Every product needs a solid activation experience.
Done well, they can mean hugely successful conversion from discovery to sign-up for your app.
Here's a breakdown of Duolingo's legendarily strong activation experience.
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Your objective should always be to eliminate instructions entirely by making everything self-explanatory, or as close to it as possible. When instructions are absolutely necessary, cut them back to a bare minimum.
In the first 15 seconds, your visitors are lazy in the sense that they have no extra time to invest in something they don’t know. They are vain in that they want to look good quickly using your product. And they’re selfish in that, despite the big picture potential and purpose of what your service stands for, they want to know what will immediately... See more