It’s no surprise users depend on copy to interact and navigate through the digital world. Whether it’s writing product descriptions or choosing the correct label…
12 Ways to Make Sure You Run a Successful User Test
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- October 15th, 2019
Conducting a user test may seem simple at first—you ask a few questions and observe the participant, right? Not quite. As user experience strategists and…
How to Apply Conventions and Standards to Information Architecture
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- September 25th, 2019
Information architecture, or IA, is used to create the structure of a website or mobile application. In a perfect world, the IA of your website…
Omni-Channel Customer Experience: Taking UX Beyond the Web
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- September 24th, 2019
The term user experience was coined by Don Norman based on digital interactions—check out our What is User Experience article if you’re interested in a…
The Influence of Mobile on Desktop
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- September 5th, 2019
With mobile traffic exceeding desktop traffic, the web is becoming a cross-device medium and mobile patterns and practices have bled onto desktop. Five years ago…
Applying User Experience Best Practices to Generate Better Landing Pages
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- July 2nd, 2019
Do you know the last time your landing pages were tested? You know, the pages people see after they click an ad, the pages responsible…
7 Considerations For Web Form Usability
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- May 14th, 2019
Well-designed forms are just one of the many aspects of your website that contribute to an overall great user experience. However, their importance should rank…
Mobile UX Design Principles: The Dos and The Don’ts
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- May 7th, 2019
If you’re a UX designer or in the marketing industry, it should be no surprise that mobile usage is on the rise. Gone are the…
SEO & UX: How User Experience Principles Affect Your Success in Search Engine Optimization
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- October 2nd, 2018
My primary objective for SEO is to rank a website in organic search, so it’s impossible for me to overlook the influence UX is having…
How to Conduct Empathy Interviews
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- May 15th, 2018
Empathy interviews are the foundation of Design Thinking, practiced by forward thinking organizations and taught at leading institutions such as the Stanford d.School. Empathy interviews…
User Perception and Memory: How to Leverage it in Your Site’s Design
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- April 10th, 2018
How the human mind works is interesting. The mechanics of how different people intake sensory information is the same from a scientific standpoint, but what…
6 Poor, Yet Common, Human Interaction Experiences on the Web
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- March 6th, 2018
As a UX/IA strategist, it’s my job to understand and execute a well-crafted user experience for both websites and mobile devices. Part of this job…
7 Critical User Experience Research Tools and How to Use Them
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- January 9th, 2018
User research tools aren’t just cool and impressive ways to show off your knowledge to clients (although they can be). User research tools are critical.
Meaningful Movement in UX Design
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- December 5th, 2017
Movement in design can greatly improve the user's overall experience, when the design of the animation/movement is done well and for the right reasons. Remember…
3 Human Computer Interaction Principles to Apply to UX
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- September 26th, 2017
As user experience (UX) practitioners, we use studies and principles from psychology, social psychology, and human computer interaction to help understand why users think and…
Tools for User Experience Testing & Design
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- August 1st, 2017
User experience strategy has become vital to the success of web development over the years. Today, there are hundreds of tools out there to assist with…
6 UX Myths That Need to Die
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- May 16th, 2017
User experience (UX) is the experience a person has when interacting with any touch point of a brand. For this article, I’ll be talking primarily…
UX Meets Email: Persuasion Principle 6 of 6
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- March 21st, 2017
The last principle we’re covering within our series on user experience and email design is scarcity. When implemented correctly, scarcity can be extremely persuasive in…
UX Meets Email: Persuasion Principle 5 of 6
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- March 20th, 2017
The next social psychology principle we’ll focus on with respect to its application to email marketing is the principle of authority. The principle of authority…
UX Meets Email: Persuasion Principle 4 of 6
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- March 19th, 2017
Next in line within our series of articles on email marketing is the principle of liking. Liking, a social psychological tool, says that users are…
UX Meets Email: Persuasion Principle 3 of 6
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- March 19th, 2017
The next principle we’ll focus on within our series on email design is the principle of social proof. Social proof, a powerful social psychological tool,…
UX Meets Email: Persuasion Principle 2 of 6
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- March 18th, 2017
Next up at bat in our series on applying persuasion principles to email marketing and design is the powerful duo, commitment and consistency, which happens…
UX Meets Email: Persuasion Principle 1 of 6
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- March 17th, 2017
Between the millions of resources and articles and our company’s own expertise and knowledge, we’ve identified a specific set of six persuasion principles that we…
Design Tips to Improve User Experience
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- January 31st, 2017
As interactive designers, it’s crucial to consider new ways in which we pursue website design. Diving deep into our digital design, it’s important to keep…
The Importance of Content in User Experience (UX)
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- January 17th, 2017
Users arrived on your site because they’re in need of information; whether it’s to find customer reviews, product pricing, contact information, or store details—it’s all…
Brand Tone and User Experience (UX)
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- November 8th, 2016
The ways in which a brand embodies a certain look and feel happens through defining the brand’s personality traits and their voice, while also taking…
Applying Cialdini’s 6 Principles of Influence to UX
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- July 12th, 2016
Robert Cialdini is a renowned social psychologist who is particularly well known for his research on persuasion and influence. He is the author of numerous,…
How to Use Google Analytics for UX (User Experience) Research
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- November 17th, 2015
User experience. It’s the key to making a successful and easy-to-use website. Without a proper UX in place, your website, while it may look…
What is Information Architecture?
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- October 20th, 2015
Information Architecture (IA) has been around for almost as long as the internet has been around. While it may not have had a name quite…
2015 Nielsen Norman Group Usability Week Recap & Review
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- July 21st, 2015
With our CEO Aric Zion, two members of the Zion & Zion UX (user experience) team, and a Zion & Zion art director in tow,…
The Difference Between UX & IA
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- April 7th, 2015
User experience (UX) and information architecture (IA) are two areas of expertise that are truly crucial to successful website development. However, people tend to be…
What is User Experience (UX)?
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- August 26th, 2014
User experience is a term that is thrown around a lot in the world of design. The term can be used in product design, interior…
2014 UX Mobile Immersion Conference Recap
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- April 15th, 2014
Let me first start by saying the UX Mobile Immersion Conference (@UX_Im)…
