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Holy crap! I wasn't going to come back here until tomorrow at the earliest, then my own post popped up in my Feedly! Surreal. Thanks for all the feedback!!!

Holy crap! I wasn't going to come back here until tomorrow at the earliest, then my own post popped up in my Feedly! Surreal. Thanks for all the feedback!!! I'm still reading, but here are some quick responses from what I have seen so far. 1. I will update the openloopz.com asap - oversight on my part. Not sure how I missed that tbh. 2. The word "openloopz" was coined about 7 years ago when I first started working on this "project" and 'z' was kinda cool back then ;-) The project has changed a lot since then but the name became quite close to me and I put a lot of work into the assets, so I stuck with it. I have considered changing it to Loop and would love to do that, but it would be a lot of work and I was focused on getting something out there as quickly as possible. 3. The welcome page is a work in progress. I originally had something more detailed with LOADS of screenshots and features, even a video with my own voice (eugh!). But I was advised to focus on why customers would want to use the product as opposed to focusing on features, and all the content became obsolete when I changed the look and feel. Anyway, I will take all the comments on board and revise the landing page - I agree it could be a lot better. Still reading... will respond to individual feedback separately.

ashleyp 12y ago
I really like the concept and a bunch of the features but echo other thoughts. Also, plzplzplzzplz don't keep something a bunch of people have said they dislike because it came about years ago and you're attached to it.
- pdrummond 12y ago
  Thanks. I was just explaining how the name came to be, but if it's a problem (and it looks as though it is) I will change it.
- codecondo 12y ago
  I agree. "OpenLoop" and "OpenLoopz" is enough to justify it.
  - ashleyp 12y ago
    I was speaking broadly and not actually directly about the name but using the name as an example. :)
    - codecondo 12y ago
      Ok. I still think my view is valid in terms of what people are trying to say. But yeah, what's best for business > being overly attached to something.
jakejake 12y ago
Congrats on finishing and launching your product! Not to rehash everything that has been said already but, you can tell this was designed by a programmer because we love abstracting things. It's not a bad thing, but it's impossible to market something that is everything to everybody. My suggestion would be to think of all the customers that you are marketing to that will never give you $5/month. For example, high-school kids looking to chat and have fun will never bother learning your concept and pay you $5 for the privilege. Get rid of all marketing messages aimed at that use case. Will college students pay you $5 to collaborate on a school project? Stop marketing to them. Will a family use this to plan their vacation? (etc) If you do that you should be left with a smaller group and that will allow you to make a definitive one-liner that describes your product, for example "OpenLoopz is a collaboration tool for event planners." Or something to that effect. Even though your service can manage any type of content, you will do better if you just select a few use cases and then customize your marketing to fit them.

ashleyp 12y ago

I really like the concept and a bunch of the features but echo other thoughts. Also, plzplzplzzplz don't keep something a bunch of people have said they dislike because it came about years ago and you're attached to it.

pdrummond 12y ago
Thanks. I was just explaining how the name came to be, but if it's a problem (and it looks as though it is) I will change it.
codecondo 12y ago
I agree. "OpenLoop" and "OpenLoopz" is enough to justify it.
- ashleyp 12y ago
  I was speaking broadly and not actually directly about the name but using the name as an example. :)
  - codecondo 12y ago
    Ok. I still think my view is valid in terms of what people are trying to say. But yeah, what's best for business > being overly attached to something.

jakejake 12y ago

Congrats on finishing and launching your product! Not to rehash everything that has been said already but, you can tell this was designed by a programmer because we love abstracting things. It's not a bad thing, but it's impossible to market something that is everything to everybody. My suggestion would be to think of all the customers that you are marketing to that will never give you $5/month. For example, high-school kids looking to chat and have fun will never bother learning your concept and pay you $5 for the privilege. Get rid of all marketing messages aimed at that use case. Will college students pay you $5 to collaborate on a school project? Stop marketing to them. Will a family use this to plan their vacation? (etc) If you do that you should be left with a smaller group and that will allow you to make a definitive one-liner that describes your product, for example "OpenLoopz is a collaboration tool for event planners." Or something to that effect. Even though your service can manage any type of content, you will do better if you just select a few use cases and then customize your marketing to fit them.