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Why just limit communication to their inbox, have you tried Twitter/FB/LI integration?

Thanks for the comment. The avatar is optional, as are LI/Twitter invites. The signup process is two screens, but I mention the Avatars because people are engaging to this degree at least. And it's 1000's of users doing this, so I'm pretty comfortable that the signup process is OK, but you're right: get people to us the meat quicker. Maybe some guided first steps, for example.

>Team members use email to communicate, not LI/Twitter/FB/Social Media. We agree, everything else is optional.

> From your website, I can't tell what your app actually does Good feedback, thanks. I should say that the discovery is primarily from the App Store so the landing page is more focused on describing features in detail, but I agree with your point: get the primary use case front & prominent.

The problem I have is that there isn't just one use case. At a high-level we combine Twitter (or GroupMe?) with CRM-lite productivity tools. We're selling the tight integration as our primary use case. And so your point would be to tight integration more obvious, and get people using that feature ASAP.

Thanks for the feedback. We've tried blasting out email surveys, but the response rate has been terrible. I like your idea of in-app guided educational walk thru's.

There's a good UI design pattern website, here: http://mobile-patterns.com/edu

Thanks for the comment. It's a good idea, try to do a sweep of users who've decided not to engage but the problem is getting them to respond. We send an automated email reminder 1 week after registering to prod people, and have offered online surveys but the response rate is terrible. Still, since we do have email addresses (and their avatars, names, geo location, etc.) we could do a better job of tailoring this query.

>you need everyone on the team on it or it doesn't really work? We tried to strike a balance, the app does work standalone but you're right: the experience is better with a team. I think several apps (Kik, What's App) have set the expectation that it's ok to automatically scan their phone book and identify which users already have the app installed. So far, we've decided not to do this. Feels slimey, but so easy to do.

But your second suggestion is to make it easier to invite others, easier to build a social graph? Yup, we should rethink the UX in that regard.

Instead of "PlusApps.eu" in the upper left, I would place the name of the app itself.

Should the app name be "Earthquake Monitor" without an 's'?

First paragraph syntax, an extra space before the period "Seismological Centre ."

Also what's the unique value here: is it real time notifications, or the graphic display, or something else? What ever that key unique feature is, make that the one thing you highlight.

To do this, I would change the structure of the landing page slightly: move the "Features" section down (there are too many features here that take away from your key feature) and insert one big "key feature" section there instead.

For example, if the key feature is real time notifications, put a static info graphic there to explain why that feature along is worth purchase price. And all the other features are, therefore, a "bonus" for the price.

Curious, any reason you're against the Qualcomm part? Just that you prefer OpenGL on Imagination Technology GPU and not the Adreno or something else?

If you're comfortable writing a design brief (ie., what 99designs requires) then you might want to reach out to designers directly. Some good locations for previewing portfolios that I use: http://creattica.com/logos/latest-designs http://dribbble.com/search?q=logo

@phlux "Make it so that you can see "all flights out of SFO/into SFO" by that carrier - then list the tickets available for each of the flights/destinations in the next few days."

Agreed, and then...

- Contact the site admins for the major airport hubs (SFO, LAX, ORD, JFK) and sell to them - Contact all those independent Wifi operators at airports and sell them, they're hungry for content - Contact Virgin, Richard's guys are always up for something new & different! - Add Twilio.com SMS API, a "GroupMe" for flight notification?

When I'm feeling insecure about my own UI design skills, this list picks me up off the mat; somehow seeing precious pixel real estate littered with misplaced buttons, uneven gradients, random hues out of some 1970 shag carpet motel nightmare makes me feel... like not such a fucking idiot. Or maybe I'm kidding myself. Damn, I'm insecure about UI design.

There's a lot of history for so-called term subscription license (TSL's) in the business literature. I agree with the general comments about offering 3- or 6-month TSL's but price your fees around a 12-month TSL and charge more for shorter commitment periods. The 12-month TSL price calculation is as much a feature of your estimated churn and resulting life time contract value as market forces. In our market, salesforce.com is the benchmark and we price accordingly. Hopefully you can find a public TSL rate to compare, too.

/* A friend at MyBlogLog (!) called LinkedIn the "social network of last resort," and it has that air or desperation about it. A sudden request for referrals is akin to a passive aggressive cry for help! /

So you're basically telling me my effort to integrate with LinkedIn is a complete* waste of time, unless I'm trying to capitalize on pathos and desperation? :(

Am I the only one who gets intimidated by good UI design? I think I should just focus on back end stuff and completely outsource anything on the front end.