Bias blind spot

****## A real world case study According to the researches of human psychology, 50% of the world population tends to be more biased than an average person. There was another research followed by this which was about asking people how biased they think they are. When the people were asked how biased they think they were compared to an average person, only 0.15% of people admitted that they believe themselves to be more biased than an average person. Why only 0.15% people agreed they are biased than an average person when the reality is 50%? That's because other 49.85% people failed to see that they are biased than an average person as a result of the bias blind spot. As to conclude the result, they came up with two major observations, which are,

• Most people are not aware how biased they really are
• Most people believe that other people are more biased than they are

• The bias blind spot works for our disadvantage in many occasions leading us to make bad decisions. If you are a marketer, you must be aware of this tendency of human psychology in order to get rid of making bad decisions.

How to avoid the bias blind spot in digital marketing for CRO?

Exercise research discipline

Almost all of your digital marketing attempts or otherwise are based on research performed on your target audience. If you are biased in a process of research or analysis, then it's highly likely that you don't make the right decision. Be aware that you have a tendency to be biased in research and analyses! This negative outcome can be avoided by exercising research discipline. But, how exactly can you do so?

Step 1 - Determine a goal structure Determine your realistic goals as the initial step. The more you are determined in setting realistic goals, the less likely it will be the case that you let your biases or the clients' biases into the process.

Step 2 - Pretest your research instrument Before initiating the research, check if your questions are suitable to evoke right responses. If the questions lead the customers into biased responses, then you are in trouble. Misleading questions and answers are awful and will never work for you towards positive Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO).

Overcome "short-term-ism" As a marketer, it is important to remember in every phase that your marketing activities contain short term impacts as well as long term impacts. Long term effects are greater than the short term effects. What happens if you are biased to the short term results of a marketing activity by ignoring what long term impacts can be derived from the same? This really happens! The decisions which are made being biased only to short term impacts, will never work great towards Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) as predicted. Given the reality, you must overcome short-term-ism in order to make right decisions based on your digital marketing effort.

Wrap Up

The bias blind spot has a great influence on our decision making. Most importantly, it acts adversely towards the expected outcome of a decision. We are failing to recognize and admit how biased we really are, is discussed in the bias blind spot. In marketing, the bias blind spot can't be used to directly influence consumer behavior towards more conversions, but can be used to optimize your marketing efforts positively to come up with right decisions. This can only be done if you are aware of the bias blind spot and the consequences of this tendency. Your researches should be done and results should be analyzed in a way that they are not biased to you or your customers. To ensure this, you can exercise research discipline and overcome "short-term-ism" as we discussed above. Adhere to our top tips and enjoy a successful journey towards Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)! Don't let the biased blind spot fool you!