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The fastest way to get word of mouth from a new customer
December 18, 2011
Just ask them! Super simple, like this “Share your purchase” box in the Amazon checkout process. Lesson: Are you remembering to ask for word of mouth? It’s the #1 way to generate referrals from happy customers.
Newsletter #847: The “Remove the Annoying Stuff” Issue
August 25, 2011
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Smart marketers are on the hunt for things that annoy, frustrate, and confuse their customers. What you should be [...]
Newsletter #839: The “Ideas from Smart Websites” Issue
June 30, 2011
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Even with all the social networking tools that come out every day, a great website is still an important home [...]
I’ve gotten so much better looking…
June 18, 2011
But I can’t take credit for it. As you can tell, we redesigned this blog — and it’s looking great! Less clutter, easier to read, and stylish too. Thank you to those who worked so hard on it: Cale Johnson and Kristen Platt on our content team at GasPedal Nick Pagano at ThinkFourDesign Matt Heisterman [...]
You lost the sale because you got greedy
April 22, 2011
I was interested in these awnings for my patio. I wanted to find out where to get them and what they cost. But I couldn’t, because they wouldn’t answer either question until I coughed up all my personal contact info. Bye bye! When you force people to give you information when they don’t want to, [...]
Tell me when you’re going to fix it
April 17, 2011
Websites go down. We understand. That’s why I love this courtesy note: “Let us email you when the problem is fixed.” We understand that things go bad. It’s your graceful handling of the situation that makes all the difference.
The worst place to put an email subscribe form
March 18, 2011
We have certain places that we expect to see things on websites. Search goes in the top right corner. That’s the convention that web designers have chosen, and web users have learned to expect. So don’t put any other form in that spot — especially your email subscribe form. If you do, you’ll have an [...]
The real lesson of an iPhone app
February 11, 2011
So many things are easier to do on an iPhone. For a lot of things, it’s easier to do business via a small app than the company’s main website. Companies get excited and (correctly) are happy with a great app interface. But there’s a bigger lesson (and opportunity): Maybe your app seems so great because [...]
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