Cool Cleveland: Book Review

The Weekly e-Newsletter Cool Cleveland recently published a review of the Don’t Fear The Forward: The Secret to Building Successful Websites. Claudia Taller, wrote” If you have forwardphobia, get Marc Majers’ book Don’t Fear the Forward: The Secret to Building Successful Websites. The book was released earlier this year, and if your goal in the new year is creation of a website, this book will get you there. The title makes you think—why, after all, would you fear the forward?”

Read more:
http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2011/12/book-review-dont-fear-the-forward-by-marc-majers/

Web SIG Nov 19 DFF Presentation Review

Janet Dodrill did a great review of the Don’t Fear The Forward book event on Saturday, November 19th. Thanks to all that attended the Web SIG Cleveland event.

Follow the link to Janet’s Site:
http://janetdodrill.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/book-dont-fear-the-forward-by-marc-majers/

Meet the Author

I will be speaking at the Web SIG Cleveland on Saturday November 19. Please join me for a brief discussion of the book with the opportunity to ask specific questions. Please follow the link below for more information.

http://www.cdpug.org/meetings.aspx?id=272

Online User Testing

If you need to determine if your product is user design friendly, then putting together a usability test is worth the time.  Are you thinking about running some quick down and dirty user testing? If you can not afford to run in-house testing with a reputable local firm, then utilizing online testing resources could work for you.

One service that will conduct and produce quality user testing deliverables all online is Usertesting .com.  Within seven to ten users, you can determine high level user design issues. Why not knock-out a quick session to discover these early usability indicators?

User Testing gets you:

• Video of a visitor speaking their thoughts as they use your site
• Written summary describing the problems they encountered

http://www.usertesting.com/

Note: We recommend a professional an in-house usability firm and only use this for quick high-level indicators.

How Not To Run an A/B Test

Ever wonder what you need to look out for when running a simple multi-variant test? Evan Miller tells you what to not do when running an AB test.

• Use sequential or Bayesian experiment designs
• Only run experiments where the sample size has been fixed
• Stick to a fixed sample size with near-religious discipline

http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-run-an-ab-test.html

Best Buy Wants User Feedback

Best Buy has always been on the cutting edge when it has come to consumer feedback. Best Buy has been a strong player using Twitter to respond to consumer tech questions. Now the technology enthused company has launched a website with one goal in mind, gather your feedback to improve their company. If your company is looking for a way to improve, you should consider Best Buy’s example.

http://bestbuyideax.com/

DFF Kindle Version Coming Soon

I have been working on Kindle version of the book Don’t Fear The Forward: The Secret to Building Successful Websites. Recently Amazon published news that for the first time, more ebooks were sold than traditional books. This fact is illuminated with the closure of Borders.

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, said “Thanks to our customers, we achieved two big milestones. We had our first $10 billion quarter, and after selling millions of third-generation Kindles with the new Pearl e-ink display during the quarter, Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com. Last July we announced that Kindle books had passed hardcovers and predicted that Kindle would surpass paperbacks in the second quarter of this year, so this milestone has come even sooner than we expected – and it’s on top of continued growth in paperback sales.”

Book Official Press Release

If you are looking for information and press release information for Don’t Fear The Forward: The Secret to Building Successful Websites, then please follow the link below.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5063964.htm

Don’t Fear The Forward Now on Amazon!

It’s official, Don’t Fear The Forward: The Secret to Building Successful Websites is now for sale on Amazon.com!

http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Fear-Forward-Building-Successful/

Don’t Fear The Forward Is Here!

At this time, you can order Don’t Fear the Forward online at Lulu. The book is available in print and electronic versions. Within the next few weeks, it will be available on Amazon and other retailers.