Rise Science came to IDEO with a challenge. The young startup had built a robust data platform for college and professional athletes to track their sleep and adjust their behavior so that they played at peak performance. But for the players, the experience was challenging. Rise expected athletes to look at data-driven charts and graphs to determine what decisions to make next, but players struggled to find those insights. Rise was convinced they just needed easier-to-read charts and graphs.
https://hbr.org/2018/03/what-happens-when-data-scientists-and-designers-work-together/
Your website is your always-on digital marketing and salesperson. Research shows that about 60% of the sales process is over before a prospect connects with your sales team. Why? Because prospects are researching online. They want to self-direct their education process. This makes having a well-designed, educational website a must.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/01/05/website-redesign-best-practices-for-2018/#25e110b03cbf/
It is not uncommon for small business owners to wear many different hats, and “web designer” tends to be one of the most common titles entrepreneurs are challenged to adopt. Technology plays such a large role in our lives today that any size business has to have a functioning website to remain relevant in their industry.
https://axcessnews.com/business/breaking-business/website-design-tips-small-businesses_4390/
The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. Getting the measurement right is central to providing convincing evidence on the debate over short-termism.
https://hbr.org/2017/04/we-cant-study-short-termism-without-the-right-metrics/
The best VoC programs are squarely focused on integrating all types of customer feedback related to the customer experience. The result is that VoC becomes the single source of truth for all experiential customer feedback. And a key part of making this happen is your VoC software platform.
Every company that is serious about being customer-centric and listening to customers must invest in a VoC software platform that helps them collect customer feedback, quickly understand what it means, and act on it. It is an absolute must.
https://www.peoplemetrics.com/blog/listen-or-die/03-voc-is-becoming-the-single-source-of-truth-for-all-customer-feedback-on-cx/
In 2006, Facebook was still a place for college students to connect. People poked each other, but there had yet to be a sheep thrown. There were no ads quietly targeting its users, and the fake news farms and talk of manipulation of voters was a long way off.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/user-feedback-forces-facebook-to-address-criticism-1.3407551/
Your homepage is some of the most important real estate on your entire website. While it’s true that many of your website visitors probably enter through landing pages or direct links to products or services, a huge number of them still come through the homepage. And, for many, this will be the first time they encounter your brand.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielshaoolian/2017/09/15/use-these-5-tips-to-optimize-your-websites-homepage/#34781bb81c3f/
User personas are a challenging yet most important thing to understand when it comes to web designing. UX or user experience has been a debatable topic for quite long. While every app development company or UX designer has their own way or perception of user experience, there are some tested and fail-proof tips and ideas that will help you understand the user experience in a better way.
https://customerthink.com/understanding-the-user-experience-tips-and-tricks/
Building a learnable website is much tougher than it sounds. The goal should be a clear user experience that visitors can quickly pick up and understand.
Mobile app designers can solve this through onboarding which helps users learn the interface. But websites can’t always offer lengthy tutorials.
Let’s take a look at learnability and see how you can apply these techniques to your websites. Most visitors know how to browse the web so it’s not really about making interfaces that people learn, but rather just following conventions so they’re comfortable using your site.
https://designmodo.com/learnable-web-design/
Twitter has begun the global launch of its long-awaited Bookmarks feature, designed to make it easier to save tweets for later revisiting. The company acknowledged that it can be difficult to find and share tweets you've previously seen.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/twitter-launches-bookmarks-to-let-you-save-and-share-tweets/article/516192/
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