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[Yves en Acadie]

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RussBoyd wrote:

I just got cheap domain registration when typing in courtlandworks.com.  Go figure. I obviously got it the other day. 520 am sunday.

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Same here.  And cliking on http://www.courtlandwoodworks.com/ just gets a message that says This website is temporarily unavailable, please try again later.  

[ynoT]

John,

Something is wrong with your site - domain.

It worked the other day but that same evening it didn't. And it still doesn't work.

Let me know if you need some help.

Tony

[John Courtland]

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ynoT wrote:

John,

Something is wrong with your site - domain.

It worked the other day but that same evening it didn't. And it still doesn't work.

Let me know if you need some help.

Tony

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Thanks all for lookin in, I am working on the problem right now and hopefully I can figure this out.  I might be callin on you Tony. sounds like you know what your doin if your offering to help.

Once I get this figured out, I hope you fine gents can indulge me one more time by surfin on over to see if it works, I'll give ya all the heads up when it's figured out.

Thanks for all your help.

[John Courtland]

OK gents, give it whirl if you could please, let me know if it works now!!

thanks!

http://www.courtlandwoodworks.com/

[UtahJ]

Hi John

I finally got in. The site looks good. I think some other pics of custom cabinets would be good to include. The section on Labor rates isn't quite clear (to me at least). Is the $$ per job, per hour, what? Are you also advertising for any WWing project, as the blanket chest suggests? The photo of you and the shovel, and the orange truck don't add to your WW business.

Good luck!

[John Courtland]

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(Utah) Jeff wrote:

Hi John

I finally got in. The site looks good. I think some other pics of custom cabinets would be good to include. The section on Labor rates isn't quite clear (to me at least). Is the $$ per job, per hour, what? Are you also advertising for any WWing project, as the blanket chest suggests? The photo of you and the shovel, and the orange truck don't add to your WW business.

Good luck!

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WEll alright now!!  Looks like it's squared away now.  The labor rates are a flat rate, I need to clarify that, your not the only one that gets hung up on that wording.  Yeah, I need to replace the shovel pic, thanks.  Hey Jeff, are you talkin the photo of the Orange Truck only?  I can see where that needs to go by by.  But how about the photos of the tool box in the back of the orange truck?  THanks for your critique man.

One last thought Jeff, since I have that little thought written next to my shovel pic, how about if I replace that pic with a pic of me planing a piece of wood, it would relate to the thought I put to the right of the pic, and to make it less narcissistic I could just post a pic of my arms and hands attached to the plane running across some wood.  What da ya think?

[ynoT]

I have to agree with Jeff not mixing apples and oranges.

The site is about woodworking... show nothing but woodworking.

You can include truck work but you need to indicate next to image that you also do custom truck cabinets for fine tools such as and then explain. Short and to the point. After all, it is a cabinet.

Jeff said it, and I mentioned it before, labor charge needs to be defined.

In my own view, looking at many different angles of chest can be too much. Show corner view thus showing front and side, show exposed drawer, and finish it with top open or closed. If you show too much then you don't leave nothing to imagination, curiosity.

There are still some grammar things that can be fixed. Bottom line is this; this place is your home and visible to millions. Make it look nice and people will come back.

Now, get busy and make many customers happy :-))

Cheers,

Tony

[rxeagle]

John,Really cool idea, and informative.

[grandpabear]

   John, got in tonight first time i tried. glad you got the gremlins out, they can be pesty. site looks decent but it looks like it's a place for woodworkers hang out and potential customers to use.

   maybe compartmentalize. give each woodworking specialty a title, secure truck storage, complete or partial kitchen makeovers, cabinetry, cedar and blanket chests, custom and off the shelf interior and exterior doors installations and repairs.

   not our site but we really want it to work for you.

[UtahJ · Accepted solution]

Hi John

All your photos should relate directly to the WWing services that you are selling. The photos should show finished work only, in the best possible display, and should show your diversity, all without overkill. If a photo doesn't look good, it creates a negative feeling about your work. Clarify your prices in terms of labor, materials, installed cost, etc., so there is no confusion in the minds of potential customers who are shopping. Doubt is a killer. Edit all your text in terms of easy reading, clarity, and objectivity. Remove any religious or political references. There should be no errors of spelling or grammar. I don't recall seeing anything about warranty, license, insurance, bonding, references, terms of payment, etc.

Good luck!