Brian Cugelman

🎓 Research: Diagonally tilting text increased purchase intentions up to 44.5% for some products 🔬As part of 4 experiments and an analysis of 256 Amazon products, scientists found that: - People liked an exercise-related product more and were 44.5% more likely to say they would buy it when its logo tiled upward (vs downward) - When a resort was advertised as relaxing, people liked the resort 17.7% more when the text tilted downwards - When a resort was framed as adventurous with an upward-tilting logo, people liked the resort 23% more 🧠 Why? - We associate diagonal tilting with motion - Tilting upwards feels like going up, which requires energy and symbolizes striving for something - Going downwards (e.g. walking down a slope) is easier and more relaxing, having the opposite effect - When product’s context matches its orientation, we subconsciously like it more 📈 So if your product is associated with energy or relaxation, tilt the text or logo on your packaging or in your ads. People will like it more, and be more likely to buy.

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The A/B test we carried out on Reddit provided valuable insights into the effectiveness of our AI vs team photographs. The results demonstrated that while AI-generated images attracted attention, our team photographs still had a significant impact on audience engagement and clicks.

Time/Difference/Relationships vs Head/Heart/Hands (Logical/Metaphor/Literal)

Here is an interesting way to visualize how to design for behavior using the COM-B Model and the Behavior Change Wheel If you don't know the Behavior Change Wheel, it is a framework developed by Susan Michie, Robert West and colleagues at UCL It is comprised of 19 different behavior change frameworks. At the center sits The COM-B Model: COM-B is used to look for the barriers or enablers to a behavior Capability (both physical and psychological) Opportuntity (both physical and social) Motivation (both reflective and automatic) It is a powerful way to analyze what may be stopping your customers or employees or even yourself of making the choices you already wanted to do. Outside the COM-B model (center of the wheel) sit the Intervention Types - which can include Education, Incentivization, and Training. As for the example here used in diabetes prevention design: The wheel has been filled with interventions and ways to deliver the intervention in this example. (I may have done it a bit different, but still a good representation) It looks at the Patient level - to Increase the patient's awareness of pre-diabetes It looks at Provider's Level - Improve communication skills, and teachable moments at diagnosis It looks at System Level - Invitation by physicians as well as social marketing. This of course is a small example of how the model could help you go from challenge to outcome.

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Here’s an informal list of 20 Heuristics from Weinshenck and Barker in 2000. Jakob Neilsen identified 10 principles for user interface design in 1990. Gerhardt-Powals identified 10 principles of cognitive engineering in 1996. The point is that there is substantial agreement and overlap – and most of it makes sense on the face of it.

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Accessibility on Social Media So you want to be more inclusive online? Excellent! Whether you're looking to improve your personal social media or accounts that you manage professionally, there are a lot of basic best practices you can implement to make your online presence more accessible. Ultimately, this makes a big impact on the experience that users with vision and/or hearing disabilities have on social media. Below you will find tips, tricks, and information on digital accessibility. These resources are by no means exhaustive, but are a good starting place for creating accessible and more inclusive social media content. I've also put together a quick and handy checklist to help you double-check the content you create for common accessibility pitfalls.