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Title:

Sparking a Crush: Attracting and Retaining New Users

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Organizer:
Alexa Andrzejewski, Adaptive Path
Description:
Getting people to fall in love with you is never easy. But don’t leave it to chance: Learn from what the “hot” sites do to create crush-worthy experiences for new users. You’ll get some memorable relationship advice and a potent kit of patterns and tools for diagnosing and addressing attraction issues.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Why should you care if users have a crush?
  2. What does a passionate user look like?
  3. What design patterns are the “hot” sites using to attract and retain passionate users?
  4. What are some common turn-offs?
  5. What compels users to keep coming back for more?
  6. How can you make memories with your users?
  7. How can you move users into deeper levels of commitment?
  8. How can knowing your elevator pitch make you more self-confident - and much more attractive?
  9. How can sexy tools like conversion models and root cause analysis help you diagnose your attraction issues?
  10. How can you spice up your own site by putting these patterns and principles to use?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Community / Online Community, Information Architecture, Interface Design, User Experience
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
on 17/8/09
I just added this to my MUST to attend at this year's SXSW. I can't wait!
Michael Michaelson
on 18/8/09
Saw this at Web 2.0. Highly recommended
Kate Rutter
on 24/8/09
This talk shows what works and what not to do in a way that is personal, funny, human, engaging and very insightful. This is an important topic and Alexa is a skilled presenter who is really passionate about the subject. It's going to be fabulous.
on 20/10/09
Good idea for a panel. Case studies ARE good. :)
on 22/10/09
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on 3/11/09
Good luck
on 13/11/09
Terrific info in support of small enterprise. Great idea!
Saw this at Web 2.0. Highly recommended
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