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Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

#21

Post by ryanwaggoner »

symptic wrote: post #19

With a name like MightyBrand, while I think you've got a solid design already, it just doesn't come across to me as something bold enough to sport the name 'MightyBrand'. I'd look to add bold, heavy, red coloring rather than orange. The white feels clean, but it also feels a bit too open. Also, in terms of conversions, placing the icons with links to the social sites themselves will drive some traffic away. Instead,…

Yeah...we're not designers, and it shows :) Really appreciate you taking the time to put together so much feedback in that area. We've had some guidance from the designer who did our logo and helped us with the layout, but we're still working on cleaning things up. I'll add your items to the list :)

Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

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Post by symptic »

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #21
symptic wrote: post #19

With a name like MightyBrand, while I think you've got a solid design already, it just doesn't come across to me as something bold enough to sport the name 'MightyBrand'. I'd look to add bold, heavy, red coloring rather than orange. The white feels clean, but it also feels a bit too open. Also, in terms of conversions, placing the icons with links to the social sites themselves will drive some traffic away. Instead,…

Yeah...we're not designers, and it shows :) Really appreciate you taking the time to put together so much feedback in that area. We've had some guidance from the designer who did our logo and helped us with the layout, but we're still working on cleaning things up. I'll add your items to the list :)

Glad I could help! You can find me easily if you need any more input.

Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

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Post by pedalpete »

sgk284 wrote: post #7
rockbilly wrote: post #3

* I greatly appreciate that the 30-day trial doesn't require a credit card. Bravo! Finally someone gets that right. * Why do you start at 3 brands? I'm guessing that there are enough users that would like to monitor a single brand maybe for $12-$14/mo? * The plan pricing isn't good. The Big Shot plan costs $100 for 10 brands/users while the Blogger plan costs $19 for 3 brands/users. Why shouldn't I just get 4 Blogger…

"I greatly appreciate that the 30-day trial doesn't require a credit card. Bravo! Finally someone gets that right." I'm torn between this. On the one hand, it's less friction for the user to sign up... but then you wind up bugging the user later on. I feel like it's better to just get all of the "administrative non-sense" out of the way at the start. Also, if they're willing to give you their credit card (even if you…

Don't be torn. You never would have had me even try your service if you asked for a credit card. I suspect its the same for most people.

Getting a credit card later is proof that you have made an invaluable tool that people just didn't forget to cancel, and should make it easier for you to adjust your service until you hit the sweetspot and become a must have.

Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

#26

Post by pedalpete »

I think your messaging is a bit off in the "add brand" section

I created a brand, and then it asked for keywords or phrases, so I entered keywords, not the brandname itself as I thought this was a tag kinda think, maybe you were doing analysis on cross-section of Brands (that's capital B, 'cause you are calling your brand grouping a 'Brand').

Not a bad idea to have Brand keywords. Anyway, of course I was supposed to enter the brands I wanted to follow in that box, like the comma delimited list said, but of course, I didn't do that the first time.

Then I had to create another Brand (I'm beginning to think that Brand is a bad word for that, Brand Group or something might be better). I couldn't find how I edit a Brand I already created. Of course, the "edit brand' is in the menu on the left, but for some reason I expected it to be up near the to by the "add brand" button. Add/Edit do go really well together.

Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

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Post by ryanwaggoner »

pedalpete wrote: post #26

I think your messaging is a bit off in the "add brand" section I created a brand, and then it asked for keywords or phrases, so I entered keywords, not the brandname itself as I thought this was a tag kinda think, maybe you were doing analysis on cross-section of Brands (that's capital B, 'cause you are calling your brand grouping a 'Brand'). Not a bad idea to have Brand keywords. Anyway, of course I was supposed to…

We were just talking about cleaning up the add brand page and making it more intuitive, as you're not the first person to do this :-) Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

#28

Post by ryanwaggoner »

kbrower wrote: post #24

Definitely interested in this and would become a paying subscriber, if: 1. prices were lower 2. it was more comprehensive(went through tinyurls for your domain, scanned other social websites)

Great to hear. A couple quick questions:

1. What's the price point that you'd be willing to pay for? What would expect for that price, in terms of number of brands tracked and number of users on your account?

2. Can you explain the tinyurls thing a bit more? What other social networks would you like to see added? (we're working on a long list right now, btw)

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

#29

Post by brandnewlow »

three things.

1. The "keyword" concept can be better explained. I wasn't sure what to put there during registration. It was only after I saw it in action, and saw that it was actually asking for specific search terms, that I understood. Then I went back in and changed the keywords for my brand to specific terms I wanted to tack, rather than words that described my business.

2. When I see my latest results, I want some kind of a refresh button that will tell the system to go check for new results.

You know how some people refresh their inboxes all the time hoping for new mail? I would totally do that with this, hoping for new results. So give me a refresh button that checks for new terms.

3. The language on the brand-editor page near where I enter my Twitter info is confusing. Under the "change password" field there's a checkbox....with no text near it to explain what the heck it does. That needs to be fixed.

There's some big text to the left just kind of floating that says "Don't display tweets from this account." I guess that might apply to the check box. If so, shrink it and pull it closer to the check box.

Also, with the twitter setup, when I enter my twitter info, I want a little JS message confirming that Mighty Brand successfully linked up with my twitter account, so I know that's working and the pipes aren't goofed up or something. Put me at ease.

I may think of more stuff later.

Re: Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com

#30

Post by 3pt14159 »

Awesome product, we (FreshBooks) may even end up using it. But it is going to be kinda cheap for us, all we need is the blogger package. This is sillly. We are a 30 employee company, we could afford to pay much more.

You should up your prices for guys like us, or (somehow) charge on some other metric.

Awesome site - it is totally slick.

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