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Stock Photos vs. Real Photos: Does It Matter?

ConversionXL

In their research, they flashed images across a screen in a manner that made it impossible for participants to be fully conscious of what they were seeing. So why the hell do you insist on using stock photos?! You pay, download the stock photo, jury-rig it into your design, and look at your work with a mixed sense of pride and shame.

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Stock Photography vs. Real Photos: Can’t We Use Both?

ConversionXL

In their research, they flashed images across a screen in a manner that made it impossible for participants to be fully conscious of what they were seeing. So Why The Hell Do You INSIST On Using Stock Photography?! But the client LOVES it! (“See, looks like Stock wasn’t so bad after all, was it Mr. Designer?”).

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Not Betting on Flash

SoCal CTO

On my eLearning blog, I recently predicted the Beginning of Long Slow Death of Flash. The conversation around Flash is an important one for startups and CTOs. Someone said: "I am not sure I am ready to bet on the long slow death of Flash just yet." What does it mean to "place bets" on death of Flash? Short Adobe stock?

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

I always remind this to journalists who ask me about public stocks. So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of Your revenue is the $75 million you got paid in booking fees. Amazing growth!”

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Design Elements That Can Make or Break Your Website 

The Startup Magazine

For that reason, it’s vital that your website design makes a good first impression. Website Design Example – Image by Coffee Bean from Pixabay. Content may be king, but you first need to convince your audience that it’s worth reading, and that means making your website design visually inviting. Color and contrast.

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Why Agency Owners Should Invest In Other Businesses

Duct Tape Marketing

They both run on open AI's GPT model, and both are designed to help you get more done and to grow your business faster. And so through that ended up with some Slack stock, and then of course they, they later iPod. Check out HubSpot's AI powered tools, content assistant and chat spott.

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Optimizing Your Hero Image To Boost Conversions (With 26 Examples)

ConversionXL

The design of your website is more important for conversions than you think. Actually, according to their study some opinions develop even within 17 ms (though the effect was less pronounced on some design factors). How To Design and Choose Your Hero Image. Clearly, designing and choosing a hero image is as much art as science.