Hi there, I have just released task management application. I am trying to come up with some new ways to do UI and user interactions. Looking forward to your feedback.
Roman
Every link on that site leads to a big form that I have to fill out, or worse, a 720p video that I have to wait to load.
That's a lot of commitment to expect from a random user who stumbles across your site. You've got 5 seconds of my time. Show me something cool, demonstrate what it does, or I'm gone.
All I got from your site is that it lets me collaborate (and that I need to give you 8 pieces of information before I can try it out). There are a million definitions of "collaborate" out there. And they are all simple, so telling me yours is also simple doesn't help.
What is it? How does it help me? What do I do next? Your site in its current form answers none of that.
The average user lasts about 4 seconds on that homepage before noticing the button labeled "Try it" and clicking it. We get about 80% conversion from visit to "guest trial" by eliminating everything that could possibly come between a user arriving on the site and jumping in to kick the tires.
Figure out how to do the equivalent of that for your product and you're sorted.
Great jasonkester! Thanks a lot for the ideas. As most of the people suggest the copy on the site needs to get better!
I need to work harder on that part.
Appreciate your time.
Here's an idea. Create a demo account so anyone can jump right in and experience the product first hand before having to sign up. Maybe make it so all recent changes get deleted every 24 hours or so to maintain a properly configured account (or even flush out all the user updates after their session expires).
With so many task management / project management apps on the market it's quite difficult to differentiate yourself and prove your value with just a snazzy looking homepage (it is a nice design, but so are the 100+ tools I've looked at).
Take a look at the way rule.fm does their tour (screenshots/videos). Very easy to get to those areas and
I second this - 1 click signup is huge for a competitive market like project management apps.
I do something similar to Balsamiq for one of my apps - it keeps a high contrast "Save Progress" button at the top of the screen, and any time the user does one of a few set actions (for you, create a project or to do list) I pop up a modal to ask for their email and password to save their acct.
In addition to greasing the sign up process, it gives you an idea of your market fit - the data you collect around this "temp user" process is very insightful.
The copy on the "Pricing and Plans" page has some typo and grammar issues.
I'd suggest:
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Cancellation Policy
You are free to cancel any time, there are no long term contracts. We will even pack up all your data and send it to you.
Security
There is full SSL encryption on every account, even the free plan. All data is backed up hourly.
Plans
Pick a plan that fits your current needs. Upgrade or downgrade anytime.
Free Plan
Click here for our free plan. It comes with a single project and two users accounts.
Upcoming Features
We are hard at work bringing you more useful and powerful features. File uploads, invoicing, and stats are coming soon.
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IMO the pricing page by itself isn't very clear, I don't see right away what's meant by "Projects" (what's in it? why do I need them?), or how many users there are included in each plan. Maybe a pricing grid giving some more detail about each plan would be helpful.
Great looking site and service. There are a few out there so the fact that your site looks great is a good starting/selling point as an initial reaction to a potential customer.
The one thing I would say to help get the sales would be to add some kind of list of what you get (an overview if you will) on the pricing/plan page. Since you have a link to the plans page right on the main page, a user may skip the area where you list what you get when you buy. So to have the list on the plans page will eliminate the chance of someone possibly leaving the purchase page to look at plans and potentially lose the sale.
Thanks Jdog. I like this a lot. I am putting it on my list. As mentioned before the price page should have more info about the plans and product. Fully agree. Will implement asap.
As opposed to one of the other comments, I really enjoyed the video. It focused on just showing how you use your product, not some buzzwords and dumbed down over-generalizations. The music to it adds a sort of zen like feeling to watch you go about setting up tasks etc that really hits home to what I assume are the core values behind your product.
If I had a need for a task management software I'd definitely look this up again.
As another HN user pointed out, aesthetically it looks great. On that topic, how do you find such talented graphical artists? I've looked at various ads for graphical artists but their quality - compared to the typical YC startup - is mediocre to put it simply. Isn't there a site for the really skilled artists to offer their services?
Thanks a lot for compliment sgt!
It is one man show so I am doing pretty much everything.
I think Dribbble and Forrst and great communities where lots of talented designers hang out. Check them out!
nice logo. however, with a short attention span, you might consider emphasizing what you do as the largest splash text, rather than the relatively empty "the best way to collaborate online". the way it is right now is that the line with the most information is in 10pt font and gray-on-gray.
That's a lot of commitment to expect from a random user who stumbles across your site. You've got 5 seconds of my time. Show me something cool, demonstrate what it does, or I'm gone.
All I got from your site is that it lets me collaborate (and that I need to give you 8 pieces of information before I can try it out). There are a million definitions of "collaborate" out there. And they are all simple, so telling me yours is also simple doesn't help.
What is it? How does it help me? What do I do next? Your site in its current form answers none of that.
As a counterpoint, check out this site:
http://www.twiddla.com/
The average user lasts about 4 seconds on that homepage before noticing the button labeled "Try it" and clicking it. We get about 80% conversion from visit to "guest trial" by eliminating everything that could possibly come between a user arriving on the site and jumping in to kick the tires.
Figure out how to do the equivalent of that for your product and you're sorted.