9
25 Comments

Feedback on our landing page before launch. 🙏

https://www.reflection.app/

https://www.reflection.app/

Would love to hear your honest thoughts and feedback on our landing page, we plan to start sharing it on Monday!

submitted this linkon August 21, 2019
  1. 5

    I think the page looks simple enough, clear and to the point. Few things to improve:

    • It took me a while to understand what the app/tagline is about (description is a tad complex). What's self-reflection, and why it needs to be made simpler. IMHO your site title explains it way better, which isn't visible - "A better way to journal".
    • Sorry I didn't know what is Holstee, so I'd drop attention to "Created by your friends at" in the headline, since I think the letter at the end is enough and pretty cool & personal.
    • Would love to see a mobile app, much easier to journaling ;)

    All the best for the launch 🙌

    1. 1

      Awesome feedback. I was back and forth on "self-refection made simple" and "a better way to journal". so glad to hear there is a clear better choice from your perspective!

      i don't love the by holstee there either, but was encouraged to add it by people who know holstee -- but i think your right for most people they will have no clue and its distracting.

      definitely hoping to build a mobile app! once we get some validation on our web mvp. in the meantime the mvp we have is fully responsive. and actually works really smoothly on mobile.

      thanks again for the feedback -- gonna implement it shortly!

      Best of luck with slashdeploy!

  2. 3

    I was tempted to click the Holstee link in the first paragraph which seems like an early ejection for the entire landing page. I would remove so people can immediately focus on the product (unless this is intentional). You could also experiment having the signup form be a fixed footer type element https://cl.ly/e71ec80bcb36 vs early access buttons scrolling you to the bottom of the page (I think that's a matter of taste/if conversion numbers have something to say)

    I really like that the fact you can see the product in action with the autoplay gifs and it could be worthwhile to add a start/stop function to these. Similar to https://www.soundslice.com/features/. I think it'd add to the calm-ness of the landing page which is part of the ethos.

    With this type of product there is a great opportunity down the line to have the visitor begin trying the product on the landing page. I'm reminded of https://www.notion.so/product where you can immediately try the editing experience. I can imagine something similar that would be pretty powerful after your personal note at the end (or as the hero element first thing) that has the question of "How is your day going?" Visitors can start typing an answer and the trigger to signup is the "save entry" after they input their response.

    1. 2

      just pushed an update live and I added start/stop for the GIFs and dropped Holstee at the top. thanks again for the suggestions!

      1. 2

        Just took a look -- nice work!

    2. 1

      Love your mockup for the sticky sign up! I'm not a coder so i depended on webflow to create the landing page. but pinning that idea for the future.

      Also really love the idea of dropinng people right into the product, even at the top hero and then to save their answer they can quickly create an account.

      gonna see if i can slow down the gifts a bit, maybe that will make it feel more calm.

      thank you for the feedback, really thoughtful and helpful!

  3. 2

    Really good landing page. I love the gifs. I recommend you add more information regarding security.

    1. 1

      just pushed live with a section on privacy - thanks again for the suggestion!

      1. 2

        Much better! I noticed a typo "entires".

        1. 1

          Typos are my weakness. You are a hero. thanks for letting me know. Just fixed!

    2. 1

      yes, planning on adding that next - thank you!

  4. 2

    You have nice explanations what and how the product works. But, when it comes to personal journals IMHO privacy is a big issue. You should put one more paragraph explaining how you will store/save the data entered and how you will protect user's privacy. And maybe about your GDPR compliance.

    There is a typo in a paragraph:

    Over time you can what areas of life are getting the most attention, and which may be worth investing more time or effort into.

    1. 2

      Great suggestion. And totally, personally privacy is one of the first thing i look for these days. I just didn't want to introduce a fear if people weren't thinking it already. But your comment hits home, so I am gonna add a section. Thank you!

      and that typo 🤦‍♂️. thanks for pointing it out! will fix that asap.

      1. 1

        Don't forget to add like to my comment.

  5. 2

    @daverad touch at the end with the signatures which really contrasts flawlessly with the cartoon characters.

    ++
    Goodluck!

  6. 2

    I like the LAF. But I think maybe it’s missing the “why” aspect. I’d expect that clearly drawing attention to the benefits of a reflection journal would be, well, beneficial :)
    I usually try to think about these types of things from a story perspective, a hero’s journey, or start with why...

    I’m sure it’s fine if you have someone land on the page that is already looking for this type of tool, but you’re not selling the benefits clearly enough “above the fold” to capture the uneducated or fence sitters.

    HTH

    1. 2

      Ah sorry, it’s a pretty old-timer way of referring to the “Look And Feel”
      :)

      1. 1

        haha got it!

    2. 1

      I just pushed an update with line at the top about the benefits of reflection. will also do some content marketing around the benefits of journaling once we launch the blog. Thanks again for the feedback!

    3. 1

      Really good point -- I spent so much time talking about the specifics, I didn't even address the bigger problem or why reflection or journaling is important to begin with. I need to take some time and see how i can get that above the fold. gonna be thinking about this today...thank you!

      What does LAF mean? (googled it but couldn't figure it out 😣)

      1. 2

        I think it means Look And Feel

  7. 2

    I really like the clean landing page design. It reflects (no pun intended) what I would expect from a journal service.

    The only thing that was a little weird was that the last GIF had quite a low frame rate - it's a small thing but I kind of just ignored the GIF because of that

    Good luck on your launch!

    1. 1

      Oo nice catch. I must have removed too many frame when saving it down. Will update that. Thank you!