I checked out Dropbox's Getting Started page after reading the comment and liked it alot. In fact, I spent today implementing a getting-started page similar to

I checked out Dropbox's Getting Started page after reading the comment and liked it alot. In fact, I spent today implementing a getting-started page similar to Dropbox's one. In my case, Marrily is a B2C app, and the first impression of the average user (presumably females -- excited, frustrated, and maybe choosy because they will be emotionally attached to the app and the planning) will probably be critical. I have not looked around that much, but Dropbox's implementation is nice, and in my case I only had to tweak some code to get the Getting Started checklist to work. I'm not sure how well the Getting Started list would work when people use the app, but my gut feeling so far, as I pretended to be a new user, is that having a list of concrete steps to start without too much thinking is a no-brainer. Combining with a guided tour (e.g. mqmouse's suggestion of amberjack) with the list will be a good way to familiarize user with the app, and build up their engagement from passive (the app is there to be discovered) to guided (the app is presented visually and very direct). My take on this is the getting started should only highlight the most critical features of the app, while not forcing users to go through a lengthy wizard. This app comes to my mind as one of the worst wizards I've seen: http://www.rsvphere.com/ http://www.rsvphere.com/. Good luck and keep us posted with your progress.