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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 17 Apr 2019
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    Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Jon Yongfook

    Also, most people are not moved to buy by the screenshots. (They’re neither particularly good ways to showcase one’s app UI nor are they good ways to showcase your design ability, a thing at least some customers do overindex on.)https://twitter.com/yongfook/status/1118744412236828672 …

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    Jon Yongfook @yongfook
    There's a reason why many SaaS company landing pages don't show the app screenshots in detail... in early-mid stages of the company the UI changes so often that screenshots go out-of-date fast and it's tedious to keep changing the landing page assets!
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      1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 17 Apr 2019
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        And a ridiculously large percentage of people attempt to interact with screenshots and get disappointed; there’s a giant hotspot in the heat map over the main button in them. (Laughed out loud first time I saw it.)

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      1. Ian Mellett‏ @dodgrile 18 Apr 2019
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        I've actively avoided products that don't have at least *some* kind of demonstration of their product available. It used to often hide the fact that the application was an awful thing stitched together in MS Access.

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      1. Kendall Miller‏ @kendallmiller 17 Apr 2019
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        I always feel that one or two make a difference though - when I'm looking at a product "does it look like a not shit experience" is a gate function.

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      1. Tony Dehnke‏ @tonydehnke 18 Apr 2019
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        I really dislike sites that don’t show screenshots or the actual UI. Especially for business apps. So tired of cartoon sketches on landing pages and feature pages. Let me see the real product.

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      2. Jason Arnold‏ @obliviousgeek 17 Apr 2019
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        These are both good points which I fully appreciate, but I've actively avoided trying out an app because it didn't have any screenshots available. That little bit of extra friction to sign up so I can check it out myself is sometimes too much of a stretch.

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      3. Jason Arnold‏ @obliviousgeek 17 Apr 2019
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        The "hotspot on screenshots" anecdote is hilarious though, and I literally advised my team not to include screenshots in a "What's new" modal for an app just last week for exactly this reason.

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      2. Aaron Taylor‏ @TheAaronTaylor 17 Apr 2019
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        Replying to @patio11

        Screenshots are helpful when a customer is deciding between a few different SaaS that are very similar in function but differ in feel like project management (Trello, Asana, Monday). I won't know for sure until I try but screenshots give a good idea of feel before trying.

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      3. Scott Buchanan‏ @thescottsb 18 Apr 2019
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        Same here. Also, beyond just feel, they can help illustrate how a service approaches the problem. Marketing copy is generally too vague to really understand the differentiator. And I'm lead likely to trust it too.

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      1. Jib‏ @jhender 17 Apr 2019
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        Personally I hate SAAS products that don't offer easy access to screenshots or real world usage experience. It's so hard for me to imagine or evaluate with just marketing copy.

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      1. John Blackwell‏ @johnablackwell 18 Apr 2019
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        I agree. We currently go even a step further and do a quick demo video on the landing page at http://everybalance.com  but I don't think it'll last. I think there are better ways to intro the app.

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