Hi, I now have a website and an app awaiting review to be in the Apple store

[mikekob]

Yep. Got it in about a half hour ago. I got the email/text from my developer while I was headed to bed so like any normal guy I can't sleep. Time to keep cranking out the work. So much shit to do but holy shit this is exciting.

About 5 min ago I got another text from the new guy working with us saying the website is up and running. Social media comes tomorrow, and we have a few very cool updates that are gonna be bad a$$. EMS as s whole has been waiting for something like this for so long. I couldn't be more excited to get this out into the public. I'd love some website reviews. We spent a long time on it and it's pretty damn close to what we want.

Website is:

Novumconcepts.com

App is called the "Harbinger" and is pending. We're working on a very cool interactive demo on the website hopefully but the release into the app store date.

Mike

 

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[MayaMagpie]

I like the design - Nice and clean! One thing to consider might be the space "above the fold". As it is, there is no way of telling what you're actually selling. Maybe adding some short info about the app or industry would be helpful - People just don't have much time or patience these days!

I was also wondering if the text in the three blocks was a bit too long. You could either break it up into paragraphs, or preferably make your point in 1-2 shorter sentences and have a "read more" link for the rest.

Lastly, the Contact Us section... I love the black and white concept as such, but the white font is hard to make out and the grey 'send' button is almost invisible on that background. Might consider a different colour for it, maybe?

Congrats on your progress!

 

[sle3pyguii]

Nice! I'm liking the website. Can't wait to see the product demo!

I found a website error:

- If you click on the Harbinger app, on the product description page, I clicked my scroll wheel and I can no longer navigate the site. The browser didn't freeze because I can access different tabs I have open, and the huge X on the top right of the Harbinger description changes colors when I hover above it. It might just be me though.

 

[MayaMagpie]

It works for me... However, the font looks messy and needs more spacing between lines. Could also be just me...

 

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[Soulipsyz]

FB page isn't available:

https://www.facebook.com/novumconcepts

You should probably create that page before someone else takes it...

 

[mikekob]

What browser are you using?

Thanks for the input. We've been staring at it the last week non- stop and we decided to pull the trigger and get it online. We're not anticipating a whole lot of traffic so were gonna revisit it next week for changes.

Thanks for the input you guys I really appreciate it. I think I got a total of 4 hours of sleep last night.

 

[mikekob]

Good call. We started and wanted the site up first. Done!

 

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[frieden70]

Hey,

Checked out your site...

While I'm not in your market per se, when I look at your page above the fold, I have no idea what you do... You may want more/better copy to portray what your company is about above the fold. You have a few seconds at most to keep your visitor's attention when they hit your page. If I stumbled across your page, I would probably leave.

This section has a ton of verbiage that I'm not sure is necessary but again, not in your market

http://screencast.com/t/oSWojIAv

I would condense that to a 3-5 lines of text at most if possible. People are lazy... they don't want to read paragraphs of text especially at first glance. Maybe have a "find out more" link at the end of each blurb that goes into more detail on another page?

Those are my thoughts... I hope they're helpful and I'm on the right track.

 

[mikekob]

Ok I like that idea. I took it from some marketing material we made a few weeks ago. Seemed long when we put it on the site and is on the revisit todo list.

What's "above the fold" mean?

 

[frieden70]

What's "above the fold" mean?

It's the part of the site that loads before you have to scroll down.

 

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[mikekob]

Ok I see. I found a typo... Been staring at this for too long now.

 

[tafy]

Ok I have looked at a tonn of software websites lately and I find yours lacking slightly, but it wont need much to get looking smart.

First thing I would do is to get your screens professionally designed by a UI expert
Replace the picture above the fold with a beautiful picture of your app
Get a copywriter to rewrite the text and show more than describe
Maybe animation or video of the app and its benefits

The bill shouldnt come to more than 2-3k

It will be worth it

 

[Justin.p]

It works for me... However, the font looks messy and needs more spacing between lines. Could also be just me...

This x 100, the text clobber itself from above and below makes it hard to read. MacOS Google Chrome.

 

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[mikekob]

Excellent feedback! I do agree it needs a little polishing up. I do like the idea of having the app at the top. I was initially really excited to have Longs peak since we are based in Denver. My only objection is the fact that we'll be offering more products. I think the hard part about having a one pager is the balance between the product and the company as a whole.

We have about a week until the app is released and our next task is making a user friendly demo that allows the viewer to take part in an image transmission.

We do have a graphic designer available as our web guy is good but not spectacular at design.

 

[Jakeeck]

3 spelling errors on the Harbinger app page. Also, on that same page the font needs to be changed IMO. Looks like it overlaps in some spots. Something just looks off about it to me.

 

[parkerscott]

3 spelling errors on the Harbinger app page. Also, on that same page the font needs to be changed IMO. Looks like it overlaps in some spots. Something just looks off about it to me.

I think it may be too much white space.

 

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[BlokeInProgress]

http://novumconcepts.com/ - spacing on The Solution - #1 "andimproved"

How it works - I'm using Firefox (not sure if browser related) but for me, words kinda need little vertical spacing.

 

[tafy]

Website checked by the crowd, love it. I will post mine on the forum when its done for some ripping apart too

 

[RoadTrip]

I love your idea. Not sure what it does in detail but it seems you are really providing a lot of value for your customers!

About the website: do you think your customers will be interested in your company or your solution? Like said before by another member, I would mention the product and what it does for your customers, all "above the fold". If you don't want to spend money on copywriting initially, you can work through the Cashvertising book to get some solid ideas on copywriting.

I also think the texts in the three widgets under "Why Novum concepts" is too long. Try to describe your solution in 2-3 SHORT sentences only and highlight your 3 most important USP's (1 per widget).

And this may be me, but isn't blue a better color for health care solutions? Just a thought...

Great progress man, I really hope to see you succeed!

 

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[mikekob]

Thanks for the replies guys. We went through it with a fine tooth comb and fixed all the little things. There's a few area I definitely will be changing and taking text out.

Blue is a great idea as we have blue in our base interface.

We posted it in Facebook yesterday as the three of us are all paramedics at the same agency. Overall we got some good feedback, a shitload of likes, and it's been a steady stream on the page.

Mike

 

[garysvpa]

Very nicely done. Your website is great!

 

[mikekob]

Thank you!! I think we got it all ironed our for now. Probably go through in the near future but were busy selling and building the next product now.

 

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[chrischapman]

Great job mate.

You may want more/better copy to portray what your company is about above the fold.

Yeah, get that essential information above the fold so people know why they are scrolling down haha. I guess you ought to make it totally clear what your business/app does right at the top of the website.

Definitely use less jargon to improve clarity.

Get some better copywriting done since it is not good enough as is.

But, this is all easy, easy stuff. You've built the app, which is the hard bit. From there, just keep improving the website and copy.

I CAN'T WAIT to see where you're going to go with this

 

[loop101]

Back in the 60's, ships had to sit in the San Francisco port while waiting for their manifests to clear. Three guys with the initials D-H-L realized they could pick up the manifests in Hawaii, and fly to San Francisco so the documents would be processed before the ships arrived. They made a bunch of money. Sounds like you are doing something similar with ambulances. Excellent strategy.

 

[DaRK9]

http://www.icondeposit.com/blog:how-to-properly-smooth-font-using-css3

Also ditch the theme pictures and get your own. Really neat app idea though.

 

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[Gale4rc]

I would make your giant logo smaller (personally I would take it off completely because it's already on the top left)

Create a more clear headline with complete clarity on what you do exactly, combined with a sub headline and below both of those have a big call to action button.

With these 3 things on our site were converting at a 35% conversion rate from visitors who land on our landing page.

"Virtually no false activations" - This is being picky but, for clarity I would use a %
Safe and secure - seems like an after thought, what else can you use that will benefit them from your app?


3 images - Use png's with transparent backgrounds. It looks sloppy seeing 3 images with 3 different backgrounds..


Also your product looks like it does a lot, with that being said I would add more pages that explain everything it does. Not without testing my landing page how it is (and with the suggestions I just made) first.

 

[aaron11193]

Love the website design, it's very aesthetically pleasing.
I do agree on needing more info above the fold though, when the website loaded I didn't immediately understand what you do until I scrolled down.

Also since I'm one of those people, I found an interesting little tidbit in the hidden "Team" section haha
"Nihilists! F#$! me. Say what you want about the tenants of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos."

 

[mikekob]

Images are getting a redo. Actually the whole site is gonna get some polishing up. For now it's fine since it's up and we have a lot of work to do.

We initially were using the whole heart attack route to sell but now we've decided to change it up and go with a simple secure image messaging program.

Were now looking into other uses for the simple client to base messaging concept. My wife works in the facilities dept for a huge hospital and they would be a perfect pace to test. Luckily this business has been and will continue to be a process.

 

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