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So just going to put this out there... Initial thought #1 -- How can we rate your startup if all you have is a landing page? It's a good way to generate intere

by randall 16y ago

So just going to put this out there... Initial thought #1 -- How can we rate your startup if all you have is a landing page? It's a good way to generate interest, but I can hardly rate anything that I can't, well, use. Thought #2 -- Wufoo? As part of the marketing-for-dummies crash course, think "why me, why us, why now" when addressing your customers. Why me: because I need forms, why you? Because you provide forms... which Wufoo also does (your target market is likely aware of them, so you'd prolly need to differentiate directly, think the "iDon't" campaign from VZW) and why now: I can't use your service, so I definitely don't need it now. Also, you have "watch the video" which might have made me watch, but that's a dead link. Right now, in my mind, you're suffering from over promise and under deliver, even with your slickly designed site, which does show some promise.

alnayyir 16y ago
>How can we rate your startup if all you have is a landing page? Because clearly some kind of deity hates us and tortures us with frivolous requests for reviewing 'startups'. I think it's just part of startup culture to be over-preening. > Wufoo? Yeah, I don't know either. They definitely didn't have anything on the landing page that screamed, "BETTER THAN WUFOO", which should be a primary target. > "watch the video" Any website that requires I watch a video, I leave. Immediately. I read @ 900 WAM, I am not going to listen to some hamfisted audio dialogue. Period. Come out with a product for us to test! Edited for quality.
skevvis 16y ago
Randall - Thanks for your thoughts - 1) Right now I'm looking for impressions on the landing page + idea. Right now that's the MVP that I'm pushing, to gauge interest on. 2) Yes, differentiation is important. I love Wufoo and its great for non-developers to easily create contact forms and such - this is a more powerful service for full web applications. 3) Fixed the video link. Apologies.
nopassrecover 16y ago
This seems a lot more extensible than what I've been told about Wufoo.

by randall 16y ago

alnayyir 16y ago

>How can we rate your startup if all you have is a landing page? Because clearly some kind of deity hates us and tortures us with frivolous requests for reviewing 'startups'. I think it's just part of startup culture to be over-preening. > Wufoo? Yeah, I don't know either. They definitely didn't have anything on the landing page that screamed, "BETTER THAN WUFOO", which should be a primary target. > "watch the video" Any website that requires I watch a video, I leave. Immediately. I read @ 900 WAM, I am not going to listen to some hamfisted audio dialogue. Period. Come out with a product for us to test! Edited for quality.

skevvis 16y ago

Randall - Thanks for your thoughts - 1) Right now I'm looking for impressions on the landing page + idea. Right now that's the MVP that I'm pushing, to gauge interest on. 2) Yes, differentiation is important. I love Wufoo and its great for non-developers to easily create contact forms and such - this is a more powerful service for full web applications. 3) Fixed the video link. Apologies.

nopassrecover 16y ago

This seems a lot more extensible than what I've been told about Wufoo.