Conversion Scientist

• The Lovely Big Red Button

  

  Today, let’s rejoice in a persuasive gift that brightens any landing page, and has started so many new relationships between a visitor and a business. Ode to the Big Red Button It is a gift both wise and sage The big red button on my page It calls,…
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• The Magnetic Effect of Drawn Video

  

  Drawn video has a unique ability to engage visitors and increase conversion.
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• Social Moonshine: Converting Social Media Connections to Leads and Sales

  

  In your rush to get as many Likes, Follows, Connections and +1's as you can, have you thought about how you are going to turn those fans and friends into leads and sales?
  - 16 days ago, 7 Feb 12, 4:24pm -

Unbounce

• new20 Landing Page Designs Get Picked Apart & Analyzed for Conversion

  

  I'm not going to give you 20 landing pages that work – although some do – or 20 pages that don’t work – even though some of them do indeed 'suck.' No, I’m going to give you a mix of the good, the bad and the in between.
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• newWhy Google+ will Kick Facebook’s Ass for Business Marketing

  

  Google+ users have known for months that this was a better social network for businesses than Facebook, but if you need convincing here's why Google+ rules and why you need to get a Google+ profile fast.
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• The Content Marketing Explosion [Infographic]

  

  Brands are starting to take full advantage of data visualization such as infographics to leverage their marketing efforts and create a wider reach. Big name companies are staying ahead of the game with content marketing, while startups who are specia…
  - 14 days ago, 9 Feb 12, 8:06am -

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Smashing Magazine

• newFinger-Friendly Design: Ideal Mobile Touchscreen Target Sizes
     In darts, hitting the bulls-eye is harder to do than hitting any other part of the dartboard. This is because the bullseye is the smallest target. This same principle can also apply to touch targets on mobile devices. Smalle…
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• newBeautiful Covers: An Interview With Chip Kidd
     The work of Chip Kidd spans design, writing and, most recently, rock ’n’ roll. He definitely has the charisma to get ahead in that third field. He is best known for his unconventional book jackets, but he has published two…
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• Stop Writing Project Proposals
     After several grueling days I had finally finished the proposal. I sent it off and waited for a response. Nothing. After a few weeks, I discovered that they were “just looking”. Despite the urgency and aggressive timeline…
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• How To Recruit A UX Designer
     The Web has entered an era of user-centricity. If businesses are to attract new customers and retain existing ones, they must create websites and apps that deliver intuitive and tailored experiences. Whether you run an online…
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• The Smashing Book #3: All Good Things Come In Threes
     Yes, the brand new Smashing Book #3 is coming. The printing press is warming up, the illustrations are finished, and the chapters are being proofread. This third book is the best printed book we’ve produced so far: it is a v…
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• Designer Myopia: How To Stop Designing For Ourselves
     Have you ever looked at a bizarre building design and wondered, “What were the architects thinking?” Or have you simply felt frustrated by a building that made you uncomfortable, or felt anger when a beautiful old building…
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• Progressive And Responsive Navigation
     Developing for the Web can be a difficult yet rewarding job. Given the number of browsers across the number of platforms, it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming.But if we start coding with a little forethought and apply th…
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• Upcoming Web Design And Development Conferences For 2012
     We’re well into 2012, and many designers and developers around the world are planning their travels for the year, which may include attending one of the many Web design and development conferences that will be held in the up…
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• A Beginner’s Guide To jQuery-Based JSON API Clients
     Are you fascinated by dynamic data? Do you go green with envy when you see tweets pulled magically into websites? Trust me, I’ve been there.The goal of today’s tutorial is to create a simple Web app for grabbing movie…
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• Smashing Special: WordPress Theme Trends For 2012
     2011 was a great year for WordPress, with some excellent new updates that saw the introduction of a drag-and-drop uploader, distraction-free writing, the HTML5 Twenty Eleven theme, and movement towards a fully responsive dashb…
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Six Revisions

• newGetting the Most Out of QR Codes Using URI Schemes
  Advertise here with BSALately, everyone has been talking about the potential of the QR code. It has become the Internet’s equivalent of traditional barcodes (like those you’d find on physical goods at your favorite retail store). Someone can take…
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• Announcement: Winners of Deals2Have Giveaway
  Advertise here with BSAWe recently ran an excellent giveaway of 5 free Deals from Deals2Have (a site providing great discounts on digital products for Mac enthusiasts, creative professionals and startups). This post announces the 5 lucky Six Revision…
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• Giveaway: 100 Custom Flyers from Next Day Flyers
  Advertise here with BSAWe’ve partnered up again with our wonderful friends at Next Day Flyers to give away two sets of 1/4-page flyers with free shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. Each set contains 100 flyers. Flyer printing can be used and…
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• The Proxority Principle in Web Design
  Advertise here with BSAIn web design, the position of design elements and the layout of web pages is everything. So many cool, exciting techniques are available to help us lay out our designs (especially with CSS3 at our disposal) that we often forge…
  - 36 days ago, 18 Jan 12, 1:27pm -
• Giveaway: 10 Subscriptions to Mindomo (Mind-Mapping App)
  Advertise here with BSAMindomo, a mind mapping application for brainstorming,  has teamed up with us to give out 10 Premium Account subscriptions for one year (worth $65 each). Read on to see how you can win this awesome prize. ** Update: Giveaway P…
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• Announcement: Winners of PSD2HTML.com PSD to Conversion Services
  Advertise here with BSAWe had a great giveaway from our friends at PSD2HTML.com, a leading provider of PSD to HTML conversion services. In this post, we’d like to announce the two winners who’ve won themselves $400 and $300 worth of PSD2HTML.com…
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• Giveaway: 5 Free Deals from Deals2Have
  Advertise here with BSAOur friends at Deals2Have — a site providing great discounts on digital products for Mac enthusiasts, creative professionals and startups — is giving away five free deals to five lucky Six Revisions winners. Read on to find…
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• A Review of a Web Designer’s 2011 Predictions
  Advertise here with BSAThis will be the third year that I’ve sat down in front on my keyboard to write my predictions of things that will shape the Web industry in the coming year. Before I share my predictions with you for 2012 (which I’ll do in…
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• Announcement: Winners of Deals from Webmaster Deals
  Advertise here with BSAWe had an awesome giveaway of five Deals from Webmaster Deals! In this post, we announce the five lucky Six Revisions readers who have won the giveaway. The Winners Here are the winners of the Webmaster Deals giveaway: Ross McL…
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• Giveaway: PSD to HTML Conversion Services from PSD2HTML.com
  Advertise here with BSAWe have teamed up with one of the industry’s most experienced PSD to HTML conversion service providers, PSD2HTML.com, to give out awesome prizes to two lucky Six Revisions readers. The first prize is $400 worth of services an…
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