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186: Website Teardowns (with conversion tips & tricks) part 3
In this episode, Steli and Hiten go through more website teardowns. Steli and Hiten comment on five different websites and give their take on what they are doing right and what needs to be improved. Tune in to find out the importance of being clear in communicating the value of your product or service and who you are targeting in the first few moments spent on your landing page.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
00:04 – Today’s episode is about website teardowns
00:39 – The first website is Timr
01:08 – Steli is unsure about who the target audience is
02:13 – Hiten comments that most of the problems are in the copy
03:35 – The next website is Better Proposals
04:08 – The site expresses who their market is
04:30 – Hiten does not like the word “simplified” because nobody knows what it really means
05:14 – Hiten suggests that it is better to be more specific, rather than use the word “simple”
05:56 – The buttons are very generic
06:16 – The button should give an idea of what the product does
06:50 – The bottom part of the page looks cheap compared to the top part, which is clean
07:20 – Overall, the site is good
07:46 – The two buttons on the homepage offer a free plan and paid plan
08:38 – Hiten suggests to just use one button to avoid confusion
09:03 – Steli and Hiten move on to Squad Fusion
09:58 – Steli says the logo looks outdated
10:57 – The homepage does a good job in telling what they are about, but the funnel might be missing
11:48 – Hiten advises that the demo form should be on the homepage
12:30 – The next website discussed is Venture Storm
12:45 – The value prop at the top is great
13:15 – The switch in voices might be difficult to understand
13:44 – Separate the buttons instead of using a drop-down menu in the signup page
14:20 – In the developer signup page, it should speak to the developer
14:42 – Hiten advises to personalize the headline for startups and developers
15:32 – Steli’s first impression is that the site is for freelancers
16:13 – Steli is confused about what he is paying for
16:45 – The “featured in” section is ugly and is an image, so it cannot be clicked
17:13 – Steli feels the website is poorly made; therefore, he cannot trust them
17:51 – Steli and Hiten discuss My Show Notes
18:08 – The catch phrase is poorly written
18:53 – The site is clean
19:30 – Steli is looking for samples of their work
20:03 – There is no timeline on what they mean by “fast”
20:14 – Nothing happens when the pricing button is clicked
20:22 – Hiten explains the pricing will be sent when you input your email address
20:53 – It was written on the copy under the pricing button
21:12 – The copy is not solid and it makes them unaligned with what they are offering
21:43 – Join the private email list to get more website teardowns and exclusive episodes
3 Key Points:
The copy is an important aspect of your website and deserves your attention.
The buttons should be able to show what service or product you are offering.
Your website expresses your credibility, so be sure your website is done right.
[0:00:00]
Steli: Hey everybody, this is Steli .
[0:00:03]
Hiten: And this is Hiten . Today on the startup chat, we're gonna do some more tear downs. And Steli's gonna start, but what I'm finding interesting about this one is it's in German.
[0:00:12]
Steli: Oh shit. Do you see the German? I have the slash EN, which is English. So I see the English version for this.
[0:00:17]
Hiten: Oh wow. Awesome.
[0:00:18]
Steli: Yeah.
[0:00:18]
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By Steli Efti & Hiten Shah: Serial Entrepreneurs, Sales & Marketing Experts, Startup Investors & Advisors, CEOs running multi million dollar SaaS Startups
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In this episode, Steli and Hiten go through more website teardowns. Steli and Hiten comment on five different websites and give their take on what they are doing right and what needs to be improved. Tune in to find out the importance of being clear in communicating the value of your product or service and who you are targeting in the first few moments spent on your landing page.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
00:04 – Today’s episode is about website teardowns
00:39 – The first website is Timr
01:08 – Steli is unsure about who the target audience is
02:13 – Hiten comments that most of the problems are in the copy
03:35 – The next website is Better Proposals
04:08 – The site expresses who their market is
04:30 – Hiten does not like the word “simplified” because nobody knows what it really means
05:14 – Hiten suggests that it is better to be more specific, rather than use the word “simple”
05:56 – The buttons are very generic
06:16 – The button should give an idea of what the product does
06:50 – The bottom part of the page looks cheap compared to the top part, which is clean
07:20 – Overall, the site is good
07:46 – The two buttons on the homepage offer a free plan and paid plan
08:38 – Hiten suggests to just use one button to avoid confusion
09:03 – Steli and Hiten move on to Squad Fusion
09:58 – Steli says the logo looks outdated
10:57 – The homepage does a good job in telling what they are about, but the funnel might be missing
11:48 – Hiten advises that the demo form should be on the homepage
12:30 – The next website discussed is Venture Storm
12:45 – The value prop at the top is great
13:15 – The switch in voices might be difficult to understand
13:44 – Separate the buttons instead of using a drop-down menu in the signup page
14:20 – In the developer signup page, it should speak to the developer
14:42 – Hiten advises to personalize the headline for startups and developers
15:32 – Steli’s first impression is that the site is for freelancers
16:13 – Steli is confused about what he is paying for
16:45 – The “featured in” section is ugly and is an image, so it cannot be clicked
17:13 – Steli feels the website is poorly made; therefore, he cannot trust them
17:51 – Steli and Hiten discuss My Show Notes
18:08 – The catch phrase is poorly written
18:53 – The site is clean
19:30 – Steli is looking for samples of their work
20:03 – There is no timeline on what they mean by “fast”
20:14 – Nothing happens when the pricing button is clicked
20:22 – Hiten explains the pricing will be sent when you input your email address
20:53 – It was written on the copy under the pricing button
21:12 – The copy is not solid and it makes them unaligned with what they are offering
21:43 – Join the private email list to get more website teardowns and exclusive episodes
3 Key Points:
The copy is an important aspect of your website and deserves your attention.
The buttons should be able to show what service or product you are offering.
Your website expresses your credibility, so be sure your website is done right.
[0:00:00]
Steli: Hey everybody, this is Steli .
[0:00:03]
Hiten: And this is Hiten . Today on the startup chat, we're gonna do some more tear downs. And Steli's gonna start, but what I'm finding interesting about this one is it's in German.
[0:00:12]
Steli: Oh shit. Do you see the German? I have the slash EN, which is English. So I see the English version for this.
[0:00:17]
Hiten: Oh wow. Awesome.
[0:00:18]
Steli: Yeah.
[0:00:18]
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