Design for Geeks

30/11/2020

😬 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

In this webinar, veteran affiliate marketer Duston McGroarty will show you the best ways to make money as an affiliate.

05/11/2019

UX & UI Review, 30 October 2019
Every last Wednesday of the month, Design for Geeks holds a free UX & UI review for those who submit their URL. The result? Heaps of immediately actionable tips to make your websites better.

Interested? Submit your URL here:
https://designforgeeks.com/ux-and-ui-review/

02/09/2019

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

30/08/2019

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

12/08/2019

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

05/06/2019

The third step in the UX process is the optimisation of user experience. And UX optimisation is a never-ending job: we can only know for sure what the people that use our websites *really* want or feel about it, only *after* we’ve asked them directly.

Our good friend Paul Lacey from the Dickiebirds agency joined Design for Geeks again today, for the third part of the ‘UX for Everyone’ interview series.

Paul and Piccia look at a real-world case study and find out how to optimise the UX – with live epiphanies. Watch! Watch! Watch!

28/05/2019

The first !
In this new series I tell you about articles that I read as well as things that happened to me that have to do with design and UX.

This episode features my take on Don Norman writing about UX and accessibility for the older population;

a CXL magazine article highlighting the huge importance of first impressions and visual design (no surprise there then);

a Toptal blog article by David Genger how developers should learn the basics of design (cue: the art of copying is a method!);

and a real-life experience I had that highlighted to me how microcopy is absolutely vital to good UX.

23/05/2019

An inspiring conversation with Andrea Zoellner, Chief Content Creator at SiteGround, about the crucial role of copy in UX. Watch and learn how to craft your copy and microcopy so that your audience loves you.

07/05/2019

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?

06/05/2019

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.

29/04/2019

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