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by raivo 5463 days ago
Yeah, that's what I did initially with my "daily exercise you can do at work email" site.

I decided to spend a minimum amount of time on it to just test it out: just a form and a little description. The only decoration was that the text was centered and navy :)

Results: only 4 sign ups over 3 months..mostly from friends and family.

Then I made a nicer design, added content, and voila got about 30 sign ups in about 1 month through google search results. Added benefit is that now I'm not embarrassed to promote the site which of course has yielded many more sign ups.

To sum up: an effort invested in design pays off since good looks provide a hint of legitimacy. Generally speaking :)

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Thanks for the answers.