Design Thinking, UX and Branding
Good design isn’t just about the aesthetics; it’s about the overall user experience (UX design). Your brand is more than your logo, website, or location. It’s the entire experience that your company, product or service has with your prospects and customers. User experience design also involves a great user interface (UI), understanding of the customer’s journey and much more. Discover the latest user experience design research, UX insights, UX design tips, creative branding ideas, and best practices around staying ahead of the ever-evolving curve. Learn more about the insights, design principles, and strategies we apply ourselves at Key Medium, a purpose-driven digital agency that offer UX design services, web development services, as well as SEO and digital strategy.
How to Get Users to Actually Read Your Words
Have you ever picked up a book and not been able to set it down? Maybe you’ve opened an email and started reading it, only to realize before you knew it you were half-way through. Have you ever stopped to wonder why you may stay longer on some websites, and simply click away from others?This has to do with the narrative and the words used. Yes, the written content on any website or book plays a huge part in retaining our interest and keeping our attention.
How Google Uses Contextual Signals to Personalize Messages to Mobile Users
More than half of all Google searches are now conducted on mobile phones, which means that it’s now more important than ever to ensure your website and every single page on your site is optimized for mobile, is user-friendly, and optimized for local search.
Website Redesign vs Rebuild
The average lifespan of a well-designed and structured website is anywhere from three to seven years. The decision to redesign shouldn’t be taken lightly and shouldn’t be done on a whim to follow the latest trends. Redesigning and rebuilding your website to ensure it’s in top form can be the best investment you make; however, the bottom line is that redesigns and rebuilds are expensive. Let’s take a look at redesign vs rebuild: which is better value for money and which will get you long-term results.
Top Four Website Structures and Sitemap Design for Purpose-Driven Organizations (Guide)
There’s both an art and science to great web design. There are the visual, layout, and psychological aspects but also the underlying technical aspects such as sitemap design, user experience considerations, technical SEO, on-page and off-page SEO, local SEO, schema, understanding Google’s search journeys, preference for mobile-first and mobile optimization, and AI-first, and much more.
What is the Difference Between UI and UX Design, and Why Does It Matter?
What’s the difference between UI and UX? The difference between a user-friendly website and one with a high bounce rate is good design.
Achieving a Digital Advantage is Key to Unlocking Insane Growth
Digital growth. There is a lot of buzz around that subject, yet many don’t even know what it exactly means, or how to apply the knowledge that they have.
Designing for People-First Matters: Why Mobile-First is a Necessity
Mobile performance matters. Even a hundredth of a second may be the difference between enhancing the user’s experience or increasing your bounce rate.
Why Compelling Imagery Matters & Best Practices
Imagery is everywhere and it’s an integral part of our world. From advertising to city planning to nature to what we perceive as beautiful, scary, macabre, and anything in between, imagery plays a big role.
Why Mobile Optimization Matters & Best Practices
Over half of the world’s internet users access the internet via a mobile phone. Here’s why mobile optimization matters and best practices for mobile optimization.
User Experience Affects Your Bottom Line: Here are the Top 10 UX Videos from 2018 to Help You Grow
Whatever your business does–from marketing to legal to to eCommerce and more–you’ll need to consider user experience overall. Here are 10 UX videos from 2018 to help you grow.
