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  • Data Privacy Regulations : Essential Knowledge for Global Business

    6 mars, par Daniel Crough

    If you run a website that collects visitors’ data, you might be violating privacy regulations somewhere in the world. At last count, over 160 countries have privacy laws — and your customers in those countries know about them.

    A recent survey found that 53% of people who answered know about privacy rules in their country and want to follow them. This is up from 46% two years ago. Furthermore, customers increasingly want to buy from businesses they can trust with their data.

    That’s why businesses must take data privacy seriously. In this article, we’ll first examine data privacy rules, why we need them, and how they are enforced worldwide. Finally, we’ll explore strategies to ensure compliance and tools that can help.

    What are data privacy regulations ?

    Let’s first consider data privacy. What is it ? The short answer is individuals’ ability to control their personal information. That’s why we need laws and rules to let people decide how their data is collected, used, and shared. Crucially, the laws empower individuals to withdraw permission to use their data anytime.

    The UNCTAD reports that only 13 countries had data protection laws or rules before the 2000s. Many existed before businesses could offer online services, so they needed updating. Today, 162 national laws protect data privacy, half of which emerged in the last decade.

    Why is this regulation necessary ?

    There are many reasons, but the impetus comes from consumers who want their governments to protect their data from exploitation. They understand that participating in the digital economy means sharing personal information like email addresses and telephone numbers, but they want to minimise the risks of doing so.

    Data privacy regulation is essential for :

    • Protecting personal information from exploitation with transparent rules and guidelines on handling it securely.
    • Implementing adequate security measures to prevent data breaches.
    • Enforcing accountability for how data is collected, stored and processed.
    • Giving consumers control over their data.
    • Controlling the flow of data across international borders in a way that fully complies with the regulations.
    • Penalising companies that violate privacy laws.

    Isn’t it just needless red tape ?

    Data breaches in recent years have been one of the biggest instigators of the increase in data privacy regulations. A list of the top ten data breaches illustrates the point.

    #CompanyLocationYear# of RecordsData Type
    1YahooGlobal20133Buser account information
    2AadhaarIndia20181.1Bcitizens’ ID/biometric data
    2AlibabaChina20191.1Busers’ personal data
    4LinkedInGlobal2021700Musers’ personal data
    5Sina WeiboChina2020538Musers’ personal data
    6FacebookGlobal2019533Musers’ personal data
    7Marriott Int’lGlobal2018500Mcustomers’ personal data
    8YahooGlobal2014500Muser account information
    9Adult Friend FinderGlobal2016412.2Muser account information
    10MySpaceUSA2013360Muser account information

    And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Between November 2005 and November 2015, the US-based Identity Theft Resource Center counted 5,754 data breaches that exposed 856,548,312 records, mainly in that country.

    It’s no wonder that citizens worldwide want organisations they share their personal data with to protect that data as if it were their own. More specifically, they want their governments to :

    • Protect their consumer rights
    • Prevent identity theft and other consumer fraud
    • Build trust between consumers and businesses
    • Improve cybersecurity measures
    • Promote ethical business practices
    • Uphold international standards

    Organisations using personal data in their operations want to minimise financial and reputational risk. That’s common sense, especially when external attacks cause 68% of data breaches.

    The terminology of data privacy

    With 162 national laws already in place, the legal space surrounding data privacy grows more complex every day. Michalsons has a list of different privacy laws and regulations in force in significant markets around the world.

    Fortunately, there’s plenty of commonality for two reasons : first, all countries want to solve the same problem ; second, those drafting the legislation have adopted much of what other countries have already developed. As a result, the terminology remains almost the same, even when the language changes.

    These are the core concepts at play :

    TermDefinition
    Access and controlConsumers can access, review, edit and delete their data
    Data protectionOrganisations must protect data from being stolen or compromised
    Consumer consentConsumers can grant and withdraw or refuse access to their data
    DeletionConsumers can request to have their data erased
    Data breachWhen the security of data has been compromised
    Data governanceThe management of data within an organisation
    Double opt-inTwo-factor authentication to add a layer of confirmation
    GDPRGoverning data privacy in Europe since 2016
    Personally identifiable information (PII)Data used to identify, locate, or contact an individual
    PseudonymisationReplace personal identifiers with artificial identifiers or pseudonyms
    Publicly available informationData from official sources, without restrictions on access or use
    RectificationConsumers can request to have errors in their data corrected

    Overview of current data privacy legislation

    Over three-quarters of the world has formulated and rolled out data privacy legislation — or is currently doing so. Here’s a breakdown of the laws and regulations you can expect to find in most significant markets worldwide.

    Europe

    Thoughts of protecting data privacy first occurred in Europe when the German government became concerned about automated data processing in 1970. A few years later, Sweden was the first country to enact a law requiring permits for processing personal data, establishing the first data protection authority.

    General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

    Sweden’s efforts triggered a succession of European laws and regulations that culminated in the European Union (EU) GDPR, enacted in 2016 and enforced from 25 May 2018. It’s a detailed and comprehensive privacy law that safeguards the personal data and privacy of EU citizens.

    The main objectives of GDPR are :

    • Strengthening the privacy rights of individuals by empowering them to control their data.
    • Establishing a uniform data framework for data privacy across the EU.
    • Improving transparency and accountability by mandating businesses to handle personal data responsibly and fully disclose how they use it.
    • Extending the regulation’s reach to organisations external to the EU that collect, store and process the data of EU residents.
    • Requiring organisations to conduct Protection Impact Assessments (PIAs) for “high-risk” projects.

    ePrivacy Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (PECR)

    The second pillar of the EU’s strategy to regulate the personal data of its citizens is the ePrivacy Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (EU PECR). Together with the GDPR, it will comprise data protection law in the union. This regulation applies to :

    • Providers of messaging services like WhatsApp, Facebook and Skype
    • Website owners
    • Owners of apps that have electronic communication components
    • Commercial direct marketers
    • Political parties sending promotional messages electronically
    • Telecommunications companies
    • ISPs and WiFi connection providers

    The EU PECR was intended to commence with GDPR on 25 May 2018. That didn’t happen, and as of January 2025, it was in the process of being redrafted.

    EU Data Act

    One class of data isn’t covered by GDPR or PECR : internet product-generated data. The EU Data Act provides the regulatory framework to govern this data, and it applies to manufacturers, suppliers, and users of IoT devices or related services.

    The intention is to facilitate data sharing, use, and reuse and to facilitate organisations’ switching to a different cloud service provider. The EU Data Act entered into force on 11 January 2024 and is applicable from September 2025.

    GDPR UK

    Before Brexit, the EU GDPR was in force in the UK. After Brexit in 2020, the UK opted to retain the regulations as UK GDPR but asserted independence to keep the framework under review. It’s part of a wider package of reform to the data protection environment that includes the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK PECR.

    In the USA

    The primary federal law regarding data privacy in the US is the Privacy Act of 1974, which has been in revision for some time. However, rather than wait for the outcome of that process, many business sectors and states have implemented their own measures.

    Sector-specific data protection laws

    This sectoral approach to data protection relies on a combination of legislation, regulation and self-regulation rather than governmental control. Since the mid-1990s, the country has allowed the private sector to lead on data protection, resulting in ad hoc legislation arising when circumstances require it. Examples include the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988, the Cable Television Protection and Competition Act of 1992 and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

    Map showing states with data privacy regulation and states planning it

    California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

    California was the first state to act when federal privacy law development stalled. In 2018, it enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to protect and enforce Californians’ rights regarding the privacy of their personal information. It came into force in 2020.

    California Privacy Act (CPRA)

    In November of that same year, California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Billed as the strongest consumer privacy law ever enacted in the US, CPRA works with CCPA and adds the best elements of laws and regulations in other jurisdictions (Europe, Japan, Israel, New Zealand, Canada, etc.) into California’s personal data protection regime.

    Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA)

    In March 2021, Virginia became the next US state to implement privacy legislation. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), which is also informed by global legislative developments, tries to strike a balance between consumer privacy protections and business interests. It governs how businesses collect, use, and share consumer data.

    Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)

    Developed around the same time as VCDPA, the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) was informed by that law and GDPR and CCPA. Signed into law in July 2021, the CPA gives Colorado residents more control over their data and establishes guidelines for businesses on handling the data.

    Other states generally

    Soon after, additional states followed suit and, similar to Colorado, examined existing legislation to inform the development of their own data privacy laws and regulations. At the time of writing, the states with data privacy laws at various stages of development were Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

    By the time you read this article, more states may be doing it, and the efforts of some may have led to laws and regulations coming into force. If you’re already doing business or planning to do business in the US, you should do your own research on the home states of your customers.

    Globally

    Beyond Europe and the US, other countries are also implementing privacy regulations. Some were well ahead of the trend. For example, Chile’s Law on the Protection of Private Life was put on the books in 1999, while Mauritius enacted its first Data Protection Act in 2004 — a second one came along in 2017 to replace it.

    Canada

    The regulatory landscape around data privacy in Canada is as complicated as it is in the US. At a federal government level, there are two laws : The Privacy Act for public sector institutions and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) for the private sector.

    PIPEDA is the one to consider here. Like all other data privacy policies, it provides a framework for organisations handling consumers’ personal data in Canada. Although not quite up to GDPR standard, there are moves afoot to close that gap.

    The Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (aka Bill C-27) is proposed legislation introduced by federal agencies in June 2022. It’s intended to align Canada’s privacy framework with global standards, such as GDPR, and address emerging digital economy challenges. It may or may not have been finalised when you read this.

    At the provincial level, three of Canada’s provinces—Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec—have introduced laws and regulations of their own. Their rationale was similar to that of Bill C-27, so they may become redundant if and when that bill passes.

    Japan

    Until recently, Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) was considered by many to be the most comprehensive data protection law in Asia. Initially introduced in 2003, it was significantly amended in 2020 to align with global privacy standards, such as GDPR.

    APPI sets out unambiguous rules for how businesses and organisations collect, use, and protect personal information. It also sets conditions for transferring the personal information of Japanese residents outside of Japan.

    Map showing countries with legislation and draft legislation and those without any at all.

    China

    The new, at least for now, most comprehensive data privacy law in Asia is China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). It’s part of the country’s rapidly evolving data governance framework, alongside the Cybersecurity Law and the Data Security Law.

    PIPL came into effect in November 2021 and was informed by GDPR and Japan’s APPI, among others. The data protection regime establishes a framework for protecting personal information and imposes significant compliance obligations on businesses operating in China or targeting consumers in that country.

    Other countries

    Many other nations have already brought in legislation and regulations or are in the process of developing them. As mentioned earlier, there are 162 of them at this point, and they include :

    ArgentinaCosta RicaParaguay
    AustraliaEcuadorPeru
    BahrainHong KongSaudi Arabia
    BermudaIsraelSingapore
    BrazilMauritiusSouth Africa
    ChileMexicoUAE
    ColombiaNew ZealandUruguay

    Observant readers might have noticed that only two countries in Africa are on that list. More than half of the 55 countries on the continent have or are working on data privacy legislation.

    It’s a complex landscape

    Building a globalised business model has become very complicated, with so much legislation already in play and more coming. What you must do depends on the countries you plan to operate in or target. And that’s before you consider the agreements groups of countries have entered into to ease the flow of personal data between them.

    In this regard, the EU-US relationship is instructive. When GDPR came into force in 2016, so did the EU-US Privacy Shield. However, about four years later, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated it. The court ruled that the Privacy Shield didn’t adequately protect personal data transferred from the EU to the US.

    The ruling was based on US laws that allow excessive government surveillance of personal data transferred to the US. The CJEU found that this conflicted with the basic rights of EU citizens under the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.

    A replacement was negotiated in a new mechanism : the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. However, legal challenges are expected, and its long-term viability is uncertain. The APEC Privacy Framework and the OECD Privacy Framework, both involving the US, also exist.

    The EU-US Privacy Shield regulates transfer of personal data between the EU and the US

    Penalties for non-compliance

    Whichever way you look at it, consumer data privacy laws and regulations make sense. But what’s really interesting is that many of them have real teeth to punish offenders. GDPR is a great example. It was largely an EU concern until January 2022 when the French data protection regulator hit Google and Facebook with serious fines and criminal penalties.

    Google was fined €150M, and Facebook was told to pay €60M for failing to allow French users to reject cookie tracking technology easily. That started a tsunami of ever-larger fines.

    The largest so far was the €1.2B fine levied by the Irish Data Protection Commission on Meta, the owner of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. It was issued for transferring European users’ personal data to the US without adequate data protection mechanisms. This significant penalty demonstrated the serious financial implications of non-compliance.

    These penalties follow a structured approach rather than arbitrary determinations. The GDPR defines an unambiguous framework for fines. They can be up to 4% of a company’s total global turnover in the previous fiscal year. That’s a serious business threat.

    What should you do ?

    For businesses committed to long-term success, accepting and adapting to regulatory requirements is essential. Data privacy regulations and protection impact assessments are here to stay, with many national governments implementing similar frameworks.

    However, there is some good news. As you’ve seen, many of these laws and regulations were informed by GDPR or retrospectively aligned. That’s a good place to start. Choose tools to handle your customer’s data that are natively GDPR-compliant.

    For example, web analytics is all about data, and a lot of that data is personal. And if, like many people, you use Google Analytics 4, you’re already in trouble because it’s not GDPR-compliant by default. And achieving compliance requires significant additional configuration.

    A better option would be to choose a web analytics platform that is compliant with GDPR right off the bat. Something like Matomo would do the trick. Then, complying with any of the tweaks individual countries have made to the basic GDPR framework will be a lot easier—and may even be handled for you.

    Privacy-centric data strategies

    Effective website data analysis is essential for business success. It enables organisations to understand customer needs and improve service delivery.

    But that data doesn’t necessarily need to be tied to their identity — and that’s at the root of many of these regulations.

    It’s not to stop companies from collecting data but to encourage and enforce responsible and ethical handling of that data. Without an official privacy policy or ethical data collection practices, the temptation for some to use and abuse that data for financial gain seems too great to resist.

    Cookie usage and compliance

    There was a time when cookies were the only way to collect reliable information about your customers and prospects. But under GDPR, and in many countries that based or aligned their laws with GDPR, businesses have to give users an easy way to opt out of all tracking, particularly tracking cookies.

    So, how do you collect the information you need without cookies ? Easy. You use a web analytics platform that doesn’t depend wholly on cookies. For example, in certain countries and when configured for maximum privacy, Matomo allows for cookieless operation. It can also help you manage the cookie consent requirements of various data privacy regulations.

    Choose the right tools

    Data privacy regulations have become a permanent feature of the global business landscape. As digital commerce continues to expand, these regulatory frameworks will only become more established. Fortunately, there is a practical approach forward.

    As mentioned several times, GDPR is considered by many countries to be a particularly good example of effective data privacy regulation. For that reason, many of them model their own legislation on the EU’s effort, making a few tweaks here and there to satisfy local requirements or anomalies.

    As a result, if you comply with GDPR, the chances are that you’ll also comply with many of the other data privacy regulations discussed here. That also means that you can select tools for your data harvesting and analytics that comply with the GDPR out of the box, so to speak. Tools like Matomo.

    Matomo lets website visitors retain full control over their data.

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  • CRO Audit : Increase Your Conversions in 10 Simple Steps

    25 mars 2024, par Erin

    You have two options if you’re unhappy with your website’s conversion rates.

    The first is to implement a couple of random tactics you heard on that marketing podcast, which worked for a business completely unrelated to yours. 

    The other is to take a more systematic, measured approach. An approach that finds specific problems with the pages on your site and fixes them one by one. 

    You’re choosing the second option, right ?

    Good, then let’s explain what a conversion rate optimisation audit is and how you can complete one using our step-by-step process.

    What is a CRO audit ?

    A conversion rate optimisation audit (CRO audit) systematically evaluates your website. It identifies opportunities to enhance your website’s performance and improve conversion rates. 

    During the audit, you’ll analyse your website’s entire customer journey, collect valuable user behaviour data and cross reference that with web analytics to find site elements (forms, calls-to-actions, etc.) that you can optimise.

    What is a CRO audit

    It’s one (and usually the first) part of a wider CRO strategy. 

    For example, an online retailer might run a CRO audit to discover why cart abandonment rates are high. The audit may throw up several potential problems (like a confusing checkout form and poor navigation), which the retailer can then spend time optimising using A/B tests

    Why run a CRO audit ?

    A CRO audit can be a lot of work, but it’s well worth the effort. Here are the benefits you can expect from running one.

    Generate targeted and relevant insights

    You’ve probably already tested some “best practice” conversion rate optimisations, like changing the colour of your CTA button, adding social proof or highlighting benefits to your headlines. 

    These are great, but they aren’t tailored to your audience. Running a CRO audit will ensure you find (and rectify) the conversion bottlenecks and barriers that impact your users, not someone else’s.

    Improve conversion rates

    Ultimately, CRO audits are about improving conversion rates and increasing revenue. Finding and eliminating barriers to conversion makes it much more likely that users will convert. 

    But that’s not all. CRO audits also improve the user experience and customer satisfaction. The audit process will help you understand how users behave on your website, allowing you to create a more user-friendly customer experience. 

    A 10-step process for running your first CRO audit 

    Want to conduct your first CRO audit ? Follow the ten-step process we outline below :

    A 10-step process for running your first CRO audit

    1. Define your goals

    Start your CRO audit by setting conversion goals that marry with the wider goals of your business. The more clearly you define your goals, the easier it will be to evaluate your website for opportunities. 

    Your goals could include :

    • Booking more trials
    • Getting more email subscribers
    • Reducing cart abandonments

    You should also define the specific actions users need to take for you to achieve these goals. For example, users will have to click on your call-to-action and complete a form to book more trials. On the other hand, reducing cart abandonments requires users to add items to their cart and click through all of the forms during the checkout process. 

    If you’re unsure where to start, we recommend reading our CRO statistics roundup to see how your site compares to industry averages for metrics like conversion and click-through rates. 

    You’ll also want to ensure you track these conversion goals in your web analytics software. In Matomo, it only takes a few minutes to set up a new conversion goal, and the goals dashboard makes it easy to see your performance at a glance. 

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    2. Review your analytics

    With your goals in mind, the next step is to dive into your website analytics and identify pages that need improvement.

    Consider the following conversion metrics when analysing pages :

    • Conversion rate
    • Average time on page
    • Average order value
    • Click-through rate

    Ensure you’re analysing metrics aligning with the goals you set in step one. Average order value could be a great metric to track if you want to reduce cart abandonments, for example, but it’s unsuitable to get more email subscribers.

    3. Research the user experience

    Next, you’ll want to gather user experience data to better understand how potential customers use your website and why they aren’t converting as often as you’d like. 

    You can use several tools for user behaviour analysis, but we recommend heatmaps and session recordings.

    Heatmaps visually represent how users click, move and scroll your website. It will show where visitors place their attention and which page elements are ignored. 

    Take a look at this example below from our website. As you can see, the navigation, headline and CTA get the most attention. If we weren’t seeing as many conversions as we liked and our CTAs were getting ignored, that might be a sign to change their colour or placement. 

    Screenshot of Matomo heatmap feature

    Session recordings capture the actions users take as they browse your website. They let you watch a video playback of how visitors behave, capturing clicks and scrolls so you can see each visitor’s steps in order. 

    Session recordings will show you how users navigate and where they drop off. 

    4. Analyse your forms

    Whether your forms are too confusing or too long, there are plenty of reasons for users to abandon your forms. 

    But how many forms are they abandoning exactly and which forms are there ?

    That’s what form analysis is for. 

    Running a form analysis will highlight which forms need work and reveal whether forms could be contributing to a page’s poor conversion rate. It’s how Concrete CMS tripled its leads in just a few days.

    Matomo’s Form Analytics feature makes running form analysis easy.

    A screenshot of Matomo's form analysis dashboard

    Just open up the forms dashboard to get a snapshot of your forms’ key metrics, including average hesitation time, starter rate and submission rates. 

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    5. Analyse your conversion funnel

    Next, analyse the conversion funnel to see if there’s an obvious bottleneck or several pages where visitors abandon your desired action. Common conversion abandonment points are shopping carts and forms.

    A website conversion funnel

    For example, you could find there is a drop-off in conversions between checking out and making a purchase or between booking a demo and signing up for a subscription. Understanding where these drop-offs occur lets you dig deeper and make targeted improvements.

    Don’t worry if you’ve got a very long funnel. Start at the bottom and work backward. Problems with the pages at the very end of your funnel tasked with converting customers (landing pages, checkout pages, etc.) will have the biggest impact on your conversion rate. So, it makes sense to start there. 

    6. Analyse campaigns and traffic sources (marketing attribution)

    It’s now time to analyse traffic quality to ensure you’re powering your conversion optimisation efforts with the best traffic possible. 

    This can also help you find your best customers so you can focus on acquiring more of them and tailoring your optimisation efforts to their preferences. 

    Run a marketing attribution report to see which traffic sources generate the most conversions and have the highest conversion rates. 

    Matomo comparing linear, first click, and last click attribution models in the marketing attribution dashboard

    Using marketing attribution is crucial here because it gives a fuller picture of how customers move through their journey, recognising the impact of various touchpoints in making a decision, unlike last-click attribution, which only credits the final touchpoint before a conversion.

    7. Use surveys and other qualitative data sources

    Increase the amount of qualitative data you have access to by speaking directly to customers. Surveys, interviews and other user feedback methods add depth and context to your user behaviour research.

    Sure, you aren’t getting feedback from hundreds of customers like you do with heatmaps or session recordings, but the information can sometimes be much richer. Users will often tell you outright why they didn’t take a specific action in a survey response (or what convinced them to convert). 

    Running surveys is now even easier in Matomo, thanks to the Matomo Surveys third-party plugin. This lets you add a customisable survey popup to your site, the data from which is automatically added to Matomo and can be combined with Matomo segments.

    8. Develop a conversion hypothesis

    Using all of the insights you’ve gathered up to this point, you can now hypothesise what’s wrong and how you can fix it. 

    Here’s a template you can use :

    Conversion Hypothesis Template

    This could end up looking something like the following :

    Based on evidence gathered from web analytics and heatmaps, moving our signup form above the fold will fix our lack of free trial signups, improving signups by 50%.

    A hypothesis recorded in Matomo

    Make sure you write your hypothesis down somewhere. Matomo lets you document your hypothesis when creating an A/B test, so it’s easy to reflect on when the test finishes. 

    9. Run A/B tests

    Now, it’s time to put your theory into practice by running an A/B test.

    Create an experiment using a platform like Matomo that creates two different versions of your page : the original and one with the change you mentioned in your hypothesis. 

    There’s no set time for you to run an A/B test. Just keep running it until the outcome is statistically significant. This is something your A/B testing platform should do automatically. 

    A statistically significant result means it would be very unlikely the outcome doesn’t happen in the long term.

    A screenshot of an A/B test

    As you can see in the image above, the wide header variation has significantly outperformed both the original and the other variation. So we can be pretty confident about making the change permanent. 

    If the outcome of your A/B test also validates your conversion hypothesis, you can implement the change. If not, analyse the data, brainstorm another hypothesis and run another A/B test. 

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    10. Monitor and iterate

    You need to develop a culture of continuous improvement to succeed with conversion rate optimisation. That means constantly monitoring your conversion goals and running tests to improve your metrics. 

    While you don’t need to run a conversion audit every month, you should run audits regularly throughout the year.

    How often should you conduct a CRO audit ? 

    You should conduct a CRO audit fairly regularly. 

    We recommend creating a CRO schedule that sees you run a CRO audit every six to 12 months. That will ensure you continue identifying problem pages and keeping your conversion rates competitive. 

    Regular CRO audits will also account for evolving consumer behaviours, changes in your industry and your own business goals, all of which can impact your approach conversion rate optimisation. 

    Run your CRO audit with Matomo

    A CRO audit process is the only way you can identify conversion optimisation methods that will work for your site and your target audience. It’s a methodical, data-backed strategy for making targeted improvements to send conversion rates soaring. 

    There are a lot of steps to complete, but you don’t need dozens of tools to run a CRO audit process. 

    Just one : Matomo.

    Unlike other web analytics platforms, like Google Analytics, Matomo has the built-in tools and plugins to help with every step of the CRO audit process, from web analytics to conversion funnel analysis and A/B testing. With its accurate, unsampled data and privacy-friendly tracking, Matomo is the ideal choice for optimising conversions. 

    Learn how to increase your conversions with Matomo, and start a free 21-day trial today. No credit card required.