Manchester Council recently launched a radically different, user-centred website following research with local residents by Manchester UX agency Keep It Usable. The result? An overwhelming success. Releasing a new council website can be tricky – it’s hard to please everyone and people don’t always have a good opinion of their local council. Get it wrong [...]
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Manchester Council launches successful site following research by Keep It Usable
Posted by keepitusable on May 17, 2013
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=1141
Content Strategy: Exclusive interview with Sara Wachter-Boettcher
This month, we’re focussing on the importance of Content Strategy. This coincides nicely with the launch of a new book titled ‘Content Everywhere’ by Sara Wacheter-Boettcher who is also the editor of A List Apart. We interviewed Sara to talk to you about her new book and explain exactly what content strategy is, how it [...]
Posted by keepitusable on April 3, 2013
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=1061
UX Book recommendations for new year
Avoid brain fuzz this christmas and get inspired! How’s this year been? Good? Bad? Well however you’re feeling, we’ve got something guaranteed to put a smile on your face and keep your brain engaged over christmas – our favourite UX books! Our aim is to make sure you go back to work buzzing with ideas [...]
Posted by keepitusable on December 19, 2012
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=708
iPad Mini Usability and User Experience
With the launch of the iPad Mini you may be wondering whether you should buy one, especially if you already own an iPad. What are the usability and ux benefits to you? So, let’s have a look at what a smaller screen size means to your user experience. One-handed usability Using the iPad [...]
Posted by keepitusable on October 26, 2012
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=551
The growing importance of tablet E-commerce UX
As iPhone shoppers decrease, the amount of people now shopping e-commerce sites on tablets has grown rapidly to 54.9%. Not only has iPad usage increased, but the average conversion rate is also 22.5% higher (visitors convert at 3% as opposed to 2.8% for websites overall). iPhone conversion is much lower, at only 1%. Average Order [...]
Posted by keepitusable on July 27, 2012
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=433
5 Useful Lies to Tell User Research Participants
Within the User Experience and Usability community there is a hugely popular, well-respected website called UX Booth. Lisa recently wrote an article for them where she shares some of her most effective insider research tips for how to increase the validity of research by encouraging more honest responses from participants whilst also helping them feel at ease during [...]
Posted by keepitusable on June 19, 2012
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=420
Keepitusable win prestigious business award
The judges agreed Keepitusable have massive potential and were strong competition for our category winners. Co-founders Lisa and Ricardo with Dragons Den presenter, Evan Davis Keepitusable are incredibly happy to announce that we have won a business award for being a ‘Rising Star’. The award celebrates young and upcoming companies who have shown growth, [...]
Posted by keepitusable on June 6, 2012
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=395
BBC Home Page User Research and Redesign Slides
We recently took part in the BBC Connected Studios event to work on future home page design concepts. As a User Experience (UX) and Usability agency, it won’t surprise you to know the first thing we did was to conduct user research. This enabled us to understand how people actually use the BBC home page [...]
Posted by keepitusable on May 24, 2012
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=375
Keepitusable shortlisted for 2 Business Awards
Finalists have now been announced for this years incredibly competitive Salford Business Awards, which will be held at Salford City Stadium on the 31st May and we’re excited to announce that Keepitusable has been shortlisted as a finalist in two categories: Rising Star and Entrepreneur. Our co-founder, Lisa, commented “We’re honoured to have been [...]
Posted by keepitusable on May 10, 2012
http://www.keepitusable.com/blog/?p=356
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