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Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

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To be honest I would leave very quickly because I can't see what you want me to buy. (In other words you need to tell people what you are selling them, even if it is just a bulleted list).

yeah, the status quo is a bit overly optimized for SEO - that will change soon. good feedback.

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

#12
"Start for free" neon green on light yellow/orange is bad, even with the text shadow. I'd dark it up for more contrast.

The 1->2->3->4 thingy should move a little bit faster.

The sidebar under the Learn More section bolds the text when you hover over it. This pushes the subsequent items down a pixel or two, causing the whole thing to wiggle when you hover over it. Not an easy fix, but it's the kind of thing that bugs me :)

The video pop up should play immediately when I click on it. I should have to pop it up and then hit play again. I bet you'll get more views on that video that way. Actually, it shouldn't even pop up at all. It should just be set to play right in place. That way I don't have to feel like I'm navigating away from the content to this other place to watch a video. That way if the video bores me at any point, I can still see the rest of the site and be sold to.

On a larger scale, the landing page needs some work. I would have something that points out that you can access the system via your existing email clients or via your web interface. That seems to be the power in it, so make it super-clear.

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

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post #9
post #7

Maybe I'm dense, but what is it? A service, a product, a what? Does it replace Salesforce?

it basically records relevant sales emails into salesforce leads and contact records so you know exactly who's been contacted and who hasn't.

You shouldn't have to be telling people what it is in the comments is probably where he was headed with his "what is it" comment.

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

#14

Regarding the home page: Good: (i) Sign up for a free trial button obvious; (ii) Your logo at the top looks good; (iii) the one-minute tour is a good idea (but I couldn't get it working in Safari, so I couldn't watch it). Needs improvement: (i) there is too much going on, (ii) it looks cluttered, so I'm not sure where to focus my attention; (ii) you might have your 4-picture header scroll automatically (I like 2 and…

here's a direct link to the video: http://screenr.com/Kg2 - please feel free to provide feedback on it.

regarding vi: this is a very common complaint from all of the designers i've chatted with.

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

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post #12

"Start for free" neon green on light yellow/orange is bad, even with the text shadow. I'd dark it up for more contrast. The 1->2->3->4 thingy should move a little bit faster. The sidebar under the Learn More section bolds the text when you hover over it. This pushes the subsequent items down a pixel or two, causing the whole thing to wiggle when you hover over it. Not an easy fix, but it's the kind of thing that bugs…

what do you think about swapping "2" with "1" in the top carousel?

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

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post #13
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it basically records relevant sales emails into salesforce leads and contact records so you know exactly who's been contacted and who hasn't.

You shouldn't have to be telling people what it is in the comments is probably where he was headed with his "what is it" comment.

it's surprisingly useful interacting with you guys - i may actually use my "what it is" comment on the site.

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

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post #3
post #2

Too noisy. The circle-with-slash is tacky, as are all the logos. JMHO, however, as I am not in this sort of market.

In our space, logos drive credibility... and you need credibility if you're dealing with people's sales emails.

I can put the Google logo on my site too. How does that make me credible?

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

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post #17
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You shouldn't have to be telling people what it is in the comments is probably where he was headed with his "what is it" comment.

it's surprisingly useful interacting with you guys - i may actually use my "what it is" comment on the site.

I would agree that you should be more clear about what your service does. Not trying to rip on you or anything. Just trying to help. It's not easy to get your concept across quickly, and it takes a lot of time to nail it concisely, but you should be able to sum it up in a few sentences and maybe with a super-short demo video.

Re: Ask HN: Review my site, CureCRM.com

#20
The images load on your site pretty slow for me on a fast connection. If this is systemic you can seriously influence the bounce rate by upgrading your bandwidth or using cdn's. I don't have the study in front of me but I recall reading the average amount of time a person will wait for a page to load before hitting the back button incredibly short. Think about offloading that to s3 or a cdn.
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