Participatory Design
An approach to design that actively involves all stakeholders (e.g., employees, partners, customers) in the design process. Crucial for creating designs that truly meet user needs and expectations.
An approach to design that actively involves all stakeholders (e.g., employees, partners, customers) in the design process. Crucial for creating designs that truly meet user needs and expectations.
The speed at which users start using a new product, typically measured as a percentage of the target market over a specific period. Essential for evaluating the success of a product launch and planning subsequent strategies.
The percentage of customers who stop using a product or service during a specific time period. Essential for understanding customer retention and identifying areas for improvement.
Organizational Change Management (OCM) is the process of managing the people side of change to achieve desired business outcomes. Essential for ensuring successful implementation of changes within an organization.
A behavior where users repeatedly bounce back and forth between a search engine results page and individual search results. Important for identifying issues in search result relevancy and user satisfaction.
The act of designing and implementing subtle interventions to influence behavior in a predictable way. Crucial for guiding user behavior effectively without limiting freedom of choice.
A psychological model that outlines the stages individuals go through to change behavior, including precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Crucial for designing interventions and experiences that support users at different stages of behavior change.
Customer Experience Management (CEM) is the process of managing and improving the interactions and experiences customers have with a brand across all touchpoints. This process is essential for building strong customer relationships and enhancing brand loyalty.
A cognitive bias where people judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its peak (most intense point) and its end, rather than the total sum of the experience. Crucial for designing memorable and satisfying user experiences.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a strategy for managing an organization's relationships and interactions with current and potential customers. Essential for improving business relationships and driving sales growth.
Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is a group of key customers who provide feedback and insights to a company to help guide its strategic decisions. This group is crucial for aligning products and services with customer needs and expectations.
A management framework that organizes employees into small, cross-functional teams (tribes) to enhance agility, collaboration, and innovation. Important for fostering a collaborative and agile work environment.
Below the Line (BTL) refers to marketing activities targeting specific consumer groups through direct channels. Essential for personalized marketing and building deeper customer relationships.
The ease with which users can quickly find and understand information on a webpage or document, often enhanced by design elements like headings, bullet points, and short paragraphs. Crucial for improving user experience and ensuring that content is accessible and easy to navigate.
Product Advisory Council (PAC) is a group of customers, industry experts, and stakeholders who provide feedback and guidance on a company's product strategy and development. Essential for aligning products with market needs and driving innovation.
Cost Per Click (CPC) is an online advertising model where the advertiser pays each time a user clicks on their ad. This model is crucial for measuring and optimizing the effectiveness of online advertising campaigns.
Reasons to Believe (RTB) is a marketing concept that refers to the evidence or arguments that support a product's claims and persuade consumers of its benefits. Essential for building trust and credibility with customers.
A technique used to prime an audience before delivering a persuasive message. Essential for enhancing the effectiveness of persuasive communication by shaping audience receptivity.
The tendency of consumers to continuously purchase the same brand's products over time. Essential for driving repeat business and ensuring long-term brand success.
The act of persuading individuals or organizations to act in a certain way based on moral arguments or appeals. Useful for designing persuasive communications and ethical influence strategies.
The process of addressing and overcoming objections or concerns raised by prospects during the sales process. Important for closing sales and building customer trust.
The process of turning potential customers into paying customers, often measured by the conversion rate. Essential for understanding and optimizing the customer journey.
A potential customer who has shown interest in a product or service but has not yet made a purchase. Essential for identifying and targeting potential new customers.
A strategic framework that designs user experiences to guide behavior and decisions towards desired outcomes. Crucial for creating effective and ethical influence in digital interfaces.
Business-to-Consumer (B2C), a business model where products or services are sold directly to individual consumers. Essential for understanding consumer markets and developing direct marketing strategies.
A persuasion strategy that involves getting a person to agree to a small request to increase the likelihood of agreeing to a larger request later. Crucial for building user commitment and enhancing marketing and sales strategies.
The stages a customer goes through from awareness to purchase and post-purchase activities. Important for designing strategies that optimize customer acquisition, retention, and satisfaction.
A blend of physical and digital experiences to create a cohesive user experience. Important for integrating online and offline customer interactions.
A motivational theory suggesting that individuals are motivated to act based on the expected outcomes of their actions and the attractiveness of those outcomes. Important for understanding motivation and behavior, distinct from decision-making under uncertainty.
A psychological phenomenon where people do something primarily because others are doing it. Important for understanding social influences on user behavior and trends.
A cognitive approach where information is processed at a surface level, focusing on basic features rather than deeper meaning, often leading to poorer memory retention. Important for designing educational and informational content that encourages deeper processing and understanding.
A theory that explains how information is processed through different sensory modalities, such as visual, auditory, and tactile. Important for designing user experiences that engage multiple senses for better interaction and understanding.
The tendency for individuals to recall information that is consistent with their current mood. Important for understanding how mood affects memory and designing experiences that account for emotional states.
The tendency to avoid information that one perceives as potentially negative or anxiety-inducing. Important for designing experiences that encourage information-seeking behavior.
The process of triggering particular aspects of a person's identity to influence their behavior or decisions. Important for designing personalized and effective user experiences.
A phenomenon where users consciously or subconsciously ignore banner-like information or advertisements on websites. Important for designing effective web content that captures user attention.
A psychological effect where exposure to one stimulus influences the response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention. Crucial for designing experiences that subtly guide user behavior and decision-making.
A schedule of reinforcement where a desired behavior is reinforced every time it occurs, promoting quick learning and behavior maintenance. Important for designing systems that encourage consistent user behavior.
The use of AI and advanced analytics to divide users into meaningful segments based on behavior and characteristics. Crucial for personalized marketing and improving user experience.
A design principle that suggests dividing an image into nine equal parts using two equally spaced horizontal and vertical lines to create more engaging and balanced compositions. Important for creating visually appealing designs and improving aesthetic quality in visual compositions.
The phenomenon where people follow the direction of another person's gaze, influencing their attention and behavior. Important for understanding visual attention and designing more effective visual cues in interfaces.
A design principle that suggests using an odd number of elements in a composition to create visual interest and balance. Crucial for creating aesthetically pleasing designs.
The practice of dividing a customer base into distinct groups based on common characteristics. Crucial for targeting marketing efforts and personalizing customer interactions.
A cognitive bias where individuals give stronger weight to payoffs that are closer to the present time compared to those in the future. Important for understanding user time-related decision-making and designing systems that encourage long-term thinking.
A cognitive bias where people underestimate the influence of emotional states on their own and others' behavior. Crucial for designers to account for varying user emotional states in experience design.
A recommendation system technique that suggests items similar to those a user has shown interest in, based on item features. Important for providing personalized recommendations and improving user satisfaction.
A model that explains behavior change through the interaction of three elements: motivation, ability, and triggers. Crucial for designing interventions and experiences that effectively change user behavior.
A cognitive bias where people allow themselves to indulge after doing something positive, believing they have earned it. Important for understanding user behavior and designing systems that account for self-regulation.
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology where complex patterns arise out of relatively simple interactions. Crucial for understanding how users perceive complex designs and patterns.
The ratio of interactive elements (links, buttons) to the number of goals on a landing page. Important for optimizing landing page design to improve conversion rates.
A design approach that uses data, algorithms, and predictive analytics to anticipate user needs and behaviors, creating more personalized and effective experiences. Crucial for enhancing user experience through anticipation and personalization.
The planning, development, and management of content to meet business and user needs, ensuring consistency and effectiveness across all channels. Essential for creating cohesive and impactful content that aligns with business goals and user needs.
A Gestalt principle stating that elements with a distinct visual feature (e.g., a unique color, size, or shape) capture attention and are perceived as a focal point. Crucial for designing interfaces that direct attention toward visual elements that signal and enable forward progress.
The phenomenon where people remember information better when it is presented through multiple sensory modalities rather than a single modality. Crucial for enhancing memory retention and understanding through multimodal presentations.
A cognitive bias where individuals tend to focus on positive information or events more than negative ones, especially as they age. Useful for understanding user preferences and designing experiences that emphasize positive outcomes.
A cognitive bias where people attribute greater value to outcomes that required significant effort to achieve. Useful for designing experiences that recognize and reward user effort and persistence.
The process of continuously improving a product's performance, usability, and value through data-driven decisions and iterative enhancements. Crucial for ensuring that a product remains competitive and meets evolving user needs.
The tendency to recall past behavior in a way that aligns with current beliefs and attitudes. Crucial for understanding how memories and self-perception can be influenced by current perspectives.
The level of awareness or popularity a product or brand has among consumers. Essential for understanding brand perception and guiding marketing and product design strategies to enhance visibility and user adoption.
The process of attracting and converting strangers and prospects into someone who has indicated interest in your company's product or service. Essential for building a sales pipeline and driving business growth.