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🎉 UXRdaily 🎉 #24 This week's UXRdaily newsletter is here! Hope you’ll find it inspiring! Have fun 🎉

As a UX Research consultant, I usually work as a . I also get a lot of questions from my mentees about what software I recommend to use as a beginner - all of them giving an awesome range of possibilities in free plans!

While finding the best efficient way to organize my work, I've tried A LOT of different software, with different outcomes.

But guess what - I am sharing with you my fav . Check out the best picks of 🎉 Check them out!

1. UX Research Canvas by Fountaine Institute - an awesome tool that will help you plan and execute the research the right way. Perfect for collaboration with stakeholders to gather the most important research plan elements.
👉 https://www.thefountaininstitute.com/blog/ux-research-canvas

2. As Google Forms used to be very popular, it became a bit "unprofessional" to use. Qualtrics XM gives you a whole new experience while preparing and analyzing surveys. Seamless survey planning, simple yet powerful logic setting, plus the ability to prepare survey reports in minutes!
👉 https://www.qualtrics.com

3. Notion is great not only for research but almost every aspect of your work, and life! Create databases, and use it like a research repo or a knowledge base for the project. Simple, flawless, and powerful one!
👉 https://notion.so

4. Airtable is the game changer in terms of working with data. You can create simple surveys, but the biggest power is using it as an repository tool. It also gives you the ability to create automated data dashboards on the go. WOW! No questions asked, just give it a try!
👉 http://airtable.com

5. PostHog made me fall in love with it in minutes! Track your user's behavior, get the product insight on the go and make it the best experience for your users!
👉 http://posthog.com

6. Sprig - helps you in rapid design tests and assists you in continuously running in-product surveys.
👉 https://sprig.com

Would you like to add something to this list? Feel free to share & comment!

📩 It all began one sunny Sunday in July.

I decided to finally push myself to what I'd dreamed of - giving something to the which greeted me with such warmth and friendliness while I decided to change my career path to full-time. 😇

That's how started.

To be clear, I've never thought about it hitting more than 10 readers (I mean here my closest friends 🤣 & fam!)... But guess what - people love it! People enjoy reading it, and what's THE BEST is that they find it inspiring!

I close #2022 with:
✅ 343 subscribers - thank you all!
✅ 49% average Open Rate - hoooooow cool is that? 📩
✅ 22 newsletter issues that flew straight to your inboxes on Mondays!

What didn't go as I expected?
🚫 Started with the hope that I will be able to deliver best-curated content each week - turned out, I had to switch to 2-weeks delivery starting from issue #19

I will definitely continue my work to share with you the best of the content I find in terms of UX Research, Product Discovery and generally UX. Hope all of you will continue this journey with me!

Thank you for all the kind words spoken at the events, all the LinkedIn messages, and the heartwarming emails that ensure me that I'm doing the right thing!