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Infographics are dead?
Infographics are dead?

Infographics still make a lot of sense. And when done well, they appeal to us in a way that other communication tools just can’t match.

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User ExperienceDan SalvaMay 29, 2015Infographics, user experience
Simple = better user experience
Simple = better user experience

There is a great opportunity to embrace and promote simplicity in the user experience. If only for the simple reason that our world is a complex place.

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User ExperienceDan SalvaMay 23, 2015simplicity, user experience
Digital customer experience bleeding over into the real world
Digital customer experience bleeding over into the real world

The virtual and real worlds won't seamlessly meld in the near future. But the customer experience expectation that the virtual world sets is here today.

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User ExperienceDan SalvaMay 15, 2015customer experience, user experience
Is Amazon the worst enemy of our user experience?
Is Amazon the worst enemy of our user experience?

People expect an experience from you that is equal to the best user experience they have encountered online - whether or not it was in your industry.

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User ExperienceDan SalvaMay 8, 2015user experience, UX
Is your site creating user experience problems?
Is your site creating user experience problems?

There are interaction costs your create with your user experience. Make sure those costs are worth your users' time and effort

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User ExperienceDan SalvaMay 2, 2015user experience, UX
Customer experience: What I want to say vs. what you want to hear.
Customer experience: What I want to say vs. what you want to hear.

It doesn’t matter how brilliant I may think my idea is. If it ignores what's important to my audience, then it's a bad customer experience.

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Brand storytellingDan SalvaApril 24, 2015customer experience
Read this before your business posts another thing to the social channels
Read this before your business posts another thing to the social channels

There is a place for your business in your connections’ social channels. But it requires sensitivity and a relentless focus on your prospect’s needs.

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Content MarketingDan SalvaApril 16, 2015content marketing, social media marketing
The “American Owned” porn shop: brilliant branding or cognitive bias running amuck?
The “American Owned” porn shop: brilliant branding or cognitive bias running amuck?

Maybe labeling your porn shop as "American Owned" is a brilliant branding move. Or maybe it's cognitive bias running amuck.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaApril 10, 2015Branding, Cognitive bias
Getting the tools out of the way of the storytelling
Getting the tools out of the way of the storytelling

I’m excited about the possibilities. Because now we can spend less time trying to hack a platform, and more time on compelling storytelling.

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Brand storytellingDan SalvaApril 2, 2015brand storytelling, storytelling
Your app needs Less Design!
Your app needs Less Design!

We need great designers to help us create something that’s beautiful in its simplicity and efficiency. Something I'm characterizing as "Less Design".

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMarch 27, 2015app design, simple
Your brand story is so much more than just what you do
Your brand story is so much more than just what you do

We need to tell prospects more than what we are. We need to tell them why we matter in their lives. That is at the heart of your brand story.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMarch 20, 2015Brand Story, Branding
Has creativity lost its value?
Has creativity lost its value?

Combine creativity with the technology and you have the opportunity to create something exponentially more powerful.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMarch 12, 2015Creativity, customer experience
Customer experience planning fights your worst enemy: you.
Customer experience planning fights your worst enemy: you.

Customer experience is about understanding what the customer wants throughout their journey and iterating to continuously improve what you're delivering.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMarch 5, 2015customer experience, Design thinking, User-centered design
Mobile content - or is your storytelling smartphone ready?
Mobile content - or is your storytelling smartphone ready?

Mobile usage continues to expand making it more important than ever to understand how to optimize the experience around for mobile content.

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User ExperienceDan SalvaFebruary 26, 2015Mobile content, user experience
Use customer experience mapping to find your organization’s “magic moments”
Use customer experience mapping to find your organization’s “magic moments”

Customer experience mapping uncovers opportunities to offer your prospect great information, tools, and stories that draw them closer to your brand.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaFebruary 19, 2015customer experience, Customer journey mapping
Want to create something exceptional? Start with an exceptional creative strategy.
Want to create something exceptional? Start with an exceptional creative strategy.

So before we design something. Before we put witty words to paper. Let’s put our creative strategy to the test. Let’s ask these four questions.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaFebruary 12, 2015Strategic innovation, strategy
The tricky balance of evidence gathering in customer experience design
The tricky balance of evidence gathering in customer experience design

The evidence gathering effort should match the project parameters (budget, timeline, etc). So how do you decide what the customer experience deserves?

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaFebruary 4, 2015customer experience, Strategic innovation
Optimize for aspirations and inspiration
Optimize for aspirations and inspiration

Unless we want to compete solely on price, we need to optimize for more than search. We need to optimize for the things that our prospects really want.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJanuary 29, 2015Aspirations, Inspiration, Optimize
Disruptors can’t match the power of the Beautiful Question
Disruptors can’t match the power of the Beautiful Question

Asking a Beautiful Question feels positive while being a disruptor feels negative. Being negative is easy. Being engaging and inclusive takes work.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJanuary 20, 2015Strategic planning, Strategic thinking
2 things every marketing student should study
2 things every marketing student should study

Understand the numbers and the humans who generate those numbers. In the future, it will become the price to play in marketing.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJanuary 13, 2015Data analysis, Human behavior
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