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Awesome. I did however expect a blog post covering how you learned to code, etc etc. Good luck.
Here's one from a few months ago: http://spencerfry.com/why-and-when-to-learn-to-program I wanted to keep the most recent blog post solely focused on Uncover. I'll follow up with more coding posts shortly.
Could you maybe test switching the left and right part of the above the fold part?
When I visited I started reading something about Sushi making and assumed you were teaching sushi classes.
Great job! Looking back, you'll see that learning to code was one of the best decisions you made. One minor thing - it took me about 7-10 seconds to understand what your product is. I should be able to understand within 2 seconds. You should put in big letters towards the top: "Employee Recognition Program" or something a little more sales-y.
I got it pretty quick, but it never hurts to test, test, test!
This is very cool and a problem worth solving. Rypple is first the startup I heard of that focused on making employees feel good rather than simply tracking them but it only handed out compliments. This seems like the next logical step - to give perks that are tailored towards each person.
Thanks a lot. I'm familiar with Rypple, but I haven't used it to be honest. We're definitely working on something similar, but with a slightly different approach. We have a feature called Rewards that allow employers to reward employees for going the extra mile. With that feature you can reward one or more employees and tailor the gift and message to them.
Any non-startup or non-online clients?
suggestion - I'm not sure if you have this as a feature (I'd suspect you do) -- but allowing employees to vote on their perks would be great. Like if when company HR managers (or who ever sets team budgets) set the budget, they could go to your site, input that data, and know how many "points" (essentially dollars) worth of perks they can afford. Then employees could log on, and vote for which perks they like the most, and that's how the company could decide their perks plans
Neat Idea. Intrigued with motivating employees with recognition tailored specifically to them.
Great job! Looking back, you'll see that learning to code was one of the best decisions you made. One minor thing - it took me about 7-10 seconds to understand what your product is. I should be able to understand within 2 seconds. You should put in big letters towards the top: "Employee Recognition Program" or something a little more sales-y.
I agree, at first I thought it was a service that taught you how to roll sushi. It wasn't until I read other bits of information spread out on your page that I started to figure it out.
What were the coding steps you took? as too what did you learn first and etc.
http://spencerfry.com/why-and-when-to-learn-to-program
I started learning to code in February, 2012 and have been going at it ever since. I've had great mentors and it's taken what feels like a long time to get to where I am.