Im kind of frustrated with the title, as it's not really describing the app, or anything on the page. Honestly, seems almost begging for upvotes instead of standing on merit.<p><i></i>Edit<i></i>: If it was a blog post about the struggle, or about building the app - sure. However this seems a lot like the "I'm a 16 year old who built an app" stunt.
First off, congrats on launching!<p>Second off, some website feedback:<p>- I'm part of your target audience (freelance consultant), yet struggled to figure out what this is/why I benefit from it. I'd change both the banner company and overall content hierarchy, as follows:<p>Banner: Replace headline with some form of the copy of the second section: "Convert website visitors into sales calls, when they are hot, not a week later." That's a bit too wordy for the headline, but tells me both the benefit, and why it's different than a demo request form.<p>Second section: How it works, framed as a benefit. Some headline like "5 mins to converting more leads". You lead with a benefit in the banner, now let me know how I can get that benefit.<p>Third section: Sell benefits listed under the "How it helps" sub-header. Convince me that I want/need this.<p>Fourth section: Testimonial — at this point I understand what it is and why it will help my business, now it's time to show me others trust you, so I can too.<p>Fifth section: some CTA to signup. You could include the letter to leads "Hi, we are SalezTalk..." if you like.<p>- I would throw out the features section entirely, or bury it on another page. It confused me — what the heck does it mean by scheduler? Mini-CRM? I thought this was a simple way to setup sales calls?<p>- I would also throw out the section where you say SalezTalk is for target-segment X (freelancers, solopreneurs, etc). This might be personal preference, but I find these sections condescending. Tell me the benefits, and I'll tell you if it solves a problem I have.<p>- Raise your prices, significantly. Running your own business, there is little difference between $59/yr and $19/year — both are going to be some of my lowest software costs. I'd make the cheapest plan $59/yr, and the more expensive one something like $179.<p>Anywho, congrats again!
Hi, I am the main developer of SalezTalk, a small project I developed during my free time ( with a full time job & a baby :-) ).<p>SalezTalk is one of the simplest sales tool for increasing sales call request from website visitors.<p>I have developed a fairly simple app and not at all a unique app but still I would appreciate all kinds of feedback ranging from design to content.<p>Also, if you are really interested in using it on your website, I can give you a 100% free account. Just email me the website on which you plan to use. Email: info@saleztalk.com.
Some issues:<p>1- You don't have a way to show customers how this actually works, I have no idea what i'm signing up for, so I won't sign up.<p>2- You don't actually use the button on your own company's website, but use only a contact form, which tells the users in a way that you don't really use your own product.<p>3- You mention mobile app, but there's no where for it to be found.
Cool! I think this might be a great product idea!<p>I think the messaging is very clear, but would have wanted to see an example of how the button actually works/looks like on the front page.<p>The landing page looks great! I've seen a few similar ones recently (with the lines that move etc). How did you create it?
Cool idea and great job launching. I might consider at some point in the future. For now, quick feedback: my primary curiosity is what the interface looked like. It clears up my understanding to see the "How It Works" page but that page is buried. I'd expect that if you had a simple one graphic version of that on the homepage that'd also increase conversion.<p>And yea the title of the post does seem like you're looking for upvotes for the backstory (as opposed to writing an article about how you did it), but hey, great job anyway! Even with the responsibility of having to walk a dog, I complain, so the fact that you launched this is impressive. Good luck!
The title really suggests a blog post. At least, when I see titles like these on HN, I see a blog post. Instead, I see a product offering. I would like to recommend the author to create a blog post and put that up for submission or change the link.<p>Just offering your product is of less value to a wide HN audience, whereas an article on software development / managing a side project is worth more. Nevertheless, I am impressed by the feat that the author did.
Great idea and well done with balancing it with a full time job and a child.<p>The only thing I can pick up on is spelling and grammar on the website, the main thing that jumped out was the word "MARKEETERS" you mean "marketers"; little details like that can bring down conversion rates as it makes you look amateurish.
Always feels shady when a SaaS site is asking for your money, but there is no face or team in the About page.<p><a href="https://www.saleztalk.com/about" rel="nofollow">https://www.saleztalk.com/about</a>
Every time I think about going easy on my projects because I have kids, I remember that Euler had 13 kids and he was the most prolific mathematician of all time.