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The team measures performance using tools such as growthgrader.com, evaluates potential improvements by scoring Impact, Confidence, and Ease, implements changes to live pages, runs tests until statistical significance is reached, and selects the winning variant. When no significance is achieved, the clearer and simpler version is chosen. Running a small test is often faster than deliberating over a single version with multiple stakeholders. The cadence varies by phase. The first 90 days after launch involve intensive improvement. After this period, the cycle typically scales back to approximately $5,000 per month with quarterly strategic reviews. For very small organizations, cycles can run for three months, pause for three to six months while experiments validate, then resume with fresh data. 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