After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
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Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
#12Try it directly under the "Hiring. Made Simple." header instead of where it is now:
"Stop collecting resumes in your email inbox. DropJobs organizes all your applicants into an easy to use interface that lets you make better decisions. "
Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
#13Looks good, graphically! Are you focusing on medium to large corporate customers, or on small businesses? A problem I foresee with larger clients is that changing the website (even to paste in some script) is a Big Deal. They also probably don't care about the pay-as-you go offering. They have money to spend and might prefer to go with predictable costs. So, why not explicitly market this to small businesses? Pay as…
Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
#141) far too much of the real information is off the bottom of the page... I don't really care so much about a screenshot of a fairly dry and grey page product shot.
2) the vertical space above and below the yellow sign up button is different and is slightly awkward because of it.
3) right aligning the features|pricing|signup text needs rethinking, also give it vertical space away from the image.
4) you need more variation in your headers/body/navigation text styles. The features|pricing|signup and also the pricing structure table really need more impact and are currently let down by how they look.
5) be more generous with the padding around the text in the pricing table.
6) using bold white on the blue is completely lost.
7) your underlying grid changes between the light and dark sections and needs to be rethought. Overall I think you need an extra column so you can get more relevant info into eyeline.
8) your remember me option needs styling and also be more generous with the space around it
9) the space between headers and paragraphs should not be the same (it's fine below headers, tighten up between paragraphs in my opinion) also the space below "Great Features" is not the same as other headers.
10) you have too many font styles and sizes in the blue BG area which is making it feel unstructured and hard to read.
It's a good start, and any design can be picked apart so hopefully any design comments will be taken as my own subjective feelings rather than true criticism, but if I was to say any 1 thing really needs attention I would get an extra column in there first and foremost.
Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
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#16Also- I think the "Integrates Seamlessly" section is too wordy. Simply saying "If you can copy and paste, you can use DropJobs. Similar to Google Analytics, simply copy and paste the DropJobs widget code into your company's existing website and we do the rest. Listing jobs and accepting applications has never been easier."
With a link to your other features somewhere would get the major points.
Overall, I think this is a really nice idea for small to midsize businesses and seems like a really great service!
Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
#17Also, make sure you point out what differentiates you from Monster or Dice. You don't offer job listings, just application tracking, and people will be unsure of why they should use your service rather than a job board.
Great idea though.
Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
#182. Add a newsletter subscription field at the bottom of your front page.
Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
#19Regarding the signup form: The hints' font size is too small unless you have perfect vision. You can increase it by 50% without changing the layout. Also, I think you can drop this: "First user's personal information.", "You can add additional users once logged in." seems enough.
Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?
#20This sentence doesn't make sense.