Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
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Thanks for your help and comments. I have found a nice template I was happy with, please can you let me know what you think?
Have personalised it and feel its has a more "professional" look to it.
Thanks
ClickitMK
[Edited on 12-04-2009 by Pablo]
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Russ
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better, but take out "thanks for visiting"
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Pablo
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look cheesey?
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Cavey
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"Computer Broken? Do you need It Support?"
It should be that instead of a comma, dunno if you care about the grammar at the moment, with it being a rough site at the moment, but that's the first thing i saw, sorry
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Pablo
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
"Computer Broken? Do you need It Support?"
It should be that instead of a comma, dunno if you care about the grammar at the moment, with it being a rough site at the moment, but that's the first thing i saw, sorry
Thats updated, thanks.
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Cavey
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Other than that, it's a nice simple website, does all you need it to do 
Out of interest, is this just something you're doing in your spare time, or are you setting it up as a proper business?
A mate of mine has been trying to persuade a couple of us to do something like this for months now
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Pablo
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In my spare time for now, had a few jobs earnt enough to get some decent advertising now. Might as well give it ago, have been thinking about it for years and a friend wants to do it with me, so we are!
So far so good...
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Cavey
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Yeah, that's pretty much our situation, i'm a postie, so finish at 2ish everyday, therefore got afternoons/evenings free, and he's a "student" essentially has all day every day free, but he doesn't drive, that's the main thing. Also the liablility if things go wrong and complaints seem too much effort for me really.
Someone has just set one up round here charging £40 for callouts!
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Pablo
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
better, but take out "thanks for visiting"
gone
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Pablo
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
Yeah, that's pretty much our situation, i'm a postie, so finish at 2ish everyday, therefore got afternoons/evenings free, and he's a "student" essentially has all day every day free, but he doesn't drive, that's the main thing. Also the liablility if things go wrong and complaints seem too much effort for me really.
Someone has just set one up round here charging £40 for callouts!
I have a low rate until I can get a decent customer base. Then wil lrase my price a bit. But at the moment prices cover petrol and inital costs, business cards etc. Why not try it? You obviously have to invest a fair bit of time!
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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Too much text IMO.
This is one I put together when I was thinking about going contracting:
http://www.napoliconsulting.co.uk
[Edited on 12-04-2009 by James]
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Cavey
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Yeah, think that's what is putting me off, the time and effort thing, also, don't wanna lose my spare time really.
Fixed my mates soundcard the other day, just needed drivers re-installed, which was easy enough, guess i could charge people who don't know about PC's £25 for that
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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Actually there is only too much text on the front page.
The rest are ok.
Perhaps move your list of services to a "services" page?
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
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Yes what I have always thought, but how else can I break it down? Or keep it simple and inform potential customers?
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James
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Also your feedback page says "Contact us" at the top.
And you spelt Blu Ray wrong.
Is this website just for your services? How have you got 20 years experience?
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bubble
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blue ray?
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
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sorted thanks, just notied and also created a services
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Pablo
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quote:
Originally posted by bubblevaux
blue ray?
Home cinema set up
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by Pablo
quote:
Originally posted by bubblevaux
blue ray?
Home cinema set up
but its blu-ray. not blue ray.
a website is like a cv, the moment people see spelling mistakes they look away.
spell check and triple check before uploading
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Pablo
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thank u
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bubble
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just a few more pointers.
when you first load a web page, customers only see 20% of information because they get distracted.
so make sure your home page has the "wow" factor.
if i want to use your services, i want to know if your any good, so put your feedback on page 1. also, change the word feedback to testimonials. its the same meaning word, but has a lot more professionalism to it.
also, your comment of over 20 years experience will actually deter customers. straight away people will assume you have been fixing pc's for over 20 years, and this in turn will lead to people questioning if your being honest, as people assume pcs have been around for 10 years or so. i understand you mean 20 years combined with other people, but this doesnt come across.
i would rephrase it so it says something like "with over 20 years of combined experience in the IT field" or similar.
the picture on the tariff link shows a calendar from 2007. straight away i would be questioning why it isnt 2009. there nothing wrong with it, but customers will question it.
"Our staff of Microsoft Qualified Technicians and are experts in this field however we do also have vast expertise in a broad range of machines and software applications."
the above sentence is grammatically confusing.
try " as well as having the ability to deal with any problem no matter the scale, our staff are also Microsoft Certified and can assist with.......etc etc"
all in all i applaud your efforts, but always remember to make a belting first impression.
best of luck
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
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few changes made, what else can I do to the home page to have that "wow" factor?
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bubble
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immediately i can see positives with the testimonials!
well done
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Pablo
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Thanks, if anyone else has any suggestions please let me know
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liamC
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Your logo looks like 'lickit Support' and not 'Clickit Support'
You say your site is XHTML 1.0 strict - I've just done a check and found 67 errors
[Edited on 13-04-2009 by liamC]
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