Design for Geeks

😬 Do you find it difficult to admit that you were wrong?

😅 I don’t: usually it means I’ve had an epiphany & learnt something in the process, so it’s all good.

🇪🇸 As a student I had no interest in Spain; then my history professor sent me to Salamanca with Erasmus & my mind was blown. Cue 30 years later I’m actually living in Spain: I definitely did a 180 on that one.

🧘🏻‍♀️ When a friend first told me I should meditate I laughed in their face, seeing no value in sitting doing nothing. Now I have a daily practice of up to 1 hour & it’s transformed my life.

😡 I used to come out in arms about affiliate marketing, calling it sleazy & exploitative.


🤩 Until the first Cloudways webinar with Duston McGroarty back in October.


🤩 Duston showed us how with affiliate marketing you help others find what they need, while boosting your own authority on a topic you love.


🤩 Duston proved to us that affiliate marketing is a fab way to improve your SEO while promoting products by small biz grateful for the help.

🤩 Duston proved me totally wrong while teaching us a TON on content marketing & SEO.


Jan Koch & I were galvanised after that live show; so much so that we invited Duston again tomorrow, with Lee Matthew Jackson too.

Where & When
Tomorrow, on the Cloudways page, and also on this and other groups, at 5pm CET.
Check the time in your timezone: https://everytimezone.com/s/0d98f9a3
https://www.facebook.com/cloudways
https://www.cloudways.com/en/webinar/affiliate-marketing-strategies.php

[Webinar] Making Money as an Affiliate in 2021 In this webinar, veteran affiliate marketer Duston McGroarty will show you the best ways to make money as an affiliate.

Facebook live from last week: the UX of copy and forms, as well as a rant on images.

Facebook Live: the UX of copy and forms, and a rant on images 31 August 2019: a Facebook live on why the UX of copy and of forms! is so important, interspersed with a rant on images and why photographers are right to de...

Going LIVE at 3pm CET / GMT+2 with the highlights of this week, from the web, the Design for Geeks Facebook group and more!

The Great WP Summit is coming up! Very honoured to have been invited. I guess it won't be a surprise at this stage that I'll talk about UX... but it's a new version of the talk, so you mustn't miss it.

There will also be a special offer for the UX for Everyone course, so make sure you attend and stay until the end. See you there!

https://summit.wpvirtualsummit.com/?sc=ni5c6AEC&ac=PO8k5FRE

Do you charge your clients without warning them?

The more I look at the world through UX eyes, the more I notice practices that could be massively improved.

UX is everything: not just your website or app design. It's every single way in which your customers experience your brand.

Two years ago I took out a subscription for a social media help-type product. I used it a few times and didn't think it worked for me. I cancelled it.

The CEO of the company got in touch with me (we frequent the same circles) and persuaded me to give it another try. So I didn't claim the refund and kept the product.

However, it *really* didn't work for me: I tried it a couple of times more and then shelved it.

I never gave it another thought.

I had no idea I had bought a subscription, though.

So today – 2 years later – out of the blue, I got charged 40USD. For a product I don't use and that I had completely forgotten about.

Paltry sum, yes, but: really? without warning? how is that acceptable?

The company is kosher and they are good people. They just haven't thought this one through.

I've made a promise to myself that I'll *always* make sure that product renewals are preceded by a reminder email.

Do you charge your clients for renewals without a reminder?

Lunchtime break in my local park reading Expert Secrets as recommended by Kim Doyal.

Do you take a mid-day break? I’m making a habit of it. It’s wonderful.

Indulging in my colour obsession at this exhibition on the Japanese art of colour combinations. The natural dyes are inspired by seasons.

Which one is your favourite?

A. Spring
B. Summer
C. Autumn
D. Winter

Answer for a surprise gift from me