acostoss
Joined 14 years ago
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Comment · 7 years ago
Competition isn't bad, but harming yourself in service of competition is. You can compete without endangering yourself and harming others. You can be the best without having to play the "I'm manlier than you" game.
Comment · 7 years ago
This makes a lot of sense, and I'm glad it's finally being treated in this way.
There's 100% nothing wrong with being a man, and there's nothing wrong in taking pride in it. There is, however, a ton of societal pressure to do dangerous, harmful things to ourselves to "prove" our manliness/masculinity. Ignoring pain and sickness because fear of being weak, taking a lesser role in the development of our children because it's seen as girly, harassing women because it's "what guys do", doing dangerous stunts to impress the guys; these are all harmful behaviors that are all rooted in a need to appear masculine.
This is toxic, and we need to recognize that without getting defensive over it just because it's what we know. We can do better for eachother and ourselves and recognition of this fact is a necessary first step.
Comment · 12 years ago
Server seems to be having trouble keeping up with all the requests, so in the meantime please use the Google's Cache[1] of the page
[1]: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
Comment · 13 years ago
Hasn't this happened in the past? I recall viewing a successful attempt sometime back in 2006.
Comment · 14 years ago
A few things:
* You're using what I would assume to be your hilight colors a bit too strongly. It is great to use the orange for your CTA, but the orange and the green in the table are a bit overbearing.
* Your table columns do not align, making it potentially confusing to others that view your page. They might not understand you're making a comparison, which can be ploblematic.
* Your subheading font is too heavy, making the text less readable.
* The copy at the bottom could use some work. The messages are too wordy. Ideal copy in those areas should be simple, not too wordy, and really push your product. Potential users read this to judge your product if they haven't already been snagged by your CTA at the top of the page.
* Testimonials always look better with a picture. Even if you have to use a stock photo, it adds credibility.
* I just noticed, your page doesn't have much of a headline. Compare to http://artistsnclients.com, a project of mine. At the top of the page, there is a very obvious CTA, along with some persuasive headlining text. This should, ideally, explain your product in one sentence, and then make the potential customer feel as if they owe it to themselves to sign up for your product.
There's probably a lot moreto be said, but I can't be getting too nitpicky here. Good luck!