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Playing around with it now and so far: 1. Love the design. Simple, clean, effective. 2. The "tools" sections need to be much more apparent. This is in theory

Playing around with it now and so far: 1. Love the design. Simple, clean, effective. 2. The "tools" sections need to be much more apparent. This is in theory the main purpose of the site. 3. 140 characters is hot as Hansel right now, but there's no way someone can pitch me effectively in 140. I think that needs to be upped significantly. 4. I'd like the homepage to be more of a personal dashboard. History of direct contact, recommendations of new releases that fall in line with my "public collections" (I don't like that terminology, 'groups' maybe?), etc. I focused on the negative because those are the areas I think need the most work, but overall I think you're off to an awesome start. I could see this becoming very usable for me - ie, button on my blog and a note that I will only consider pitches delivered via Ivylees. Man, that sure would help my inbox...

rriepe 18y ago
Thanks, Zach. These are all areas we're concerned about right now, so your feedback is definitely appreciated (and focused on the right spots). When you say up the pitch character limit, are you thinking around 300? Or even more?
- unalone 18y ago
  I've seen a few sites that used 250, and that seems like the sweet spot to me. It forces you to condense, but it gives you enough space to broadcast a thought.
- zacharye 18y ago
  My pleasure, and feel free to hit me directly if you'd like feedback as revisions are implemented. As for the character limit, 300 is much more appropriate I think. It's a catch 22 in a way - journalists/bloggers theoretically want a lower limit with the hope that they will receive a succinct message. Businesses/flacks on the other hand, will be put off if they have to keep revising their thoughts over and over to fit them into such a small space. Personally, I might start with a limit of 500 characters but I'm likely in the minority. For comparison sake, this message is 593 characters.
  - woodsier 18y ago
    I would have said 500-1000. There's only so much you can convey in 3 sentences.

rriepe 18y ago

Thanks, Zach. These are all areas we're concerned about right now, so your feedback is definitely appreciated (and focused on the right spots). When you say up the pitch character limit, are you thinking around 300? Or even more?

unalone 18y ago
I've seen a few sites that used 250, and that seems like the sweet spot to me. It forces you to condense, but it gives you enough space to broadcast a thought.
zacharye 18y ago
My pleasure, and feel free to hit me directly if you'd like feedback as revisions are implemented. As for the character limit, 300 is much more appropriate I think. It's a catch 22 in a way - journalists/bloggers theoretically want a lower limit with the hope that they will receive a succinct message. Businesses/flacks on the other hand, will be put off if they have to keep revising their thoughts over and over to fit them into such a small space. Personally, I might start with a limit of 500 characters but I'm likely in the minority. For comparison sake, this message is 593 characters.
- woodsier 18y ago
  I would have said 500-1000. There's only so much you can convey in 3 sentences.