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Just launched the new RailsMan landing page. Roast it?

Hey guys,

I just launched a refreshed version of the railsman.com website, and I need your feedback, good or bad. The thought of touching my site makes me a nervous wreck being that it has done so well for me, so this is a big deal to me.

You can check it out here: https://www.railsman.com/

on June 8, 2023
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    Site is nice and clean looking, since I'm a developer, it's crystal clear what you offer, so if any more improvements need to be made, I'd be on the look out for the non-engineering people feedback.

    Cheers!

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      Thanks @imafikus

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    As a UIUX designer, I love the website layout, design, color and marketing copies on the site.

    Even without knowing what Rail is, I understand your a dev.

    The only thing I think you left out is the list of industry that can use your service or the kind of stuff you can build with Rail and how this language is gonna help founders.

    Secondly the Trello card is not really explaining how users can request for your service, how the whole project is going to go or be broken into pieces and get completed one after the order.

    I'm thinking, sighting an example of a project and how it's will go, will help even to explain the work process better.

    You can visit this site to get an idea on more important stuff to include, https://www.reelunlimited.com/

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      Thanks @Vickylove, I look into that.

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        You are welcome 🤗

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    Hey Alireza, I have a detailed insight of improvements on your site. Now, sit back and enjoy me roasting it to the last.

    1. It's very rare that sites use red as a brand color in coding. But I get it (coz, ruby on rails color theme is red.) Smart move, but could've used red color in a much better way.

    2. Most websites I'm reviewing now have the same problem of lacking text hierarchy. This one is no different. Tip: texts colors should complement each other, not scream for attention. This applies to almost each & every text on website.
      Main heading - Big, bold color, attention grabbing.
      Copy text - Small (<24px), grey/faded color, easy to read.

    3. The demo video just repeats what's written above the fold. Imo, it should show your face doing coding with the full interface of coding window.

    4. Testimonials section is very boring. Just text and text and texts. Should you've added some visual cue (like some imagery, graphic, etc), it would've been way better than what it is now.

    5. The section after the testimonials have the same problem of focus. Where's I.m supposed to focus one at? Two coding modals and two heading in the same line and same view.
      The correct way to do that is show one at a time and maybe user some nicer looking modals.

    6. The demo Trello board shows it's intended for designing work. Use your case scenario, and make it understandable towards the coding purposes. Fill it with some coding requests, and stuffs like that.

    7. Pricing cards are very less informative. It should list all the summarized features you'll be giving to the users. The whole pricing card is a button, not the best idea I would say. And on the mobile breakpoint that modal would be bad. People are used to a information + a button layout modal.

    8. What after pricing? nothing. What if I have some more questions? Neither there is any FAQs section nor any contact button? Even a live chat would work. This is a very strong point related to conversions on the site.

    9. I'm not sure tho, but didn't found any proof of work on the website. Some apps you've build, some elements, etc would be great to showcase it you're charging a premium. This would tremendously help in convincing the users to consider your subscription.

    10. Overall, the website is 85-90% text, and very less graphics/images. Increase some more demos and images.

    What I like is your brand name and the logo. Definitely shows you're focused on rails.

    That's all from me as a designer. (and apologies for any bitter words I said above, but they'll definitely help you if you implement what I've suggested.)
    Let me know if you need more help.

    I'm also building a productized design service Strokes Studio. Will soon launch it ✌️

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      good luck, rooting for you.

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      Thanks @Vansh22, I must admit, your roasting skills are truly impressive and I appreciate the way you roasted me.

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    It's pretty bulletproof bro. Nice work! Great to see devs who can market well. Maybe one thing I'd consider - describing your target audience and potential projects a bit more. I'm impressed with you as a dev and see you've worked in great companies, but I'm not instantly sure if you're right for my kind of project.

    Maybe I'm not the best person to judge and I'm thinking more from the marketing side of it, but I'd try to help the viewers imagine if you're the right pick by showcasing a bit more about the industries, types of product categories you've worked on, and the main areas of your expertise, not just about code but the fields where it applies.

    For example "I've built [marketing automation software] that helps [ecommerce marketing agencies] grow their business by doing [x], [y], and [z] better."

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      Cheers @MikeSavoff, that's exactly what I've been lacking, appreciate the heads-up.

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    Looks great! I found nothing to comment on but - best of luck! :)

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    Looks good!

    I'm not a developer, but since a developer subscription is somewhat unusual, what I currently don't understand from your offering is:

    How would this subscription model work, do your customers give you access to their existing code base?
    Are you mostly working on isolated bugs/features or together with in-company teams?
    If not, how does your work integrate with that of in-company teams?

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    Good job, I like it!

    I just have an issue with the video. I am bothered by the fact that it replicate the exact same copy that I already see above. Can't you just display the code editor part?

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      Thanks a lot @SaltyWaffle, I already applied your comments. Even though vanilla JS animations are tend to be less smoother compared to jQ or GASP.