Design for Learning: The Future of the Web (Well, for 5 Years)

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Design for Learning Or How to Get Ahead on the Internet without Losing Your Head

Transcript of Design for Learning: The Future of the Web (Well, for 5 Years)

Design for LearningOr How to Get Ahead on the Internet without Losing Your Head

TransactionalAmazon.com, eBay, Craigslist, The Gap, Porn

ExperientialNike, YouTube, Facebook, World of Warcraft

InformationalWikipedia, Investors Group, CNN.com, Manoverboard

TransactionalAmazon.com, eBay, Craigslist, the Gap, Porn

ExperientialNike, YouTube, Facebook, World of Warcraft

InformationalWikipedia, Investors Group, CNN.com, Manoverboard

Yeah, but how?

DesignUser experience, site

structure, colour, typography, emotional

impact

ContentBlogs, images, video, infographics, social

media, ebooks

How can informational websites shine?

1. 2.

40% of people will abandon a web page if it takes more than three seconds to load. Econsultancy 86.6% of U.S. SMBs cite websites as their most important digital marketing tactic. eMarketer 94% of people cited web design as the reason they mistrusted or rejected a website. Iron paper You have 10 seconds to leave an impression and tell them what they'll get out of your website and company. After this time (and oftentimes before), they'll leave. NN Group 88% of users are less likely to return if they had a bad user experience. eMarketer

The Year 2014: Design

Use of video content increased by 8% to 58%. DemandGen A significant 92% of marketers said that social media was important to their businesses. Social Media Examiner

Infographic usage increased by 9% to 52%. DemandGen

81% of marketers plan to increase their use of original written content. Social Media Examiner

Customer retention/loyalty and engagement are the most important goals of using content marketing in B2C companies. CMI

Top motivations for content marketing were Customer Education, Customer Retention, and Customer Loyalty. Custom Content Council

The Year 2014: Content

InboundA better framework for connecting ideas with customers

and provide opportunities for learning

Methodology

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Methodology

Yeah, but how?

DesignUser experience, site structure, colour, typography, emotional

impact

ContentBlogs, images, video,

infographics, social media, ebooks

How can informational websites shine?

1. 2.

AnalyticsOrganic search, referrals, social

media, email marketing, direct traffic

3.

Who does it well?Yeah, who?

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What about PR?Can traditional earned media play in the

same sandbox as Inbound?

Marketing [and Communications] are no longer about the stuff you

make but the stories you tell.—Seth Godin