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Re: Ask HN: Feedback on my startup

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of curiosity, how would this be different from a blog?

There's much less overhead (simple setup, easy posting, chronological display). I'll also be building out a set of features that help customers provide feedback.

There needs to be more information about how it's better and why. Because there's nothing about it now. Even just a paragraph explaining how it's different would be nice.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on my startup

#13
Pros: It's pretty and it's simple. Excellent selection of color. Very likeable.

Cons: Yes it is unclear what you are trying to offer. I'd suggest replacing the blue rectangles with text of what you imagine the product update timeline would look like for an example company. Signup page takes a while to load.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on my startup

#14

Pros: It's pretty and it's simple. Excellent selection of color. Very likeable. Cons: Yes it is unclear what you are trying to offer. I'd suggest replacing the blue rectangles with text of what you imagine the product update timeline would look like for an example company. Signup page takes a while to load.

Appreciate the feedback. I'll be adding a demo to see our live productmap from there.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on my startup

#17
- I'd recommend you look into Amy Hoy's writings, especially about her "Pain/Dream/Fix" approach to pitching products [1]. Sign up to her newsletter as well.

- Colors and logo seem to be inspired from ProductHunt. It's fine to steal (really), but at least be a tad more creative with the logo.

- If you're going for a simple page, I wouldn't hesitate to use larger font sizes.

- "Designing Web Applications" from Nathan Barry may be a good investment of money [2]. He actually also took advices from Amy Hoy for his own products [3].

- I'd put a human face on this page, maybe of yourself. There are tons of studies showing that this helps building trust and rapport [4] (especially useful as it is a product in the making with no users yet).

[1] https://unicornfree.com/2013/how-i-increased-conversion-2-4x...

[2] http://nathanbarry.com/webapps/

[3] http://nathanbarry.com/step-by-step-landing-page-copywriting...

[4] https://vwo.com/blog/human-landing-page-increase-conversion-...

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on my startup

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- I'd recommend you look into Amy Hoy's writings, especially about her "Pain/Dream/Fix" approach to pitching products [1]. Sign up to her newsletter as well. - Colors and logo seem to be inspired from ProductHunt. It's fine to steal (really), but at least be a tad more creative with the logo. - If you're going for a simple page, I wouldn't hesitate to use larger font sizes. - "Designing Web Applications" from Nathan…

Excellent suggestions, thank you!

Just to note, really didn't use producthunt as an inspiration. Simply tried to make a "blob" with the letter P in it. Not sure how the colors are similar?

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