Branding Articles & Videos

  • The 3 C’s of Informational Microcopy

    Well-written informational microcopy should be clear, concise, and have character.

  • Design Systems vs. Style Guides

    A design system is a complete set of standards intended to manage design at scale, while a style guide is a piece of documentation that provides specific style guidance.

  • Net Promoter Score: What a Customer-Relations Metric Can Tell You About Your User Experience

    NPS is a loyalty metric that correlates well with perception of usability, is easy to understand and administer, but has limitations for understanding and evaluating UX when used in isolation.

  • Design Systems vs. Style Guides

    Design systems are a set of standards (like Google’s Material Design or IBM’s Carbon Design System) needed to manage design at scale. Style guides (like content or visual style guides) are just one piece in a design system.

  • Downsides of the Net Promoter Score

    The Net Promoter Score (NPS) can be gamed, and its definition loses information and precision by treating fairly dissimilar responses in the same way. It should be used together with other UX metrics rather than in isolation.

  • Visual Hierarchy

    Visual hierarchy can help users decide where to look in a user interface: what's most important can be shown by color and size, and what things belong together can be shown by proximity and common regions.

  • Using Color to Enhance Your Design

    Color is an influential tool in user interface design. Here are 3 guidelines for applying color in your design.

  • Design Systems 101

    A design system is a set of standards to manage design at scale by reducing redundancy while creating a shared language and visual consistency across pages and channels.

  • Net Promoter Score in User Experience

    Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a simple satisfaction metric that's collected in a single question. While easy to understand, it's insufficiently nuanced to help with detailed UX design decisions.

  • Why Customers Unfollow You on Social Media

    Our user research revealed 5 key reasons people have unfollowed a company's social media accounts. The study also found tips to reduce unfollowing behaviors.

  • The Four Dimensions of Tone of Voice in UX Writing

    The words in your interface can help establish your product’s personality. The tone of any piece of content can be analyzed along 4 dimensions: humor, formality, respectfulness, and enthusiasm.

  • Is Aggressive Marketing Influencing the UX of AI Agents?

    Jakob Nielsen answers the question of how users' perception of artificial intelligence products and their user experience may be impacted by the way these services are promoted by vendors.

  • Branding an Intranet

    The name of the intranet, its logo, and the visual relationship with the company’s external website are key elements to consider when establishing a brand and an identity for your intranet.

  • Intranet Design After a Merger or Acquisition

    Building an intranet for a newly expanded organization calls for empathy, balance, and often some resistance toward upper management.

  • Design Systems and Their Benefits

    Go beyond a brand or UX style guides to create engaging, consistent user interfaces. At the same time, fit design activities within in short development cycles, spending the least possible development time and money.

  • Industries Impacted Most by UX (Jakob Nielsen)

    Industries such as technology and ecommerce have reaped the rewards of good UX. Other sectors such as B2B and Intranets are following suit.

  • Banner Blindness Revisited: Users Dodge Ads on Mobile and Desktop

    Users have learned to ignore content that resembles ads, is close to ads, or appears in locations traditionally dedicated to ads.

  • 5-Second Usability Test

    The 5-second test is a simple usability technique to help designers gauge the audience’s first impressions of a webpage.

  • The 3 B's Test For When to Follow Design Trends

    Know when to follow or banish a design trend. The 3 B's: Budget, Brand, and Behavior will help you make the right decisions.

  • Five User Requirements for Online Ads

    Adhering to user expectations and usability heuristics will ensure advertising content is delivered seamlessly and that brand image holds integrity.