Web strategy: Let your users go!
We spend too much energy keeping users on our sites. We should focus more on reminding them we exist.
Web strategy archive
Web strategy: The inscrutable subject of paying for your site
There is something wrong in the world of web design. Nobody discusses payment methods. Surely there are better approaches than those currently available.
Mobile: The whole web is confused by mobile
App, web app, native app, mobile site, mobile app, adaptive design, reactive design, responsive design. What!?!
There seems to be a lot of confusion out there. What do all of these seemingly interchangeable terms mean for me?
Web strategy: Boom / Bust web design
Do you redesign your website every couple of years? Find out why this could be creating real problems.
Web strategy: How to improve your site using stakeholder interviews
Most websites are more than a marketing tool. It is therefore important that other stakeholders outside of marketing get a say about the future of your site.
Web strategy: The best way to research your next web project
Before starting your next project take a step back and do the groundwork. In this post we look at how to research your objectives and why its so important.
Web strategy: B2B: Show the poor relation some love
While most organisations recognise the need to invest in their websites few spend money on their internal web apps. In this post Rob Borley explains why this will have to change.
Web strategy: Have a little empathy
As web designers we like to focus on the practical skills such as: HTML, CSS, JavaScript. However, we must also give attention to soft skills such as empathy.
Web strategy: You can't build a quality website in a factory
Best practices in web design are not unmovable absolutes. Rather they are tools we can choose to draw upon and apply to our projects.
Web strategy: 10 Tips for ensuring a better site design
How do you ensure you get the best design for your site possible? How do you cultivate the best working relationship with your designer? In short, how do you get your money’s worth?
Web strategy: Introducing the kick-off agenda builder
A kick-off meeting is a crucial moment in any web project. However, making sure you cover all of the bases can be challenging.
Web strategy: Why mobile matters
I have been talking a lot recently about how it really is time for us all to take mobile seriously. This infographic drives the point home.
Web strategy: We say a sad goodbye to Get Sign Off
Yesterday was a tough day. Yesterday we closed Get Sign Off. In this post I share why, and what lessons can be learnt from our journey.
Mobile: User experience is not just about your website
As web designers and website owners we obsess about user experience. However, good user experience is about a lot more than having a great website.
News: Building websites for return on investment
With Christmas almost upon us the boagworld show will soon return. To celebrate this fact I thought it would be nice to release a preview of the season one ebook.
Web strategy: A great user experience extends beyond the website
As web designers we can only do so much for you the client. You can have the best website in the world, but if your customer service stinks users won’t come back.
Web strategy: Nothing is more important than business objectives
Let me be entirely clear. Usability, accessibility, aesthetics, technology or indeed any other aspect of web design you care to mention are worthless if they do not service your business objectives.
Talks: Fight the System Presentation
Do you work as part of an in-house web team? Are there days when even superman would fail to overcome the politics and bureaucracy? Watch my ‘fighting the system’ presentation and learn the super powers required to push your web projects through.
Web strategy: Controlling the website animal
Has your website grown into an out of control monster? Does it consume your time and energy with its mountains of legacy content? If so its time to put it on a diet.
Web strategy: Don't do it alone
Whether we you are a freelancer, owner of a small agency or run a website single handedly, too many of us work alone.
Web strategy: Death to design by committee
We all know that design by committee leads to horrendous design and yet committees happen anyway. In this post I ask why, layout the argument against them and look at ways to overcome the problem.
Web strategy: No plans to redesign your site? Now is the time to hire a web design agency.
Many website owners hire their web design agency at the wrong time. Instead of hiring a web designer when you need work done, hire them when you don’t!
Web strategy: Working in web design
We recently relaunched Get Signoff. However, this is more than improvements to our design signoff application. It also includes the launch of a new blog dedicated to working in web design.