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Investors, Pitch Decks, and You: How to Get Funded

One of the biggest obstacles that you can run into when developing an app is money. Business overhead, logistics, paying developers and designers and your teams, buying ad space – it all adds up.

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Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Easy Steps to Validate Your App

We’ve all seen the thousands of apps that pop up whenever we search “fitness” or “food” or “mental health,” and it’s impossible to know which app is...

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Engagement 101: Metrics, Apps, and You

We’ve previously written about successful tips on how to wireframe your app and how to figure out the least and crucial amount of things you need to...

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Explaining Your App with User Stories

User stories are informal, short, and sweet. They’re an easy way of provoking proper feedback and discussion around what your app is doing...

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How Emojis Can Boost Your App’s Engagement, Conversion, and Retention

According to Swyft Media, 41.5 billion messages and 6 billion emoticons are sent around the world every day on messaging apps.

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Surprising Insights from Small Businesses Using DIY Website Builders

Designli was recently featured in Clutch.co’s in-depth survey about DIY website builders.

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Mobile App or Responsive Website: Which is Best for your Business?

If you’re looking to build a mobile asset for your company, you’ll need to decide whether you should opt for a native mobile app or a mobile...

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6 min read

Designing a Flawless App Experience: 9 UX Research Techniques

Think about how it feels to use your favorite mobile app.

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App Analytics : How To Know If Your Users Love Your Digital Product

When launching an app out into the world, it’s easy to obsess over the sexier numbers: downloads and revenue. These are the analytics that create...

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Designli Entrepreneur: Matt Barretto of Meal Share

The advice you hear most often from investors and serial entrepreneurs is that the best reason to start a software company is to solve a problem....

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Should You Give Away Equity to Build Your App?

Equity as a replacement for high-priced development is a tempting proposal for a new app owner with a small budget. Some developers – freelancers,...

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Taking the Leap to Full-Time Entrepreneur: Matt Rose of ClubUp

Designli clients have built some pretty amazing apps and are running some awesome startups. The clients that get our highest respect, however, are...

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Differences Between iPhone and Android App Development

To the untrained eye, it might look like Android and iOS apps look similarly and the differences are so subtle that it doesn’t matter. However, for...

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