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Immersiveness is an essential part of the best onboarding experiences. While popups and overlays work well in certain scenarios, seamlessly embedding onboarding elements directly into your product or webpage interface creates a natural and organic user experience. In fact, embedded guides generate 4x more engagements compared to other onboarding content, and users complete an average of 7.5 steps with an onboarding checklist —more than double that of overlaid content. This article will explore what embeddables are, how they differ from other onboarding elements, and how you can leverage them to drive deeper user engagement. Example of an embedded checklist from Microsoft Clarity What are Embeddables? Embeddables are visual elements that sit directly inside the UI. Unlike overlays or widgets, these onboarding elements appear as if they are part of the program. The result is a user experience that feels natural, leading to better engagement and completion rates. While widgets like modal...

  Opening a new app can be a mixed bag. You have a problem you need to solve or a goal you want to achieve, and you think you’ve found an application to help. You may have read some reviews or seen the app in action, and for a brief moment, the possibilities stretch out before you. But what happens over the next few minutes can change your perception of the product. If the user onboarding process is good, it just flows naturally. There is minimal friction between you and your goals, and you feel confident you're engaging with the tool you need to resolve your pain point or objective. However, when your user onboarding experience is unsatisfactory, it can be disheartening. These situations can happen for any reason, including an overly complex signup process, too much information, a lack of guidance, or anything else that disrupts you getting value from the product.  So, how do you know if your onboarding isn’t making good on your product’s promise? The simplest way is to track...