This might be a good time to take stock of what you have in your designer's toolkit and see whether some changes might be in order. This list of 15 of 2018's top tools and resources should get you off to a good start.
John Stevens looks at targeted user experiences — the careful art of finding out what users want, and delivering it, tailoring content based on user needs.
Justin Owings looks at how a bounce rate can be used as a way to identify opportunities for search engine, app copy, landing page, and UX optimization.
David Attard shows how Hotjar can be used to identify weaknesses in your UX, and how it can also help to boost the prospects of your MVP.
Ash Ome introduces Crazy Egg, showing why its heatmap and A/B testing tools makes it so useful for spotting and fixing website UX problems.
Daniel Schwarz shows how the Location feature of Google Analytics can be used to spot UX problems that may be related to culture or regional issues.
Luke Hay shows where to look for underperforming areas of your website using Google Analytics.
Jon MacDonald explains why A/B testing often fails, and walks through a real-life case study where A/B testing was used to boost conversions exponentially.
Daniel explains the difference between descriptive and diagnostic analytics, and how diagnostic analytics needs to inform descriptive analytics.
David Attard covers the KPIs every designer needs to know about, and how to measure them to gain insights into the behavior of the users that visit it.
Daniel Schwarz discusses the mindset required to understand the needs of your users, and five pitfalls to avoid when interpreting analytics data.
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Need to improve your project's UX? One or more of the top UI/UX tools described in this post will serve you admirably.
Research shows that mindfulness at work can improve your focus, attention, and ability to work under stress.
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If you’re responsible for managing a day-to-day social media plan, you know how hard it can be to juggle everything.
9 out of 10 startups fail. This apocryphal statistic is generally accepted as fact because the simple truth is, building a successful business is hard.
Designers know that communication and organization are essential to making a project successful. Otherwise it's too easy to suffer from misunderstandings.
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Productivity apps help you complete tasks or do them for you. These apps serve as design aids. They organize workflows and promote team collaboration.
Craig Buckler shows you how to use Material Design for Bootstrap to build great websites for projects and clients faster.
Learn how Moqups can help designers with the product development pipeline, from early-stage brainstorming through to hi-fi prototyping.
Rhiana Heath looks at Bootstrap accessibility issues with Bootstrap 4, showing how developers can test for problems and what can be done to fix them.
Syed Fazle Rahman introduces Bootstrap, the popular front-end UI library, and offers his reasons why he loves building projects with it.
A picture is worth a thousand words. In this post we provide a quick summary of how CloudApp can help you communicate clearer and faster through visuals.
Jamie Murphy introduces five A/B testing tools for maximizing website conversions, explaining how each works so you can choose one for you or your team.
Craig Buckler shows how, with a small amount of code, you can use Google Analytics to track online shop transactions and every product purchased.
Jon MacDonald introduces 7 tools for optimizing UX, from website usage analytics to heatmap analytics, real-time analytics and advanced customer analytics.
Quantitative analytics help identify the biggest opportunities and problems, but fall short on actionable insights—where Qualitative research thrives.