Jenn Villa — May 15, 2020 Web designers typically design for desktop viewers when creating website layouts. But, while there’s no doubt that a sleek landscape layout is vital, statistics show that mobile, landscape-viewed sites surpass desktop searches in volume and market share worldwide, according to Statcounter. Even search engines like Google themselves are using … Continue reading 8 Ways to Use Mobile UX Design to Improve the User Experience
Thomas Griffin — May 7, 2020 How do you keep the needs of your audience in the forefront of your marketing efforts? We already know that the customer should be our primary focus in building products and marketing. But this key piece of insight often gets lost in daily activities. In software development, the inclusion … Continue reading How to Create User Stories For Better Engagement
Tony Byrne, founder of Real Story Group, lays out a more agile way to purchase in his Discover MarTech keynote. Henry Powderly on April 28, 2020 Just because Scott Brinker’s newest version of the Marketing Technology Landscape looks like a Map of the Seven Kingdoms, don’t hack through it like a White Walker pillaging Westeros … Continue reading How user stories and design thinking can make us better martech buyers
Srinidhi Rao — April 5, 2020 Without an objective understanding of your customers’ behavior patterns and drives, it is close to impossible to create offerings that add value and resonate with their needs. This is where User Research comes in. It lays the user at the center of the experience and helps in creating offerings … Continue reading User Research Methods & Its Relevance for Enterprises [Infographic]
Take a less linear and more multidimensional view of core updates when they happen in the coming year. Mordy Oberstein on January 3, 2020 In the coming year, contributor and SMX West speaker, Mordy Oberstein believes SEOs should be analyzing the latent messages of what Google is actually trying to do holistically with core … Continue reading In 2020, focus on the impact of the user, not Google
Jane Courtnell — December 31, 2019 The beginning of the 20th Century marks the dawn of the Information Age. This is characterized by a rapid shift from an industrial economy to one that has become primarily based on information technology. It is from within this new digital era, that technological applications (apps) have come about. … Continue reading Average Revenue Per Daily Active User (ARPDAU): What It Is and How It Can Increase Your Revenue
The company was open that it would continue to identify location by other means in a September blog post. Greg Sterling on December 20, 2019 We might soon see another FTC investigation of Facebook for “consumer deception.” The company acknowledged in a letter to two U.S. senators that it continues to capture and use location … Continue reading Facebook tells senators it still uses location for ads despite user location services opt-out
Chuck Suscheck — October 31, 2019 User stories are requirements described from the business perspective User stories are requirements, but not in the traditional sense. They are oriented toward the user and a business need. The big difference between a user story and other types of requirements is that a story describes a business need, … Continue reading User Stories Are Requirements Described From the Business Perspective
Aleah Taboclaon — October 29, 2019 Follow @aleahphils As a small business owner, you already know how important it is to have an online presence. With over 2.14 billion online shoppers expected to buy goods and services by the end of 2021, you can see why all of your effort should be on building your … Continue reading User Interface Design vs. User Experience: What’s the Difference?
Ashley Stevens — October 18, 2019 Websites exist to be used, not just to be looked at. While the Nielsen Norman Group points out that “users have a positive emotional response to your visual design, and that makes them more tolerant of minor usability issues on your site,” a website should still strive to be … Continue reading Reduce Distractions for Improved User Experience
