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4 bedroom, 2 baths, 2-story 1930's Colonial home for rent in downtown West Palm Beach, FLORIDA close to Palm Beach, the Atlantic Ocean, City Place and Clematis Street, olivewpb@yahoo.com or call us at 202-787-3819 $3900 month Owners olivewpb@yahoo.com
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nice work! I found myself instantly attracted to you and felt I could trust you.
but a photo of you would be a really really great idea. very important in fact.
I also took a look at your alternative designs and I actually found them a bit too corporate. They look slick and in a way I found your original site much more humble and straightforward. Its not that I dont like or understand graphic design (my girlfriend is a web designer www.stylofoam.com plug plug!) but everyone is right - you DONT need a fancy site. in the line of work you are in, people want someone reliable, honest, trustworthy, to the point, etc etc. not sugar coated slick.
I think you should concentrate on the message, layout of info (number etc) and offers rather than the design. just add images that back up your friendly chat.
I think something like this was mentioned in a previous brick (about the online specs site that was too corporate). I imagine that with a few pictures of yourself, pictures of your work and a few satisfied customers standing infront of their newly plastered wall with their thumbs up with their arm round your shoulder or a cup of tea in hand - this would inspire people to feel that you are an approachable, honest guy. even the small spelling mistakes someone spotted dont bother me. I dont care if the guy who comes to fit my boiler spells a bit like me. I just want him to do a quality job and be honest... :)
so even if the photos you put up are badly taken, out of focus - it would simply reinforce the point that you are a serious, down to earth kinda guy. it wouldnt look staged. Your site is simple, humble but actually I liked it a lot (and I look at and critique a lot of sites as a second opinion for my g/f).
I liked all your offers and discounts. it shows you stand behind your work and want to make long term relationships with your customers, not just take their money and run. builders often have a rep for ripping people off, rightly or wrongly, and recomended handimen (which is I guess where you have started out) are worth a lot. in a funny kinda way, Im not sure that having a slicker site will necesarily help with this!
in my opinion (while im at it) the fact that you did your own site and offer to help people with theirs is not a bad thing. you are selling yourself as a 'can do' multitasker, 'Ill turn my hand to anything' and so someone who knows how to handle a computer as well as plumbing is showing off your flexiblity as a handiman. I agree you might not get a lot of web work out of it, but thats not my point.
so make the testimonials much more detailed, and show off your work in honest photos. it will say everything you want to say.
good luck!
simon www.bcnsound.com
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I agree with the comment that the site is re-assuring. Wish I had a handy man like you in my 'hood'. Three comments:
1. Your phone number is the main piece of info on the whole site. You want calls - stick the number onto your mast head at the top of every page so that a 'convinced' website visitor doesn't have to go searching for your number.
2. Testimonials, in our sadly cynical times, are either made up of provided by friends and family. Get your best and happiest customers to agree to you publishing 'case studies': a few real stories on what the job at hand was and how you provided a great solution. Pics may help.
3. You make 2 promises based on which I'd hire you i.e the money back gurantee and the 25% discount. Make these stand out by at least making just these two statements appear in bold.
Good luck, Rajhev rajhev@greenfiremarketing.com
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I would cut out the last paragraph in the "Are you ready to call me" section. Whilst this may be a good add-on service, for people visiting the site i would imagine their focus would be on handy-man type jobs not IT-man type jobs. For me, this distracted from your core service offering.
A good test would be to see how many customers used your IT skills as their first service. If it is close to zero (as i guess it will be) then there's little need for the last paragraph...
Charlie Mowat Standard Office Cleaning (UK) Limited "Cleaners Who Care" www.standardofficecleaning.com 020 7091 9721
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Yeh liked it. It was chatty and easy going. It's a great idea and i hope it really works (i guess it will) The only thing i didn't notice is how far you were willing to travel or what areas you covered. But good idea.
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Good, simple site. You should start a service like this in every major town. I didn't really want to know where you are based because I was impressed by the "say it as it is" approach - if only our MP's where like your site! It's a tough one - it's a service which people will probably go away and think about. So you could try having a button that makes your page their home page, so that when the potential customer starts their internet browser, you're there instead of just lurking in their favourites list.
Clare, www.jobsonsgarage.co.uk
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Nice simple site but agree with comments about where are you? Who are you? What are you (qualified to do?. However, also like to add that the style and quality of English is not so great... including American spelling of "neighborhood". It's all about professionalism.
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Good site - gives the information that's needed. Sometimes over complicated flashy websites aren't needed. Only frustration was finding out where you are based.
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Hi Nick have just looked at your new versions. I liked the simplicity of your old site which looked 'reassuring'. Your new sites look a bit 'cheesy'? I think that its the photo - I'd like to see a picture of your face, then I feel reassured that when you turn up I know that its you. Otherwise I would get the feeling that you are a 'front' for a number of tradespople that you have got off the street and I won't know who is turning up in my home. I also agree with the following points: 1. being clearer about your services, 2.having a BIG telephone number on the front page so that stands out and 3. clearly showing your area. GOOD LUCK! from Bronwen (in Leeds)
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