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Landing page feedback please? It's first iteration πŸ™

Hello fellow hackers!

Me and a friend have just put online https://gemsnotes.app/

It is a note-taking app tailored for online learning.

β€’ Does it have a clear value proposition? Is it too broad/generic?
β€’ Is the problem we are solving clear/worth it?
β€’ What do you think works well (if any) and what doesn't?

Any feedback would be really helpful and appreciated

Thank you! πŸ™

on August 23, 2020
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    Here are my thoughts:

    • The logo is sleek but there is too much text. It feels like reading a paragraph. I would have preferred shorter texts.
    • There is a lot of text inside the laptop image. I think you want your users to take away a single value prop from the landing page.
    • Also the icons for the how does it work could be improved.

    I would also love to hear your feedback on something that I have been working on https://mailter.app

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      Thank you very much!

      I've looked at your landing page as well:

      • I like the graphics
      • I would say a few more words about the problem you are solving. What's the pain point? I think you explain well the solution but since I am not an expert in the field it's not very clear to me the problem you're solving
      • Use cases at the bottom of the page are great
      • "Request beta access" button that points you to the email form sounds like an unnecessary additional step to me
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    The "How it works" section should be positioned with the app demo image in my opinion. It should also just be call to actions like:
    Step 1: Sign up
    Step 2: Collect content quickly fleeting notes
    Step 3: Expand fleets into permanent notes
    Step 4: Connect the notes for networked learning

    If you intend on keeping the text as is then probably a horizontal arrangement with illustrations would be better. Something like: https://balanceapp.com/

    The problem you are trying to solve seems to be positioned for people learning online and not just casual browsing. You should probably say something like:
    Gemsnotes is designed for students learning online. You can take notes efficiently while watching videos or reading courseware and use the app to revise content later.

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      Thank you so much Aaditya! These are all great ideas

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        Welcome! And good luck with your product!

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    The black text on blue boxes in the laptop screen are hard on the eyes. I like the icons in the columns, but the text in the columns is waaay too long. I would maybe try breaking them up into separate sections horizontally instead of the columns.

    I like your logo!

    The value prop seems unclear to me compared to any other generic notes app. I don't take a lot of written notes though so I don't know if I'm qualified.

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      Thank you very much Daron!

      Regarding the value prop, please just let me try to clarify: there are many note-taking apps out there, but none of them really helped me so far to face some of the most common problems that affect my daily Internet browsing: information overload, cognitive biases and the difficulty to convert all those valuable sources available into lasting learning and eventually create new personal content. Do you feel it as a problem as well?

      Thank you!

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        Not really... like I said, I don't really use a note taking app, but I feel like most of them follow a similar layout. Some sort of list of all notes and then a large content area for the note itself. I'm not really sure if that's the information overload you're talking about or something else.
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