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Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 19, 2019 at 02:54 PM
Thanks for all the responses so far. I am reading them and will respond.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 20, 2019 at 11:03 AM
@LB
Thanks!
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 20, 2019 at 11:04 AM
macosxguru wrote:
The pro version has **Connections**.
>
>The web site doesn’t explain **Connections**. Or at least, I didn’t find
>it.
I will fix that. Thanks.
>
>The rest of the site is not bad. It is not particularly compelling. But
>I am not a target consumer for your product. The video has areas where
>the user is fumbling around. Those need to be cleaned up. For people new
>to your software, give them an idea of what you are showing them and
>then show them the feature, and then tell them what you showed them.
>Break it down into multiple videos. Show a feature at a time.
People don’t like to watch ‘long’ videos. Even 1.5 minutes is pushing it.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 20, 2019 at 11:07 AM
Paul Korm wrote:
>Andy, the site looks a bit dated in design. ...
That seems to be the general consensus.
>And I urge you to get the responsive site for mobile devices up very
>quickly. Odds are your readers will be on a phone or iPad or similar
>and see a reference to your product somewhere with a referral link or
>some other hint where to find it. There is nothing more off putting
>for a possible buyer to open a site that’s not usable on a phone. Now
>—your site isn’t bad on an iPhone, but everything is too tiny so it
>might be giving the “nothing to see here, move along” message.
This is high on the list. But I need to decide whether to retrofit that to the existing design or start from scratch.
>Good luck!
Thanks!
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 20, 2019 at 11:12 AM
tightbeam wrote:
Before you do anything else, make the site responsive. That’s essential
>in today’s world.
Indeed.
>
>This is what I see first when the page loads: “Visual Planning and
>Scheduling Software for Windows & Mac”. Descriptive but bland. Lots of
>software does this; how is yours better, in just a few words: is it
>easier to use? does it have comprehensive features? Nothing about your
>current “hook” inspires me to watch the video.
OK.
>
>As for the video, I know that everyone does them these days, but I’d
>rather look at screenshots first. I’ll always look at screenshots, no
>matter how bad the sites appears (and yours doesn’t appear that bad) or
>how iffy I am on the software. But for me to watch a video, you first
>have to pull me in. You do have “semi” screenshots in the tour section,
>but I’d rather see those features in the context of the entire UI.
I should probably move the screenshots to the front page.
>
>Are you interested in redesigning your site because you think it’s a
>poor site (it isn’t, really) or because Hyperplan isn’t selling as well
>as you think it should sell, and you believe a fresh site would solve
>that problem?
I am trying to establish whether it is worth the time and effort to redesign the current site or just make the existing design responsive.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com