UX Writing for Beginners
Onboarding and Empty States
A course by Pedro Quintino , UX Writer
About the video: Onboarding and Empty States
Overview
“While onboarding can be a great way to introduce an experience to users, empty states can educate the user on how to use a new feature for the first time. Let’s look at how to write for these two specific moments of the user experience.”
In this video lesson Pedro Quintino addresses the topic: Onboarding and Empty States, which is part of the Domestika online course: UX Writing for Beginners. Shape your user experience by exploring voice and tone, inclusivity, accessibility, and content organization while building a UX writing portfolio.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Onboarding and Empty States Now, you'll learn to write for onboarding and empty states so you can apply it in your final project. The onboarding is a set of different screens that educate the user on how to use that app or help them set up preferences for a feature. Empty states are also a great way to teach the user how to use our product. When the user goes into a feature for the first time, instead of presenting them with a blank page, we can have some information that guides and educates them on how to use that feature, so we can show the benefit of our product better. Let me give you...”
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Course summary for: UX Writing for Beginners
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Marketing & Business, Web & App Design -
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Areas
App Design, Copywriting, Information Design, UX / UI

Pedro Quintino
A course by Pedro Quintino
Pedro Quintino is a UX writer based in Lisbon, Portugal. Over the last ten years, he’s worked as a copywriter and UX writer for brands like Nike, Chivas Regal, Nescafé, Corona Extra, Santander, and Uphold.
When he’s not writing at his day job, Pedro teaches the art of designing with words at his workshops. He also organizes UX Writing Portugal meetups for his local community of over 700 members.
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