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How BODs Can Architect Better Strategic Customer-Centric Designs | What’s Your Edge

Vision Edge Marketing

Research by Deloitte found that customer-centric companies were 60% more profitable compared to companies that were not focused on the customer, and 64% of companies with a customer-focused CEO are more profitable than their competitors. These firms reflect the idea, “If we build it, they will come.” They are all about making the number.

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8 Content Marketing Research Tools You Should Be Using

Marketing Insider Group

In-depth content marketing research. However, diving deep into research can sometimes feel impossible. That’s where content marketing research tools come into play, streamlining the processes and turning challenges into opportunities. Here are some of our favorite features and aspects of Semrush: Keyword research.

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How to Make Design Research Neurodivergent Friendly

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Tim Smyth, Trailblazer and #DreamDesigner , understands how traditional research methods tend to leave out people who identify as neurodivergent. So when Smyth began design research for an employee experience (EX) project, he committed to making it inclusive. It even improved the quality of the research results.

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Want More App Engagement? Try Human-Centered Design

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

The IT team credits this increase to human-centered design. “We To build the new app, the team applied human-centered design. What is human-centered design? Human-centered design is an approach to problem solving that begins with identifying user needs and then creating solutions that meet those needs.

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Building a Research Flywheel: A Helpful Guide for Product Managers & Their Teams

Speaker: Jessica Hall, Product Strategy & Design Leader and Co-Author of The Product Mindset

Every step of the product journey is informed by research: what works, what doesn’t, what customers want, what they need. But no one tool or method can create a thriving research practice for product managers. You might be surprised to learn that neither of these businesses would be where they are today without it.

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Seven Key Considerations for Great Website Design [Infographic]

Webbiquity

Great web design requires combining traditional marketing wisdom with the latest technology and design trends. The infographic below from LA Website Design does a nice job of showing how these considerations fit together in effective modern website design. Timeless Website Design Considerations.

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Why UX Design Shouldn’t Go on the Back Burner for B2B Companies

Webbiquity

Effective user experience (UX) design is just as important for B2B websites as it is for consumer businesses. To move customers from awareness to conversion, B2B business sites must be designed with a clear information architecture; provide compelling messaging and details about products and services; and establish the company’s credibility.

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How to Increase Your Research Efficiency and Move You From Insights to Action, Faster

Speaker: Michele Ronsen, UX Expert and Founder of Curiosity Tank

Conducting UX Research can often be a daunting task. Often, the most useful tool product managers and researchers can employ is a carefully thought-out approach. Join Michele Ronsen, UX Expert and Founder of Curiosity Tank, for an illuminating conversation on the ins and outs of efficient and effective UX research.

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How Product Managers Can Shape Inclusive Futures with UX

Speaker: Bronwen Rees, Author and Lead Product Designer at Xero

But in a world where profits often matter more than people, how can we personally build a nuanced understanding of inclusive design and get our teams to commit to it? Join Bronwen Rees, Author and Lead Product Designer at Xero, for a conversation that digs deeper than the recycled buzzwords. Ways to practice inclusivity within design.

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The Art and Science of Explaining Your Product Strategy

Speaker: Jason Tanner, CEO of Applied Frameworks

Ideation, discovery, research, and analysis all inform the development of a product strategy that evolves iteratively as the product team learns more about customers, their problems, and potential solutions. However, effective communication of product strategy often presents challenges for product leaders.

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How Product Managers Can Define a Product Vision to Guide Their Team

Speaker: Christian Bonilla, VP of Product Management at UserTesting

Every product team wants to build things users love. The goal may sound simple, but it’s hard to do. It’s why breakthrough products rarely happen by accident. Rather, they start with a strong product vision. Getting that vision right is one of the most important responsibilities of the product team.

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Product Managers & UX Research: How Bridging the Experience Gap Can Propel Teams Forward

Speaker: Shakima Jackson-Martinez, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Kristin Zibell, Director of Research Products and Services

How inclusive is your UX research? This is where Experience Gap research comes in, and why inclusive research is crucial for your business and your customers. This is where Experience Gap research comes in, and why inclusive research is crucial for your business and your customers.

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4 Steps to Developing Your Customer Care Strategy

In a recent research report on Customer Effort, Interactions found that customers simply aren’t willing to spend a lot of time getting their issues resolved. That’s why brands today need to design a modern customer care strategy that not only addresses their customer’s needs, but also removes effort and frustration.