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Clean, simple, fast blogging platform. We appreciate the Feedback

Hi Fellow hackers, we will launch within couple weeks, and we are in the process of looking for beta users for our blogging platform https://tyype.io/

What we offer:

  • Blazing fast onboarding. Sign up, and you are ready to blog
  • Custom domain and branding
  • Draft mode so you can get feedback before publishing
  • Built-in analytics you can grow your audience
  • SEO support

We would love to have your feedback on:

  • Is the copy clear?
  • Any questions/feedback on the concept itself?
  • Any requested features
  • From 1 to 10, how ready do you think we are? ( In terms of the landing page)

Thanks for taking the time!

on November 1, 2019
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    I feel like your post here is more convincing than the landing page!

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    Some quick notes:

    The two column text is hard to read.

    Focus more on benefits than features. When focusing on features, be more specific.

    What analytics are built in? Why are those important? What will tyype tell me that other blogging services wouldn't?

    Am I a new blogger or do I have an existing blog? What do I care about in either case?

    How good is the built in SEO? What will that help me do?

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    It's not as bad as some of the others say, but it's not selling me on the idea.

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    I think you have a typo: "Build in Analytics"... so is that something I do? Or did you mean "Built in Analytics"?

    If I can really publish a blog in seconds, show me a screencast on the homepage illustrating that. Is it as easy to use as Medium?

    Custom domains could use a little more description. Do you own outright the IP block with the addresses you want me to set my A records to, which means you're not at the whim of your hosting provider or ISP? Or do I have to point the domain name server records to your DNS servers, which means I have to put my MX records, etc., in your DNS? Neither is ideal, so plan that carefully. Lots of businesses use Google Apps for email, etc.

    What insight do the analytics give me? Will it be better than adding Google Analytics to WordPress? Google Analytics is kind of a pain actually. It would be fantastic if you showed me the search terms, traffic sources, and geographic origins right on the individual blog entries when I am logged in.

    Also, I'm a little confused at how Branding will be done if I don't have to configure templates. Do you apply my branding to my blog? What is the process there? Do I have to pick from existing themes, upload my own images and CSS, or just email you a bunch of files? Or do you randomly generate a theme/layout like Looka does?

    Can I add undated pages to my blog, such as a contact or about page? Or make my own organized list of entries to serve the same purpose?

    Who is your audience exactly? Are you looking for small business? Personal blogs? Are you a boutique, hand-held service, or are you going after thrifty backpackers?

    Also, what does it cost? As much as I dislike using sites built on Wix, they do have an attractive offering for their audience. I'd study their landing page, as it's very well done.

    I think you have a sound idea though. Setting up WordPress is more complicated than most people really want to deal with.

    I would consider changing your tagline. In all honesty, I really don't care how many seconds it takes to publish a post. That's also not the value you're trying to deliver. I think something like "Blogging with Analytics made easy" would be better, and if you search for that with quotes on Google no one else is using it.

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    Need a deeper explanation paragraphs titled like this: Why Tyype?
    :)

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    Copy is OK. Need to see your blog built using tyype.

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      Thanks for the feedback, that's definitely a must

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    Hello There,

    • Is the copy clear?
      The text is not bad, but the design itself is not really supporting it, maybe you should add some relevant screenshots to each text?

    • Any questions/feedback on the concept itself
      I am not sure how you will compete with platforms such as Medium and Tumbler

    • Any requested features:
      Maybe you need to focus on the blogger exposure tools, as many bloggers they struggle with making there blog posts popular and to reach more people

    -From 1 to 10, how ready do you think we are? ( In terms of the landing page)
    I would say 1, but to be honest i would give it 0

    Thank you.

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      Thanks for the feedback. Our goal is to make Tyype easy to use, clean, and growth-centric at an affordable price. Exposure tools are definitely on the map.

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    Think the design might need some work :)

    • Add a CTA in the navbar
    • Images of the product if you have them

    You also really need a blog if you're talking about blogging.

    The idea makes sense.

    Biggest problem is getting customers at a profit.

    I would love to talk to you about how you built the product including the editor, https://calendly.com/volkan-kaya/ if you have some time :)

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      Hi Volkan, thanks for the feedback :)

      • We will add the blog and images of the product on the next iteration.

      • Adding CTA in the navbar would certainly improve the conversion rate!

      • Sounds good, I will schedule a time for us to talk.

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      I have been looking for a minimal blogging alternative for a long time. I don’t really find Ghost suitable for a variety of reasons. I think the market is out there waiting for a good solution - just haven’t found it yet. I look forward to trying Tyype out!

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          I don’t love WP either, but it’s the de facto backbone for 10+ sites that I run. It is almost infinitely extendable, and in its favor it has gotten a lot more stable over the past couple years.

          Ghost wasn’t very flexible for me. Difficult to deploy and adjust to my specific needs - not the same level of extensibility that WP offers.

          There is definitely a market out there for a hyper minimal blogging engine (sort of like Anchor) but I haven’t seen a great one yet. Ghost is overkill and I didn’t really like its usability. Statamic is probably the closest one out there but it’s a bit expensive.