Services

Our work integrates the business goals of our clients with the needs of their customers.

User Research

User Research

We provide customized research programs to help you discover your customers’ characteristics, motivations, preferences, needs, and contexts of use including:

  • Surveys
  • Contextual Interviews
  • Task Analysis
  • Diary Studies
  • Retail Experience Studies
  • International User Research
Interaction Design

Interaction Design

Our user-centered design process focuses on understanding user needs upfront and obtaining feedback throughout the design process. Our deliverables include:

  • High Level Architecture Maps
  • Screen Flow Diagrams
  • Wireframe Prototypes
  • User Scenarios
  • Objects & Actions Analysis
  • Task Flow Diagrams
Usability Evaluation

Usability Testing

We uncover usability issues in concepts, prototypes, and finished products. Our in-house and portable usability labs get you the results you need when and where you need them. Our services include:

  • Prototype Testing
  • Baseline Experience Testing
  • Card Sort Studies
  • Out-of-Box Experience Testing
  • Remote Usability Testing
  • Eye Tracking Studies

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Blink’s US and International Usability Research

Blink has established partnerships with market research and focus group facilities throughout the US, including major metropolitan areas and smaller cities. We can arrange a usability testing facility in virtually any city, suburb, or region of interest. We have also conducted usability tests and user research projects internationally using a combination of our own researchers or by partnering with local usability consultants. The table below shows a sample of some of the cities in which we have tested or conducted user research throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia:

US Major Metro

  • New York, NY
  • Boston, MA
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Chicago, IL
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Dallas, TX
  • Washington, DC

US Small Cities

  • Milwaukee, WI
  • Boise, ID
  • Panama City, FL
  • Portland, OR
  • Denver, CO
  • St. Louis, MO
  • Sacramento, CA
  • Austin, TX

International

  • London, UK
  • Paris, France
  • Munich, Germany
  • Toronto, Canada
  • Beijing, China
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Bangalore, India
  • Taichung, Taiwan

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Blink has helped us with major re-crafting of our user interface for online products. Their advice and designs helped us meet our goal of ‘Getting more people to use more product more often."

Mason White, Vice President & General Manager, LexisNexis