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Hello!

I came across this great site and just had to jump in!  I am a communication consultant, speaker & coach and I specialize in helping home-based businesses effectively communicate who they are to their ideal target markets.

I am a home-based business owner myself, and am from the far west suburbs of Chicago.  I`ve been teaching communication skills for over a decade and I love it!

Last week I put the finishing touches on my brand new website, http://www.communicationtransformation.com.  I am so excited about it-- I`ve had lots of great feedback... plus found a few things to tweak and make a bit better.  I`d love to know what you think!

For you, I offer a free e-course delivered to your email over the course of 5 days where you`ll discover how to Increase Business by Communicating Your Credibility.  We all know how tough it can be to establish credibility in the marketplace as a start-up small business. I`ll show you how in 5 easy step-by-step interactive lessons.  Sign up now at:   http://www.communicationtransformation.com/creating-credibil ity-ecourse.html

I look forward to meeting many people here and sharing ideas!

Warmly,

Felicia

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the welcome.  We`re just down Route 25 from you.  I`ll pop over to the discussion you suggested.  You`re right-- I`d better get to work!

Warmly,

Felicia

Hi "Idea Generator,"

I`ve had some previous feedback about the dark picture but nothing as ominous as you describe.  I do have another professional image I have planned to use in place of the darker image on the home page. 

Red is the color of action, something we coaches and consultants are interested in helping people with.  Reds, golds and oranges are the colors of autumn, a time of change and transformation.  The color palette is fully intentional.  I appreciate your opinion, but the honest feedback I`ve had from multiple sources is that the design is effective, warm, and welcoming.

Outside of the logo and masthead, there are two fonts on the pages, one serif font and one non-serif font.  Some have commented that the quotation in the masthead is difficult to read, so that will be changed to match the serif font on the rest of the page.

Good luck with your design business.

Regards,

Felicia

Felicia, I`m from Chicago as well.  Live and work downtown in River North.  Clearly you`ve done your homework regarding color and as for evil?? No way!

Randy

Thanks for welcome, Randy, Craig & Steve!

I personally thought "evil" was a poor word choice, but be try not to take things personally.  If I did-- that might be enough to scare away the new kid in town!  No worries-- I`m all good.  And it`s nice to see some folks come to my defense.   I`m having my VA change out the pics.  My photographer did a shoot outside and I`m wearing a jacket the same color as the yellow on the site.  It`s much brighter!

See you all on the forums!  I`m still trying to find my way around. This is a big place .

Felicia