The Surprising Power of The Long Game

Paying a small price today for an easier tomorrow

Edition 052 of Design Insight

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📃 3 Articles

User Experience Design

The article in 3 ideas:

1. The Three Circles of Information Architecture is a useful diagram for explaining information architecture. It can also be applied to UX. It’s three overlapped circles: context, users, and content.

2. The User Experience Honeycomb was created to expand upon this and further detail the different facets of user experience.

3. Each hexagon contains a different facet or quality of the user experience. It’s like a checklist for a good user experience.

User Experience Design ➜

The Best Way to Make Money Online Is to Make Free Content

The article in 3 ideas:

1. Make free content. 90% of your content should be free.

2. Sharing content for free will help to build your audience and your credibility over time. When you do share something that’s paid, your super fans won’t think twice about buying it.

3. If it was easy, everyone would be a successful content creator.

The Best Way to Make Money Online Is to Make Free Content ➜

The Surprising Power of The Long Game

The article in 3 ideas:

1. Work on playing the long game. You won’t receive immediate rewards but things will compound over time.

2. Playing the long game means paying a small price today for an easier tomorrow.

3. You won’t become a success overnight but if you never start you’re guaranteed never to succeed.

The Surprising Power of The Long Game ➜

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🔨 2 Tools/Resources

CSS.gg ➜

• Open-source CSS, SVG, and Figma UI Icons.

unDraw ➜

• Open-source illustrations for any idea you can imagine and create.

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🎨 1 Design Tip

Design Tip

Luke Netti @luke_netti

3 image tips to connect with your audience on a deeper level. 👇 1. Include images of your target demographic 2. People smiling is always a positive 3. They match your brand style. Pictures create emotion. 🖼 People buy with their hearts not their heads. 🚀

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