Small Farm Design http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 links for 2010-09-01 http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog/2010/09/01/links-for-2010-09-01/ http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog/2010/09/01/links-for-2010-09-01/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:16 +0000 Craig http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog/2010/09/01/links-for-2010-09-01/
  • SEO Tools, Search Engine Optimization Toolbox - Web SEO Analytics
    (tags: seo tools resources)
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  • Video: The amazing John Cleese shares his wisdom… - (37signals)
    Most people who have absolutely no idea what they're doing, have absolutely no idea that they have no idea what they're doing. It explains why so many people in charge of so many organizations have no idea of what they are doing
    (tags: video creativity)
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  • Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product | Seth Levine
    (tags: business marketing strategy freemium)
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  • Seth's Blog: Foundation elements for modern businesses
    Here are some fundamental pieces of most new successful businesses. The goal is to build these elements into the very nature of the business itself, not just to tack them on.
    (tags: business marketing strategy)
  • Almost everything you need for Personalization!!! « WP e-commerce Forums
    Tutorial on editing single_product.php
    (tags: wordpress wpecommerce)
  • The Trader Joe's customer experience - Good Experience
    Trader Joe's increases sales by reducing choice. And that's a good customer experience because it makes shopping much simpler.
    (tags: design ux strategy business)
    • ]]>     http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog/2010/08/25/links-for-2010-08-25/feed/     Adding Features Isn’t Innovation http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog/2010/08/20/adding-features-isnt-innovation/ http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog/2010/08/20/adding-features-isnt-innovation/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:16:08 +0000 Craig http://www.smallfarmdesign.com/blog/?p=1086 New features aren’t really innovations. They’re only new features. New features are like the toppings that get added to an ice cream sundae. Fun at times, but when you have too many you loose that simple bowl of ice cream.

    Don’t ask can we, ask should we?

    There comes a point in any product’s life cycle when small or “slightly better” improvements stop being meaningful to your customers. This point is called overshooting. When you overshoot you start adding clutter and confusion to your application and it quickly becomes frustrating to use and your customers start looking for something simpler. Think Microsoft Word.

    Customers will almost always accept improved products or services, but when overshooting sets in, they won’t pay for improvements that used to be valuable to them.Scott Anthony - Harvard Business Review

    Instead of bloating your website or application with a bunch of new features first ask yourself if any of them are solving a real problem your customers have. Are the features useful? Will your customs see the value in adding them? If the answers are no then you need to question why you are adding the features in the first place.

    Sometimes removing features is the best innovation of all.

    If you would like help on understanding how innovation makes sense for your business website or application email me or give me a call at 330.648.FARM.

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  • My Tweetium business model - my startup
    Under a Tweetium model, the free level will not be free. The user must pay with 1-2 tweets about my app, with a link, each month. Users will not be able to sign up for a free account if they don’t have a Twitter account. Above that, there will be a pay level for those who want an enhanced service or who don’t want to or can’t pay with a tweet.
    (tags: business strategy)
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  • “Please, let me redesign your airline for you.” » UIE Brain Sparks
    Professional designers, frustrated by the experiences they are having with the airlines’ deliverables, are voluntarily redesigning web sites and boarding passes. They are publishing their pleas for a better experience online and getting a great response.
    (tags: usability design business strategy)
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  • Don Norman at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog
    (tags: design business experience video)
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  • A Company (UX) Maturity Model | UXLEADERSHIP
    As companies understand the importance of users to their success, they move from viewing UX designers as problem solvers (“how will we present all this information in a understandable way?”) to a more deep, interwoven process (“what information should we present to the user?”) and further on to a strategic view that is part of their business vision (“what is our next product?”).
    (tags: ux strategy userexperience business)
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  • Influence Project
    (tags: ui navigation)
  • LukeW | Gradual Engagement Boosts Twitter Sign-Ups by 29%
    Twitter recently redesigned their sign-up process to boost new user engagement. Though the new sign-up process added one more screen, conversions went up 29%. Using Gradual Engagement.
    (tags: ux registration business)
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