Tooltips

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Google Hangouts Microphone Tooltip

Smart tooltip triggered by talking into the microphone while muted, to help users avoid a common mistake

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Gusto Referral Promo

Tooltip to prompt users to invite their friends for a bonus, encouraging product virality

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Highspot Feature Adoption Tour

Tooltip tour to guide users through a flow that demonstrates core functionality

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HubSpot User Onboarding Tooltip

Bright tooltip with a CTA to explain why teams are valuable and what they enable

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LinkedIn Feature Discovery Tooltip

Tooltip to encourage users to add hashtags and gain influence by reaching more people with content

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Mixpanel Feature Onboarding Tooltip

Tooltip tour to encourage users to take the first steps in exploring a new feature and learning its taxonomy

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PandaDoc Tooltip

Hint to make it clear that the Send function can be used as a way to preview content and analytics

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SendGrid Feature Upsell Tooltip

Tooltip to sell a newly-released feature to interested users through booking a demo

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YouTube Interface Redesign Tooltip

Tooltip to help users adapt to a new sidebar menu

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Zendesk User Onboarding Checklist

Tooltip to prompt the user to go through a checklist that drives activation through completing account setup

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Dropbox Paper Tooltip

Tooltip to improve form submission rate by explaining why the user needs to enter their email

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Google Chat Onboarding Tooltip

Tooltip to explain taxonomy around rooms and conversations, plus highlight the relevant part of the interface

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Google Privacy Notification

Tooltip notification to remind the user about settings they can use to control privacy

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Delighted Premium Feature Gate

Banner and tooltip to explain why the Trends feature is disabled, while showing what the feature does

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Airtable User Onboarding Tooltip

Tooltip revealing deeper layers of the product and taxonomy

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GoToMeeting Product Tour

Tooltips to highlight essential features and prime the user for permission requests

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Mixpanel Alert

Subtle notification to users to refresh page after period of inactivity

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LinkedIn Design Change Tooltip

Tooltip to notify users about the value of a change to their profile layout

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Slack Tooltip

Callout to explain key / new concepts and terminology to new users.

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Quip Lightbox

Lightbox used for user onboarding, to draw attention to & encourage interaction with key functionality.

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Stripe Tooltip

Tooltip to promote new functionality when user lands in the Invoices section

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Google Analytics Tooltip

Distinct tooltip to notify users of a new item in the navigation bar

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Quickbooks Notification Tooltip

Tooltip to let users know that a process will run in the background while they act

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Segment Tooltip

Explanation of a new concept as a user hovers over related text

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GoDaddy Design Change Tooltip

Reorientation of users to new interface layout and components

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Google Drive Tooltip

Contextual tooltip that helps users discover more subtle features

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Google Drive Tooltip Hint

Triggers helpful tips and provides peace of mind in context with user's actions

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Prosperworks Tooltip Hint

Tip to let users know about extra value that Prosperworks adds behind the curtain

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WordPress Product Tour Tooltip

Product tour offer for new users who have started to engage

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YouTube Tooltip

Bringing attention to a key element that provides further product updates

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Canva Onboarding Tooltip

Encouraging a simple action for new users to personalize their experience

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Facebook New Feature Tooltip

Uses a tooltip to highlight new functionality without interrupting a user's workflow

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MailChimp Onboarding Tooltip

Onboards new users by driving them to interact and learn how to use the product