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I`m now marketing my poster art in a new direction.  I just launched a site specifically for this niche.  I`m not going to say too much about it but I will jump into the discussion later.  Please take a look and tell me what you think!

posterofmyhome.com

Thank you

Okay...this is makin` me nuts! WHY did you choose the robin`s egg blue on maroon? I can hardly read it. Like, the tabs: "How do I get--a poster of my home."

`Course, I`m pretty old---I realize that---so maybe it`s just my eyes. My hair gets in my eyes all the time. Drives me nuts!

Second comment: Do you like sites that have lots of questions? Are you sure your customers like questions? How good do lead-ins do when they`re phrased as questions?

Here`s what I`d choose on the landing page:

This IS a new PC!!

Hi Steve,

I love it, but then I am a big fan of yours.

I noticed 2 small typos

1,   under `How do I get a poster of my home? What else do you offer?" 
I can do several versions of your home poster.  For example, if I the original" 

OMIT  the I in -"For example, if I..." 

 2.  under `How do I get started` Contact me and I will be get back in touch with you shortly.  You can fill out the form below or reach me more traditional ways."  ADD `in` after me and before more.  Should be "reach me in more traditional ways."   

Overall I was able to navigate the site and figure out where to go for information.

the only confusion I had was that the See Historic words on the poster took away from my understanding of the site.  The great tag line  Do you love your home?, and the See historic are so close together, and on the same slant that they seem to go together-like they are part of the same sentence. it may be a little confusing...does that make sense.   what if you used the other beautiful poster from from highland ave. for the home page? 

I like the fact that you cannot send a blank form.

I hope this review helps.   

I am on an IBM thinkpad, 15 in screen, XP professional, IE 7.0,

signed,

dianne (the crazy entrepreneur formerly known as beachdi)

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Dianne
Sun, Sand and Salty Toes
www.saltychix.com

Hey, I replied to all of you on this thread last week.  I guess the post never took.  Sheesh!  Well, thanks again to all of your for your comments.

Craig, I`m not sure why you couldn`t view the gallery.  At the time of your comment, I had only looked at the site on two computers because it had just gone live.  But since then, I have viewed it on several - PC`s, Macs, Firefox, Safari and Explorer.  I`m sure I haven`t viewed every possible combination but I haven`t had any problems with the gallery.  But thanks for calling that to my attention and I will see if it becomes a bigger problem with other people.

I will be putting together a "package" for notecards, postcards and such as you suggested.  I`m still pricing that out.

You mentioned the colors making it hard to read.  I don`t know exactly what part you are talking about but I am assuming you mean the top navigation buttons.  I had purposely made those low contrast to keep the viewer`s attention on the main content of the page.  But in no way do I think they are difficult to read because of the colors.  Also, I have learned that all monitors are different.  I`ve seen my artwork on some computers that just make me shudder.  I of course know nothing about your screen but as a disclaimer, "colors may vary".

And thanks for all your comments about the copywriting.  I did make a few small corrections but for the most part it still reads the same way.  I do happen to like the big question.  :)

To Dianne, thanks for pointing out the few grammatical errors.  Those are always good to catch!

Is anyone else having difficulty viewing the gallery page?

Julie, thanks for checking out the site and kind words.