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by eiji 4487 days ago
Since you asked:

The name is not working for me at all. I read it as an abbreviation of Pitchlet. The l and I are too close together for me. Only when I saw the link with a lower case i the lights went on. But that is not the only reason. And I can see why I might be the only person thinking of applets here.

A pitch is a "Sales presentation". There is only one thing worse than a presentation, and that is a "Sales presentation". As soon as I see "Pitch", my entire being prepares itself for a person bothering me. I think of car sales people and evereyone else who approaches me when I enter a store. Unfortunately there is only negativity associated with all that. So for me "Pitch" is a negativ word. Hey, that could just be me. It has a lot to do with cultural background. Maybe I would call it KeyPoints.

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Interesting feedback. I think we are way to close to even see that. A font with the bars on the top and bottom of the I would be a better fit.

Sales (and by extension pitches) is a necessary reality for all companies. Selling is hard. I am not good as sales and we built it to help us sell which is always easier and more effective with visuals.

There are a lot of other uses for PitchIt besides sales but so far the name has clicked with us. Besides I would have to remove my tatoo if the name changed!