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Ideas 10/21/2024

Don’t Let the Segmentation Scaries Get You

It’s normal to feel overwhelmed by segmentation, or to oversimplify it using only demographics. This guide helps you navigate the subject with ease.

Ideas 9/24/2024

Common Research Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

Whether you’re not asking for feedback or being inflexible, it’s easy to slip up—but learning from your mistakes makes your work even better.

Ideas 9/10/2024

Elevate Your Mixed Methods Research with These 5 Practices

It’s easy to get attached to exclusively qualitative methods. These quant ideas will help bring your practice to a more sophisticated level.

Ideas 3/11/2024

Struggling to Prioritize Your Research? This Will Help [+ Template]

When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Read on about how to get more done and keep your stakeholders happy.

Ideas 3/6/2024

From Chaos to Clarity: How to Prioritize Your Qualitative Insights

If the post-research, “What do we do next?” question frequently trips you up, it might be time to do some mixed-methods research.

Ideas 2/23/2024

Hear Me Out: Researchers Need to Be Marketers (and Vice Versa)

The two teams have more in common than you’d think, but learning from their differences can bring both of them better results and buy-in across the organization.

Ideas 2/13/2024

Refine Your Recruitment Process for Better Results [+ Screener Template]

Recruiting the highest quality participants can make or break the success of your study. Here are some tips for getting it right the first time.

Ideas 1/30/2024

Studying Users Who Switch Products? Try Jobs to Be Done

Many people misunderstand the best applications for the JTBD framework. These questions will set you on the right path.

Ideas 10/17/2023

Strike Research Gold with an Ecosystem Map

Beyond the well-tread personas customer journey, ecosystem maps paint a more complex picture with moving pieces.

Ideas 10/9/2023

Usability 101: Become a Task Writing Pro

Whether it’s your first time conducting usability testing or your hundredth, this article will help ensure you write clear, effective tasks.

9/27/2023

Best Practices for Planning and Scoping Usability Tests

Laying the groundwork for usability testing can feel daunting. Below we share the foundations of usability, strategies for setting up your study, and a toolkit to ensure you move forward with confidence.

Ideas 9/26/2023

User Research x Account Management: Tips for Successful Cross Collaboration

Account management and service teams have a wealth of knowledge on the user. Working closely with them can help unlock goals, needs, and pain points.

Ideas 8/1/2023

Overcome B2B Obstacles with These Tried-and-True Tips

B2B user research comes with a unique set of challenges. Here’s how to help the process go smoother.

Ideas 7/31/2023

Trouble Engaging Stakeholders? Create Some FOMO

Sometimes stakeholders don’t realize the real value of what you’re providing. Facilitating entertaining sessions can make all the difference.

Ideas 7/30/2023

Your Never-Fail Usability Testing Checklist

Make sure every usability test goes off without a hitch. We’ve built a robust checklist to ensure you’re prepared for everything prior, during, and after the test.

Ideas 7/24/2023

Use Ideation and Co-Creation to Supercharge Your Insights

Sometimes offering research insights isn’t the end, but a different kind of beginning. This method helps you sort out the next steps.

Ideas 7/24/2023

A Step-by-Step Guide to Usability Testing [with Template]

Usability tests are a powerful way to understand how users interact with a service or product. This guide shows you how to avoid common pitfalls.

Ideas 7/18/2023

Making a New Product for Your Biz? Craft a Compelling Offer

Sometimes you have to be the product manager for your own business. Here’s how to make new offers your audience will actually be interested in.

Ideas 7/18/2023

How to Optimize Unmoderated User Tests

You can’t be everywhere at once. That’s why unmoderated user testing might be just the thing to scale your research. 

Ideas 7/10/2023

Get Answers Beyond “It’s Fine”: Try ACV Laddering

Use the ACV laddering method to go beyond asking “why?” and better understand your participants’ values and rationales.

Ideas 7/3/2023

How to Practice Self-Care During the Dreaded Job Hunt

It can be brutal out there. Here’s how to take care of your mental health and prioritize what’s important while you’re trying to find a new role.

Ideas 7/2/2023

When Scope Creep and Difficult Clients Turn Spooky, This May Help

Being a freelancer or consultant isn’t for the faint of heart. Here’s how to respect your boundaries and improve your client projects.

Ideas 7/2/2023

The Simple Way to Design a Standout UX Research Survey

Surveys are one of the most reliable tools in a researcher’s toolbox. Here’s how to design one to help validate your qualitative insights.

Ideas 6/26/2023

Speed Up the UXR Process by Overcoming Common Hurdles

Stakeholders always want results yesterday. So how do you speed up your research, without sacrificing any quality? We have some ideas.

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