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Newsletter14 Recommendations to Improve Conversions our Clients are Initially Reluctant to Hear (but Truly Appreciate when Implemented)
List of essentials for successful conversion optimization, which our customers often reject at first or only implement after a lot of persuasion. Maybe some of our clients’ hesitations strike a chord with you?
Continue readingTool Tips & Insights: Where AI Can Help in User Research & CRO
AI-driven tools to simplify and expedite specific user research and CRO-related tasks:
Continue readingThe Paradox of Choice and Diamonds: How a Simplified Selection Led to More Sales
Human decision-making behavior harbors interesting paradoxes. On one hand, we often want the greatest possible freedom of choice. On the other hand, such a wide range of offerings sometimes makes the selection process difficult.
Continue readingWhat goes through the website visitor's mind?
Recently, as part of a short talk at eDAY, we showed how websites can be very differently perceived – depending on individual expectations, previous knowledge of the visitor, as well as the context in which the website is visited. Watch the 15-minute video recording of the talk here:
Continue readingBooking.com: When Things Go Wrong (and Why User Testing Should Include Worst-Case Scenarios)
Over the Christmas holidays, I experienced firsthand what you could call booking.com’s worst-case use scenario. To me, this whole experience was a great reminder of how important it is to conduct user tests, not just on main business flows – the ideal beautiful happy customer journey – but also on worst-case scenarios.
Continue readingBeloved & Hated: Rotating Banners On Homepages and Their Impact on Conversions
Rotating banners, carousels, sliders – whatever you call them – are visible all over the web today. We will use a recent usability study we did for one of our clients to sum up what we have learned about rotating carousels over the past years and why we believe that they are not always the most effective solution.
Continue readingConversion & Growth Marketing Conferences in Europe in 2019
Are you looking to get up to speed on the latest trends in growth marketing and conversion optimization? Or simply in the mood to network with the best growth marketers? Check out our list of growth marketing and CRO specific conferences happening in Europe this year.
Continue readingUX & Design Conferences in Europe 2019 - UPDATED
Looking to get new insights and meet and network with other professionals at UX & design conferences in 2019?
We have compiled a list with more than 50 UX conferences in Europe in 2019 to choose from.
How successful e-commerce sites adapt their product filters to reflect the users' mental shopping lists
Too much choice without suitable filter options can reduce the desire to buy. Missing or inappropriate filtering options are an often underestimated conversion killer on e-commerce pages.
Continue readingThievery makes effective copywriting! How & why you should steal the words of your users
In many instances good copy does not need creativity—at least not in the sense of formulating your own elaborate texts. Rather, creativity is required to find out how to best listen to customers and research their thoughts in order to learn what are the right words you should use in your copy.
Continue reading"Coupon code? I don't have one” - how a tiny box at checkout can ruin conversions
The promo-code entry field is a critical element that can shift your customers’ emotions at the very end of the sales funnel. It can even ruin your sale at the last second. We will explain 2 tactics for avoiding negative reactions.
Continue readingSOS after unsuccessful website relaunch (or how to avoid failed attempts)
More and more frequently companies turn to us in despair because they are unhappy with the outcome of the relaunch of their website. We show how to avoid such failed attempts and how to base a redesign on solid user insights.
Continue reading3 factors that impact long-lasting conversion uplifts
To be successful in the long run, you need to understand the factors that are impacting your optimization work and how you can influence them. We have put together a list of recommendations on how to boost each of the three CRO factors that are key for your business’ long-term growth.
Continue readingCase Study: How We Changed One Sentence and Grew Mobile Conversions by 25% (Plus, What Led Us to Test It)
In this case study we’ll explain how we addressed the key concern of visitors on a mobile site with a tiny change. We will demonstrate what user research insights helped us develop the test idea and increase conversions by 25%.
Continue reading(Video) Rolf Molich About Discount Usability Testing and Quick-and-Dirty User Tests in the Real World
In an exclusive interview usability pioneer Rolf Molich explains:
– How to achieve valuable results with quick & dirty usability tests
– Why it is important to conduct tests with users “in the real world”
– Why bigger budgets are not always the solution to usability problems
– What impact the usage of multiple devices has on usability tests
6 ways to capture priceless customer insights with in-the-moment feedback
In every customer interaction there is a moment of truth, a point when customers decide to take a course of action that has either a negative or positive impact on your business. The better you understand how your customers feel at these moments of truth, the better you can own these moments.
Continue readingGet out of the research lab: test mobile user behavior in real life situations
We’ve developed a method to capture the interaction of users and mobile devices under more natural conditions than in a research lab. What makes our approach special is that it works on any mobile device, in almost any real life situation, and our setup is completely wireless.
Continue readingDisturbing Infographic: Where People Use Their Smartphones
Check out this disturbingly revealing infographic of how smartphones have permeated our lives and activities. mindberry surveyed smartphone users in German-speaking countries and found that people just can’t stop using their phones. Some insights might surprise you…
Continue readingHow We Tripled the Conversion Rate for a Bed-Linen Specialist in Just 4 Months
Case study: How we achieved a 300% conversion rate uplift for the German bed-linen specialist, belsonno in just 4 months. In this case study we’ll explain what we learned about users who tried belsonno’s customization wizard – used for designing custom-made bed linen – and how we optimized it.
Continue reading7 User Research Techniques That Also Work on Low-Traffic Sites
Many founders of startups wrongly believe that, due to low traffic numbers, user research and website optimization is impossible right after the launch of their businesses. To iron out this misconception, we’ll introduce some of our favorite tools for website analysis and research on low-traffic sites.
Continue readingCase Study: 57% Increase in Newsletter Open Rate with a Tiny Change to the Sender Name
On a recent project, a tiny change helped us achieve an all-time high in newsletter open rates. The optimization tweak was done on an element whose impact is often under-estimated: the sender name (also called “from name“).
Continue readingUXCamp Vienna 2015 Talk: Better User Experience Through User Research
mindberry’s talk at the UXCamp Vienna showed how 2 start-ups from Berlin were able to quickly gain valuable insights through user research. Many tools and techniques are covered, as well as concrete examples of insights gained and how they served as a basis for split tests and optimization of the 2 websites.
Continue reading3 UX Lessons Learned: Must-Haves for a High-Converting Mobile Shop
Over the past few months we’ve conducted lots of user tests on m-commerce sites across different industries. For this article, we’ve picked out 3 UX lessons learned and highlight areas that have a direct impact on mobile shopping conversions due to shoppers losing patience.
Continue readingShhh! An Unheard-of Technique to Collect Feedback from Your Prospects on Facebook
Want to learn more about your prospects? Most of your Facebook fans are not customers, but they have already demonstrated some interest in your brand by liking your page – that makes them the perfect targets if you want to learn more about your prospects.
Continue readingmindberry is Optimizely's First Certified Partner in Austria
We are pleased to announce that mindberry is the first company in Austria to be recognized by Optimizely as a Certified Partner agency.
Continue readingHow we seduced women to dress up (and grew conversions by 250% in 3 months)
Case study: Find out how we helped the German startup Laremia to turn more visitors into buyers. We’ll show you some of our techniques as well as concrete optimization examples that led to a 250% uplift in conversions.
Continue readingSimple techniques to get more visitors to buy your stuff (infographic)
Download this free infographic to get a simple overview of our structured process and some of our favorite tools we use to boost our clients’ conversion rates.
Continue readingGet Amazing Insights About Your Visitors Even If You Have ZERO Budget for User Research
Don’t want to spend a ton of money on expensive user research tools to find out what’s on your visitors’ minds? Check out this simple and effective plan we’ve recently developed for a sizzling German startup — so you can do the same!
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