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@mahima_manik 

• Cool

• You should show the product out of the video or else we never get to see it unless we watch the video

• Growth idea: give us a free credit to use it if we give you an email. Ex I want to know what it says about me bc then I can tell if it's good.

• Add social proof!

• I like this, good work

@steveb Thanks Steve! Good idea to show people their own profile on sign up. I can also show some sample profiles on the landing page for them to experience the product before sign up :)

@mahima_manik  Hi Mahima, by looking at the hero section, i thought your tool is a prospecting tool, But when i watched the video i realised what tool is about. so may be change the positioning.

• May be try with "Know everything about your next prospect before the Zoom call loads." some thing like this. or may be add a subhaedline

• Highlight the calendar integration, like how it connects, what data it surfaces

• Grab some short blurbs/testimonials from founders or sales reps

• also have a section showing how it is different from other data tools, Also highlight the icebreaker feature taking local news information.

• The three points below the hero section are not clearly visible

Hope these insights help.

@praveen_chary Thanks a ton for the thoughtful feedback — really appreciate you taking the time 🙌

Totally hear you on the positioning — I’ve been torn between keeping it broad vs doubling down on sales folks. But your point about the hero section makes complete sense (and love that headline suggestion btw 🔥).

I will definitely on website copy change to make the calendar integration & daily email briefs feature stand out.

Thanks again!

@joshbarkin I found myself searching for a video or easy explanation of how @Roundups works because the text and images felt a tad too busy. Once I found the video, boom, it clicked. Moving the "how it works" video up and having it auto-play with no audio (w/ an audio toggle) could maybe help immediately get the gist across?

@joshbarkin 

• Interesting idea. With Google updates that penalize AI content launching monthly, why should a publisher put a roundup on their blog? Couldn't this penalize the parent domain?

• Related: I'd like to see success stories on how much revenue is driven for publishers and how much traffic an AI buying guide can generate.

• "Create and Publish Buying Guides with AI" feels too low in the hierarchy of needs. The problem you solve isn't that publishers want AI Buying Guides, it's that publishers want a way to generate high-performing affiliate content to boost revenue, right?

• Your video speaks to "how hard it is to buy products" which is catered to product buyers which I think is not your actual target audience

• Random business model idea: what if you gave roundups away for free and took a percentage of affiliate revenue instead of charging for the actual content? Then you "own" the real estate instead of just the content generation?

• Random idea: make a WordPress plugin so people can click a button to build a section on their website with roundups

• Random idea: i should be able to remix existing roundups that I like, ex order off a menu and it caters it to my website's tone, audience, etc.

• I don't like stuff that creates a higher volume of AI content but this is an interesting idea

@joshbarkin  @ben_griese agree!

@ben_griese  @steveb 

Lots of actionable takeaways here. You guys are awesome.

RE: The video / how it works. I agree with that.

RE: Google updates that penalize AI content launching monthly, why should a publisher put a roundup on their blog? Couldn't this penalize the parent domain?

Google doesn't care who writes the content as long as it adds value to a reader. Most of the AI content is done for scale and obvious spam. Most of the top organic SERPS are roundups (i.e. search "Home Office Ideas"), and most are programmatically generated. It just needs to have a fresh perspective and appear as though research and effort was done to produce the content. We also have content editor to add your own.. For a blogging use-case, we'll probably sell a GPT 4.5 Pro "Add-On" giving content marketers an opportunity to boost output with 100% humanized content and a 95% chance of passing Google's checks, but as a company, web was just our GTM distribution channel. Roundups perform well on social, and it's a great format for email distribution which is on the roadmap.

RE: I'd like to see success stories on how much revenue is driven for publishers and how much traffic an AI buying guide can generate.

Me too! We just launched a couple of months ago.

RE: "Create and Publish Buying Guides with AI" feels too low in the hierarchy of needs. The problem you solve isn't that publishers want AI Buying Guides, it's that publishers want a way to generate high-performing affiliate content to boost revenue, right?

Good point. Although we see monetization as a key hook for early adopters struggling to generate content they can monetize. I could own a Shopify Store and generate a comparative research report on competitor products and use that to drive sales for my own store... It's a way to turn content into commerce, or even just to do product research for yourself.

RE: Your video speaks to "how hard it is to buy products" which is catered to product buyers which I think is not your actual target audience

Yes, we need a new video! Original use-case was a research platform for shoppers, but then we made the growth strategy (focus on affiliates/bloggers) a core focus after.

RE: Random business model idea: what if you gave roundups away for free and took a percentage of affiliate revenue instead of charging for the actual content? Then you "own" the real estate instead of just the content generation?

That's one path forward, but we'd need to build out or acquire another affiliate platform to make the logistics of that work and products/brands already have affiliate platforms. An easier path forward might be to empower bloggers and affiliate marketers with tools and make as much of that accessible and free, but then have brands "Sponsor" Roundups and that introduces bias into the output content. Brands pay for sponsored Roundups and we payout bloggers that way.

RE: Random idea: make a WordPress plugin so people can click a button to build a section on their website with roundups

We have a WordPress plugin, and since our core focus isn't WordPress, I think we're going to open source the plugin for the WP community.

RE: Random idea: i should be able to remix existing roundups that I like, ex order off a menu and it caters it to my website's tone, audience, etc.

Possibly, but we're being mindful of duplicate content. I'd rather just make it low friction to get users from This is my target audience -> Here is your Roundup


RE: I don't like stuff that creates a higher volume of AI content but this is an interesting idea.
It scales well. So much to do still. Appreciate the time and all of the feedback.

@maushook 

• Really templated, doesn't build trust. Feels a bit scammy.

• Who doesn't have a website?

• I lose trust when the Stripe business name is not the website name

• The Stripe form has a better description of what you get than the landing page

@dev_singh 

• This is pretty cool

• Very clear

• I want to use it

• How are you growing this? How it's going?

• Nice work!

@steveb Thank you so much, we just launched it today here https://www.producthunt.com/posts/notebooks-your-ai-whiteboard

I want to use it

That is great, feel free to sign up and start your free trial. If you run into any issues or have feedback just ping me here at dev@notebooks.app

How are you growing this? How it's going?

Day 1 and we are at 104 customers which is fantastic. I have some ambitious yet lean GTM plans like EGC content, niche newsletter sponsoring, etc. Always open to new ideas too.

@vivekinkoop 

I like the interactive demo. I was a bit frightened by the voice. It feels really wrong when a website is talking to me (though maybe AI is going to change that?)

@vivekinkoop 

• Overall pretty good

• Interactive demo is cool but voice scared me, too

• The headline "Turn SQL Data into Decisions" is really good but none of the copy supports decision making. My two cents is that humans tend to like graphs and charts but any big company can tell you that no one can do anything with graphs and charts.

• Add a summary of customer reviews, ex 4.9 out of 5 by 10000 people. 6 random reviews doesn't help me with social proof.

• "How it works?" is a weird heading. "How does it work" or "Connect Draxlr in less than 5-minutes" would be better IMO

@vivekinkoop Love the demo, I'm a sucker for a good interactive demo. I'd consider removing the voice unless it plays to an accessibility point.

One smaller point is you have some widow words (words on their own line, usually end of sentence words) these annoy me to no end as a writer. An example is: "Use our Query Builder and AI to get answers from your SQL data." with data being on it's own on a new line.

@aaronoleary Thanks, will fix!

@povedaaqui1 

• "Revolutionizing Network Management" made me not know what this was. What network? LinkedIn? My friends? The follow up is "Empower your network operations with AI-driven solutions. " so now I am thinking about network security and then you make it more clear but is your customer's problem that they need to revolutionize their networks? Clearer headline would do wonders for you.

• What about simplifying "AI agent for real-time network device management using natural language interactions" as "Chat with your security network"

• Feels like a lot of buzz words and over complication

@sea_local 

• I knew exactly what it was

• It worked

• I'd suggest changing upgrade prompts on the single QR code page. "Get Scan Tracking" doesn't mean anything to me as a non-QR tracker nerd. What about showing a sample dashboard grayed out and prompt me to track usage or some other prompt?

@timchosen 

• Super clear and simple, nice work!

• This is a very busy space- how do you get customers?

@a4ibrahi some text is not even visible on the dark layout.

• You need to focus more on the security part as connecting bank accounts is very sensitive information.

• Place option for "Book a demo" so that without demo i dont think users will directly signup and use the product.

• The video voice is soo low.

• try to partner with any bank or place some testimonials so that it build credibility.

@cranecriley 

• Do we really need cookie consents? (rhetorical)

• Domain is 🔥, 10/10

• Super simple and clean

• Call to action of newsletter is clear but 'book a lesson' has no supporting info. Who are you? How French are you? Why should I French with you? How much is the French? More info!

Thanks, @steveb! It's good to learn the Book a Lesson CTA feels unsupported. I'll think on that and see how I can make things clearer! I'm building a second page with answers to those questions, but I can definitely work some of it onto the landing.

@cranecriley I'm french and this domain made me laugh :D