Building the right thing
Product Testers
✓ representative participants, not just available ones
Testers for products: how to find, recruit, and manage the right participants for product testing
Learn how to find, recruit, and manage testers for products. Covers screener design, compensation benchmarks, platform comparisons, and panel management.
Weeks to recruit→Days to recruit
Customer research panel
How to build and manage a customer research panel [2026 Edition]
Learn how to build a customer research panel from your own customer base. Speed up recruitment, get more relevant insights, and save on third-party costs.
AI-moderated interviews
✓ a survey that can ask why
AI-moderated interviews: the complete guide
AI-moderated interviews are user interviews run by an AI moderator that asks live follow-ups. How they work, how they compare to human moderation, and when to use them.
Survey Analysis
✓ the patterns buried in the open-ended answers
How to analyze survey data: the step-by-step guide
Learn how to analyze both closed-ended and open-ended survey responses. Step-by-step guide covering quantitative patterns, qualitative coding, and AI-assisted analysis.
Designer-led testing
✓ Direct feedback on your prototype in days, not sprints.
Product designer user testing: a practical guide to getting direct feedback
Learn how product designers can run effective user testing without relying on research teams. Get direct feedback from real customers on your prototypes.
Interview Analysis
✓ every theme traceable to a real quote
How to analyze interview data: the practical guide for product teams
A practical guide to analyzing interview data for product teams. Compare manual coding with AI-assisted analysis using Caitlin Sullivan's hypothesis-driven framework.
Concept Testing
✓ kill bad ideas in days, not quarters
Concept testing: the complete guide to validating ideas before you build (+25 questions to ask)
Concept testing validates ideas before you build. Learn the four test structures, what to measure, the methods, and 25 questions to ask. Updated July 2026.
Customer Discovery
✓ Talk to the right customers without waiting on a researcher
A product manager's guide to customer discovery (that actually scales)
Learn how to scale customer discovery as a PM without a dedicated researcher. Practical strategies that work.
1-2 weeks→2-3 days
Unmoderated testing turnaround
Unmoderated testing: how to run UX research without being in the room
Unmoderated testing lets you validate usability with real customers in days, not weeks. Learn when to use it, how to run a study, and the mistakes that waste your data.
Research Incentives
✓ current rates, tax rules, and zero finance friction
Research incentives: what to pay participants in 2026
How much to pay user research participants: current market rates by participant type, study length, and country. Plus compliance, taxes, and operations.
Insight Activation
✓ Research that reaches people where decisions get made
From Repository to Reality: How AI Activates Insights
Stop losing insights to research amnesia. Learn how AI turns your repository from a storage graveyard into an active system that surfaces relevant findings.
Analysis & synthesis
✓ A six-step pipeline from raw transcript to a story stakeholders act on.
AI for UXR Analysis & Synthesis: Taming the Messy Middle
Turn 20 interview transcripts into actionable insights using AI. A step-by-step pipeline with downloadable prompt templates for coding, theming, and generating.
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