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Marketing, yes, again.



           Some stuff on the web-
         site that seriously needs
          help according to these
              people we asked.                    I would put a "continue

                                                  shopping" button next
                                                 to the "remove all items"
        We’ll be making some fair-                 button the quote list
                                                  page. Everything else
        ly substantial updates to the            seemed fine but on a lot
        website this year, and it really         of the  websites I use it's
        hurts our feelings that we had          more convenient that way
                                                  rather than hitting the
        to go ask complete STRANG-                    back button.”
        ERS to get some honest feed-
        back on what wasn’t working
        well.
                                                If I had to say one thing...
        But, it’s always valuable to get        You have to create an             ful tool for our customers.
                                                account to get a quote.
        a fresh viewpoint on the web-
        site from some random person            If I was able to get a            3) Some other changes to the
        who isn’t worried about hurting         quote with as little as           quoting/shopping process to
                                                an email and location,
        your feelings or saying nice            I would be more apt to            make it easier to see “What’s in
        things to you. That’s how the           follow through with the           the cart”  and take stuff out or
                                                quote.”
        User Experience Testing Busi-                                             add more products.
        ness got started.
                                                                                  4) Some navigation will be
        You can actually make $3.00                                               changed to make getting
        and up to visit someone’s                 “I dislike that a person        around easier.
        website and give your feed-              has to make an account
        back to a few questions for               with so many required           5) Some new landing pages
        these services (that’s a tip for         fields just to get a quote.      that are designed to make sure
        those spent too much time                All of the required fields       that no one, even you guys
        Xmas shopping this year.)                just make me turn away           who never go there, can es-
                                                      from the site.”
                                                                                  cape knowing about the latest                 Another form of User Testing (UX) is what is called
        So expect to see some im-                                                 things we want them to know
        provements in the:                                                        about.                                        “A/B” testing .

        1) Quoting process. The form                                              6) New posts and widgets that                 For instance, this was the alternate cover that I
        that people are asked to fill out        “I would have a small            are intended to make people                   considered for this last newsletter of 2017.
                                                 box showing the items
        to get a quote is worse than fil-        already added to the             want to click past our home
        ing your income tax as it turns          quote”.                          page.                                         Which cover do you like better? Jesse and Alvar
        out. So we’ll be streamlining
        that thing.                                                               7) More stuff that’s top secret               golfing (A) or this one? (B)

                                                                                  and/or I’ve just gotten tired of
        2) Some of the not very help-                                             this subject and am ready to                  Cast your vote to register to win the one actual free
        ful infographics will either go                                           move on. This is a lot of words.              t-shirt that we are going to give away :-)
        away entirely or be improved                                              And a test to see if you read
        to make them actually a help-                                             this far.
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