Hi Mat That's useful feedback, thank you.
* and that the clip is intended as a standalone intro to tw5 from its > creator (ie. there won't be many more such intros from you) > ...here's my feedback: > My current thinking is that I will iterate the intro video as much as I can, and get it down to a slicker 5 minutes. I want to also continue to do rougher, less polished screencasts from time to time. Many thanks, Jeremy I agree with your own reflections that the clip should be shorter/snappier. > TW is such an amazing and general tool that it is a difficult to "see the > light" right away - so in order to *hook *people I believe it would make > sense to *highlight some benefits* with TW already at the start of the > clip. I would suggest you insert a screen with a bullet list of concrete > examples and benefits for the above stated target group. Perhaps some of > the application examples listed on tw.com? A glance at what, say, > Evernote, Basecamp and other services mention as their benefits could > perhaps give a sense of what people need/appreciate. > > Second, the clip, nice and friendly as it is, is of course also very > amateurish and it does not reflect how mature or sophisticated TW is. > Someone new could mistake it for merely a (very) neat hack. Now, we know > they're totally wrong... but they don't. I believe an introductory clip for > something like this must convey *credibility.* How would they otherwise > know how great it is? Maybe you can mention that we're X thousand members > in the tw group. TW has been developed for Y years. Z thousand copies of > the earlier versions of TW have been downloaded. They must know they will > not waste their time with something that is abandoned in 6 months. Chest > beating is not only deserved but also *necessary *to convince many > (most?) people. > > Also, if it is possible to use on tablets and/or smartphones, then please > show this in the clip. A quick flash of a tablet in the first one or two > minutes. > > I notice the link below the clip (good!) but I suggest a* call for action > *at the end of the video too, ie. to go to the website and download it. > Maybe it's possible, like on youtube, to put a physical url on the clip for > clicking. > > Ok, hope this is of use to make people try TW5. > > <:-) > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
