Crafting the Perfect Intro Tutorial

https://blog.siasto.com/crafting-the-perfect-intro-tutorial

by niccolop • 13 years ago

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old-gregg• 13 years ago

Nice work, hey guys are you building your tutorials yourself or there's a way to outsource some of that work? Are there agencies in Bay Area who specialize in that?

niccolop2• 13 years ago

Thanks - all built in-house! It's something that is definitely worth spending time on getting right, it has made a huge difference to our conversions.

Niama• 13 years ago

What % increase have you seen specifically?

eliza1wright• 13 years ago

I like the idea of skipping the "next step" button and (gently) forcing your users to explore the interface.

vlokshin2• 13 years ago

Although I respect what you're doing for conversions -- I find it odd how difficult it is to get to a demo of the video or read anything about the practice, not theory, that went behind creating this (i.e. what software was used to record, what equipment, etc). These two are supposed to be front and center given the title of the article, no?

csallen• 13 years ago

Indeed, I might write a new version from a more technical standpoint. I can do a little bit of answering here and now, though. Pretty much every part of the process was home-grown. We track our own metrics with our tools, and the tutorial itself was made with pure JS and jQuery.

vlokshin2• 13 years ago

I'd love to see something like this if you could give some insight into how you approached this. Parts of the app change constantly, so for me -- the boostrap-esque tooltip walkthroughs have always seemed most logical

nachteilig• 13 years ago

I just started looking at putting together a tutorial, so this is quite timely.

Would have been nice if it had a little more meat.

Thanks.

nshemesh• 13 years ago

Hey guys, we actually built a tool that lets you create custom tutorials with no IT experience necessary. You can easily customize them to fit the look and feel of your site. We offer a 30 day free trial as well! Check us out at www.tutorialize.me.

Crafting the Perfect Intro Tutorial

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