Ask HN: recommendated approach for getting a homepage design on a budget?
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What I've heard is that SU ads drive a huge amount of traffic with not-very-good conversion rates. @webwright has looked into this in the past. If you're on the Seattle Tech Startups mailing list, check out the March 2010 archives for more information.
Beyond that, I'm overwhelmed by the idea of searching over 16,000 cooking videos. It's likely that I'm not in your target demographic (28 year old single white male, rarely cook for myself), but I'm still not even sure where to start.
Do you know who your target user is? Do you know the pain points your product will solve for them? If not, try reading Steven Blank's Four Steps to the Epiphany. It might help you focus your development efforts.
Beyond that, I'm overwhelmed by the idea of searching over 16,000 cooking videos. It's likely that I'm not in your target demographic (28 year old single white male, rarely cook for myself), but I'm still not even sure where to start.
Do you know who your target user is? Do you know the pain points your product will solve for them? If not, try reading Steven Blank's Four Steps to the Epiphany. It might help you focus your development efforts.
Yeah I wasn't expecting that much from SU, but I think I can do better.
Good point that I need to give more thought to marketing however!
Good point that I need to give more thought to marketing however!
You could always use themeforest.com Here's one that's food related: http://themeforest.net/item/time-for-food/57351
Thanks, I'm aiming for something a little more specific to my site though.
After doing a little experimenting with Stumbleupon ads, and having a horrible bounce rate (>90%), I think my homepage needs improvement.
My current plan is to use Elance, following patio11's example http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1551817
Any good alternatives to getting a nice design without much of a budget?
Any specific tips on how to improve my homepage would also be appreciated!