What should you include in a helpful blank slate?

• Use it as an opportunity to insert quick tutorials and help blurbs.

• Give a sample screenshot of the page populated with data so people know what to expect (and why they should stick around).

• Explain how to get started, what the screen will eventually look like, etc.

• Answer key questions that first-time viewers will ask: What is this page? What do I do now? How will this screen look once it's full?

This note was recorded by Sally Carson from page of Getting Real.