISTENING…

PLEASE ASK A QUESTION?

Don’t forget to tweet me @MJLawson1