Blog Posts Tagged With usability testing

How to get started with UX

How to Get Started with UX

User experience (UX) is no longer an optional component of a larger branding initiative — it’s a necessary aspect of business survival. The UX design process is an almost scientific approach to understanding customer behaviors and using that data to create unique, engaging solutions that convert sales and create long-term brand ambassadors. Intimidated yet? You […]

Accessibility Design—Optimizing the Digital Experience for Everybody

When designing a website, the first thing to take into account is one of the most basic: is my website accessible to a variety of users? Accessible design is defined as a design process in which the needs of people with disabilities are specifically considered (these typically include aesthetic features like font size, button colors […]

IoT Marketing Strategy: Designing Success for your SMB

It’s noon. You’re famished. You head outside to find some lunch, but you can’t make up your mind about where to eat. All of a sudden your phone vibrates. It’s an alert from the sandwich shop to your right. You haven’t been there since you called in an order for a pastrami sandwich last month. […]

eCommerce Best Practices – Are You Ready for 2016?

The 2015 holiday shopping season hit a new high this year with online sales that reached over $105 billion (a whopping 9 percent over 2014) according to the National Retail Federation. This number greatly exceeded Adobe Digital Index’s (ADI) “2015 Holiday Online Shopping Predication,” of a record $83 billion in online sales. With the influx […]

Is Your eCommerce Website Working for You?

The importance of your website in relation to business strategy cannot be understated in today’s digital economy. Potential customers will look to your website for evidence of trustworthiness, competence, superior products and services. Is your company doing all it can to optimize the user experience? Take this quiz to see how well you rank!  To […]

Confirmation Bias: The True Value of Newcomer Eyes in User Research

If you have ever worked on a project over a long period of time, you have likely felt the phenomenon known as a confirmation bias. Confirmation bias, a term first coined by psychologist Peter Wason in a 1960 research paper, is generally defined as the tendency to seek out and analyze information in a way […]

User Research: Four Time-Saving Tips

You have a user research budget to improve your app, website or design, but you’ve hit a wall when searching online keywords like “customer research,” “user profile,” “usability testing,” “survey testing,” or “how do I increase my conversion?”   As you comb through dozens of online tutorials, best user research practices, and not-so-technical how-to articles, you’re […]