built something kinda similar a year and a half ago but never put any effort into marketing it - http://shoutfast.com/home - anyway landing page is slick - good luck!
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Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Two minor tweaks. As long as "An app for you and your campus" is going to be split across two lines, change where the line break is. I'd suggest "An app [line break] for you and your campus." This brings greater emphasis to the idea of "you and your campus," plus it makes that line and everything which follows (beta invite, exclusively at Stanford, and what do you want) increasingly long (left to right), helping the…
Great point. We split it now to be An app for you. And your campus. Looks good?
Yeah NaOH. We removed the ones after "invite" and "University" and this looks better. Thanks!
Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?
#43I like the concept. We recently A/B tested the hell out of our landing page at Sidelines ( http://sidelinesapp.com ), so there are some interesting things we learned that may be applicable to you: 1. Coming up with an effective single-sentence explanation of your product will affect your conversion more than anything else. I don’t think you’ve quite nailed it with “An app for you and your campus.” Figure out what the…
Hey vinaykuruvilla. Thanks for the awesome feedback. We'll start A/B testing soon. Your landing page looks great btw.
We checked the landing page on a mobile browser (Safari & Chrome - iPhone) and maps loads fine. I think the server is getting overwhelmed with the response from HN.
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#44You did some great work dodging most types of injection, something any (what I assume to be) college student should be proud of!
Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?
#45Why 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,…
This description (and justification!) is missing on the splash page, and could be helpful.
Eg something like this:
"Shoutt lets you hear and share what's happening around you, no matter who you are or who you know. It's a social network that moves as you move, connecting you to the people around you."
Also, can I ask why Shoutt instead of Shout? The double T doesn't really appeal to me.
Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?
#46I like the concept. We recently A/B tested the hell out of our landing page at Sidelines ( http://sidelinesapp.com ), so there are some interesting things we learned that may be applicable to you: 1. Coming up with an effective single-sentence explanation of your product will affect your conversion more than anything else. I don’t think you’ve quite nailed it with “An app for you and your campus.” Figure out what the…
If I were you, I would keep "Exclusively at Stanford University". The more niche you can make your target market, the easier it is to market and gain traction. If I was a Stanford student, I would be way more likely to submit my email. This is how Facebook first got traction.
Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
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,…
This description (and justification!) is missing on the splash page, and could be helpful. Eg something like this: "Shoutt lets you hear and share what's happening around you, no matter who you are or who you know. It's a social network that moves as you move, connecting you to the people around you." Also, can I ask why Shoutt instead of Shout? The double T doesn't really appeal to me.
We're changing our page once we launch this week to a more descriptive one. It will cover everything I mentioned (and more).
We initially stumbled into "tt" because we couldn't find a domain name for Shout. But once we did, we felt that it added an edge.
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#48You did some great work dodging most types of injection, something any (what I assume to be) college student should be proud of!
Haha. Thanks! We know the tendencies of college students.
Re: Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?
#49Reminded me a lot of Like a Little[1] (YC S11) [2], before it became known as Circle[3]
[2] http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/28/likealittle-funding/
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#50I noticed that the page took a long time to load. Page Speed has some good recommendations for speeding it up: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/