Paul Boag
Pricing Projects As A Freelancer Or Agency Owner
Rethinking The Role Of Your UX Teams And Move Beyond Firefighting
So Your Website Or App Is Live… Now What?
Design Under Constraints: Challenges, Opportunities, And Practical Strategies
Overcoming The Challenges Of Content Creation For Informational Websites
A Pragmatist’s Guide To Lean User Research
How B2B Sales Help Us Understand Our Role As UX Designers Better
When And How To Use Freelancers In Your Organization
How To Get Work Done: Wrangling Stakeholders And Overcoming Obstacles
How To Create An Information Architecture That Is Easy To Use
How To Price Projects And Manage Scope Creep
A Guide To Attracting Clients To Your Agency
UI Design Testing Tools I Use All The Time
How To Test A Design Concept For Effectiveness
How To Convince Others Not To Use Dark Patterns
How To Create A Compelling Landing Page
Click! How to Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks
The web has become a noisy place with millions of companies trying to get users’ attention. No wonder many of them apply increasingly desperate techniques to encourage users to act on their websites. We’ve seen an explosion of dark patterns attempting to manipulate users into handing over personal data or make a purchase. Jump to table of contents.
However, these manipulative techniques come with hidden costs in customer service, maintenance, support, return processing fees, and social media backlash. They cost a fortune and hurt business irrevocably. Download a free PDF sample (17.3 MB) (ePUB, Kindle).
How, then, do we encourage users to act? If dark patterns are not the answer, then what is? How do we increase clicks without shady tricks? These are the questions that Click! answers.
In the book, you’ll learn how to:
- measure conversion effectively
- build a user-centric sales funnel
- address objections and reduce risks
- build trust and overcome skepticism
- persuade people well without alienating them
- boost business KPIs sustainably
- apply quick wins to help business today
- establish long-term strategy for better conversion.
304 pages. High quality hardcover + eBook (PDF, ePUB, Kindle). For designers, marketers, entrepreneurs and product owners. Written by Paul Boag. Designed by Veerle Pieters.
Read more…How To Iterate Your Way To A Winning Content-Driven Website
Is Success Down To The Quality Of Your Work?
How To Work Out What To Charge Clients: The Honest Version
The Missing Advice I Needed When Starting My Career
Convincing Clients: How To Get Sign Off When It Matters
It’s Here. Meet “User Experience Revolution”, A New Smashing Book (Print + eBook)
How To Spark A UX Revolution
How To Deal With Redundant, Out-Of-Date And Trivial Content ROT
All You Need To Know About Customer Journey Mapping
Designing With Your Clients
Why You Should Include Your Developer In The Design Process
You Are Not A Machine. You Are Not Alone.
Are Your Internal Systems Damaging Your Business?
Take A Digital Health Check
Stop Wasting Users’ Time
Are We Thinking About Digital All Wrong?
How To Make Yourself Redundant
So You Want To Write A Digital Strategy?
Taming The Email Beast
Navigation For Mega-Sites
How To Use Email To Alienate Your Users
The Inconvenient Truth About SEO
An Organizational Structure That Supports Your Digital Presence
How To Give Our Clients The Best Deal In Mobile
Are You Giving Your Users Positive Feedback?
Why Account Managers Shouldn’t Prevent Designers From Speaking To Clients
Work, Life And Side Projects To Work On
Social Media Is A Part Of The User Experience
Are You Ready For A Web Design Challenge?
How To Become A Web Design Expert
How To Build A Better Web Application For Your Business
Utilizing The Power Of Recycling In Web Design
Defending The Generalists In The Web Design Industry
Productivity Tips For Running A Web Design Business
Nudging Clients In The Right Direction To Give Them What They Want
When Business Objectives And User Experience Clash
Fight The System: Battling Bureaucracy
Web Designers, Don’t Do It Alone
Is John The Client Dense Or Are You Failing Him?
How To Persuade Your Users, Boss Or Clients
10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Blogging
10 Ways To Put Your Content In Front Of More People
10 Things To Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMS
10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites
8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter
Click! How to Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks (eBook)
The web has become a noisy place with millions of companies trying to get users’ attention. No wonder many of them apply increasingly desperate techniques to encourage users to act on their websites. We’ve seen an explosion of dark patterns attempting to manipulate users into handing over personal data or make a purchase. Jump to table of contents.
However, these manipulative techniques come with hidden costs in customer service, maintenance, support, return processing fees, and social media backlash. They cost a fortune and hurt business irrevocably. Download a free PDF sample (17.3 MB) (ePUB, Kindle).
How, then, do we encourage users to act? If dark patterns are not the answer, then what is? How do we increase clicks without shady tricks? These are the questions that Click! answers.
Read more…User Experience Revolution (eBook)
Digital Adaptation (eBook)
User Experience Revolution
Many companies try to create a great experience for customers. But few are willing to make the changes required to deliver on that promise. In fact most don’t even realize just how bad their experience can be.
Do you feel like the only person at your company who understands what a huge competitive advantage a good user experience provides? Are you frustrated that your management team doesn’t see the value of creating great user experiences? Do you struggle to convince colleagues to approach projects from a users perspective?
Read more…Digital Adaptation
Nothing is more frustrating than stubborn management entangled in dated workflows and inefficient processes. That’s why we created “Digital Adaptation”, a new practical book on how to help senior management understand the Web and adapt the business, culture, team structure and workflows accordingly.
The web has changed the rules of business. The best practices of the industrial economy no longer apply in the digital age. What was once safe ground is no longer so, and organizations need to adapt.
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