We'll walk you through our top tips for insightful user research on a budget. Trust us, you absolutely can rein in the costs of user research if you’re willing to take a meaningful approach to gaining insights from your users and network–and you absolutely should take the plunge into the user research process. Not only will you have a better understanding of your users motivations and frustrations to inform product design decisions, but you’ll be able to view your solutions and your company from a new perspective without insider bias. Ultimately, there are few downsides to iterative user research as it will improve both your design and business strategies and it doesn’t have to be an expensive feat.

Investing in a beautifully-designed and user-centered website is one of the best decisions any company can make, primarily because it will bring your company three things: visibility, credibility, and opportunity. Ultimately, this means a high return on investment (ROI) for any time and money you set aside for a better website. In this week’s post, we’ll break down how investing in your website will bring your company better visibility, credibility, and opportunity, and why the ROI of a user-centered website is so high.

We'll break down everything you need to know about user personas: what they are, how to use them, and how to make your own. User personas are widely-used across disciplines to illustrate a possible representation of a specific target audience or group. They serve as a reminder to all team members, about the real world audiences they are targeting to use their products/solutions/services and the motivations those audiences most likely have.