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chusteczka

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Apr 12, 2006
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Allright, well, let's start with ... hmmm, I think I like it. It looks good.

If I was a small business owner, how could I tell what your business could do for me? That does not seem to be clearly communicated. Maybe provide some examples of ways you could help a small business that may not even be certain what they need yet.
 
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Lonyo

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The colours and bar across the top make me think "blogspot" rather than "professional website".
 
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Miscthree

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I don't mind the colors and top bar, the three center images are too big and undeveloped.. A little blurb expounding on each would help clarify quickly what's going on.
 
Fenixgoon

Fenixgoon

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personally, i like your 3 generic characters for engineer, manager, and entrepreneur :D
 
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sjwaste

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I would rework the first sentence on the first page.

"Bitlancer helps businesses create scalable web solutions, often utilizing Cloud technology."

That first sentence needs to have a little more impact and say what it is that you do. The "often utilizing cloud technology" tacked on kind of sounds awkward.
 
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aceO07

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Congrats on launching. Seems like a good start.

Here are some of my observations:
1. Don't think you need to specify accepted payment methods. People know what to expect, or you can tell them later in the process. I think 'take out restaurant' or 'cheap online store' when I see the various credit card logos.
2. I can piece together what your company does, but I'm not sure that the people needing your services will figure it out.
3. The default home page and 'What We Do' page are the same. Perhaps give more details on what you do on the 'What We Do' page.
4. You can download the pricing without putting any information in. I think maybe a form with field for what services they need and contact information to get back to them with a quote for the work/time or discuss further.
5. The Pricing PDF doesn't look like the sampler graphic. I kind of like the sampler graphic with the company letterhead.
6. Show a proper email address on the contact us page. I know your trying to avoid spam, but people are lazy.
7. Your fax # is in MA, but your mailing address is in OR, and your Twitter says MA. Confusing.
8. I don't think the Projects page shows your company's strengths. You have a testimonial on the front page saying how you improved stuff. Throw in some graphs, numbers, benchmarks to show how much faster the database was or how much time/money was saved.

Good luck!
 
Texashiker

Texashiker

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Did you use a CMS to build the site, or straight html/css? You used wordpress for the blog section, but what about the rest?

I like how clean the site is, no flashy banners and no flash landing pages.
 
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ShadowOfMyself

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I think it looks great... Simple, modern and easy to navigate, now it just comes down to small tweaks as posters above have mentioned
 
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TechBoyJK

Lifer
Oct 17, 2002
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First, I have to scroll down to see your entire webpage. Dislike. I don't mind this when I'm clicking through to content pages, but this is your landing page. It should be viewable on most resolutions without having to scroll down.

Second, if you shrink your logo by about 20%, you can reduce the size of your header bar. You have a lot of space above the phone number and social media links.. Shrink the logo a bit, and you can reclaim some of that space.

Third, if you get rid of the payment options in your footer, and put the phone number to the right of your logo, that will save some horizontal space. On the right side of the footer, you have 2 columns of links.. Spread that out across 3 columns and place the 3 social media buttons below the logo on the right.

my 2 cents.. it will help decrease the horizontal footprint taken by the site.
 
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classy

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Its decent. But the mouse over images are too childish looking and the disappearing hide and seek is not very professional. And I would do something at the top of your page with the Bitlancer area. If design websites, so you should have better creation for that part. Other than that, very good I would say. Its clean and not cluttered.
 
xanis

xanis

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aceO07 said:
Congrats on launching. Seems like a good start.

Here are some of my observations:
1. Don't think you need to specify accepted payment methods. People know what to expect, or you can tell them later in the process. I think 'take out restaurant' or 'cheap online store' when I see the various credit card logos.
2. I can piece together what your company does, but I'm not sure that the people needing your services will figure it out.
3. The default home page and 'What We Do' page are the same. Perhaps give more details on what you do on the 'What We Do' page.
4. You can download the pricing without putting any information in. I think maybe a form with field for what services they need and contact information to get back to them with a quote for the work/time or discuss further.
5. The Pricing PDF doesn't look like the sampler graphic. I kind of like the sampler graphic with the company letterhead.
6. Show a proper email address on the contact us page. I know your trying to avoid spam, but people are lazy.
7. Your fax # is in MA, but your mailing address is in OR, and your Twitter says MA. Confusing.
8. I don't think the Projects page shows your company's strengths. You have a testimonial on the front page saying how you improved stuff. Throw in some graphs, numbers, benchmarks to show how much faster the database was or how much time/money was saved.

Good luck!
Click to expand...

You pretty much posted what I was going to say. Good advice here, OP.
 
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