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Landing Page Feedback: podcast transcription and analysis service

I've finally launched my SaaS after many ups and down.🎉🎉
It's a service where you upload your podcast episodes and get a bunch of useful data that you can use to increase your reach, improve seo & understand your podcast more for future improvements.
Episode is cut into parts of 3-5 minutes of audio and each is analyzed on its own.
Current features are:

  1. full text transcriptions.
  2. automatic summary of 20 sentences.
  3. people & places detection.
  4. mood recognition.

any and all feedback is appreciated.

website: https://plotcast.co/

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    I think you've fallen into a very common trap of focusing solely on features. It's understandable, you spent all this time and effort developing the product, and you want to tell potential customers about it. But most aren't looking for a product. They're looking for a solution to their challenges or pain points. They care about the benefits -- what that product will do for them.

    An effective way to draw these out is to shift the focus from the product to the user. What will those features do for him or her? How will it make their life easier or better?

    I also suggest these improvements to specific areas:

    Revise the headline to provide a more specific, concrete benefit. Taking something to the next level is too generic. You could attach it to just about any product or service and many do, so it's cliche. Try to come up with something people can picture in their minds and hook them in.

    I like the style of the illustrations, and they provide some visual interest. But I don't really understand the one at the top. I would use one that ties in better with the messaging.

    I would also get a call-to-action up into that hero section. Let people know early what you want them to do.

    Instead of just listing out features, I would expand on it to spell out the benefits. And I would try to add a benefit to the section headings as well.

    I like the idea behind the steps, in showing that it's easy and letting them know how it works. I'm not sure that's really necessary for this, though. Steps and and three particularly may actually detract from the appeal. Paying adds friction, so it's best not to remind people that they have to spend money before you need to. And the third one can be perceived as the user having to do hard work.

    For the pricing, I suggest coming up with a structure where you can add one or more additional tiers. Having comparison points helps with the perceived value.

    You might want to consider button text that sounds like less of a commitment. Since the payment comes when the user uploads their episodes, maybe something like Register for free or something along those lines.

    Finally, I would try to limit the colors for your text. It's a bit distracting and doesn't seem as buttoned up from a brand standpoints.

    Best of luck.

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      Thank you so much, this really helps a lot.
      I'll be working on the home page and following your tips, I'll try my best but i do believe it'll look and perform better in the end.

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    Really like the idea as a fellow podcaster!
    Pricing is too vague for me though. Will I pay be able to pay $0.16/min or will I have to pay by 30 min sections?
    How is the transcription done? Is there a way to test it on an audio sample?

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      Thank you for the feedback.
      The current pricing is per 30 minute section, but i do think i should change it to $0.16/min though, so i'll be working on that now.
      transcriptions are done through Amazon's transcribe service, so it's comparable to other automatic transcription services.
      I've been told that i should offer a demo or a way to test the service, which i totally agree with, don't know how i'd go about it though, for example i could make an upload form on the homepage or i could make the first episode free based on duration. either way it's something I'll be working on right after changing the pricing model.

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    I too have a similar idea of a platform where you could collab, at this platform the users could find other programmers whom they could pitch to co-found the next billion-dollar startup and the users would be able to make it with the users who specialize in the field that they themselves don't.

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