hack day - home page improvement - damienlutz.com.au
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PARAMETERS Business Needs How do we work? - DIRECT TO PROVIDER: User clicks on view deal, is directed to
Provider site, cookie is placed in browser, we get commission when/if they book
- ASSISTED BOOKING: as above, using our clean, fast portal
What do we need to get bookings? - Provide ease of search - Communicate what we do - Communicate Trust - Provide good deals
What else do we need to do? - Promote Brand for awareness - Promote our POD so users use us - Promote sign ups so we can stay in users mind - Drive Mobile - Connect with Users to provide more personalise content:
o Profile Sign Ups o Email Sign Ups
- Welcome and reassure new users
OUR USERS User Insight Who they are? 3 types:
1. I know what I want, get out of my way 2. Just give a little more info 3. I want to know how this works
Previous user testing/analytics - Users want to know why they should use us - putting specific hotels on the home page doesn’t have a great
lead-generating effect (booking.com, airbnb (2), hipmunk, kayak don’t, but Momondo do – based on what you’ve been searching for…)
- Many Users scroll down to Top destinations (after 0 seconds), About ¼ scroll to bottom (so people like to search by one-click image)
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Diagram User Journeys Where are they coming from? TRAFFIC/$ • SEO • Paid advertising • Affiliates • 70% of users are new
place – search hotel – lead searchResults – Hotel – LEAD seacrhresults-LEAD hotel-seacrh-LEAD
PAGE ELEMENTS What elements do Users NEED on the page? - Search box - Reason to trust - To know who we are
o Be clear about what we are, we are not an OTA o We help people compare and get a good deal o We push out relevant info o We facilitate comparing for best value deals/booking
experience, not just cheapest - To know why they should use us (our USPs)
o We search more (80) suppliers o We guarantee the best price o No fees, no mark-ups o We are trustworthy
▪ Different trust site logos for different countries ▪ Recommended by ▪ Quotes
- Currency Selector - Language Selector
Business elements we NEED on the page: - Sign in/Register - Sign up for email - Obtain app (email/text me link)
What else could we add? Personalised content based on users previous behaviour Promote search by landmark Inspiration Localised content Logged In / Logged Out content
OUR COMPETITORS Look at how Competitors do it/gather ideas - Booking, com - Hotel Club - Trivago - Trip Advisor - Hipmunk - Kayak - Momondo
LET’S SKETCH IT Sketch
Logged In / Logged Out
LET’S DESIGN IT
Review and Red Dot
Decide - Choose elements, etc - Check back with Business and User Needs - Check all are accounted for
Prototype – sketch and visual design notes - Minimise copy (for global translation), be witty about self and
industry
LET’S BUILD IT
Prototype – build
Test - As per User Needs and Business Parameters
Refine prototype