Putting yourself in the mind of someone who is coming to Slack for the first time — especially a real someone, who is being made to try this thing by their boss, who is already a bit hangry because they didn’t have time for breakfast, and who is anxious about finishing off a project before they take off for the long weekend — putting yourself in... See more
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.
Complete activation experience breakdown in... See more
We used the "Ikea effect" to increase conversion by 82%.
Here's why and how.
The Ikea effect is a "cognitive bias in which consumers place a disproportionately high value on products they partially created".
We wanted to do 2 things in our... See more
very few customers get on-boarded and primed to the point where they know three things: (1) why they’re there, (2) what they can accomplish, (3) and what to do next (note: users don’t need to know how to use your product at the beginning, they just need to know what to do next!). Once a new user knows these three things, they have reached “The... See more