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Feedback on my new project, FIRE Stories

Hi All!

I launched my first side project, FIRE Stories, firestories.co. These are weekly interviews with people who've retired early, achieved financial independence, or are on their way to it.

As a follower of the FIRE (financial independence early retirement) movement, I found myself continually searching for stories on forums and blogs. There's a lot of tactical advice and discussions, but I'm more interested in the stories, background, mindset, etc.

I've just published 2 interviews (more are in the pipeline). I'd love your feedback on the idea, homepage, site. It's pretty barebones to start and plan to add more resources and data.

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    Hi, I think it's pretty good. The call to action is obvious.
    I added some more detailed feedback here: https://ssybx8s9lyoxw33.unfaintapp.com/

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      That is a very cool app, and it's also cool that you provided useful feedback with it! :)

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        Thanks! I built it specifically with IH in mind. Typical process here involves seeing lots of out-of-context comments in an IH thread and switching back and forth between the landing page and the IH thread.
        This is my attempt to try and solve that.

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      Side note: First time I've seen unfaintapp... super cool.

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        Thanks! See comment above, I built this specifically with IH in mind.

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      Thank you, monsiv. Your comments are spot on. Will take action on those.

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        No problem.
        I think the concept is good: Pull in SEO traffic with the articles and then visitors signup.

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    You have to make this a podcast. Even if it's just you reading the article, it will help (a lot) drive organic traffic, also you'll have a whole new audience.
    I also encourage you to listen to other hustle type of podcasts.

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    Hi Tim,

    My team would love to help you with a constructive UI/UX feedback for your landing page. Just fill up your details here: http://draftss.com/getfeedback

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    Content seems solid and of great inspiration! I do think that the header part and the call to action is not big enough. I went directly to the content at the bottom without realizing the CTA.

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      Thank you - i toyed with the idea of cleaning up the hero image and moving email + cta below to make it stand out. I'll test this. 🙂