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    Default Need Brutally Honest Opinions for new site..

    Hello Fellow Vodians,

    I would like feedback please of the Brutally Honest type:

    1) How do you perceive us as is what do you think we do?
    2) If you were a big company with lots of people working, would you take up our offer?
    3) Any thing else you might like to comment on please feel free!

    Thank you! I appreciate your help!!!!
    V-Boy

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    Default Re: Need Brutally Honest Opinions for new site..

    Quote Originally Posted by V-Boy View Post
    Hello Fellow Vodians,

    I would like feedback please of the Brutally Honest type:

    1) How do you perceive us as is what do you think we do?
    2) If you were a big company with lots of people working, would you take up our offer?
    3) Any thing else you might like to comment on please feel free!

    Thank you! I appreciate your help!!!!
    V-Boy
    You want us to be brutally honest... Ok here goes....

    1) Don't know, I have no idea who you are as your website address isn't listed.
    2) See above
    3) Yes.... You haven't listed your website address...

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    Cool Re: Need Brutally Honest Opinions for new site..

    Well.....another swing and a miss!

    And both strike out...

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    I must say that I am a knucklehead!!! (That's my brutally honest opinion)

    here it is...

    www.employeepraise.com

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    V-Boy

    I am HR C-Suiter, so I hope I can provide you with some valuable feedback.

    I love the layout. The graphics and color spell professionalism. The links work well and the general marketing seems on point.

    There are definately some things you do not want to change

    1. Quotes- Quotes are good marketing strategy as it backs up what you are saying as true.
    2. Advantages or key points. HR reps like simple to use statements that note the advantage of what you are selling so we can move it to the person on top.
    3. Free trial. I have turned down several products who did not have a try it first.

    I think how the system works needs to come more to the forefront- I am not sure how to link the customer to the employee through the praise system. Perhaps this is will be through one of the links.

    I would suggest a tutorial if possible. First it will help people understand the system. Plus it will move the concept from the HR rep to the general managers who are less like to understand award systems.

    All said, I like the concept as well as the website.

    Tina

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    V-Boy

    I forgot to add.... I love the added touch of the PraiseStar Story- a must keep link since it adds a human element to the site.

    Tina

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    Thank you Tina! I really appreciate your feed back!!!

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    ...b"h...

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    Quote Originally Posted by slick1121 View Post
    V-Boy

    I am HR C-Suiter, so I hope I can provide you with some valuable feedback.

    What is HR C-Suiter? Please excuse my ignorance; I can't help it, I'm ignorant.

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    Default Re: Need Brutally Honest Opinions for new site..

    Hey V-Boy

    To be B/H I like the professional look of the site. Although it took me a bit of reading to work out what PraiseStar was all about. But then again I am usually slow on the uptake.lol

    Keep up the good work.

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    Default Re: Need Brutally Honest Opinions for new site..

    I like it- looks pro...but i cant read the very bottom where your copyright is..maybe kick it up a notch in the spectrum...
    great job
    john

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    Hey Guys!

    I am very new to this web building thingy ... if someone can please tell me where to start ... PLEASE!

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    Default Re: Need Brutally Honest Opinions for new site..

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    thisi is for Lindsey: with all due respect, sir, I think you have a webpage not a website!
    http://www.webstarone.com Provides website solutions and marketing for the small business.

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    I agree with the level of professionalism... B I G thumbs up, you've captured that. Small logisitic details you're probably working on ... I was disappointed to see the story, guiding principles, unique approach are all the same... and the home link doesn't get me to the front page.

    Product wise... I'm left not knowing exactly what the product is, and as it doesn't seem to be relevant to me there's no need to trial it (trialling - a great idea).... and I'm sure if I did I'd find out whether what you're offering is a survey system, meeting question prompter, employee fulfillment structure... or whatever else.

    MORE, MORE, MORE and MORE is a little too more-ish... after all an increase of 1% is more, what I'd be interested in is a paradigm shift from wherever I'd been operating from as a business person... therefore if the languaging on the front page was that of a quantum leap... utilising praise as a viable source of income, then I'd be keen to see what you're offering. Bigger, better, faster is more of the same insanity for some people.

    Your enthusiasm for the product is clear, that would have me contact you above all else. Your context is clear, the big smiley face infected me thru the story... I got it, just not quite clear on what I'm getting!
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    Wow! Thank you MAD! I just fixed that bug!!!

    Thank you to all my Fellow Vodians what a great group you all are

    To Dr. Saint - I would be glad to help you get in the right direction just, send me a personal post.

    To BVodka- You're not alone...I don't know what a C-Suiter is either, but is must be good!

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    This is an interesting concept. Many large corporations are in need of a service like this. It's unique.

    After reading the site quickly, I'm left wondering what it will cost. If I were an employer, I'd want to know your pricing before committing to the trial.

    Best of luck with it!

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    I was thinking the same thing Patience... So I posted the price! Thank you for your feed back!

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    Now a price appears! Yet, some are still unclear on the concept: this might be a valuable clue on how to re-align the Content/communication to be more "up-front" with the simplified version of your concept .... not everyone will understand the process or the 'program' you propose, but nearly everyone could benefit if they had the means to "visualize" it applying to their own environments.

    Enhancing the individual, the team, and the "business" is not always as simple to get others to acknowledge as a 'benefit' as first imagined --- you propose change, and your proposal is disarmingly simple, so much so that it invokes threats of personal change (and we know how reluctant the average person is to accept any modicum of change) and possibly even guilt (for a simple element that promises to be so impactive should already be in use or at least "in the toolbox" -- suggesting neglect, or ignorance).

    You should consider greater depth of explanation or examples of implementation (in simple language) to better communicate your concept (rather than 'educate' which many read as a 'sell'). It was the same struggle I faced, and how I overcame getting past introducing something for "Free" that traditionally cost quite a bit, as seen in my site here.
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    Thanks Vasili, excellent advice, you really have me thinking. I love your site, very nice. I see you and I are of "Kin of the same cloth" Keep up the good work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by V-Boy View Post
    Thanks Vasili, excellent advice, you really have me thinking. I love your site, very nice. I see you and I are of "Kin of the same cloth" Keep up the good work!
    Fortunately, there is no limitation to Excellence!

    See you at the top (or the beach --- same thing, right?)!

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    Love the logo.
    Best regards,
    Jeremy

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    Default Re: Need Brutally Honest Opinions for new site..

    Had another look tonight, the price is reasonable.

    I don't make a good critic...here are my humble suggestions:

    The green box below your logo seems rather large, perhaps shorten it.

    The sides of the page allow the text to sort of fade off to the left or right. I think a border around the sides of the page will change that. Maybe just a simple thin, black line.

    You should charge more and market it to the giant corporations :)

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