Good morning, SuN community!

 

I am at a point where I need some opinions and feedback about my site. I'm specifically looking for feedback on the following:

 

 

I know I stll have work to do as far as the site certificate, sign-up links and testing on all browsers, but I want to make sure I have a foundation to start with first. My goal is to have my target user-base "get it" when they see just the home page. I want to avoid having them have to jump to another page to learn more about it.

 

The URL is www.kick-about.com.

 

Thank you for taking the time to look at my site and provide feedback.

 

Steve

I am missing what exactly the service is.. I can ASSUME from the photos, but you should have more info.

 

Erin

Erveryone,

 

Thanks for the feedback. I value it very much.

 

By asking you to review the site, I was testing to see if the page communicated what the service was the way I intended. It's clear that it is not doing that very well. In my review request, I was intentionally vague, not to keep you in the dark, but to see if I came close to my objective. I do have answers for the questions you have asked. It's just not communicated very well. My goal is to have the home page model a single page magazine ad. I get one page to sell the service, if it can be achieved.

 

Craig was close as to what the service is. In a nutshell, it's web-based video BBS, intended for friends and family who are geographically separated. Friends and family can see and hear each other, without having to be awake at the same time, or having to create, send or wait for a photos, video tape or DVD. It's kind of like a private YouTube, but the users don't have to be technical. I doubt some grandparents would be savvy enough, or even have the desire, to edit and upload a video to a web site.

 

When my beta testers use it, they get it. But I'm struggling with how to explain it to the average non-technical user. Heck, many of the technical people I worked with at the Mother Ship were so youg they didn't know what a BBS is. :-/

 

I am open to suggestions as to what to do for the home page, and if you have any opinions on the concept.

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

 

Fair question. When people use webcams, instant messaging, Skype, etc., each party must we awake and using the tool in realtime. Just like a phone call. Now if we have two parties who are in time zones twelve hours apart, one party must be up early, and the other must be up late.

 

With Kickabout, one person can record a message and send it to one or more recipients. Then, the recipients can play the message on their own time. Then that can respond if they choose to do so. In this case, you may think of it as video email. But Kickabout is slightly different.

 

When messages are sent to multiple recipients, each recipient as well as the sender can see all responses. The original message and all responses now become conversations. This is where it's more like a BBS (or forums nowadays). So all participants can follow along and participate in a discussion, and can even come back to it in the future to recall what was discussed.

 

Kickabout isn't revolutionary. It's video mail and discussions built upon a social network. I just want to aggregate the functionality and bring it to a niche market. But how do I best articulate this to non-technical users?

 

Thanks for contributing to the discussion and helping me flush things out.

 

Steve