However, I won’t follow the blog because it’s not aimed at solopreneurs and while interesting, it’s not sufficiently enough so for me to add it to my huge list.

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome’s last blog post…4 Ways to Stay Positive When Things Go Bad

Yes, seeing Blogger surprised me as I am a self-hosted snob BUT I also thought it was a great use of Blogger. I actually follow a few blogger blogs recently and have concluded good content exists outside of WP. I would not have found this site without you so thank you for leading the way.

Karen Swim’s last blog post…Top 10 Reasons to Avoid Post Procrastination

(It’s probably not good if this rant made me LOL, right?)

Ahem! Well, it appears he can’t please ‘em all. My big WOW (design and messaging-wise) was for his homepage, before you click through to the blog. It’s got powerful, creative, actionable lessons all on that one page.

Once I got to the blog, I really loved his content, but I didn’t have a critique-cap on. So thanks for bringing yours, and I’m glad I have my orange hunting vest on ‘cuz I think I almost got in the way of your bullets!

Yes, the nav gets funky there (mentioned above). And without getting silly about it, yes to some of your other points. BTW I wasn’t asking folks to buy the book, I think the blog stands quite well on its own. Evidently we disagree on that!

I’m sorry his content didn’t grab you, but after I’ve finished my copy of the book maybe I’ll send it on up to QC and he can change your mind.

Until later,

Kelly

P.S. I could not do without my friends. Thank goodness for every one of them!

1. The banner sucks, because the grey is so pale that I can barely see the white letters. Also, it’s honking huge. Yes, my eyesight is failing with age, but not that badly. 3/4 of the height would have been fine. Even less.

1a. The site’s content is so friggin’ tiny I need a microscope. I’ve seen small fonts in my time, but seriously. Plus, it’s not at all formatted for screen reading and comes off as a big black chunk. So… yeah. I’m not going to bust myself to read.

1b. The survey is fun… but the white on yellow Next/Previous is hard to read. Had to search for it. Also, the questions were misleading. “The loyalty of our customers continues to grow.” I thought that meant customers at large or possibly his customers. There was no YOUR customers, as in ME. So I made it through three questions and answered them all wrong before I realized the questions were poorly asked and had to go back.

1c. Good results on the survey made me think, “Okay, cool. Don’t need the book. What’s the book about anyways? Is there an excerpt or something? Where’s the TOC? What does the book cover?” Lack of information.

2. The blog is on Blogger. Well, if you want me to take a site seriously, then show that you can afford the $7 a month for hosting. Come on.

3. The black sidebars on the blog are hugely overpowering. I’d prefer them in a clean white so I can focus on the content instead of feeling squeezed between two buildings. (They going to squash me?)

4. Posts are short – too short. I prefer blogs I read to entertain or inform or teach. Unfortunately, these are too short to do any of that for me, and none of them compel me to feel like participating or reading more. Don’t give me one-liners. Give me something more.

5. There’s no archives. I see about seven posts… is that it? Are there more? If there are more, why can’t I access them? Ah. If I click to read a post, then the sidebar changes. Thank goodness.

6. He needs to read Copyblogger’s Headline Clinic series. Big time. I clicked because you’d requested I read. (You’ve got good friends!)

Based on all that (*puts away smoking gun…), I wouldn’t buy the book.

James Chartrand – Men with Pens’s last blog post…Selling Through Scarcity: Screwing It Up

Todd Smith’s last blog post…A Quaker wedding, and back on the road again…

Janice Cartier’s last blog post…Shades of Grey, Part 2

Todd Smith’s last blog post…A Quaker wedding, and back on the road again…

Janice Cartier’s last blog post…Shades of Grey, Part 2

Todd Smith’s last blog post…A Quaker wedding, and back on the road again…

Todd,
Well thank you. Ready to sign off for a while and kick back I think. We have clouds here too. Rain on the way, but that’s a good thing. We need it. Loved your Amish Wedding pics. So lovely.

Janice Cartier’s last blog post…Shades of Grey, Part 2