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Old 09-15-2007, 08:14 PM
SeanAzul SeanAzul is offline
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Default muse launched

http://angeliclighting.com
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Old 09-15-2007, 10:32 PM
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Very nice product and idea. The video is great and the fact that you have 70+ views in one day is very encouraging, I'd do even more videos. A marketing idea for you is to contact writers of popular photo blogs and send them a free one. If they review it you surely will generate sales plus you'll get back-links to your site which will help in search ranking. The site seems slightly sparse so I would include more with and without examples. Can you use it on products like for eBay sellers, that's a huge market. Another thing I'd recommend is offering a longer guarantee. You want to remove as many reasons as possible for people not to buy and you are almost never likely to see one returned if it's quality.
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Old 09-15-2007, 11:18 PM
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I like it, it looks really good. I have that same theme on one of my up-and coming muses! How easy was it to get paypal set up on wordpress? Is that just a text widget that you pasted into on the right sidebar? Looks good!

Blake Shultice
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Old 09-16-2007, 12:36 AM
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Sean - nice job on the product!

1) simple to manufacture given that it is foam and velcro
2) low-priced and not worth making yourself even if you (as a potential customer) think that you can
3) you have credibility because you are actually a pro photographer
4) nice use of video to demo the product.

I think you could sell it better on the main page by stating up front that you (as a pro photographer) invented this because you needed it, and didn't want anything bulky.

I think if you could re-shoot the video without your computer mess behid you it would look more professional, but not a big deal.

Overall I think you are off to a brilliant start. I love the simplicity.

Can you tell us all a few things to help us learn?

- how are you manufacturing (you don't have to give names, just describe what you went through)

- are you currently shipping these yourself manually?

- what was your thinking behind the price?

- Did you do any testing of the market size first?


Thanks a lot.
FC
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Old 09-16-2007, 02:08 PM
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Some good replys here.

laniers mentioned about a longer gurantee, i propose going one stop further. if they are cheap to produce and you have full confidence in your product then why not offer a free 21 day no quibble refund?

Also would you mind telling us how you've automated and outsourced this business?

cheers
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Old 09-19-2007, 12:08 AM
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Talking website feedback

On my browser (Safari), you don't even see the movie until you scroll down. Seems unecessary, I would either move the video up or shorten the page.

Nice Muse!
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