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Why do we need user onboarding? | Appcues

In our first lesson, you’ll learn all about the business impact of new user onboarding and why even the most intuitive products still need it. You can take these talking points straight to your boss or team, if they need a little convincing.

The ultimate guide to onboarding UX: 33 resources for designers, PMs, and marketers

Encouraging feature adoption is crucial for long-term SaaS success. Explore 9 examples of feature tours & prompts that enhance user engagement throughout their journey

User Onboarding 101 Assessment | Appcues

If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to the end. Congrats. The final assessment is made up of 30 questions, and they’re all multiple choice. Best of luck (not that you need it).

Minimum viable onboarding: The 3 essentials to great user onboarding

Here are 3 key strategies to boost user engagement, shorten time-to-value, and drive activation, with real SaaS examples to help achieve user aha moments

Designing user onboarding experiences for real customers

Overcoming the schism between a product's intended and actual experience.

Most popular blog posts of 2022

A roundup of the most popular Appcues Blog posts in 2022. From user onboarding to product-led growth, these are the articles our users read, loved, and shared.

What is user onboarding? | Appcues

We’ll walk you through some real examples, introduce the all-important “aha moment” as well as “time to value,” and discuss the benefits of “omnichannel onboarding.” All of these phrases will be familiar to you by the end of the lesson. Promise.

76 tips to optimize user onboarding [SlideShare]

After writing 150 blog posts on the topic, we've curated our top user onboarding best practices into this high-impact SlideShare deck.

Onboarding UX: Ultimate guide to designing for user experience

Common user onboarding patterns and how to use them—with real examples and tips for designing your own best-in-class user onboarding UX.

Minimum viable user onboarding

For a small startup with limited resources, optimizing your user onboarding experience can be a daunting task. Here's Minimum Viable User Onboarding.

Lean user onboarding

Lean user onboarding can help teams that are getting started, as well as more experienced teams that want to improve activation.

Intro to user onboarding

What is user onboarding and why is it so important for SaaS businesses?

Most popular Youtube videos of 2022

Dive deep into user onboarding and product adoption by checking out our most popular Youtube videos of 2022.

5 ways to keep user onboarding simple

Designing user onboarding for simplicity helps new users get value from your product faster. Here are 5 strategies to keep user onboarding as simple as possible

The real cost of building a user onboarding experience in-house

How much does user onboarding cost to build in-house? We explain how to calculate the cost and build time of custom development with your product team vs. a third-party SaaS solution for user onboarding. Learn what really goes into building a user onboarding walkthrough or product tour.

User onboarding—what to measure

Simple steps to find and track the health of your onboarding process.

3 user onboarding lessons from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel has given the world a series of cultural moments (and a perfect model for user onboarding). Here are 3 user onboarding lessons from the MCU.

How to design a successful user onboarding process

A flawless user onboarding process is crucial for customer acquisition and retention. Find out how to set up a successful onboarding process here.

Choosing the right user onboarding UX pattern

We break down the pros and cons of each type of onboarding UX, along with best practices for using popular UI patterns like modals and tooltips effectively.

6 user onboarding best practices [with examples and video]

"Nail the first impression your product makes with new users using these six tried-and-tested user onboarding best practices. "

The BBQ party strategy to craft delightful user onboarding experiences

Learn how to craft a delightful user onboarding experience using the BBQ Party strategy.

33 user onboarding tools to drive growth

The ultimate guide to the best user onboarding tools to help you improve, target, and analyze your onboarding UX.

Your user onboarding flow is too shortsighted

User onboarding experiences are often too focused on giving new customers their first aha moment when there are many further successive Aha! moments to be had.

How to set up Mixpanel funnels for user onboarding success

To help you create a more effective user onboarding experience, we?ve put together this step-by-step guide on building onboarding funnels in Mixpanel.

8 mission-critical user onboarding lessons from 8 top product people

Essential user onboarding best practices from top product people. Read strategies from companies like Wistia, StatusPage, Quick Sprout, Close.io, Appcues & more

How to automate user onboarding

Automating your user onboarding process is easier than you think. We've assembled tips and examples to show you how to get started.

The three sources of motivation for user onboarding

Learn how to spend user motivation on user onboarding and viral growth.

Leveraging user psychology for user onboarding, part one

Tap into scientific research to influence behaviors and achieve desired results during user onboarding.

14 user onboarding experts to follow on Twitter

The user onboarding community on Twitter is small but mighty, making it an invaluable resource. Here are the 14 leaders and experts.

Bite-sized user onboarding: How breaking things down can improve product adoption

One of the most effective user onboarding strategies to prevent overwhelming new users is to break things up into bite-sized chunks. Learn how to apply the "bite-sized" user onboarding approach to improve your product adoption.

Minimum viable user onboarding: Email strategy (part 2)

Make your new user journey as smooth as possible with these strategies for minimum viable user onboarding. Part 2 in a 3 part series. Written by SparkPage

Yup, you can A/B test your user onboarding Flows

Optimizing your user onboarding? Use Flow variation testing to A/B test multiple versions with your target audience and find the most effective one.

Best practices and biggest mistakes | Appcues

The good, the bad, and the ugly—they’re all out there. By the end of this lesson, you should know the ingredients of a good onboarding experience. You’ll also have a handy list of best practices to check off as you go.

6 growth experiments Sujan Patel ran to improve user onboarding

User onboarding is most SaaS companies? achilles heel. Here's are 6 experiments Sujan Patel, founder of ContentMarketer, ran to improve free to paid conversions

How Line saved its IPO by simplifying its user onboarding experience

LINE--the messaging app that IPO'd in July--has slowed in its user growth. What are they doing to fix it? We found a simplified user onboarding experience.

User Onboarding Checklists: 6 Examples and How-to Guide

Here are 6 best examples of user onboarding checklists for mobile & web, along with the powerful user psychology principles that make each one effective.

Most popular GoodUX examples of 2022

Stay ahead of UX trends and get inspired with our 2022 roundup of our most popular UX examples

Define value | Appcues

In our first lesson, Andrew shares one of the most important steps to improve your user onboarding experience—understanding what success looks like for new users.

Personalizing user onboarding is the best growth hack in the game

One of the most sure-fire ways to improve activation is personalizing user onboarding ux. Here are a few strategies from Pinterest, LogMeIn, and Calm.

Applying user onboarding strategies to our blog reduced subscriber churn 50%

If blog subscriptions are like mini products, then many of the lessons we?ve learned on improving user onboarding can be applied to help reduce churn.

11 User onboarding email examples & best practices

Find out how to craft the perfect user onboarding emails with best practices and real-life examples.

Tomorrow is too late: Why user onboarding should be a top priority for your SaaS company

High drop-off rates, low free-to-paid conversion, a large volume of support tickets—all are symptoms of a bad onboarding experience. We take a close look at how good onboarding UX helps you get ahead of the competition and reduces churn and why it needs to be a top priority for your SaaS company.

User onboarding starts with a good landing page

Setting up the best onboarding ux for new users starts with a good landing page. Your landing page needs to match in brand, in value props and in voice.

How to design goal-oriented user onboarding in 4 steps

Pantelis Korovilas of Turo and Hopper shares 4 key steps for creating onboarding experiences that help first-time users reach goals and discover core value

Leveraging user psychology for user onboarding, part two

Plan each step in your customer's journey from newbie to power user. Leverage psychology to steer your users to your aha moment and success.

8 user onboarding metrics and KPIs you should be measuring

Identifying data-driven optimizations has never been easier when you use these key 8 onboarding metrics and KPIs. Click to read more.

How to build a user onboarding funnel with Amplitude

To help you create a more effective user onboarding experience, we've put together this step-by-step guide on building an onboarding funnel in Amplitude.

How Pinterest perfected user onboarding

Casey Winters reveals how Pinterest perfected user onboarding through growth experiments and iteration. We broke down Pinterest's new user experience step-by-step and took a look at how Pinterest's UX has evolved over the years.

Atlassian's $5.5 billion user onboarding magic

Atlassian IPO'd last week, and they've grown to $322M in annual recurring revenue with virtually no sales team. Curious, we exampined their user onboarding

5 best mobile app onboarding experiences of 2019

We rounded up 5 of the best examples of mobile onboarding (that you probably haven't seen all over the internet yet!) for your inspiration.

5 ways Slack’s user onboarding strategy has evolved since 2014

We compared 3 versions of Slack's onboarding experience—from 2014, 2016, and 2019—to see how their strategy has evolved and improved over time.

Onboarding new users—an interview with Samuel Hulick

Communicate value to new users in the first 90 seconds of their onboarding experience.

5 ways to personalize your user onboarding experience

There's more to personalization than adding a {First name} token to your emails. Here are 5 ways to personalize your onboarding UX.

LinkedIn's user onboarding: The good, the bad, and the ugly

A deep dive into how LinkedIn onboards new users and drives feature adoption, including some best-in-class tactics and some that miss the mark.

How ProdPad used code-free user onboarding to decrease their trial-to-paid period by 80%

There are many ways ProdPad tried to improve user onboarding before using Appcues. None of which fit their needs. Learn how they use the Appcues product.

Why user onboarding is the most important part of the customer journey

The numbers don't lie: User onboarding is the most important part of the customer journey because it sets the stage for everything to come.

The 11 best user onboarding examples to learn from

Who has the best user onboarding? These 11 user onboarding examples stand out from the pack. Find out why & what you can learn!

How user onboarding powers Typeform's organic growth

Typeform is one of the hottest startups in Europe. And they?ve achieved such growth with no paid acq or sales team. They're doing it via user onboarding!

Segmentation and personalization | Appcues

Users have unique preferences and goals, and it’s your job to meet them where they’re at with relevant content. We’ll talk about what types of data you’ll need and how to gather it to inform your onboarding.