http://www.learnfrom.it<p>i work a full time job and am running a successfull online business with couple of partners. Just for fun i noticed a lot of success stories being posted on HN so figured i'd put together a website where people can share their success stories and others can learn from it.<p>it was literally put together in 3 days so it'll probably contain lots of bugs!<p>what are your thoughts on the idea? would you personally use it? what should I do to get people to start posting their stories on the site?<p>thanks
well, would just really simplify your front page - I get info overload looking at the top 30% of the first screen - two menu bars and an adwords advert. I would also take the adwords off when you start, just to reduce clutter and because you wont make much on adwords in the beginning anyhow.<p>If you're interested in stories, try to create a clear vertical work flow for your user on the homepage - my type of front page would have your slider showing some stories posted by other users along with their photo, and a "post your story" button. I would move your category list off to the side of the page.<p>Also, it would be better to focus on one type of category when you start, because it'll be easier to get a critical mass of stories to interest users who want to learn about that topic. Your current cat list might be spread too thin. Goodluck!