About The Contest
We have teamed up with our friends at UserTesting.com to bring you these awesomely cool prizes for all you usability and user experience geeks! All you need to do is write an article and send it to us. It’s that simple! Three winners will be chosen and they will get the following prizes, courtesy of UserTesting.com:
- Grand Prize: 15 Free UserTests (a $585 value)
- First Runner Up: 3 Free UserTests (a $117 value)
- Second Runner Up: 1 Free UserTest (a $39 value)
And that is not all! All the 3 winners will have their articles published on UsabilityGeek.com (full credits will be given via the author bio, photo and a maximum of 2 links) and they will be promoted via all the social media channels currently being used by this blog.
Contest Rules
- Topic: Any topic related to Usability and/or User Experience as long as it is well-researched. Take a look at the articles in this blog to get an idea of the type of articles that we are looking for. Please only submit original content. We do not want to reward you for your copy and paste skills.
- Length: 700 – 1000 words
- Language: English
- Submission Method: Via E-Mail on info at usabilitygeek.com
- Submission Format: Microsoft Word or PDF attachment (does not need to be formatted in HTML)
- Deadline: 13th February 2012
If you have any queries about this contest, please submit them via our Contact Form. Good luck and thanks for your participation!
About UserTesting.com
Ever wonder what your website users really think? Are your designs easy to use and intuitive? Usertesting.com’s remote usability testing answers these questions and more as everyday people visit your sites, perform tasks and record their thoughts.
In as little as one hour you can have impartial feedback on any website (including mobile sites and apps) that can be used over and over again. The tester is given a set of instructions to follow and questions to answer and you can even ask follow up questions after the test is over.
Some Example Ways To Use Usability Tests
Test Your Websites usability and effectiveness: Get a real inside view as to what website visitors really think of your websites design, navigation and usability. See what pleases or frustrates everyday users and listen to their thoughts as they talk about the best and worst features of your website. A fresh perspective can offer such long lasting and valuable insight as to bring about permanent positive change.
Test a competitor’s site: Ever wonder what your users think of the competition? Conduct Usertesting.com tests on any website, including another company’s. Then take that information and improve your own site.
Show a client how their website really works—and pinpoint where it doesn’t: Have you worked on a site that needed major changes, but you had trouble convincing the stakeholders to buy in? Run a usability test to show what impartial people think of their interface. Nothing motivates a team like watching a website visitor gets lost or frustrated.
Compare before and after: Clients often question whether a redesign is an improvement. Measure the impact with usability test videos of real people using their site before and after.