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First of all: congrats on shipping! My biggest concern is your proposition. The information on the website is lacking in clarity, it’s a mystery to me what ‘pr

First of all: congrats on shipping! My biggest concern is your proposition. The information on the website is lacking in clarity, it’s a mystery to me what ‘prospect’ does. Is it a job board? Does it search for candidates? Does it have to do anything with jobs on my website in the first place? Ah, wait, I have to click on ‘features’. That’s three clicks away from the usehuman.com homepage, and I still haven’t got a clue what it is you’re selling. How do I implement it? Is it an external service, how can I put it on my website, how can I enter jobs, etc. So that’s my first point. Make it clear what it is you’re selling, and, more importantly, how I will benefit. After that, explain how it works. Also, $18 a month seems a little steep to me. Besides, as a business owner, I don’t want the hassle of monthly payments. You could offer a yearly subscription with a discount. My other concern is this: what’s your target audience? Is it small business owners who aren’t very tech savvy? Most likely they won’t need the $18 a month subscription since most small business owners don’t change staff members that much to justify the cost. A soon as a company gets big enough for putting several job openings on their website, they’ll most likely have some sort of CMS to handle this. Or does Prospect offer something that standard CMS’s don’t?

amac 13y ago
> The information on the website is lacking in clarity I agree but it's something I'm struggling with aka how to package what is literally; an outsourced job board service. That's before we look at the benefits of Prospect. On billing, we do offer 6, 12, 24 month plans. I just haven't made it clear pre-billing. > My other concern is this: what’s your target audience? Is it small business owners who aren’t very tech savvy? Most likely they won’t need the $18 a month subscription since most small business owners don’t change staff members that much to justify the cost. A soon as a company gets big enough for putting several job openings on their website, they’ll most likely have some sort of CMS to handle this. Or does Prospect offer something that standard CMS’s don’t? This is a good point - it's aimed at those with a social network presence (i.e Facebook user) and those with a CMS that doesn't integrate jobs well e.g uses a static jobs page. As you mention, as companies grow, they will want a ATS type solution (Taleo etc) to effectively manage HR. Before then, I guess it's the Fortune 5,000,000 that's the market.

amac 13y ago

> The information on the website is lacking in clarity I agree but it's something I'm struggling with aka how to package what is literally; an outsourced job board service. That's before we look at the benefits of Prospect. On billing, we do offer 6, 12, 24 month plans. I just haven't made it clear pre-billing. > My other concern is this: what’s your target audience? Is it small business owners who aren’t very tech savvy? Most likely they won’t need the $18 a month subscription since most small business owners don’t change staff members that much to justify the cost. A soon as a company gets big enough for putting several job openings on their website, they’ll most likely have some sort of CMS to handle this. Or does Prospect offer something that standard CMS’s don’t? This is a good point - it's aimed at those with a social network presence (i.e Facebook user) and those with a CMS that doesn't integrate jobs well e.g uses a static jobs page. As you mention, as companies grow, they will want a ATS type solution (Taleo etc) to effectively manage HR. Before then, I guess it's the Fortune 5,000,000 that's the market.