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Our website.....we'd love your feedback!

skinnyboyweddings, 4 March, 2013 at 09:50 Posted on Planning 0 24

Good morning ladies!

We have launched our website today and wanted to share it with you all, I hope you don't mind. www.skinnyboyweddings.com

We're still tweaking things here and there, but we’d love to hear any feedback you have on our website or the company as a whole. Please feel free to be totally honest!

We also offer wedding video invitations and we are aware that they could be a little bit like marmite so it would be great to know your thoughts here too. Would you have/have had one?

We will be adding samples over the coming months.

Thank you all in advance.

Kate


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Latest activity by DaffodilWaves, 5 March, 2013 at 21:12
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    Beginner June 2014
    Babbo ·
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    The overall design looks lovely very up to date and quirky!! I would perhaps write a little about what you do..eg how a day would work...you get there take snips from getting ready ect really sell what you do.

    Have you seen the marry oke idea? That might be a fun add on you can do at a later date

    Good Luck x

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  • kharv
    Beginner March 2012
    kharv ·
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    First impressions: Really good. Trendy without being twee.

    I haven't read through everything yet but is there any reason why you've used the american spellings of words a lot? Customisable, specialises, organiser all with z instead of s are a couple I've spotted.

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  • kharv
    Beginner March 2012
    kharv ·
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    I really like the fonts you've used.

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  • mariannechuaphotography
    mariannechuaphotography ·
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    Awww I really like it. More than my own site layout actually lol Did you have a web designer do it or is it entirely self made? What program are you using to make it?

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  • skinnyboyweddings
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    Thanks so much.

    Great suggestion to include how the day would work, we'll definitely look into how we could include that within the site.

    We've seen that a lot of Videograhers are now offering Marryoke and while they're not really our style they definitely look like a lot of fun.

    Thanks again for taking the time to have a look.

    Kate

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  • skinnyboyweddings
    skinnyboyweddings ·
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    Thanks Kharv! That's definitely what we were aiming for, but it's hard to know after you've been staring at the same site for days!

    Oops....well spotted! We're set to American spellcheck, but definitely proud to be British! I will sort that now.

    Thanks again.

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  • skinnyboyweddings
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    Thank you for the lovely compliment Marianne, I'm really pleased you like it.

    We built it ourselves using Squarespace 6.

    Thanks again!

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  • Elixia
    Beginner March 2014
    Elixia ·
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    Design wise looks good, very clean, modern and fun!

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  • Mrs C
    Beginner March 2011
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    this is high praise indeed!!!

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  • kharv
    Beginner March 2012
    kharv ·
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    Haha, I do love a good typeface!

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  • skinnyboyweddings
    skinnyboyweddings ·
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    I won't tell you about the e-mail I sent out the other day using Comic Sans then?

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  • kharv
    Beginner March 2012
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    Was the email to a child? Smiley winking

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    Nice website. easy to navigate & simple to find info

    Like the quote on the home page. I agree with it

    Before i went on your website I was intrigued as to what skinnyboyweddings was, the name of your business when seen written on its own doesn't directly indicate your area of specialism & for some reason a wedding based company that specialised in gay civil partnerships sprung to mind? i have no idea why lol. Once on your website i can clearly see my first thoughts were completely wrong. however if skinnyboyweddings had included videographer in the title i may not have been as intrigued to investigate further.

    It will be great to see examples of weddings you've done so your USP & style can be seen

    The video invitations sounds fun. Are these instead of standard invitations sent through the post? If so it would be good to see examples of exactly what they are & how couples can use them.

    We have chosen a photographer although our budget doesn't allow a video of the day too. I have been recommended they are brilliant & popular so Im sure you will do well.

    Wish you all the best for your business & good luck

    AJB x

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  • Katie V
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    I like it and think it's refreshing and fun.

    The one thing I've picked up on is on this page: http://skinnyboyweddings.com/whatwedo/

    Under Wedding Invitations Videos you say to go to the Our Work page for samples. But the samples page is entitled Our Films. Just a small tweek but thought I'd let you know in case you were unaware.

    Good luck with it all.

    K

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  • skinnyboyweddings
    skinnyboyweddings ·
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    Thank you so much for taking the time to give us your feedback, it really is very much appreciated.
    Kate
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    Katie V - Thank you very much for your positive feedback and for pointing out our silly mistake, well spotted!

    We really do appreciate this feedback.

    Thanks again

    Kate

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  • Canary
    Beginner August 2013
    Canary ·
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    I got your email this morning and love the site. Thought it looked refreshing and modern and impressed me enough to consider booking despite their being no videos available.

    I am very keen about booking your offer but need to persuade OH. When will your first films go up? This will help my argument. Alternatively, which companies would you say you have a similar style to so I can show oh something similar?

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  • mariannechuaphotography
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    Ha, all I noticed was web design so I didn't even notice the lack of videos oops!! Agree with the font, reminds me of Where the Wild Things Are a bit?

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  • Rhys Parker
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    Very nice design overall. And as others said, the quote on the front set's the tone well. The only thing i can think of, is more could be done with the logo imo.

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    Thank you! We've been overwhelmed with the response we've received since our site launched. It is lovely to feel like the hard work is paying off!

    Our first sample will be on our site next month and will be an example of our Wedding Invites. Our first Wedding is booked for the beginning of May and we are aiming for this to go online in June.

    It's very difficult to compare ourselves to other companies, but I would say that our style is informal and observational with a cinematic flair.

    Specific highlights are chosen from your day to create a short form video, which offers an impression of the day, as opposed to documenting every event in detail.

    If you have any more questions or if you'd like a more detailed synopsis of what our wedding films consist of, then please feel free to email or call us.

    Many thanks for your lovely feedback.

    Kate

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    Thank you for your feedback. We are still working on the logo and it's a good suggestion to improve it.

    Many thanks again

    Kate

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  • DaffodilWaves
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    I really like it, just up my street. Would have loved to have seen a sample of your work but that can't be helped.

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  • Chris Giles Photography
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    Nice site and layout. But be careful with that stock photo on the front page.

    You're in the media business, people will expect or assume you are responsible for that photo. Better to grab a still from one of your weddings and flounce it up because the photo infers one style and the videos infer another. It'll cause brand confusion and work against you.

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    Thank you Chris. Very good point and definitely something we'd considered. We do intend to put one of our own stills up in the future, but for now the photo we've selected reflects both our taste and style.

    Thanks again, its always good to get an outside perspective.

    Kate

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  • DaffodilWaves
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    I like your logo too

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