I'm a little lost here at this web site. I recommend a little more human presence, some friendly copy speaking from the photographic artist to me, the potential customer and adoring spectator.
Sites that just put up their products and expect prospects to be amazed and overwhelmed are missing the opportunity to do some gentle prodding toward a sale. Online selling must be more personal, less "sales hype" than traditional sales channels, but online sales still need a sales force, sales person, sales voice in there. The tiny reverse white type on dark background is a failure when it comes to the sales contact info at the bottom of the "Beachscapes", etc. pages showing product. This site is almost there. I don't mean to be too critical. Just beef up the promotional environment. I'm a writer, so I'm attracted to artwork that has titles, not cold numbers: "1830093-283" is not an appealing title. "November Bay at Dusk" is more appealing. The title works with the photo to create an overall atmosphere. Paintings titled "Untitled" indicate a lack of imagination. I once titled one of my artwork pieces "Not Untitled" to poke fun at artists who are too lazy or uninspired to provide titles. You should go with the web norms of "Home" and "About Us" ["About the Artist/Photographer" in this case.] and "Contact" pages. Users are trained by other sites to look for these. Titles for the photos, better implementation of the sales contact info on each page, and a personal voice added for human warmth...and you got yourself a killer web site. Steven Streight STREIGHT SITE SYSTEMS Web Usability Analysis, Credibility Assessment & Content Writing [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
