Kathleen Shrimpton

Most recent blogs by Kathleen Shrimpton

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They asked you what?!

You need answers, but how do you keep users focused during online surveys.

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Free HTTPS

From November onwards you'll be able to use Let's Encrypt for a free SSL certificate.

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Some Great F**king Startup Advice

This new startup advice is straight to the point. Excuse my french.

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In the micro moment

When a user makes a snap decision in the moment where they either need something, want more information or want an answer right now, THAT is a micro moment.

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So what!

Do we really need the ‘so that’ part of a user story?

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The Arrogant Popup

What on earth is that?

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Timing is everything

The day of the week even the time of day you send the email prompting users to rate and review their experience could be the difference between a positive or neutral review.

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But I need it now

You thought 3 hour delivery guarantees were great? Look at what The Iconic is now doing.

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Did I do something wrong?

When you receive a 404 error it means that the page you are trying to reach is not available or it doesn’t actually exist.

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What’s mine is yours

A simple change in wording from ‘Your’ to ‘My’ is emphasising to the user that this is for them.

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When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…wait what?

Just because a user looks at something, it doesn't mean that they understand it.

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You Shall Not Pass

Digit is a tool that rules out the need for passwords. Instead it uses mobile numbers to verify a user account.

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The New Hoyts Mobile Site

Did they take my advice?

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Damn…You Ugly

Do cheaper, less aesthetic eCommerce websites convert better?

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Everything Wrong With Hoyts on Mobile

Currently bruised from the amount of times I facepalmed.

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A/B Testing Financial Calculators

In this week’s Which Test Won we get to compare two different versions of a financial loan leads calculator.

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There’s no i in teamwork

Yes, I did just use a cliché title for this blog.

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How Much Can You Get for a £60m Website Re-Design?

B&Q just launched their new website re-design for £60m. So what are the stand out changes?

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How to perfect your cart abandonment emails

In 2013 48.1% of cart abandonment emails were clicked on and from there, 33.3% of these users went on to purchase the product.

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The 19 most common mistakes that will affect your conversion

Did you know that 97% of visitors who come to your website are not ready to make a purchase?

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Facebook introduces its new E-Commerce Feature

It's Facebook's second shot at eCommerce and it feels like it has legs.

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Introducing Tricklar

Have you ever wondered what the trending words are in the news today?

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What users will do for free shipping

eConsultancy have just released statistics from UPS to show how far users will go to qualify for free shipping.

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How Accessible Is Your Website?

Yesterday was Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), which was created to raise awareness and get people thinking about digital accessibility.

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Getty Images Announces Free Images, But Is This As Good As It Sounds?

Last month Getty Images made a decision to make their library of images publicly available for bloggers and social media users. By making the 35 million images available…for free!

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3 key tips for startups

There are plenty more than three tips you'd be advised considering as a startup, though these three are a good starting point.

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Benefits of Live Chat

Users love Live Chat.

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The Kenzo mobile website is a great case study

Fashion brand Kenzo, has a great user experience on their mobile site with personalised loading icons and a great use of real estate.

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The Importance of A/B Testing

Two different tools out there which we have used recently are UnBounce and Optimizely.

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Improve Your Mobile Checkout Process

Smashing Magazine recently came out with the 10 best practices for designing a better mobile checkout process.

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Improving Customer Service Online

It is essential to make sure that you handle any complaints or queries through your social media correctly to not only win back your customer, but other users in the process.

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NSW AMES Launches

Wiliam recently launched a new eCommerce website for NSW AMES. NSW AMES (Adult Migrant English Services) is a NSW State Government department providing English training and literacy services and products to migrants and training centres around Australia and indeed, globally.

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2012, why you need an m-commerce strategy

Recently Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) conducted a study with over 500 clients to find out what the upcoming trends and assumptions are for mobile in 2012.

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Facebook set to put Sponsored Stories in News Feed

Last Tuesday it was announced that Sponsored Stories on Facebook will be now be moved into user’s News Feeds.

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Customer Service in Social Media

Maritz Research recently conducted a study on people’s expectations on customer service over Twitter. 1,298 consumers participated in the study by writing complaints or enquiries on company Twitter pages. The main key finding was that only a 1/3 of the companies responded despite how 86% of the consumers who didn’t receive a response expected one specific to their comment.

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Women are behind eCommerce

A recent SheSpot study reveals the impact of technology for Australian women on their purchase cycle.

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Is 'Click to Call' an answer to shopping cart abandonment?

If you don’t already know what Click to Call is, it’s actually quite a simple concept. You put a Click to Call button on your website, the user enters their phone number, then your lines are connected and wallah! You are now speaking directly to a potential customer or client. Likewise with Live Chat, the user clicks a link to be taken to an instant messaging dialogue with a company representative. Direct contact to achieve direct results.

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Building Online Trust for your Brand

Trust is one of, if not, THE most important aspect when it comes to expanding your brand online. It is essential for improving customer acquisition and customer loyalty. Following this 8 step path will help to dramatically improve your brands trust in the digital sphere.

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The SEO Benefits of User Generated Content

Distilled recently wrote a paper identifying the key benefits of user generated content for SEO. They worked closely with Reevoo to conclude how successful adding user generated content in the form of reviews and questions could be for your site.


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