Hipvite, quick and easy way to organize meetups - Plea for TechCrunch coverage (opens in new tab)

Why do you care about TechCrunch coverage? It's a great blog, but it's just a blog. TC coverage won't make or break you. You'll probably get more traffic from this submission to HN than a TC post.

Two questions: Why does TechCrunch still exist, and why isn't there a good media outlet focusing on technology / startups / etc?

OK, bonus third question... why does anybody care what TechCrunch has to say anymore? Their reporting is rubbish, their attitude is crap, and their logo looks like it came out of a 4th grade fingerpainting class.

Great website but poor timing. I was going to forward this to some contacts at TC... except they all just left for Burning Man this morning :(.

I might be wrong, but at first glance, it looks like everyone involved needs to install Hipvite to organize and event.

If I am correct in thinking this, I would advise you to make an SMS fallback. It's difficult to organize an event with friends if they all need iPhones to install the same app.

Respect the move and it just might work. If it doesn't, then might want to try building a relationship with a TC human being before the coverage ask. Probably a higher probability use of your time. Maybe you already have it though and this is part of the push.

I'm a sucker for these types of "resume websites," so I clicked over. Some thoughts:

1) I literally have no idea what your app does. At a minimum, add one sentence about the app itself!

2) Is the aim of the site to really get featured by TechCrunch or do you actually want it to go viral amongst HN types? I ask because you give no reason for TechCrunch (or anyone else) to cover your app. What is special about it? Why would TechCrunch's audience be interested? Most of these types of websites have some type of "intro letter" explaining the benefits to the intended audience, which you are currently lacking.

3) Your video is pretty good (and helps me figure out what the app actually does!)...so why do you have it hidden in the bottom corner of the website and behind an additional click at that? Put it above the fold and make it easy for people to actually watch it! This could also solve point #1 mentioned earlier.

4) This is more of a personal thing, but I took issue with the line "we even made this better looking than our site!" Why should this random microsite be "better" than your app's real website? It made me curious, so I started looking for a link to the main website. I didn't find anything immediately and only then realized I had to click on the logo. So I clicked over and I think your "real" website is actually much better. You don't have flashy slide-in graphics like on the microsite, but you have a good concise description of the app and then a well-made link to the App Store. Might want to take some inspiration from that for this microsite.

Hope this helps and good luck!

First, I agree with everyone on the TechCrunch coverage and it not being what it used to be.

But just as a pitch/landing page, I don't get it. If I was <insert news site> I would leave the page immediately. It doesn't show off your product. It just requests them to donate more time to find out through their own research, which seems highly unlikely.

Why not use your home page? And if that doesn't cut it, maybe that should be fixed before asking others for coverage.

Best of luck!

A great idea + app; but I can't consider using it until an android comes out. I can't rely or assume that the people I meet with have an iPhone.

Gorgeous app. Graphics are very clean and the interface is intuitive. Nice work!