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Help us optimize our landing page!

Hey everyone! John from Ryeboard here.

Last week we finally finished redesigning and implementing our landing page and we'd love to hear feedback from the Indie Hacker community. I will also be posting our conversion rate differences in a few weeks comparing our performance with our old site!

Take a look: https://www.ryeboard.com/

Looking forward to hearing from you!

on November 19, 2019
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    Really cool product and great looking landing page overall!

    When I initially loaded the page, I had a hard time figuring out what exactly the product was based on that top section alone. Once I saw the "Part of Everything" section and the associated video, I was immediately able to figure out what the product was before even reading any text. So with that said, I think my only feedback would be potentially finding a way to make that video more prominent since it does a great job of showcasing what your product is.

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      Very good feedback rfizzy! Thanks for your input - we'll try to highlight the video more prominently!

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    Landing page looks very clean.

    Some quick tips

    • Remove help from navbar
    • Add CTA in navbar
    • Testimonials need some work, I would spread them out like https://retro.versoly.com/
    • I hate the scroll bar being changed :)
    • Never seen a reddit account before on a landing page, not sure if good or bad
    • Reddit and twitter links are wrong way around
    • May be a stronger CTA at the bottom

    Quick questions for you

    • How was the process of building a new landing page?
    • What problems did you have?
    • What would you do differently?
    • Was it built internal or external?
    • Did you look at landing page builders?
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      Awesome in-depth feedback, thanks a ton.

      As for your questions:

      1. It was ok. Our team has been building landing pages for other companies for a while to self-fund the project.
      2. There were problems switching our thinking caps from development to design to marketing content - very chaotic, even for a small team like ours.
      3. I would probably have planned a week or so more before writing a single line of code.
      4. Internally.
      5. I have, but since everyone can code and development isn't really a problem we didn't choose landing page builders.

      Thanks again volkandkaya :)

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        Thanks and interesting to see the self-funded part.

        We are trying to do that at https://versoly.com/done-for-you any tips for finding good clients?

        When you say planned you mean the copywriting or just the general layout?

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    Hey John,

    Have you tried a page structure like the following before? I'm thinking that could be a good fit for presenting RyeBoard.

    1. Start the page with a quick, one paragraph, one screenshot, 1/3 viewport height-high, description of the product. But make sure that right below, in the first screenful, you...
    2. Add a "You've tried all these before" headline, then:
    3. Add a bunch of things people tried but felt awkward about using. Trello boards: short anecdote for why they fall short in live meetings. Half virtual, half in-person meetings with video on the whiteboard: but the remote people couldn't read the stuff on the whiteboard and were too afraid to ask. Live-editing a file on Google Docs: You have to invite everyone first... A real whiteboard: but your stuff from the previous meeting have been erased and all you have is a photo.
    4. Follow with a pair of "Instead of" > "You'd get" comparison lists. Instead of: lost momentum > quicker follow-up from the previous meeting. Instead of: Extroverts get their ideas out > Even the pensive team members contribute ideas.
    5. Show an animated version of the product, followed quickly by...
    6. A story describing a win (an "Imagine the future" section, if you will). Headline: "We've run three meetings this way, and boy what a difference." More people contributed ideas, we parked ideas for later and got some action items, and it's all there for next time, left as it is.
    7. A call to action to scroll down to the demo.
    8. Go on describing how the product works in detail.

    That's my take. I think it'd be sharp.

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      Hello pascallaliberte,

      I apologize for the late response.

      This is a really good and interesting take on the landing page and I'm very interested in re-examining the content from this kind of angle with your input.

      Do you mind if I get in touch with you through your email to further discuss this?