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  <body-formatted>&lt;p&gt;The presentations tie in with the trends explored within the guide, such as companies continuing to invest in this particular sector (despite the recession), a focus on initiatives to improve conversion and retention, rather than acquisition, a huge shift in processes becoming more strategic and the increasing relevance of social media.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more information about user experience and agencies offering related services, download our new &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide"&gt;User Experience Buyer&#8217;s Guide 2009&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The guide includes a valuation of the sector, a SWOT analysis and examines trends in the marketplace as well as giving guidance about how to select the most appropriate agency to suit your organisation&#8217;s objectives. The report is UK-focused but relevant globally.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Agencies profiled in the report: AbilityNet, Amberlight, Bunnyfoot, Clearleft, cxpartners, Experience Solutions, fhios, Flow Interactive, Foolproof, Foviance, Human Factors Europe, The Lighthouse Experience, Nomensa, PRWD, RedEye optimum.web, Serco Usability Services, Simple Usability, Spotless Interactive, System Concepts, The Usability Lab, UsabilityWorks, Userfocus, User Vision, we are: london, Webcredible, Web Usability Partnership (WUP)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-formatted>
  <body-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;The presentations tie in with the trends explored within the guide, such as companies continuing to invest in this particular sector (despite the recession), a focus on initiatives to improve conversion and retention, rather than acquisition, a huge shift in processes becoming more strategic and the increasing relevance of social media.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hopefully you&amp;rsquo;ll find something of use below, but if you&amp;rsquo;re feeling that exploring this subject visually isn&amp;rsquo;t enough by itself and that you need something more text-based, you can also check out the &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/search?query=user+experience"&gt;various articles&lt;/a&gt; we&amp;rsquo;ve written over the past year or so.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" title="10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design" href="http://www.slideshare.net/whitneyhess/10-most-common-misconceptions-about-user-experience-design"&gt;10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;For more information about user experience and agencies offering related services, download our new &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide"&gt;User Experience Buyer&amp;rsquo;s Guide 2009&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The guide includes a valuation of the sector, a SWOT analysis and examines trends in the marketplace as well as giving guidance about how to select the most appropriate agency to suit your organisation&amp;rsquo;s objectives. The report is UK-focused but relevant globally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Agencies profiled in the report: AbilityNet, Amberlight, Bunnyfoot, Clearleft, cxpartners, Experience Solutions, fhios, Flow Interactive, Foolproof, Foviance, Human Factors Europe, The Lighthouse Experience, Nomensa, PRWD, RedEye optimum.web, Serco Usability Services, Simple Usability, Spotless Interactive, System Concepts, The Usability Lab, UsabilityWorks, Userfocus, User Vision, we are: london, Webcredible, Web Usability Partnership (WUP)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-unformatted>
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&lt;p&gt;As well as our &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide"&gt;User Experience Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;, Econsultancy has a wide range of documents to help you with designing websites from start to finish. Check out our&#160;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/web-design-best-practice-guide"&gt;Web Design Best Practice Guide&lt;/a&gt;&#160;and our&#160;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/template-files-for-web-projects"&gt;Web Project Management Template Files&lt;/a&gt;&#160;for more information.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As well as our &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide"&gt;User Experience Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;, Econsultancy has a wide range of documents to help you with designing websites from start to finish. Check out our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/web-design-best-practice-guide"&gt;Web Design Best Practice Guide&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/template-files-for-web-projects"&gt;Web Project Management Template Files&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more information.&lt;/p&gt;
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