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Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?

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Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?

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Post by citricsquid »

mansigandhi wrote: post #10
benologist wrote: post #9

Unless you're LaunchRock or similar your product is not a landing page. Feedback on a temporary "give me your email address" placeholder page is the last thing you should be asking for and especially acting on in any stage between deciding to make something and launching something. Energy spent on your landing page is energy you should have spent preparing to delete it.

Hi there. I think there's been a misunderstanding. We're actually launching this week at Stanford (our app has already been approved by Apple). The launch page is to get the email addresses of interested people and to create a pre-launch buzz at the school. We also have our pre-launch marketing on the campus going on.

If you have a launch date a countdown would be great, as would giving some sort of incentive to share.

Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?

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Post by jfornear »

benologist wrote: post #9

Unless you're LaunchRock or similar your product is not a landing page. Feedback on a temporary "give me your email address" placeholder page is the last thing you should be asking for and especially acting on in any stage between deciding to make something and launching something. Energy spent on your landing page is energy you should have spent preparing to delete it.

> Energy spent on your landing page is energy you should have spent preparing to delete it.

This "Lean Startup" attitude is a great way to suppress inspiration, creativity, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?

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Post by mansigandhi »

dmerfield wrote: post #20

The following CSS will fit the background image to the page dimensions and eliminate the letter boxing for all viewport ratios. -webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -o-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; Before: http://bit.ly/NY7ZtE After: http://bit.ly/POyEaA

Wow thanks! We made the change.

Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?

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Post by mansigandhi »

efader wrote: post #22

Why would someone use Shoutt instead of something like Twitter or Facebook?

Shoutt is a location based app. We are bringing the concept of shouting to your mobile phone - when you shoutt, only the people around you can hear you.

It's basically an information platform to share with people around you. It would work best in existing communities like colleges, neighborhoods and even cities. The network moves with you and connects you to the people you share the same time and location with. Also, there are no friends or followers. On Shoutt what you share is more important than who you are.

It's also a great way to find the most relevant information around you.

Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?

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Post by benologist »

mwilcox wrote: post #18
benologist wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think we do have a misunderstanding - I see this page as the modern day equivalent of an "under construction" page, that should be replaced as soon as humanly possible because every eyeball on it is an eyeball wasted. Even the early signups have to be convinced twice to try your app, the fewer people who see your launch page instead of your launched page the better.

In the 'under construction' context - of course it should be replaced as soon as possible - startups want to launch. But having one there is much better than the alternative, which is to have nothing. Think about it more in terms of market validation than customer acquisition.

I think you're only right if you're just gauging interest for something you might build. Once you start building the product stops being (slash never was) that page you have to create, optimize and market just so you can double-opt-in users.
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