Match nudge to journey state
- Minor
- Major
- IF
- THEN
- ELSE
The decision
- IF
- the next action is not adjacent to the user’s current state
- THEN
- choose a lower-friction or more relevant action
- ELSE
- measure the existing transition
- Primary metric
- next-state conversion rate
- Guardrail
- lead quality
- Reason
- Makes the decision explicit, measurable, and reversible where possible.
- LAKA levels
- Minor
- Major
- Operators
- IF
- THEN
- ELSE
- Governs gates
- business value
- Source
- 04-IF-ELSE-AND-OR-RULEBOOK.md — CVR-002 — Match nudge to journey state
The other eleven rules in Conversion and Experience
- CVR-001 Complete the search task before selling IF the page asks for conversion before delivering the promised answer Major
- CVR-003 Optimize speed for outcomes IF slow or unstable experience correlates with abandonment or conversion loss Minor
- CVR-004 Reduce form friction selectively IF form abandonment is high AND removed fields are not needed for qualification or routing Minor
- CVR-005 Optimize for lead quality IF lead count rises while acceptance, close rate, or margin falls Major
- CVR-006 Test CTA propositions, not colors alone IF a CTA underperforms Minor
- CVR-007 Place trust at the decision point IF users hesitate because scope, proof, identity, terms, price, or risk is unclear Major
- CVR-008 Avoid premature hard selling IF the query is early-stage and commercial pressure harms task satisfaction Major
- CVR-009 Design retention paths IF the organic visitor is an existing customer or user Major
- CVR-010 Measure satisfaction with task-specific events IF generic engagement metrics cannot show whether the task was completed Structural
- CVR-011 Preserve message continuity IF the search promise, landing answer, CTA, and sales follow-up describe different outcomes Structural
- CVR-012 Protect user and brand guardrails IF a conversion intervention increases action but also complaints, refunds, low-quality leads, or distrust Minor
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