UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy

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BDTP. SEO Optimization for Existing Content with Kai Davis May 17, 2024

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk to Kai Davis, an SEO consultant. You'll learn how often you should update your pages, the two levers for improving your SEO, how to use heat mapping, and more.

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Survey-based Research Projects with Becky Lawlor
Ahrefs, Semrush – popular SEO tools
Screaming Frog
Hotjar – a heat mapping tool
Follow Kai on Twitter
Get Kai's exclusive resources for BDTP listeners

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Episode 282: Human Connection in Products with Evelyn Gosnell May 03, 2024

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What design interventions can help improve human connection in your software product? Our guest today is Evelyn Gosnell, behavior scientist and managing director at Irrational Labs. You’ll learn what behavioral design is, the foundational principles of human connection, how AI products are trying to establish trust and connection with their users, and more.

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Irrational Labs — Evelyn’s company
Episode 221: Behavioral Economics with Kristen Berman
Negativity Bias, Similarity Bias
The Liking Gap
The Science of Change — Irrational Labs’ podcast show
Check out Evelyn’s website

This episode is brought to you by Penpot — an open-source design tool that bridges the gap between designers and developers. Among other new features in Penpot 2.0, their CSS Grid Layout helps you design responsively and efficiently, and take your design and development workflow to the next level. Join Penpot for free at penpot.app.

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BDTP. Data-powered Growth with Arpit Choudhury Apr 19, 2024

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk to Arpit Choudhury, founder of Databeats. You'll learn what makes a robust data foundation, how teams can work together to collect data, why less data is better, and more.

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Databeats
Make (formerly Integromat) — Arpit’s previous place of work
Good Data To Growth: The GDG Model
Measuring the ROI of Email with Claudiu Murariu
Get Arpit’s book
Follow Arpit on LinkedIn

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Episode 281: Designing for Maps with Loren Baxter Apr 05, 2024

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What should you consider when using map components in your product? Our guest today is Loren Baxter, lead designer for Felt Maps. You’ll learn how to start thinking in terms of maps, how to approach UX interactions and animations, what types of information can be included, and more.

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Felt
Google My Maps — simple tool for designing maps
ArcGIS, QGIS — popular expert tools
Remix — Loren’s previous place of work
MapBox — a platform for map-based products
OpenStreetMap — an open-source project
Tippecanoe — tool for tiling
Try out Felt
Follow Loren on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram

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BDTP. Pricing and Packaging for SaaS with Dan Balcauski Mar 22, 2024

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk to Dan Balcauski, founder and chief pricing officer at Product Tranquility. You'll learn what department should own the pricing function, how often you should revisit pricing, why you shouldn’t A/B test your pricing, and more.

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Episode 280: User Interviewing Techniques with Steve Portigal Mar 08, 2024

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Ready to learn tricks of the trade from professional user researchers? Our guest today is Steve Portigal, user research consultant and author of Interviewing Users. You’ll learn how to prepare for a user interview, what your interview guide should contain, behavior cues to look out for, and more.

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Interviewing Users — Steve’s book
Check out Steve’s website
Dollars to Donuts — Steve’s podcast
Connect with Steve on LinkedIn
Use the code UIBREAKFAST to get 20% off the book from Rosenfeld Media

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BDTP. Running a Portfolio of Products with Tim Schumacher Feb 23, 2024

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk to Tim Schumacher, co-founder and CEO of saas.group. You'll learn how they developed their acquisition model, the importance of setting up central teams for operative tasks, why founders need to think about successors, and more.

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saas.group — Tim’s company
UI Breakfast Episode 135: Multi-Product Portfolio Model for SaaS with JD Graffam
Prerender, Pipeline CRM, Rewardful — some companies acquired by saas.group
TinySeed
Send Tim an email
Follow Tim on LinkedIn
Follow Dirk Sahlmer on LinkedIn

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Episode 279: Managing Personal Knowledge with Jorge Arango Feb 09, 2024

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What are the three principles of taking and managing notes? Our guest today is Jorge Arango, an information architect, author, and educator. You’ll learn about the evolution of knowledge management tools, how digital note-taking systems have extended our capabilities, why you should choose the right tools for different types of notes, and more.

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Duly Noted — Jorge’s new book
What is a Mind Map?
Figure It Out — a book by Steven Anderson and Karl Fast
Obsidian, Roam Research — popular tools for connected note taking
Drafts — a tool for temporary thinking
NotebookLM — a project by Google
Check out Jorge’s website
The Informed Life — Jorge’s podcast

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BDTP. QA in Email Marketing with Michael Wilding Jan 26, 2024

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk to Michael Wilding, a marketing automation architect. You'll learn how QA is done in larger organizations, why creating a base template is important, how to do QA on your workflows, and how to test your emails using different methods.

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DEPT® — Michael’s place of work
Litmus, Email on Acid — template testing tools
Postman
Follow Michael on LinkedIn

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Episode 278: Product Management with Benjamin Humphrey Jan 12, 2024

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What does successful product management look like for a bigger team? Our guest today is Benjamin Humphrey, co-founder and CEO of Dovetail. You’ll learn why designers hold more product management power at Dovetail, how product knowledge is shared across their team, why product marketing is important, and more.

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