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gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Website - your views - Happy newyear
« on: December 31, 2012, 01:04:41 pm »
Ive more or less finished my website, Took some time to put together, Got there in the end  :) Im interested in any constructive criticism or any ideas to promote my business more in the new year. Doing everything yourself can be draining, So any advice would be great .
 
  Regards
        Gazzen
            Wishing you all a happy, wealthy and healthy New year ... :)

                         www.windowwashcleaningservices.com

     ps. I know im doing something right as a local big company is following me round the net . You know who you are HAPPY NEWYEAR ! :)

bobplum

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Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2012, 01:12:39 pm »
looks nice

i personally would never put prices on anything up front i feel you get price customers rather than service customers


gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 01:20:04 pm »
Thanks bob ,
The reason i put them on is a few customers said they only rang as seeing the prices, There view was they would of not rang as seeing the site or being a business ....There words were .... I bet there expensive.
I wil defo take that on board
  Thankyou for your input bob
 
  Regards
       Gazzen

PAUL ERITH

Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2012, 01:23:21 pm »
Not my cup of tea to be honest i didn't read one thing i found all the images to be in my face  :-[ :-[

Sorry but thats just me if your geting work off it though leave it as it is

Paul

gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2012, 01:43:13 pm »
Thanks for your input paul,
The site does get me work, as for the images you maybe right there ... Maybe should break them down abit,   :)
Thanks for your input mate
Regards
       GAZZEN

g.brookes

  • Posts: 950
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2012, 01:56:19 pm »
personally when i read your logo it reads 'wind wash' to me with a window in the middle

gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2012, 02:10:20 pm »
Your are correct there . i was trying to be differant lol  ;D
im going to sort logo out  :)
Newyear new start lol
Wish i would have posted before this  ;D
Thankyou for your input g.brookes
 Regards
        GAZZEN  :)

CleanClear

  • Posts: 15491
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2012, 02:16:25 pm »
Looks good to me. As someone said, just needs that wind wash sorting out.
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PoleKing

  • Posts: 8974
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2012, 02:18:36 pm »
Hi Gaz, looks like you're round the corner from me.

Site-I quite like it.
Few constructives if you're interested...

The text seems too long-perhaps try breaking it into bullet points.
Leicester needs a capital L.
Putting 'in most cases, cost effective' implies 'sometimes expensive'.
Lose: 'With the overall experience in the cleaning industry'
Conservatories-not conservatorys.
'This is carried out using the finest of cleaning products & experience - technique'
Change to ...products, experience and technique.
There windows should be their windows.
You've got your old website (I assume) on some of your images.

On 'semi houses, £8' you've got an image of a detached house.
On 'driveway & patio' perhaps a before and after image to compliment the UPVC pics?

Hope this all come across as constructive, wouldn't have mentioned anything had you not asked. Especially with my experiences a few weeks ago!

All the best.
Darren

www.LanesWindowCleaning.com

It's just the internet. Try not to worry.

gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2012, 02:29:34 pm »
Thankyou clean clear for your input , once again your rite. i asked a few customers there opinion , they all gave great inputs . The best one was from a elderly lady . She said i though it was windo wash and the big blue circle meant ... STOP ! i was laughing my head off hahahaha ..  Change my profile pic now ...... goodbye to     WIND WASH hahaha!
Thankyou clean clear for your input
   Regards
        GAZZEN  :)

gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2012, 02:37:58 pm »
Thankyou lanes window cleaning .
Great input   ;D
Everything you said is spot on ... Most of all thankyou for putting the time and pointing out mistakes in my site etc. If i get any calls for window work in your area .... i will send iit yoUr way  ;D
Thanks Darren
         Regards
              GAZZEN :)

robertphil

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Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2012, 03:13:08 pm »
looks very good, but cannot see your face

supernova77

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Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2012, 03:21:42 pm »
Quote
i personally would never put prices on anything up front i feel you get price customers rather than service customers

I have prices on my website >> http://www.iconicwindowcleaning.com/?page_id=194

It keeps the cheapskate callers away.

Andy

gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2012, 03:40:59 pm »
hi robertphil .
Sorry about delay in reply ... Tweeking my site abit thanks to everyones great input   :)  Good idea , i will put it on , as its nice for customers to see who they are dealing with ..

  Regards
      GAZZEN  :)
                 
                A big THANKYOU  to everyone helping me out  ;D 

gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2012, 03:51:07 pm »
Hi andy - iconic window cleaning
Thankyou for your input  :)
Nice site mate and Like the logo to  :) 
Made me realise maybe mine is a liitle bit to busy ..
 
 Regards
     GAZZEN  :)
         
       

PoleKing

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Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2012, 03:51:33 pm »
No problem.
Thanks.
www.LanesWindowCleaning.com

It's just the internet. Try not to worry.

gewindows

Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2012, 04:12:07 pm »
I dont want to be overly critical and my views are said with with constructive intention, but the purple background is out of order.

Its far too jumbled and untidy. Theres a mix of images that have been amateurishly edited, stacked out in the page in a random fashion so you can't make head nor tail of them, they're plastered with text and prices. Theres just far too much on there. You've "signed off" with GAZ, which comes across as amateurish and unprofessional, whats your name? Gareth? If it is say so.

8 for effort, 1 for presentation. Sorry. Hope my critiscisms are taken in the way they are intended, constructively.


This is nifty, I like that



Happy 2013.

Matt

gewindows

Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2012, 04:15:43 pm »
Just asked my missus, Mrs Rise 'n Shine Window Cleaning as a customer says its pretty basic but she probably would give the company a ring.  ;)

gazzen

  • Posts: 61
Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2012, 04:34:11 pm »
Thanks matt
  I agree it is to jumbled up and way to busy . My mistake i was trying to put to much on there. Keep it simple is what im learning .
  Thankyou for your input mate  :)
   
 Regards
      Gazzen  :)

        Best wishes for 2013

Ian Lancaster

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Re: Website - your views - Happy newyear
« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2012, 04:40:29 pm »
Hi Gaz,

Constructive criticism - OK, here goes:

All your text needs a thorough editing.  On your home page there is a great lump of text with no paragraphs.  This is difficult to read and so won't get read.  You also use lines of text that aren't sentences and so don't make sense.  I had a quick look through some other pages and all your text is littered with mistakes, lower case where you should use upper (place names, e.g. 'leicester' - even your own trading name).  There are strings of words with commas, but no spaces between the words.  Twice you use the plural 'familys' which should be 'families'.  There are dozens of similar mistakes which need correcting.

I'm not trying to be a know-it-all, but if you want prospective customers to take you seriously you must use correct English and proper punctuation.

Writing your own advertising copy is fine, but when there are so many mistakes it says 'This is an amateur site written by an amateur'.

As a professional you should be presenting a professional image.