In today’s changing marketing landscape, your website has become a more powerful tool than ever. As a 24/7 salesman, your website has the potential to be your most powerful asset and the centerpiece of your marketing efforts.
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/improve-your-websites-user-experience/
In the modern world, flawless design and functionality of digital assets – including your website, social media content and marketing materials – is essential to keeping customers engaged. A top-notch product or thoughtful blog post will go ignored and unseen if it's housed on a site with a poor user experience. To that end, it's important for web developers and marketers alike to keep up with the latest trends and consumer expectations. Members of Forbes Agency Council offered their take on popular design trends popping up in this space, and how you can integrate those trends into your branding.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/01/05/12-design-trends-to-integrate-into-your-web-development-and-marketing/#18024c127f17/
When a user visits your website, the type of experience they have plays a great part in whether or not they will be engaged enough in your site that will result in a conversion. Web builders who take the time to ensure that they're site has an increased amount of user engagement will likely experience an increase in their conversion rate.
https://growthhackers.com/articles/12-ux-tips-to-boost-your-website-engagement-user-experience-for-a-better-conversion/
While most shopping sites today use responsive design, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and others are advancing modern web technologies that are part of the Progressive Web App movement. PWAs unite the universal customer reach of the web with the engaging experience of a mobile app.
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2018/07/17/5-signs-your-e-commerce-site-redesign-project-should-be-a-progressive-web-app/
Human face is a very powerful tool in designer’s toolbox. The influence that a face can have on people is surprising. However, all too often, we ignore this tool when designing our products. We simply forget to consider what the human face is capable of doing.
Let’s take a look at some of the ways designers can use human faces to improve UX.
https://onextrapixel.com/6-tips-use-human-face-improve-user-experience/
Books are a popular choice if you want to learn user experience (UX) design or improve your UX skills.
UX design is vital for any designer to have skills in, and not just to create apps or websites, but now UX design includes voice-controlled devices like the Apple HomePod, Google Home and Amazon Echo – just check out the UX design trends of 2018 to see more on that.
https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/interactive-design/7-best-ux-design-books-help-you-learn-master-ux/
Maps are now a must-have for almost every website. For many mobile applications interfaces, a map is also a necessary thing. If to talk of an Uber-like service — it couldn’t do without a map. How to create a unique map and not to spend a lot of time on the map design? These free tools for designers will help each designer to create a map easily in the style of service which they are developing.
https://uxplanet.org/7-free-tools-for-designers-map-creation-16ea68c83ffd/
Our goal with Search always has been to help people quickly and easily find the information that they’re looking for. Over the years, the amount and format of information available on the web has changed drastically—from the proliferation of images and video, to the availability of 3D objects you can now view in AR.
The search results page, too, has changed to help you discover these new types of information and quickly determine what’s most useful for you. As we continue our ongoing efforts to improve Search and provide a modern and helpful experience, today we’re unveiling a visual refresh of the mobile search results page to better guide you through the information available on the web.
Read full update.
https://www.blog.google/products/search/new-design-google-search/?ref=webdesignernews.com/
User stories are the foundation to get final designs right. If planned correctly, they can make significant difference in entire design process and output.
https://uxplanet.org/aligning-design-to-user-stories-614b4845fc8d/
Interested in Digital Design? From building apps and websites, to User Experience and 3D printing, this course overview will give you some insight into the life of a Digital Design student at JMC Academy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hog_iePXxDA/
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