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Here’s Why UX in Mobile App Development Matters Most to Drive Maximum Conversions
If you want to make people download your
app, it must offer benefits that people enjoy using it. In this highly
competitive market, making your mobile app,
a huge success is no easy feat. It requires exceptional design and development
efforts to create awesome features that meet the needs of your target audience.
User experience is one of the most factors that can make or break your app. Therefore,
when it comes to mobile app development, user experience is the most important
factors that needs your careful
attention. If your app UX is out-of-the-box and flawless, chances are your
target users will surely love it and download your app.
If you want to get users hooked on your app
for long and want to get more conversions, you need to improve your UX. Here are
some important strategies that will help you improve your mobile UX and drive
more conversions on your app.
Let’s get started.
Redesign
Your App
Ask the Readers: How Often Do You Cook At Home?
Editor's Note: Congratulations to Sara, John, and Kara for winning this week's contest!
Cooking at home is a great way to spend less on meals, and preparing a meal together can be a great experience to share with your family, too.
How often do you cook at home?
12+ ways to save money on transportation
Transportation for a commute can be a big budget item. Here are some ways to cut that expense down to size …
Transportation for a commute can be a big budget item. And for most people, paying for transportation to work is a cost of earning a living.
Here are more than a dozen ways to trim that expense down to something more manageable. Some are easier than others …
Use GasBuddy to find the cheapest gas
GasBuddy is a user-powered app that maps gas stations and the current price of gas. It's easy to install on your phone and use while you're out and about. Just watch how far out of your way you travel for gas because driving 15 miles to save one cent per gallon is self-defeating.
Twenty years of U.S. government inflation data
Inflation is the silent killer of wealth. Year after year, the purchasing power of your dollar (or pound or euro or yen) gradually erodes. My father was one of those “hide money under your mattress” type folks because he believed that was the best way to keep his cash safe. He was wrong.
If you sit on your money, it doesn't maintain its value. It loses value.
At his Carpe Diem blog, economics professor Mark Perry recently published a new version of the following chart, which visualizes the effects of inflation on certain consumer goods and services.
As you can see, this chart tracks 21 years of inflation data: from January 1998 to December 2018. (Perry uses official Consumer Price Index data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.) He writes:
The 7 Most Affordable Destinations for Bird Nerds
On the surface, bird-watching sounds like a cheap activity. All you really need is a pair of good binoculars, right? But if you're a true bird nerd, you know that you won't be satisfied with just that.
Questions About 529 Excess, Multiple Roth IRAs, Cord Cutting Football, and More!
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.
1. Emergency fund before home purchase
2. Money doesn’t buy happiness
3. Post-college money in 529
4. Living closer to work?
5. Don’t like slow cooker food
6. Parents afraid to use 401(k)
7. Bank won’t close HELOC
8. Digging out of a hole
Should Women Be Investing Differently Than Men?
There appears to be some debate among financial advisors about whether women need to invest any differently than men, simply because they’re women.
The notion that one’s gender might factor into their investment strategy is based on various realities women face, including that, on average, women live longer than men, make less money, and typically spend fewer years in the workforce (which results in lower Social Security income). Women also have higher healthcare costs due to their longevity.
Figures from 2017 show that women are paid about 82 cents for each dollar a man makes, based on median salaries for full-time workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
You Need at Least Two Credit Cards. Here’s Why.
I got mugged on my way to the first-ever Financial Blogger Conference. The thieves got my wallet, which contained a credit card and some cash.
But not all of my cash, or all of my cards. After reporting the crime and calling the card issuer, I was able to get myself to the airport and fly to the conference. That’s because I don’t put all my financial eggs in one basket: Most of my money and a second credit card were divided among pockets in my jeans and coat.
A few years later I was on vacation in London. While checking e-mails at the hostel where I was staying, I noticed an alert from one of my credit card issuers. Apparently someone had tried to use my card to buy a bunch of lawnmowers in Florida. Heaven knows how the crook got my number, but fortunately the card company flagged this as “not a typical purchase.”
The Road to the Fortress of Solitude
A few years ago, a movie called The Gambler came out, starring Mark Wahlberg. It was a decent movie – I’m not here to do movie reviews – but there was one portion in the middle where a minor character played by John Goodman gives a monologue about what a person should do if they find themselves up a couple of million dollars. Here’s that speech, but be aware – it’s full of adult language.
Can Law Firm SEO Really Help Your Business Grow?
Our technology-driven society has become more
and more dependent on the Internet for its necessary information and
entertainment. This is why today’s business environment has to include an
Internet presence. This includes law firms, being able to attract more
attention to your practice via the Internet should be part of your focus. One
way to accomplish this is by using Law Firm
SEO techniques.
Since most people these days seem to be either
carrying a smartphone and or has a home computer, the Internet is the perfect
vehicle for them to stay connected to the rest of the world. By implementing
SEO or Search Engine Optimization techniques on your businesses website you can
help boost your page ranking on the most popular search including Google, Bing,
and Yahoo.
Does
Law Firm SEO really work?
Doing Versus Consuming
At an earlier point in The Simple Dollar’s history, I went through a period where I reviewed a new personal finance book each week. Believe it or not, between general personal finance, investing topics, frugality, and other related areas, there are plenty of books coming out all the time that makes such a review cycle easy.
What I found is that the more I was reading about personal finance topics, the worse I actually was in terms of making good financial decisions. If I was spending a lot of time reading about personal finance, I would invariably find myself making more spending mistakes and not actually taking care of my own finances.
Three Carpet Cleaning Secrets to Keep Your Carpet Looking It’s Best
Keeping your carpets clean can be a rather arduous process –
especially if you have kids running around. They sometimes create more mess
than the family dog! So, we at thought we’d offer our top tips on how to keep
your carpets clean.
Saving for Retirement: Highlights From Our Chat With CalSavers
CalSavers joined us for our #WBChat on February 21st to share insights on saving for retirement. Our #CalSavers #WBChat featured awesome tips and CalSavers' expertise helped our participants learn more about saving for retirement.
14 Frugal Failures, or When the Bottom Dollar Isn’t the Best Answer
My usual approach to any spending decision – any time that money leaves my checking account – is to make sure I’m getting the most value for the dollar. Almost every time, I’m happy with the overall outcome. I got the result I desired with close to minimal expense.
There are times, though, when things don’t go quite as planned. Sometimes, I’ll find that a seeming bargain isn’t an actual bargain.
Here are 14 examples of situations over the last few years where I believed I was operating in a frugally sensible manner, only to have the situation backfire badly. In each case, I learned a lesson and was able to hone my frugal sensibilities a bit better going forward.
How a Simple Mortgage Refinance Saved Me From Credit Collapse
Refinancing a mortgage won’t cure all of your financial ills, but it can be a great start.
I first learned about refinancing a home several years into my first stint as a homeowner. At age 25, I decided to use the money I’d managed to save from my first job as a copy editor and buy a condo. No, I wasn’t well-off at the time, but this was before the housing crisis, when mortgages were basically being handed out like Halloween candy.
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This week's topic: Saving for Retirement!
Case study: Deep in debt but scared to take action
Last night, as I do from time to time, I met with a GRS reader. Actually, Debbie doesn't read this site but her sister does. And Debbie means to. Although I met Debbie's sister last year at a Camp FI event, I'd never met Debbie before.
“So, what's your situation?” I asked after our waiter had brought us each a glass of wine. “What do you want to know about money?”
“Everything,” Debbie said, laughing. “I feel like I don't know much at all right now. I guess deep down, I know what I need to do. I just don't do it.”
My Strategy for Making Large Purchases
As I’ve mentioned before, when I’m making a purchase that clocks in at above the $20 mark or so, I tend to invest some time in that purchase to make sure I’m making the right decision. I don’t want to make a purchase that isn’t going to work for me, nor a purchase that isn’t going to work well over the long run.
This process is basically the same for any significant purchase. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an item for my kitchen or an appliance or a musical instrument, I tend to go through the same process when deciding on a significant purchase.
Here are the steps that I follow.
Step One – Do I Actually Need This Item?
The first step doesn’t involve any research whatsoever. Instead, it starts off with a question I ask myself independent of any research or any outside influences.
Do I really need this thing?
Money and Marriage: Four Tips for Successful ‘Matrimoney’
It’s a fairly well-known fact that money can be one of the biggest sources of strife in a relationship.
In fact, according to a survey of professional certified divorce financial analysts, it’s the third leading cause of divorce in North America (behind basic incompatibility and infidelity, respectively).
February is among the most popular months to get engaged, so there’s no better time to review some of the ways new couples can lay the groundwork for a successful financial union. Because in addition to planning for your emotional partnership, and all the fun your new life together will include, it’s equally important to be sure you’re on the same page (or at least somewhat close) on financial matters.
3 Things You Should Consider Before Selling Your House for Cash
In August of 2017, an investor called us and offered to buy our condo for cash. We didn't have it listed for sale. The condo was in great condition, the rent we charged covered expenses, and it was in a very nice area that consistently attracted stable tenants.
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