Originally Posted by Action Jackson VA

Hi Genevieve, I too commented on your last post about your site. I still have the same comments but wanted to ad another one. At the bottom of your page you are advertising other places for your potential clients to go rather than stay on your website. I suggest creating a links page and then placing those ads there. That way potential clients have no reason to leave your page. Hope that makes sense. Andrea~

I'm sorry but I'm not sure what your mean Andrea . I've been having a very hard time with my computer in the last few days and it must have fried my brain! I did make some changes so go ahead and look but it doesn't include anything from what you just said because I really am not sure what you are saying. Actually, I don't get what Amy is saying either? I'm usually pretty smart...really!!

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Genevieve Lachance
VA Simple Services

Originally Posted by Tess

I will try to clarify once more... When I said your home page is confusing I meant that there is no clear direction for your visitors to take once they land - and it is unclear where the eye is meant to go. If you like your site the way it is then that's great! I noticed on another thread you had said no one had replied to this message so I wanted to offer a bit of my own perspective.

Thanks Tess for taking the time again to help me and being so honest about my site. I did change a few things today and will look at your comments again to try give it more direction. I asked for opinions....that's what I got! I'm very grateful for everybody's input. But this is how I feel right now...
Maybe I need some time away from this!

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Genevieve Lachance
VA Simple Services

Hi Genevieve! Just throwing my 2 cents in here. I like the overall look of your site and really like the splashes of orange.

I actually like the graphic that you have at the top (although I agree I've seen it lots of places!), but I agree with Tess that you need some sort of call to action for your readers. (You've made me acknowledge that I'm overworked, but what can I DO about it?) Perhaps where you have "Meet Your Business Goals in an Entirely New Way" you can put something like "Contact Me to see how I can help."

Okay, you should come up with something far less dumb - but hopefully that helps you view the line from a different perspective.

Sorry for the computer troubles that you've been having - they really are a pain, arent' they!

Originally Posted by kristyle

Hi Genevieve! Just throwing my 2 cents in here. I like the overall look of your site and really like the splashes of orange. I actually like the graphic that you have at the top (although I agree I've seen it lots of places!), but I agree with Tess that you need some sort of call to action for your readers. (You've made me acknowledge that I'm overworked, but what can I DO about it?) Perhaps where you have "Meet Your Business Goals in an Entirely New Way" you can put something like "Contact Me to see how I can help." Okay, you should come up with something far less dumb - but hopefully that helps you view the line from a different perspective. Sorry for the computer troubles that you've been having - they really are a pain, arent' they!

Thank you so much for all the great comments, it's so helpful. My site is a work in progress and I will take everybody's comments into consideration when I make changes. I'm re-thinking using Yahoo Sitebuilder since I've been reading that it's not search engine friendly and I'm not sure what else I should use. I'll be posting another thread on this today to see if anyone can recommend something better.

I got a new computer last weekend and I was very excited when I got it. For some reason, the next day it stopped working and I had to re-install everything again. It's been ok since then but it's a real pain! I'm so afraid of downloading a virus which might have been why I was having problems. I’m running Norton twice per day now.

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Genevieve Lachance
VA Simple Services

Genevieve, I visited your site again & the text bar under the nav buttons is a nice addition. -Lezly

Hi Genevieve,

This is my first time looking at your site and I think you've done a really good job with it. It is appealing visually, which made me want to explore it all the way through. I wanted to ask you about web page addresses to specific pages; for example, if you were trying to direct a client to the rates pages. From one of your comments, it sounds like maybe its a result of using Yahoo. I've been using Microsoft Live and have found it fairly user-friendly.

One more thing, I haven't had great experience with Norton antivirus; I've been using AVGfree for several years and think its a great program. Not sure if anyone has posted on antivirus software in any other threads, but you might check reviews online.

Good Luck!

Gina

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Gina Cozza
Invisible Business Solutions

Originally Posted by The Invisible Assistant

Hi Genevieve, This is my first time looking at your site and I think you've done a really good job with it. It is appealing visually, which made me want to explore it all the way through. I wanted to ask you about web page addresses to specific pages; for example, if you were trying to direct a client to the rates pages. From one of your comments, it sounds like maybe its a result of using Yahoo. I've been using Microsoft Live and have found it fairly user-friendly. One more thing, I haven't had great experience with Norton antivirus; I've been using AVGfree for several years and think its a great program. Not sure if anyone has posted on antivirus software in any other threads, but you might check reviews online. Good Luck! Gina

Hi Gina,

I'm not sure what you're asking me about directing clients to specific pages. Could you explain and I will let you know.

Thanks for your positive comments.

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Genevieve Lachance
VA Simple Services