Can I help you in any way?

by Val Sopi

Hey friends, I am a maker just like you, so not selling anything. Just want to be helpful to other makers/bootstrappers like me.

I did this for my friend Ben a week or so ago: https://www.loom.com/share/3562f09ea8c94a92a13f4382045dad37

...and can do the same for your product if you’d like: Use your product for the first time and record myself as I interact with it (audio and video) so you have a better sense of my reactions to your features

Val Sopi

on January 14, 2020

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I'm not sure if you use Twitter, but I've built a great Twitter scheduling app (if I may say so myself). ;)

Just sign up for a free account, see how it goes? Appreciate any feedback on usability, intuitiveness, etc.

Zlappo

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  Hey @simplisticallysimple here's the video. One issue I had was the amount of requirements when authorizing Twitter / you'll see it all on the video
  
  Hope this helps : )
  
  https://www.loom.com/share/4a480eb014ac428d81e4b7f235574baf
  
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    Hey @valopsi, I really appreciate the time you took to do a screencast on Zlappo!
    
    I took away 3 main learning points:
    
    Add emoji support.
    
    Simplify home page, like you say inundation is a real thing.
    
    Reduce permissions asked for by Twitter.
    
    I'll work on 1 right away, 2 is like you said a tough balance between SEO and also oversimplifying such that it's not enough info to sign up. That said, I enjoyed your story about how you 10x your signups just by using a bare-boned signup page!
    
    As for 3, I tried going to the API portal of Twitter, and it doesn't allow us to pick and choose the permissions that we need. I also made users sign up for a regular account instead of just Twitter login because I might add other services in the future, like Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.
    
    All in all, thanks for your feedback! It's always super-helpful when I can see people interacting with my product.
    
    Is there anything I can do to return the favor?
    
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      I've never used Twitter API, though I've heard from friends similar things.
      
      Makes sense why you didn't have Twitter login, since you'll be expanding to other ones as well.
      
      As for the favor, just pass it along to someone else : )
      
      Thanks tons for being a good sport and letting me comment on your app / it was a pleasure
      
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Wow, you're being too kind :) I'd love you to do this to https://listenbox.app/

It's not super desktop friendly right now, but I'd love to see how you use it.

I should do this to https://claritask.com/ too, once I get some sleep

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  Great, @adeln / I will do a run through tomorrow. Do you want me to post it here, or send it to you somewhere specific (Email?)
  
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    here is cool :) thank you so much!
    
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      Here it is @adeln // just recorded it, hope it helps: https://www.loom.com/share/cb7371f9099542a9bc3e5d149ebd630b
      
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        thank you so much man! We both fall outside of each other's target audiences, but this was super valuable to me. You're doing god's work
        
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        Glad that help helped Adel / talk soon around here
        
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    First time trying Loom — their desktop app just doesn't work :) @valsopi https://www.loom.com/share/9ae4d09efd2b4f64a5cf36b19fe3c740
    
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      Thanks so much for doing this as well @adeln / It's so humbling seeing someone use our apps for real // Much appreciated your feedback
      
      BTW... did I get what Listenbox is correctly?
      
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        yep. And correctly pointed out that I failed to communicate why anyone would want to listen to YouTube :)
        
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      Oh thanks for returning the favor right away @adeln : )
      
      Will take a look at this!
      
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That is amazing :)

If you could go on https://versoly.com/ have a look at the home page and then hit the "start building now" button and give it a go

Also if you need help with anything let me know.

P.S. I was going to reach out over twitter about a topic on your podcast, but I only knew you from the podcast so it felt a little weird :)

P.S.S. Last time I did something like this I woke up to 100+ comments asking for landing page feedback

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  Hey @volkandkaya : ) not weird at all about the podcast. Can you let me know here? Or DM twitter.
  
  I will go through Versoly tomorrow. Do you want me to send it to you directly? Or post it here?
  
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    Here it is @volkandkaya / I cut myself at the end, but I was wrapping up : )
    
    Hope this helps: https://www.loom.com/share/8a38a79335c74666bf1e02f3dcd54206
    
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      Perfect :)
      
      For conversions with no sign up, went from 5-7% to 20%+, we believe the builder is amazing so we need to get visitors using it
      
      "I like to code" we have a html/css/js editor built in :)
      
      Agency plan needs to be removed/edited we planned on testing the market no one has went for it or asked about it
      
      We didn't get any feedback by doing personalised emails so the survey made a ton of sense to do, responses are low but much better than email
      
      Weird bug never seen that before adding two blocks at the same time, my guess is the lag from loom and the 100+ chrome tabs :)
      
      Was very hard to get a .com domain and Verso - mean reserve of a coin, we like to think we're the opposite of other builders, they limit your creativity and flexibility
      
      Thanks so much for that helped a lot!
      
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