Online platform build
for reach
Building a platform with a mission means structure, practical and emotive design,
optimal user experience, and social media integration.
We’ll race you, because we love projects where all online expertise comes together.
An online hub for the love of leather
Information and data are usually just a click or swipe away from us. Yet, it is harder than ever to determine where fact begins and opinion ends. Trust matters in the days of ‘fake news’, and that’s what One 4 Leather wants to provide: a reliable knowledge hub about leather with all information, data and insights that are now lacking or hard to find in the market.
We love making that possible.
SEO accessibility and user experience first
Apart from an expansive, easy-to-use SEO structure, we made sure user experience comes first on the page itself. Accessibility is prioritized for the traffic visiting the page through search engines or using the excellent on-page navigation - you get to your next bit of information with ease. The design plays a major part too, as it needed to have a look and feel that exudes confidence, and matches the expectations of the target audience, in which the user experience is instrumental.
Content available through the platform can be thorough and in-depth, but usability should never be too complex or challenging. You have to be able to swipe or scroll easily on each smart device. Dynamic content suggestions, in turn, make sure there’s always something more to explore. That’s great news for the target audience, which also shows results in a positive increase of session time in Google Analytics.
Win-win, is what we like to call that.
How does that translate into technology?
To make all this a technical reality, we used a number of smart solutions for the One 4 Leather platform:
Isotope filters for content selection
- Filters change your selection of content in real-time.
That saves loading time and provides a smooth visual experience.
A fresh supply of dynamic content
- Users of the platform don’t have to get bored ever, because after reading an article or watching a video, new relevant content is offered.
That’s how you keep exploring!
Highlighted content and management
- Content managers can easily highlight articles or content items in the management module. These will then show up in larger tile format, as the other items arrange around them. Easy in use, but also to help guide your visitors.
Sharing is caring
- A platform, designed for social media needs quick ‘share’ buttons, which allows every visitor to share information with their network directly—the result: more traffic, without extra costs.
A platform with optimal ease of use, easy access and effective integration of social networks.
There we have it, a platform with optimal usability, easy access and effective social integration. Yet, we did not stop there. By monitoring traffic to and on the website, and tracking user behavior, we kept getting more insights:
Optimization lay-out
By tracking the cursor of users (GDPR proof, no worries), we discovered that adjusting the website elements’ order could make navigation easier and user experience better. We did a big old switcheroo and the on-page time went up from around 90 seconds to 130 seconds (100 seconds is a good benchmark).Increased conversion with a ‘subscribe’ pop-up
One of the ways to measure success is the number of newsletter subscriptions. We found the conversion of the subscription page was a bit low, so we integrated a pop-up. The first month alone, the number of subscribers went up by 20%. Nice!SEO optimization with smaller image sizes
As the amount of content produced by our sister company GI increased, the website loading speed was becoming a challenge. Image files increase the data load, which impacts your SEO score. A custom compression solution gave the website a boost without loss of quality!
Ask us again in a little while; we’ll likely have optimized the platform further. After all, online is never really finished!
Do more with your newsletters
All those newsletter subscriptions, by the way, are uploaded directly into our all-in-one e-mailing tool DirectMail (direct import). That enables you to send slick newsletters to your address database, optimized for each browser or visual setting. No red crosses or errors, but always a solid newsletter in your style! Discover more about DirectMail
It's not rocket science, are you looking for a website with a mission?
Can’t wait to tell the world about your product, project or goal? Give us a call. Whether it’s a platform, tool or the full package, we’ll gladly put our back into it!
