Tag Archive - Design

9 Beautiful One-Page Websites for Design Inspiration

8 June 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
9 Beautiful One-Page Websites for Design Inspiration

Single-page websites have been commonplace on the web for a few years now. First made popular by designers seeking a clean, simple way to showcase portfolios, the one-page website now has a number of uses, including advertising software and promoting events. It’s a great way to have a large impact with a small amount of [...]

Which squeeze page is the best? A/B test discovers a design with massive 28% conversion rate

26 May 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
Which squeeze page is the best? A/B test discovers a design with massive 28% conversion rate

Squeeze pages are special type of landing pages which try to collect email address of a visitor by promising a free offer. Squeeze pages usually have high conversion rate (typically >10%) since the offer is compelling and call to action is clear. Here’s how a typical squeeze page looks like: Squeeze page example Note the [...]

Get email design chores under control with equinux Mail Designer

16 April 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
Get email design chores under control with equinux Mail Designer

If you’ve ever had to code together a complex HTML email then you know how painful it usually is. It’s like taking a trip back to 1999 before the web discovered standards and everyone was still doing table-based design — only with the addition of cumbersome inline CSS, and the challenge of dealing with scores [...]

7 Hot Trends in Mobile App Design

27 January 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
7 Hot Trends in Mobile App Design

The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits, a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates. The mobile application space is exploding. Users increasingly turn to smartphones and tablets to consume and create [...]

Persuasion Triggers in Web Design

30 November 2010 by Jon Bennett, No Comments

How do you make decisions? If you’re like most people, you’ll probably answer that you pride yourself on weighing the pros and cons of a situation carefully and then make a decision based on logic. You know that other people have weak personalities and are easily swayed by their emotions, but this rarely happens to [...]