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Here’s How to Create Original Images That Boost Conversions - YouMoz - Moz : "Conversion rate optimization (CRO) is a complex business with many different ways to approach it. One aspect of CRO that hasn't been discussed nearly enough is the potential for images to increase views, clicks, and conversions — in addition to customer success and net promoter scores (NPS). But discussing what you can do with the right images isn’t helpful unless you know how to find or create these images quickly and economically. A crash course in the power of pictures To get to the root of how images improve conversion rates, we first have to look at the series of events that creates conversions.  According to Dr. Robert Cialdini’s 6 Principles of Influence, people...  - Feel obligated to reciprocate – give them something, and they’ll want to give you something  - Honor their commitments – if they say they’ll do something, they’ll likely do it, because they’ve established that goal as an...

7 expert tips for nailing web performance | Creative Bloq : "Getting web performance right isn't easy; typically designers will want the best-looking site packing all the latest tricks, while developers are focused on ensuring that everything performs well, and it's hard to find an effective compromise." To read more go to:  http://www.creativebloq.com/advice/7-expert-tips-for-nailing-web-performance 'via Blog this'

8 hidden CodePen features | Creative Bloq : "Over the past few years, CodePen and frontend development have become synonymous with each other. As an early user and early hire at CodePen, I had the benefit of learning and growing with the platform as it went from online editor and web playground to what it is today. " 'via Blog this' All opinions in this blog are the Author's and should not in any way be seen as reflecting the views of any organisation the Author has any association with.

9 best pieces of user testing software | Creative Bloq : "User testing is an intricate part of UX design. Understanding how your user interacts with your design is crucial to crafting the best user experience to help visitors to achieve their task and overall to increase conversions. Running your own user testing lab, including finding and hiring your own target audience and setting up hardware can be expensive and time-consuming. " 'via Blog this'

Improve your UX with Google Analytics | Creative Bloq : "Web analytics tools have a lot to offer the user experience field. Because the tools have matured and there's so much information out there about how to use them, now is a great time to get started working with them. With web analytics, user researchers can look at much larger sample sizes than is possible with more resource-intensive methods, such as usability testing. This can be useful if you need to establish a high degree of certainty that a particular design change will be effective before you implement it. Analytics also gives researchers an opportunity to come up with answers much quicker than is possible when using in-person activities." To read more go to  Improve your UX with Google Analytics | Creative Bloq : 'via Blog this' If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's a...

Google Apps update alerts: Deprecating web hosting support in Google Drive : "Beginning August 31, 2015, web hosting in Google Drive for users and developers will be deprecated. Google Apps customers can continue to use this feature for a period of one year until August 31, 2016, when serving content via googledrive.com/host/doc id will be discontinued. In the time since web hosting in Drive was launched, a wide variety of public web content hosting services have emerged, and we think better options are available to people today. As a result, we have decided to discontinue this feature and focus on the core Drive and Google Apps experience. " To read more go  Google Apps update alerts: Deprecating web hosting support in Google Drive : 'via Blog this' All opinions in this blog are the Author's and should not in any way be seen as reflecting the views of any organisation the Author has any association with.

3 simple ways to speed up your website | Creative Bloq : "Discover some of the best practices needed for awesome website performance. Looking for a spot of web design inspiration?  01. Optimise images 02. Lazy load content 03. Investigate freebies To read more go to  http://www.creativebloq.com/features/3-simple-ways-to-speed-up-your-website 'via Blog this' All opinions in this blog are the Author's and should not in any way be seen as reflecting the views of any organisation the Author has any association with.