hey this sounds pretty cool. i hadn't been paying attention to CRM software before but now i need to. this sounds like it could be worth exploring ..
but i wish they had a tour online, a demo, something to see what i would be getting myself into. all i see is a blog post and then a login screen. tour/workflow/screenshots etc should be font and center.
The log-in screen is sparse - that's true. We're getting a (possibly slightly biased) 30% conversion rate from it, so it does push people to give it a spin. Same idea as the Twitter landing page. What you get as soon as you log in is a wizard which takes you through the first steps to maximise the probability of engagement.
i'm not sure the same logic applies, to be honest. setting up CRM is a lot more intensive than setting up a twitter account, for example. i think you neglect to take that into account.
Fair point - but the whole idea is to create a light-weight CRM system without the tabs (and indeed without deals, pipeline etc). We keep it lightweight enough to be wizard-friendly which means that it's usable without investing too much time in setup. And we still use a traditional CRM for rev. forecasting etc.
see, a brief tour or highlight would have helped make that point a lot faster. i have no doubt that you guys have a system worth checking out, but i have to evaluate a lot of solutions quickly.
you haven't yet earned a special place for me to invest a login and/or more than a few minutes of evaluation. you earn that by convincing me you hold value. a tour or an overview would help sell that promise. a login screen does not.
but i wish they had a tour online, a demo, something to see what i would be getting myself into. all i see is a blog post and then a login screen. tour/workflow/screenshots etc should be font and center.