1. The state of CX metrics 2015
Customer obsessed
Report highlights:
49% of companies with stronger CX metrics have significantly better business performance
22% of companies gave themselves those high marks when it came to making trade-offs between CX metrics and financial metrics
Likelihood to recommend (NPS) and satisfaction remain the most popular CX metrics
2. I analyzed 250 SaaS pricing pages — here’s what I found
UX
Highlights:
The average number of packages is three and a half
Only 50 percent highlight a package as the best option
Just 69 percent of companies sell the benefits
81 percent organize prices low to high
81 percent of packages are named.
3. How to uncover hidden assumptions
Design thinking
It is important to discover the assumptions built in to a project. This responsibility is shared, but designers are often in the best position to lead this discovery because we deal both with understanding a user’s needs and the tools we might use to implement a solution.
4. Why a simple spreadsheet spread like wildfire
Growth
VisiCalc was a ‘killer app’ years ahead of its time, and still says much about the way we understand computers.
5. Netflix is on F***ing Fire
Trends
And traditional TV content producers should be worried.
6. Use clarity to improve conversion rates
Growth
Relevancy – How well does each page match what the visitor thought she was going to see?
Incentives to Take Action – Are the motivators clear, believable, timely and persuasive?
Friction – What could be a source of fear and anxiety on each page?
Distraction – Is anything directing the visitor away from your most wanted action?
Buying Stage – Does the most wanted action align with the buying stage of the visitor?
7. Sorry, but your favorite company can’t be your friend
Trends
How people are increasingly projecting human qualities onto the things they buy and why it's an issue.
8. 10 web marketing predictions worth reading
Trends
The beginning of each new year sees a flood of prediction and trend articles. Few are worth reading, however Rand Fishkin at Moz is one of those. Here are some of my highlights from his article:
Mobile's usage growth rate compare to desktop will stop
The death of normal distributions will hit both publishing and search results hard
The rise of adblocking is going to trigger attempts at legislation and incite more sites to restrict adblocking users
DuckDuckGo will be the fastest-growing search engine of 2016
The "big" trends for 2016: Wearables, VR, smart home, and Internet of Things will have almost no impact on the world of web marketing
9. The website obesity crisis
Trends
There is a growing trend of mostly-text driven websites that have ridiculous file sizes. And they're breaking the web. This is a great presentation on the crisis and fixes.
10. zapier
Tool of the week
Think IFFFT for marketing. Connect the apps you use, automate tasks, get more out of your data.
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