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Did you consider the implication of creating a professional network and calling it 'Jizie'? You've got huge mountains ahead of you, I think you should reconside

Did you consider the implication of creating a professional network and calling it 'Jizie'? You've got huge mountains ahead of you, I think you should reconsider the name. The landing page is nice, but you haven't given me a compelling reason to give it a go, and you haven't made it easy for me to join. Have you considered starting with a niche? Some friends started theloop.com.au, which is a LinkedIn for creatives, and they've been quite successful with it. When LinkedIn started, it was so early, that I suspect they were targetting IT people, and they grew from there. I think in order to get any traction, you'll at the VERY least need to tell people what they are signing up for. You haven't done that at all on your homepage. "The only professional network with a VOICE" means nothing to me.

minimaxir 13y ago
There is an About page, which is somehow more confusing than having nothing at all: http://www.jizie.com/home/about http://www.jizie.com/home/about
- jizie 13y ago
  can you tell me a little more about whats confusing besides the grammar and spelling would love some feed back.
  - pedalpete 13y ago
    Well, you recognize that the spelling and grammar are messed, fix it! You know what they say about execution. Spelling and grammar are part of that. Your 'about' page still says nothing about what the user should expect when they are logged into the site. All you tell is about why you had the idea, which quite frankly doesn't make a ton of sense to me, and then that "Linkedin.com is the myspace of our generation and jizie.com is the facebook". HOW! WHAT! You've given people absolutely nothing with regards to what the site will do. Even if you just give one or two examples of how your (hopefully soon to be renamed) site is different. What will it allow you to do. I see in another thread that you responded that 'without a co-founder...'. Please don't make excuses. There are tons of people who have built successful sites without co-founders. I'm sure there are also lots of people who grew up in 'bad neighbourhoods', just as there are people in technology who grew up in the farming communities where they didn't have access to a technology community. I know I'm sounding like a downer but I want you to get a bit angry and realize you need to up your game. You've made it further than most have, just by building something and releasing it. It's a sad statement of our industry full of dreamers, but it's the truth. So give yourself a small pat on the back. Then look at the road ahead, and how long and hard it is. Take one step, then another, stay focused, and keep going. Congratulations. All your hard work to get to this point is nothing in comparison to what you've got ahead of you. (That's a compliment, though I know it doesn't sound like one).

minimaxir 13y ago

There is an About page, which is somehow more confusing than having nothing at all: http://www.jizie.com/home/about http://www.jizie.com/home/about

jizie 13y ago
can you tell me a little more about whats confusing besides the grammar and spelling would love some feed back.
- pedalpete 13y ago
  Well, you recognize that the spelling and grammar are messed, fix it! You know what they say about execution. Spelling and grammar are part of that. Your 'about' page still says nothing about what the user should expect when they are logged into the site. All you tell is about why you had the idea, which quite frankly doesn't make a ton of sense to me, and then that "Linkedin.com is the myspace of our generation and jizie.com is the facebook". HOW! WHAT! You've given people absolutely nothing with regards to what the site will do. Even if you just give one or two examples of how your (hopefully soon to be renamed) site is different. What will it allow you to do. I see in another thread that you responded that 'without a co-founder...'. Please don't make excuses. There are tons of people who have built successful sites without co-founders. I'm sure there are also lots of people who grew up in 'bad neighbourhoods', just as there are people in technology who grew up in the farming communities where they didn't have access to a technology community. I know I'm sounding like a downer but I want you to get a bit angry and realize you need to up your game. You've made it further than most have, just by building something and releasing it. It's a sad statement of our industry full of dreamers, but it's the truth. So give yourself a small pat on the back. Then look at the road ahead, and how long and hard it is. Take one step, then another, stay focused, and keep going. Congratulations. All your hard work to get to this point is nothing in comparison to what you've got ahead of you. (That's a compliment, though I know it doesn't sound like one).