Growth Experiment Reports

Internal research and A/B experiment write-ups.

Weekly Reports

Week of 2026-05-18
Four audience-scoped reads: Referral channel collapse (elempleo.com 295 → 0, recruiting-funnel event); AI/LLM volume holds 3rd elevated week, conv 5 → 2 (Poisson-consistent); 39-lead cohort, bottom-heavy, reseller / sub-buyer concentration in top tier; 7 of 25 sales calls included with "partner-not-order-taker" buyer screen on 4/7; lead of the week — NextGi (Reno NV managed-IT firm brokering custom-ERP build for a 60-emp roofing client, first reseller-shape lead-of-week).
Week of 2026-05-11
Four audience-scoped reads: AI/LLM week 2 — conversion side now real (5 conv on 726 sess, CR 0.69%); 29-lead cohort, SEO-LLM concentration two weeks running; 7 of 24 first-touch calls included, with a new "engagement-floor disqualification" pattern on 4/7; lead of the week — 5WPR (NYC PR agency, chatgpt.com/(none)-sourced, BV 56, hard hire-screen on Lovable).
Week of 2026-05-04
Four audience-scoped reads: AI/LLM channel surge deep-dive (sessions 127 → 396 via ChatGPT); 37-lead cohort with new SEO-LLM concentration (8/37); 6 included sales calls with AI-fluency emerging as a buyer screen; lead of the week — Asurion LLC ($500K–$800K AI sales-roleplay MVP, chatgpt-referred).
Week of 2026-04-27
Four audience-scoped reads: website channel pulse (SEM recovery; SEO – Site zero-conversions deep-dive), leads overview (34 leads grouped by channel), sales calls (11 of 15 included; recurring "partner not recruiter" framing), lead of the week — Henry Meds (US telehealth, eng team 65 → 7).
Week of 2026-04-20
Four audience-scoped reads: website channel pulse (product leadership), leads overview (product/design/copy), sales calls (product/copy), lead of the week — MPN Capital Markets (product/copy).

Pages & components

Cookie Banner Update — UX Benchmark
CPRA + WCAG 2.2 compliance update. 6 B2B competitors (Globant, Accenture, Perficient, Thoughtworks, SoftServe, EPAM), 5 CMP references, 3 best-in-class (GOV.UK, Shadcn, DataGrail). Pattern analysis, P1–P3 opportunities, recommended direction (bottom bar + progressive disclosure + equal-weight CTAs + tertiary "Manage Preferences"), and emulate-vs-avoid guardrails. Output of a Figma design exploration.
Trustbar > Two Persona Capture — Engagement Impact
A/B engagement read (BDWEB-7460). v4 window 2026-05-06 → 2026-05-21 with an A/A noise baseline 2026-04-09 → 2026-05-05.
Case-studies Surface — Page Analysis (GII-608)
Context for the case-studies collection refresh. Two page types in scope: the /clients/ listing (including industry sub-pages) and individual /case-studies/<slug> pages. Last 90 days (2026-02-23 → 2026-05-25). Eight chapters: volume, inbound/outbound journeys, conversion impact at same-session, multi-session user, and post-hit levels, engagement, return rate, per-study spread, industry breakdown, listing↔case-study cohort split.
SEO Page Redesigns — Weekly GA Performance (2026)
Pure-GA before/after read of the five 2026 SEO page redesigns (Software Outsourcing, Software Development Services, Staff Augmentation, Dedicated Teams, Nearshore). 4 of 5 pages gained engaged-reader time-on-page once bouncer noise is stripped; Outsourcing is the only page where engaged-hit engagement got worse; conversion is not measurable at this volume. Includes channel split (no paid campaign behind the lift), landing vs mid-session split, Jira initiative + engineering epic + deploy-date inventory, weekly distribution box-plots, and inline SQL.
Homepage > Update Services Component
Mar 18 – Apr 7, 2026 • Treatment drives +267% service-link CTR vs Control
QW Viewport Height Targets
QW contact-information viewport-height distribution by breakpoint, with above-the-fold height recommendations and a landing-page visitor reference.

Channels & attribution

AI & SEO Self-Attribution vs GA (Apr 2025 – Apr 2026)
Focused 13-month reconciliation: how much AI and SEO traffic GA4 misses by hiding it inside Direct, SEM, and SEO cohorts. Projected real AI ≈ 466 (GA captures ~23%); projected SEO ≈ 519 (GA captures ~72%).
Marketing Channel Conversion Rates (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)
CMO-oriented analysis of BairesDev marketing channel performance with GA4 × QW survey reconciliation across SEM, SEO-Site, SEO-Blog, AI, Direct, and Paid Social
Homepage-landing Journeys (May 2025 – May 2026)
Context-only read of what happens on bairesdev.com after an SEO, AI, or Direct visitor lands on the homepage and explores before entering the QW. 12-month window, no SEM / paid social / campaign landings. Numbers and named examples, no thesis.

Leads & sales-call qualitative

LLM-attributed Leads — Qualitative Read (Jun 2025 – May 2026)
12-month read of leads that found BairesDev via LLM tools, detected through three methods (GA4 conversion-session referrer, GA4 pre-conversion session, QW survey self-report). 286 leads, $2.02M BV, 13 SQLs, 2 converted (TroopHR/Reprise, Avoca AI). Channel comparison vs SEM/SEO, on-site journey, full deep-dive on the two converted clients including all GA sessions, page hits, QW answers, and buyer POV from the intro calls.
Leads Asking About Our AI Coding Tools
Qualitative read of 19 Gong calls from the last 6 months where prospects probed how BairesDev engineers use Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.