The problem is that it seems to be the only thing bigger than a one-click demo built with the product that is available, so it is -- whether you intend it to be or not -- the most powerful statement you have about what the utility of your product.
(It doesn't help that the broking scrolling makes it very hard to get to some of the rest of the content.)
If you think it represents the product poorly, I think you desperately need (1) to not rely on your product for your whole public-facing website (dogfooding is good, but part of that is having good judgement about fitness for purpose), and (2) build something that has a clear role that is more than a trivial demo that demonstrates the real utility of the product (something that's part of your public website, and a key and useful part and not just a demo, may be good, but it needs to be something that the product is ready to do acceptably.)
Or, if the problems really are fairly minor, then fix the problems that makes using it for your whole website and turn that into a plus.
> I promise you that if you take the time to explore actual product we're working on, you'll see that it's pretty polished, but lacks some features
Asking people to do more work to discover the value of your product is generally not a compelling way to get people on board with it. If the external visitors first impression isn't positive, its not their job to work harder to get to a positive impression.
The problem is that it seems to be the only thing bigger than a one-click demo built with the product that is available, so it is -- whether you intend it to be or not -- the most powerful statement you have about what the utility of your product.
(It doesn't help that the broking scrolling makes it very hard to get to some of the rest of the content.)
If you think it represents the product poorly, I think you desperately need (1) to not rely on your product for your whole public-facing website (dogfooding is good, but part of that is having good judgement about fitness for purpose), and (2) build something that has a clear role that is more than a trivial demo that demonstrates the real utility of the product (something that's part of your public website, and a key and useful part and not just a demo, may be good, but it needs to be something that the product is ready to do acceptably.)
Or, if the problems really are fairly minor, then fix the problems that makes using it for your whole website and turn that into a plus.
> I promise you that if you take the time to explore actual product we're working on, you'll see that it's pretty polished, but lacks some features
Asking people to do more work to discover the value of your product is generally not a compelling way to get people on board with it. If the external visitors first impression isn't positive, its not their job to work harder to get to a positive impression.