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		<title>&#8220;I never click on those links because people pay for them&#8221; usability tests without the budget</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2009/07/i-never-click-on-those-links-because-people-pay-for-them-usability-tests-without-the-budget.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all get blinded to our sites and campaigns but getting budget to do proper usability testing for every project just isn’t going to happen. But you don’t have to be stuck between big budgets and doing nothing as long as you know a few people. 
By having a friend or family member (who isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip: If it&#8217;s automated make sure it&#8217;s also useful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that I’m an absolute believer in personalization and automation and when combined the two tools can make for amazing campaigns, especially in email. However as I’ve said a number of times it’s essential to think through how your campaign logic works and identify people who should be suppressed, opted out or just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up a branded forum &amp; community</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2009/02/setting-up-a-branded-forum-community.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you’ve decided to take the plunge and are ready to build your own branded forum community and foster a deeper degree of communication with your customers and prospects on your own website.
Launching a branded forum opens up a lot of doors but also requires a lot of decisions and upfront work. The first step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip: Humans make errors; check your key pages frequently</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2009/02/5-minute-usability-tip-humans-make-errors-check-your-key-pages-frequently.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usability Tip: Humans make errors; check your key pages frequently
With so many pages to work on, so many projects to handle and so few resources it’s easy to build a page and leave it alone thinking all is fine for eternity – big mistake. Over time changes begin to impact each other, IT projects update [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip: Let the user open windows when &amp; how they want.</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2009/01/5-minute-usabil.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should go without saying but these days we all compare things &#8211; products, services, offers, jobs, even content sites yet many sites let technology get in the way of the user by preventing multiple windows. This is a simple and easy to address issue but one that plagues thousands of websites and turns users [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip: Offer alternative payments to speed up checkout</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/11/5-minute-usabil.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/11/5-minute-usabil.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.moderninsider.com/blog/?p=62</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve never used PayPal you&#8217;re quick becoming in the minority and with several other payment vendors from BillMeLater, a deferred payment credit solution, to Google checkout, 2 checkout and others alternative payment providers are only increasing in numbers yet most ecommerce sites still insist on taking direct payment only.
For those unfamiliar with alternative payment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip: Make drop downs default to the place people actually live.</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/11/5-minute-usabil.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.moderninsider.com/blog/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no doubt that the web is international but for most companies visitors come from just a handful of countries with a strong emphasis on one or two, like the US and Canada for a north American focused site. So why is it that thousands of forums show a list of every country in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip: Don&#8217;t Make People Confirm to Complete</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/11/5-minute-usabil.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.moderninsider.com/blog/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a simple no-brainer that applies to just about every website yet continues to be an issue I encounter more than one would seem possible. When you have a transactional system that creates accounts let people complete their transaction without requiring email approval. Yes it&#8217;s great to know the email address works and in some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip:  No such username, no problem!</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/11/5-minute-usabil.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/11/5-minute-usabil.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.moderninsider.com/blog/?p=53</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all belong to dozens if not hundreds or even thousands of websites so it&#8217;s no surprise that one of the most popular errors people hit is the &#8220;invalid account&#8221; page. Whether it&#8217;s because the login name was wrong or the user has never been to the site the fact remains, they&#8217;re ready to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Usability Tip: Phone number formatting sucks!</title>
		<link>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/10/5-minute-usabil.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.moderninsider.com/2008/10/5-minute-usabil.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.moderninsider.com/blog/?p=50</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an easy tip that can help you reduce abandonment in any form be it lead gen or ecommerce &#8211; don&#8217;t require formats for your phone number field it&#8217;s a huge error spot as we all type numbers differently. If you insist on having &#8220;valid&#8221; numbers (not that there&#8217;s anything stopping people from making one [...]]]></description>
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