4 Ways to Improve Your Submit Button

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When looking to improve conversion rates we often first look to the type of media we’re using to drive traffic to our site. However, there are some easy ways to improve our marketing performance right on our own site! By improving the click through rate on submit buttons you can potentially increase your marketing performance

Do-Not-Track Q&A

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What is Do-Not-Track? Do-Not-Track (DNT) is a framework unveiled in Dec 2010 by the FTC setting guidelines for providing consumers with notice and choice about data collection. What are the key elements of the framework? The FTC spelled out three key elements: reduce the burden on consumers to seek out and “choose” privacy protective data

Five Ways to Optimize Product Pages on Etsy.com

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I’m a new fan of Etsy.com. The site focuses on selling handmade products such as art, jewelry, photography and other products. It’s a great way to find very unique, well-made items for gifts…or yourself! Their Wikipedia entry describes them as a “crafty cross between Amazon and eBay.” Recently I bought a very cool pin there

Data Makes Everything Better

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It really does. Of course, as a User Experience Designer for a company called Webtrends I’m a little biased. If I didn’t feel this way my boss would be worried. But lately, geeking out over data has become more mainstream. From the New York Times’ amazing data visualization lab to Feltron’s Annual Reports, data has