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> Combined we have released 7 fully featured web apps over the past 30 days, but we haven't gotten as much traction as we have hoped. Been there, done that. >

by markbao 16y ago

> Combined we have released 7 fully featured web apps over the past 30 days, but we haven't gotten as much traction as we have hoped. Been there, done that. > We saw an opportunity to create a site similar to threewords.me Hi! Nice work. You definitely need to work on the design a lot. At the moment, it looks a bit gaudy. "My favorite thing about you is" hint text is good leading (I didn't think of that). You NEED for someone to be able to create their own profile immediately after they post something. Currently the user flow is: new visitor –> post comment –> "okay, what now?" –> close page. Get your viral coefficient >0 and ask them to sign up for a profile right after they submit something. More of my signups on threewords.me were through the new visitor –> interaction –> signup viral flow (viral coefficient >0) rather than the go to homepage –> get convinced to sign up for the site –> get account flow. Good luck on the site, and the homework :p. I'm about to get back to mine. Cheers.

wesleyzhao 16y ago
The user flow is something we really thought about when making the site. We should definitely get to the drawing board and see how we can encourage more comments. RE design. This was something that got better as we got closer to releasing but we still weren't a hundred percent sure. Very glad you mentioned it so we know what looks good to the eye and what doesn't. Hopefully changing it up while users are using it won't be too bad.
- markbao 16y ago
  Yep, if I could name three fundamental things that made threewords.me successful, one is the "solicit sign up after engagement" flow!
dshipper 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback that's so helpful especially since you're so experienced in the area :) We'll definitely look into improving the user flow that's great idea. Thanks again - I hope your homework goes well I know I probably won't touch mine for at least another hour until the traffic dies down a little.

by markbao 16y ago

wesleyzhao 16y ago

The user flow is something we really thought about when making the site. We should definitely get to the drawing board and see how we can encourage more comments. RE design. This was something that got better as we got closer to releasing but we still weren't a hundred percent sure. Very glad you mentioned it so we know what looks good to the eye and what doesn't. Hopefully changing it up while users are using it won't be too bad.

markbao 16y ago
Yep, if I could name three fundamental things that made threewords.me successful, one is the "solicit sign up after engagement" flow!

dshipper 16y ago

Thanks for the feedback that's so helpful especially since you're so experienced in the area :) We'll definitely look into improving the user flow that's great idea. Thanks again - I hope your homework goes well I know I probably won't touch mine for at least another hour until the traffic dies down a little.