[thelist] Swish... > Critiques

[Annie]

Please don't get me wrong Sharon :) I haven't been commenting on the look
and feel of your website one way or another. If your website is being
properly evaluated and monitored and is effective, power to it :P My point
was never to underestimate criticism. Each comment you get for your website
is a user voice and opinion. Each one is valid to its own degree, and each
one should be taken into consideration with this in mind. Criticism should
never be seen as negative, just advice and opinions, either to be taken or
ignored, but always welcome :)

Annie

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [thelist] Swish... > Critiques


I'd like to reply to one paragraph in particular:

> I dont think that yours or your clients opinions should be the final say
on
> whether or not your website 'works'. is it selling? has your client seen
> marked increase in revenue or customer satisfaction/sales since creating
the
> website? do you know which aspects of your site are working? which arent?
> shouldn't the end result and end user be the deciding factor on whether or
> not the site is effective?

I have to grin, really. Since I revised this site a few months ago, the
client's sales contacts have skyrocketed. Visitors to the site have
increased and general sales are definitely improved (from what my client
tells me). There have only been compliments from my client's clients about
the site, at least from what she tells me. The stats indicate it. The sales
do too.

Guess you can't account for taste, can you?

Of course, that's not to say that the little man entering (or leaving) the
door may just walk away completely soon. Always good to refresh a page's
appearance from time to time. But, if he walks away, he will have left
behind some dollars that weren't there before.

Sharon (<8

----- Original Message -----
From: "Annie" <annie at twitch.ca>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 4:19 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] Swish... > Critiques


> Just replying to two comments :P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I also think that I would be very disappointed if I sent a link
> as an example of something I did that relates to the discussion and got
> back: "I hate to say it, but that GIF was the first thing I saw and I
> thought it looked really amateurish."
> --------------------------
>
> Well, IMHO, when you're responsible for creating the online marketing
> strategy that will make or break a company on the internet, your feelings
> dont matter. What would happen to Coca-Cola - and its marketing
strategist -
> if they created a bad ad campaign and nobody had the guts to tell them? So
> Pepsi one ups them on this one but its all ok cause nobodies ego was
> bruised? I dont think so...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> My personal quality standard works like this:
> If it's my best, and my client and I agree that it meets or exceeds the
> previously agreed upon requirements and specs, and it's not like
> web-meets-sausage-meets-times-square or something, it works

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Sharon F. Malone
"web design and Internet writing services"
http://www.24caratdesign.com



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