Pretty cool UX elements, but $15 for 5 posts sounds bit expensive, Godaddy + Wordpress gives similar deal for $8 with larger disk space. Would recommend you guys to work on the pricing.
@danielkempe We have an internal tool to import WP posts. We imported 500+ pages from a large SaaS company and complied them in under 0.3 seconds :)
Let us know if you like the builder and blogging CMS and I can do a custom import and show you the results.
@jamesmkenny Thanks, that means a lot.
I have tried working in public as much as possible. It hasn't been an easy road but hopefully it will make a good story.
@kokiweb Fully responsive and our websites and blogs are very fast.
I will look into AMP in more detail and see if it has any benefits for our customers.
@csaba_kissi Thanks! We're looking at different templates but haven't found any that would convert as well as the current one.
If you have any examples with CTAs in, I would love to see them.
@volkandkaya Thanks! No horror stories on updates as all smooth :), but I'd love to get to something quicker and simpler. Personal blogs are pretty rare at this point though.
@acek Thanks that is the goal, WP is definitely bloated. Companies end up hiring WP developers who speed up the site. Versoly takes care of that for you.
From the start of Versoly we knew we wanted a world class blogging CMS, but the bar was high. After launching Versoly and listening to our customers the blogging CMS was next on the roadmap.
The blogging CMS includes a ton of cool features, but we will focus on the key ones for making your life better:
Built to Convert (SEO, Performance and Emails)
The purpose of a B2B blog is to convert visitors to paid customers. That is the number 1 goal of the Versoly blogging CMS.
The blog scores 98/100 for page speed making it one of the fastest blogging CMS on the market. For page speed nerds we also cache the CSS and JS for the marketing site and blog so switching from blog to the marketing site is instant.
The blog is 100% static and hosted on AWS (Amazon Web Services) so it is lighting fast, secure and backed up.
The blog allows you to collect emails easily with email forms on the side and at the bottom of posts. We also have a zapier integration so you can connect it to your email provider.
Medium Style Editor
Writing content should be as effortless as possible. Writers enjoy using the medium style editor over other styles as it is quick and easy to make edits.
You can style text, import new and existing images easily and we have many custom elements and plan on adding a lot more.
Constant updates
By using the Versoly platform you get free updates for your blog, we will monitor and update blog page speeds, SEO settings and design changes to make sure your blog is built to convert.
Any feature that the website builder gets in the future you will also be able to use inside the blog such as popups, analytics and global blocks.
Future
We are competing against giants such as Wordpress however we’re confident we can build the best solution and offer amazing customer service. As such we’re constantly making Versoly better and we take onboard all feedback and love building features that customers need quickly.
Popups (on exit, on click and many more options)
Analytics
Global Blocks (share blocks between pages and blogs)
Public Blocks (Blocks from the community)
AB testing
Want to follow the journey?
Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/volkandkaya
Company Twitter: https://twitter.com/versoly
P.S. We went and found the biggest SaaS blog with 500+ blog posts and tested it out. We complied and uploaded the blog in under 0.3 seconds.
I just discovered Versoly blogging platform, I think apart from Ghost there's too few options to create a simple and cool blog, and I really like the focus on the Saas needs. Great tool!
@make_the_web_cool_again Thanks!
Ghost is amazing, learnt a lot from testing out their product.
Problem is you need it on a subdomain or some custom DNS settings.
We wanted to make it simple for SaaS companies to start blogging and actually converting them visitors to paid customers.
Thanks for this, I'll be recommending it to marketing :) Noticed a small typo on your landing page btw (see https://app.usebubbles.com/a3b01...) --- also, would be cool to see more content on your blog, such as "how to start a saas blog".
@tom4 Thanks, we have been working on features over marketing, that should change now we have a great blogging CMS :)
Good blog post title, might borrow it.
Also fixed the spelling mistake.