1. Beyond usable: creating lovable (and
profitable) websites and applications
Morgan McKeagney, Managing Director, iQ Content,
T44U, 21/11/08
2. Introducing iQ Content
Leading European user-centred design
consultancy
Better websites for everyone: users and
organisations
Core areas of expertise:
• User-centred strategy & design
• Usability
• Content
• Web analytics
• Search
Architects and builders
Researchers, innovators & teachers:
ongoing R&D underpins everything we do
Ireland’s only Google enterprise &
analytics partner
Clever organisations use iQ:
15. Google’s Philosophy: Users First
1. Focus on the user and all else will
follow.
From its inception, Google has focused on providing the best user
experience possible. While many companies claim to put their customers first, few are able
to resist the temptation to make small sacrifices to increase shareholder value. Google has steadfastly
refused to make any change that does not offer a benefit to the users who come to the site
By always placing the interests of the user first, Google has built
the most loyal audience on the web. And that growth has come not through TV ad
campaigns, but through word of mouth from one satisfied user to another.
Extract from Google Philosophy
16. Customer focus: the Amazon way
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO
“The Institutional Yes”, Harvard Business Review, October 2007
27. Given time & smarts, even bankers can
be made (semi) lovable
“Desirable Online Experiences: Taking Web Sites Beyond Useful And Usable”,
Forrester Research, August 2007
29. Typical user-centred project lifecycle
Each phase builds on what happens previously, with
iterative feedback loops going both ways
User testing and internal validation at each stage
Project doesn’t end when site goes live
Users kept centre-stage at all times: Decision to make –
what works best for Carmel?
30. Design: not just about pretty pictures
Design isn’t pretty pictures
Rather, it’s problem solving
Specifically, creating interfaces that
work
• for organisations (higher conversions)
• for customers (easy and intuitive to use
41. Get your customers involved – listen to
what they tell you…
user test clip # 1: who’s disabled?
42. Measure what matters – and act on what
you find (a conversion story)
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1. GA setup
2. GA review
3. Client makes
web site changes
Without GA
With GA = 3x
49. Rule No 2: Evolution, not
revolution - continually
evolve in response to customer
needs and changing priorities
50. Rule No. 3: A site can only be as
good as the organisation (and the
people) that creates and maintains
it.
51. Get the organisation organised….
Don Norman, Principle, Nielsen Norman Group
“The Invisible Computer”, MIT Press, 1999
52. Being lovable: 3 golden rules
No silver bullet, but three golden rules:
# 1: Be ruthlessly user-focused: understand and
engage with your customers; follow a user-centred
design process
# 2: Commit to continuous improvement: Kaizen!
Evolution not revolution; demonstrate systematic
progress
# 3: Get the organisation organised: appropriate
strategy, resources, skills, processes and buy-in
essential
53. Thanks for your attention & good luck!
Contact Details:
Morgan McKeagney
Managing Director
iQ Content Ltd
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