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OnionJack · 07-13-2007, 03:46 AM

Hey Max,

It's my first post but I have a few thoughts on your website and idea. They are unrefined, so please take them with a grain of salt.

I really like the idea of a community of independent users posting their thoughts on how a website can improve it's interactiveness and design/offerings. As a side note I'm having a website developed that needs user input significantly if it is to succeed(social network). And so am interested in finding the concepts which balance too much or not enough input, and making it too hard to implement.

What you may want to look to do is have independent users that you can rely on. And also anonymous users give their critique of the site and offerings as they use it. At the same time you want to be a partner and integrated with the third party sites.

Possibly by creating easy to use modules that your customers can drop onto your site. Where you have a community to help contribute, or possibly sort through feedback from customers. I haven't researched so cannot comment accurately on specifics.

Many sites wish they had access to the thoughts that their users could offer them in a constructive manner. That is your niche. If you made it your business to become a specialist at gathering customer sentiment in a non-intrusive way. It would be a win-win.

Your expertise would be in gathering customer feedback, across a spectrum of industries. The sites would benefit by the increased awareness that they are offered. And many people have no problem offering their input on what they think could be better.

I would try to find a way to monetize integrating yourself with the website. And at the same time overall benefitting everyone by making the product/concept they are trying to offer more effective. Maybe offer prizes to contributing members? Just a random concept.

If you had a community of users for instance that like to get a sneak-peek and give their feedback it may be valuable. Now for businesses these may not be the key customers. So you will also want to find a way to reach those core customers.

07-13-2007, 03:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
OnionJack Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 96	Hey Max, It's my first post but I have a few thoughts on your website and idea. They are unrefined, so please take them with a grain of salt. I really like the idea of a community of independent users posting their thoughts on how a website can improve it's interactiveness and design/offerings. As a side note I'm having a website developed that needs user input significantly if it is to succeed(social network). And so am interested in finding the concepts which balance too much or not enough input, and making it too hard to implement. What you may want to look to do is have independent users that you can rely on. And also anonymous users give their critique of the site and offerings as they use it. At the same time you want to be a partner and integrated with the third party sites. Possibly by creating easy to use modules that your customers can drop onto your site. Where you have a community to help contribute, or possibly sort through feedback from customers. I haven't researched so cannot comment accurately on specifics. Many sites wish they had access to the thoughts that their users could offer them in a constructive manner. That is your niche. If you made it your business to become a specialist at gathering customer sentiment in a non-intrusive way. It would be a win-win. Your expertise would be in gathering customer feedback, across a spectrum of industries. The sites would benefit by the increased awareness that they are offered. And many people have no problem offering their input on what they think could be better. I would try to find a way to monetize integrating yourself with the website. And at the same time overall benefitting everyone by making the product/concept they are trying to offer more effective. Maybe offer prizes to contributing members? Just a random concept. If you had a community of users for instance that like to get a sneak-peek and give their feedback it may be valuable. Now for businesses these may not be the key customers. So you will also want to find a way to reach those core customers.