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First 5 seconds. Leave a link in the comments and I'll reply with my first 5s impression.

Yes so, I'm not claiming to be an expert but I am a fresh pair of eyes and I can be very critical but that's a good thing.

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    www.ruttl.com

    Appreciate the post for the community, @Scott322.
    Cheers!

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      Very cool concept.

      I would include in what scenerio this is practical. For example, could you implement this on your website and then I go to your website and use the tools or do I need an invite or... not clear on how i could use it. I see the benefit of it for my own website. But how do I get people to use it in order to give me feedback? That is my main thing. Im interested in using it though if it works in a practical fashion.

      www.leagueofstartups.com

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      I guess my 2 cents would be to make it less wordy. The objective is to get people to sign up for your popup as a paying customer. By making it so wordy you can actually lose potential clients. Give just enough info to convince people to buy and not a word more than that. It is really way too much words to go over to give specific advice but just try to remove some content if you can.

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      Honestly you did a great job with this. Great idea and great landing page. Would you mind submitting this on my online tournament for startups www.leagueofstartups.com ?

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      Just taking the 5 second test, I had to look up your pricing page to know that it's free, could you add this in the CTA ?

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    https://filmpatico.com/login/

    Thanks man, let me know if I can give you the same help sometime.

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      Dude I don't know what to make of this...
      What happens after I register? Is the goal to bring people in the film industry together. Maybe like a linkedin for film? If so great idea, i think a niche linkedin is a good idea. The ui needs a total revamp though. I don't know what your situation is but try and make it more appealing and straight forward.

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        Something like that, yes. It's for networking and includes a job board and a project management/scheduling tool. Were you able to see the main dashboard? You can see the public area if you just go to filmpatico.com.

        To tell you the truth I spent far too much money on Fiverr over the past few years trying to tweak it exactly to my specifications before I read The Lean Startup or knew much about MVP's. So I went backward unfortunately. Now I'm just stuck and have no idea how to launch it and get people to sign up, due to the catch 22 of network effects in social networks (the value relies on people actually being there to use it).

        I cannot code so I've been looking into Bubble to try and make it cleaner and faster. Thanks again for your help, I have a hard time getting honest feedback.

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      Very cool and very well displayed on your landing page. So this turns written text into voice? If so I would 100% make that more clear.

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        It's not an app as such, it's a service. We use professional narrators to repurpose the content into audio. Maybe that's not clear enough?

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      1. We make learning to code simple. > okay so this is your hook. It is not sexy.
      2. Free courses available on signup. Certificates and portfolios free forever. > A bit sus because now I'm thinking "what's available exactly".

      The purpose to the tag line is to hook people into your product. You do this by telling them what you are in as few words as possible. So you say you make learning to code simple. But how? If I were you I'd say "Learn to code, via video, as easily as A-B-C" Second tag line - "in one month you will be coding for money"

      But your landing page has to be more sexy, i'd look at some good templates.

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      Not OP but I also took the 5 second test and I thought at first, reading your title, that it was about an app that would help you learn to code. But then the subtitle seems to imply that you are offering curated courses list ? No CTA also

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      Keep daily goals small, life goals bigger! > Small daily goals, Big life goals
      Simply planning your day 1-2-3

      You have too much info below. Nobody wants to read all of that. Put everything into one sentence. For example, your first info chunk says "Timeline" then it goes into detail. Forget the detail and forget "Timeline". Just summarize all that into one little sentence.

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        Thanks for checking it out and giving your feedback.

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      Subsribed. hahaha keep doing what your doing.

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      tough market to break but you are doing the right thing here. Your site is perfectly done. Would you mind submitting this into an online tournament for startups? www.leagueofstartups.com

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        Thanks Scott, just submitted into the tournament!

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      Not OP but I took the 5 second test. The first thing that came to my mind was : is your service free ? There's no pricing page.

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        Hi Nespresso thanks for reaching out.

        I havent figured out the pricing point yet. It's gonna be a freemium model instead of price per API call and I'm working on the price along with my clients

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      I bookmarked this for use on a later project. Appreciate your hard work man.

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        Great! Please let me know if you start using it.

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      hey man thats awesome. You did a great job. I would center the text on the landing page. I love it, would you mind submitting this into an online tournament for startups? www.leagueofstartups.com

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        Thank You. I tried to center text, but i think its not readable on desktop., while on mobile text is centered.
        Submited for leagueofstartups :)

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      Not OP, but taking the test if you don't mind. I would move the CTAs up as they appear low in the page on mobile

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        Thank you, i will think about it

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      Dude, I couldn't not have done it better myself. Clear, concise, to the point, great copy , so easy to read and you even gave examples of what it can look like. Would you feel comfortable submitting this onto an online tournament for startups? www.leagueofstartups.com

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      Loved it. One small remark, the banner looks too tiny on mobile in my opinion

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        Thankyou. Removed the banner and added other CTAs.

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      Great idea to have a landing page for your ebook. Most people don't do that.
      One tiny issue is that it seems that you have two equal tag lines. So I think your audience is not coders? If this is the case I would simplify the copy on the landing page in relation to your book in order to make it easier to read. This will get rid of a barrier. Sorry I don't have too much for you.

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        Thank you! Audience are back-end and full stack programmers. Perhaps have to make it to stand out.

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      Love the single column simplicity.
      Most people don't know what ghost blog is. So I would first have a comparison between ghost and any other popular blogging site in order for people to understand.
      You have a 20% off sign. I would take that off as the obvious question now is how much is the package? I'm seeing expenses if I give you my email and I don't like expenses. The world is trying to get me on their subscription plan so it is not an easy task. I would take off the 20% for now. If you want to talk money tell people, below, exactly what they get for exactly how much. I'm seeing costs in 2 places "zero setup fee" which usually means I will pay something somewhere and 20% off which means some more payments somewhere. Make it clear and direct because people don't want to be fkked around with.

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        Hi @Scott322,
        Thanks for the valuable feedbacks.. I appreciate it. I am a Hardcore developer & A new Founder so I have very little experience when it comes to marketing or understanding a clients view as a business.. I really appreciate your feedback.

        Thanks

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      Hey, did not know that ghost was hard ans long to deploy. Would it be possible for you to add some figures in the title of how much speed improvement can be expected with your solution?

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        Hi @greatNespresso,
        Thanks for your feedback. Yeah its bit hard to deploy for no-coders/non-tech & if you want some affordable solution.. There is an easy option with ghost pro but its seems bit expensive & you can also deploy with DigitalOcean but its not fully managed & some setup needed..

        I will definitely follow your suggestions.. As I need more feedback from you guys..

        Thanks again for your feedback

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      1. love the simple ui
      2. The thing is i would make the process of step 1 more clear before payment. Right now you are asking me to pay and I'm still not 100% sure whats going on which means I won't pay. For example do I need to make every single page, login, register etc. This is a major barrier and has to be made more clear. Difficult to do I understand that. On top of that, on the pricing page, api is 70 but as a non coder I may not know what constitutes an API.
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    Neat! (I’m currently working on the dummy PDF - use it as a demo / tutorial material)

    https://formulairemagique.fr

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      1. Nothing immediately catches my eye
        2a. who is the target market? people who fill in a lot of pdf's?
        2b. if there is a market for this?
      2. if I were you I would just put the pricing on the index page.
      3. your logo needs to be up in the corner so it does not take away from your info
      4. "filling not editable forms" needs to be dead center.
      5. When you say forms do you mean pdf's? if so get rid of the word forms and replace it with pdf.
      6. Dead center I'd just say what you do. Have a 1-2 listical.
      1. Fill in your pdf 1-time
      2. Next time we do it for you.

      The purpose is to just tell people what you do. Don't make them have to think about it. You will lose 90% of your potential customers if you make them use more than 1% of their brains. Make it easy for them.

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        Thanks a ton @Scott322, this is really valuable AND actionable – I'll update the landing page to better reflect what Formulaire Magique is about.

        (I sent you an email with a license key to thank you)

        Have an excellent evening,

        Ben

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          Your a great guy. Got your email. Appreciate it.

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      1. There is way too much text everywhere. I'd cut the text by half, at least. Including navigation.

      2. The 'switching' text on top does a good job at taking away from your tag line.

      3. If you work well with shopify you want to make this a central theme of your text.

      4. Message chat popup on the right side is a big turn off. You should not ask someone after 2 seconds if they have any questions. It takes 10 minutes for me to figure out what it is you do.

      5. On the right side form don't ask for so much information. Just ask for an email and store url. Don't even ask for a work email. Just email.

      Dude the list can go on but this is a start.

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        Thanks for the feedback.

        1.OK
        2. Find this irrelevant?
        3. Don't you find we're already talking enough of Shopify?
        4. "It takes 10 minutes for me to figure out what it is you do."
        What is missing to make you understand faster than we're a customer support app?
        4.b. I've increased the delay before opening the popup

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    https://3betfold.com

    Thanks man! Very much appreciated

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      1. Definitely on the right track. Looking very clean.

      2. "Raise your edge and boost your win rate using top-notch Texas Holdem post-play analysis tools."

      Change this to: Boost your win rate. Texas Holdem analysis tools.

      1. The main image is broken. Not being displayed. Must must fix this.

      2. So basically you offer software that I will install on my computer so that if I play poker online your analysis will tell me what I could have done better. Is that right.

      If I were you I would just write this plain and simple - "What we do for you: simple explanation here".

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        Thank you very much for your input :)

        1. Yeah I also thought that the wording needs to be more precise. It's hard for me to find the right balance as I am no native English speaker and I have very little experience in copywriting but I am willing to learn (tight budget). I will definitely implement your suggestion as it sounds much cleaner.

        2. Can you tell me on which device and on which browser you are experiencing issues? I am hearing about this the first time and can't reproduce it.

        3. Basically yes, but what may not be so clear is that the software is a web app running in your browser (we offer an optional client to automatically upload your data though). But I am not sure if this is even relevant for most users?

        You are right, the main use case/advantage should be communicated more clearly. I will definitely work on that, thanks again for your insights!

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          Ok nevermind, the main image seems to be missing on Mac/Safari.

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      Okay there is one thing you need to do here.

      It took me more than 5 seconds to realize that your light setups are connected to my smartphone.

      I need to know this right away because is a strong selling point.

      Second - you need to easily explain the connection between my phone and the light display.

      For example:

      1. Our lights connect to your smart phone.
      2. Create a light show by... (explain that here)

      The title "Light Canvas" is taking up prime real estate and is not telling me anything. I'd switch this with a hook.

      I'd use javascript to create a downward pointing animated arrow. So users are tempted to scroll down to learn more. The arrow you have now is not notiable enough.

      ----this info is great but you are not marketing it well---

      Create the perfect ambience to match your mood and personality.

      The Light Canvas is endlessly customisable. Choose from a wide selection of built-in scenes – everything from subtle and relaxing to vibrant and psychedelic.

      Move, resize and rotate scenes to suit your particular setup.

      Create your own scenes from photos and animations on your phone or shared from other apps.

      ------END------

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        Thanks, this is some of the most useful feedback I've received. "It took me more than 5 seconds to realize that your light setups are connected to my smartphone." - this is exactly the kind of thing I wanted to know.

        Based on your feedback, what I'm planning to do is update the header video/graphic to show a smartphone with the app in-frame (visually communicate that the lights are smartphone-controlled) as well as replacing the title with a hook of some kind.

        I think I also need to add a section showing/explaining what sets these lights apart - the smartphone mapping functionality.

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    https://minibri.com

    I am new to this Indie "thing" :) I decided to start with a small app/game I wanted for a long time so here is the promo landing page.

    I am targeting to release the final thing in 1-2 months.

    Product pitch in a sentence: "Minibri Score is a sports prediction game that is actually fun to compete with friends and colleagues!"

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      great great concept but you are marketing (landing page wise) it at about 2% of its potential.

      You said "invite your sport" take this out because it looks as though I have to do all the work and you don't have things setup.

      The one objective of your landing page is to get emails I'm assuming?

      So you only need to include copy that motivates people to do this one thing. Do not explain about how it works, just explain what it is.

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        Thanks!

        Do not explain about how it works, just explain what it is.

        Indeed, I was thinking about this as well, but I included it because the core of the product and one of the main benefits is that you cannot just play with a few predefined sports, like most other products/fantasy leagues. It's super simple to create a tournament for any two-sided sport.

        I will need to change the wording probably to not seem like a chore.

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    Thanks for doing this @Scott322 :) This is what our team is currently building Pez.AI - Natasha (AI Social Media Manager)

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      Nice I would love to try this out, I already joined the wait list :)

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        @mkleimann Thanks for joining our waitlist! Glad you find this interesting ❤️

        Just wondering, do you know anyone else who might be interested in this product? 😀

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          Not right now, but I am sure that it might be interesting for a lot of small business owners which are bootstrapping and don't have a budget for social media staff. I don't like social media so much and I don't use it personally, so I hope to spend as little time as possible doing social media interaction myself 😀

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            Yes! I totally agree with you :) Btw, I'll keep you posted once our product is available to the public. Thanks!

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      Engage Your Audience With AI-Generated Reactions

      The issue is, with this prime space you want to tell your audience what you are offering them.

      change to: Let Natasha do your social media. > this will fit on 2 lines and make it an easier read.

      Natasha is a chatbot that learns and mimics your behavior on social media. Natasha reacts and responds just like you would to engage your audience and increase your brand awareness.

      Change to a listical:

      1. Natasha will learn your talking style.
      2. Natasha will talk to your customers while you sleep.

      You have to cut back the content to the above because the goal is to sell, not educate. Below you can add more details.

      Raise brand awareness
      Natasha effortlessly comments and reacts to social media posts to raise your brand profile. > cut out the raie your braind awareness because it sounds like your selling.

      Feed your passion > change to "Free your time"

      Delegate social media management to Natasha so you can focus on what you do best. > Let Natasha engage the world.

      Zero learning curve > ok
      Change sub text to > Connect your social media accounts and let Natasha do her thing. No technical skills required.

      Below this you have a good explanation of how it works with images. I would add a listical for this as well. 1-2-3-4. The reason is upon reading the number 1 people will realize they are about to be taken through something and it is obvious 4 will be last with the finalization content it contains. Then finishing with the email is good.

      With Boris I would get rid of the dropdown because it distracts. Add the how it works to the boris page so it is all together. Again with Boris you need some listicals to make it an easier read.

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        Thank you so much for taking the time to provide such detailed feedback on the website. I really appreciate it! This is all really helpful @Scott322!
        I was just wondering, what do you think of this product idea?

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          The product concept is great because it will mean I don't have to hire someone to do this. As I understand I just need to get the ball rolling and eventually (after natasha learns my replying style) she will take over giving me more time to do what I want. One thing I would want for reassurance is that in my spare time I can view each of the resonses and have an easy edit function. You may have this now but it is a strong selling point if your potential clients know this. The reason is that even with AI there is no 100% certainty that they will always work properly.

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            It will mean I don't have to hire someone to do this

            Yes you got that right! You can think of Natasha as an extension of you. As you know, hiring someone requires additional training + oversight and this cycle goes on and on since people eventually leave...

            One thing I would want for reassurance is that in my spare time I can view each of the responses and have an easy edit function. You may have this now but it is a strong selling point if your potential clients know this.

            For the MVP, we will first include the like + retweet features so there's no replying yet.
            But our plan for the response generated by the bot is that we will allow users to have the freedom to choose if they want to let Natasha run on her own or have her collaborate with you through email where you can approve or edit the responses generated by her (there's more to this but this is essentially the gist)

            Btw, If you want to have early access to our product, you can join our waitlist on our landing page.

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    makesales.io

    adding to your workload, be careful what you wish for :D

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      1. pretty interesting concept
      2. overall good landing page
      3. some changes
        a. After 2 seconds your chat message popsup. So what am I going to ask you after landing on your page for 2 seconds? Nothing right. So I would not have that popup. Instead leave a button for the option to chat.
        b. On the chat do not say you are away right now. that will stop people from sending. After they leave a message tell them you are away.
        c. As I scroll down the message is in the way blocking content.
        d. MakeSales shows you where your next > you have to put MakeSales.io otherwise it looks like a mispelled word within the sentence. Bcuz its a name you have to make it stand out from the other words.

      Rewrite it this way. Listicals stand out. How you currently display this text requires 1% effort to read and that is danger. Don't make your potential customers use more than 1% of their brains.

      MakeSales.io WILL:

      1. Show you where your next customers are.
      2. How to reach out to them
      3. Assists you until the finish line.

      Find & close your next 100 customers. >I'd change this to Find your next 100 customers.
      Because it is assumed that you will close on them but with the capital F and small c(lose) it is mismatched.

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        @Scott322 way to deliver man thank you very much! I also got annoyed by the chat thing so I removed the fact that it was proactively getting in your face

        I made other edits thanks to your recommandations, thank you so much!

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          Where your next customers are,
          -How to reach out to them, These should have a period not a comma.

          My thoughts on your product? This would be better asked by your target market. For me to better answet it, thought, you would have to be more specific on your landing page about WHAT you are selling? I mean I see a lot of generalities but since I don't know your product as well as you do there might be a reason for this. If I were in your shoes I would, at least at the beginning, have a very specific type of "customer" in mind. For all I know you are selling tractors. So you understand it is not easy for me to give a comment on your overall business model.

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            Wow that last portion threw me completely off guard ngl, if you think I'm selling tractors I'm at my wits end

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    https:enwake.com

    Thanks Bro.

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      Hey Ran - you need more images of explanation. Specifically, on the top part of your landing page I would have a GIF image and in the 'more info' section I would have an image on the left side ith that text on the right side. The aim with your images are to eliminate as much text as possible and let the image do the talking (or explaning in this case). I do like the simplicity of your site though.

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      By the way I'd be honored if you would submit this into an online tournament for startups. www.leagueofstartups.com

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      Interesting idea! I wasn't sure if this was for commercial or residential use. And then at the bottom of the page, you have RV use listed, which seemed pretty strange. I actually thought it was an ad because it seemed so unrelated at first.

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        Thanks Cory, may I know what made you confused about it being for residential use or not?

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          The size, shape, and industrial design made me think it was for professional kitchens/warehouses.

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    Hey, looks like you've been hit with massive responses ! Congrats ! If you still find some time : https://scrapiste.com. Thank you for your help in advance !

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    Hi! This is a sign up page for my newsletter (I'm handling entirely everything my self - Blog version, emails, content). Arguably I'm reinventing the wheel, but that's just to have full control (I just felt like it).

    SignUp Page: https://knowledgeday.imfast.io/index2.html
    Online view/Blog: https://ohyash.github.io/KnowledgeDay/

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    https://gomobo.app

    Would love to return the favor if you respond with a link!

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      Hey ! Looks awesome, I would maybe add a CTA under the title.

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        Thanks for looking! I am close to a full launch of my first game, planning on adding a video showing gameplay and then a big "Sign up and play now!" button.

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    Thanks in advance! 🕊️

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    Before you click the link, I want you to know that this is a simple open source tool I'm working on right now. I am trying to get people to use it and check out the repo.

    braydentw.github.io/react-emoji-search

    Thanks :D

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    Nice idea! I just updated the landing page of my side-project called Mindible. It still needs more section but I would love to get some early feedback.
    Here's the link: https://usemindible.com

    Thanks!

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    Here is my entry for you -

    https://lifetimo.com/

    Thank you. :)

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    https://www2.form-data.com

    Not optimized for mobile yet, so please use desktop
    (This is a remake of the production site www.form-data.com)

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      Very nice tool. You should make it useable with just the keyboard though.

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    https://www.bespokeresume.tech

    The product is still in development, do let me know what you think of the page!
    Thanks.

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      1. i dont know what it the objective
      2. 'get overview' should have more of a call to action "make this"
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        I also haven't fully figured that one out yet, not sure what will be the main purpose of the application. Have multiple plans. Thanks for your time, I appreciate it.

        Btw, did you born in South Korea?

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    Sweet! I got two so if you have ten seconds to spare...

    Interested to hear your thoughts!

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      1. great idea
      2. at the bottom the button "start tracking your competitors" is off the screen.
      3. the quick setup section: don't explain just point form. for example:
        Set up your company profile by inserting your business’s website.
        should read like this...
      • Insert your website
        We need to know who we are tracking and what pages are important.
        change to: "Insert your competitors websites"

      Great fkn job on this.

      If you feel comfortable please submit into my online tournament for startups. www.leagueofstartups.com

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        Thanks Scott for taking the time to do this and your feedback! You made some really good points and I'm going to look at changing our setup section. I like your idea for the league, at what stage should a startup submit?

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        Here is my 5 sec impression of your site: It loads very slow - if it loads at all...

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          Which one, Accordably or Leagueofstartups?

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            Leagueofstartups - sorry for not being specific.

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      1. great idea
      2. replace these two sections:
        Put this on top "Simple widget for various purposes"
        and put this below:
        Engage Your Customers
        Build Better Products

      The reason is - tag lines don't work. The uber generation does not want to waste time trying to figure out what it is. Just tell them. The second section of your website is perfect. It is one-line that gets straight to the point.

      More specifically:
      This line "Engage Your Customers
      Build Better Products"

      It doesn't say anything about your product. Keeping this copy on top will lose you potential customers who don't want to take the time to figure it out. When I scrolled down to the second section I was more impressed because BOOM there it is exactly what your widget it is about.

      Consider posting this on my online tournament for startups. www.leagueofstartups.com I would love to see it there.

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        Thanks! I will rearrange and try www.leagueofstartups.com for sure

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      Two things:

      1. This needs to be reworded-
        Which Acquisition Channels do Consistently Work for Founders?

      Change to > Which channels work best for founders?

      With the image you have on the right side its obvious which channels you are talking about. This makes it easier to read.

      1. I'm not giving my email to an unknown person. Give me a snippet of what the email will contain and also ease my worries of being added to a spam list by telling me exactly how many emails i'm going to receive. I've done it one too many times where I give my email then they send me all this crap I didn't ask for.
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      Hey thats cool man. If I were you I would make the play button more easily noticed. I first clicked on the google button before figuring out the lower button was a jump straight to the sound. So I'd move the play button above the google and alexa links. If free is a 5 hour loop and paid is a 12 hour loop I don't think people are going to go for the paid.

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        Thanks Scott! I appreciate the feedback! Yeah I tried to make the free version enticing enough to get people to try the skill, and the paid version enough of a difference for people to sign up. Most alexa skills are free for 1 hour and 10 hour paid. So they definitely have a bigger gap between their free and paid.

        I agree that it's less enticing of an upgrade. I'm not sure if I can make the free version worst without getting bad reviews. But I'll try and find a way to make the gap bigger to get more paid users. Right now the conserversion rate is not bad, but if I can make it better that would make a big difference.

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      Okay so the objective is to provide information on psycodelic options for investment is my understanding. For this objective a sexy landing page is not necessary, although if it were me I would still make it sexy and catchy. My first impression is that this is dry. I really don't know what to make of this because I can't see a market for this niche. I mean, I would usually suggest changes based on what I would want or expect as a client but in this case I can't see a market for psychodelic drugs. I just can't. Maybe it is a huge market but I know nothing of it.

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