RE: UKNM: ATTENTION: New Business People

[Fox Tucker]

Maybe they put it into a graphic to weed out clients that could possibly,

just possibly, turn out to be complete tossers?


I dunno, just a thought.


FT


>-----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Clay

>Shirky

>Sent: 01 July 1999 11:23

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>Subject: UKNM: ATTENTION: New Business People

>

>

>So here I am, getting ready to look for UK-based design agencies and

>making a list of same to contact, and I have found on more than one

>occaision that people are putting their contact information in GIF or

>Flash format.

>

>If you want my business, or the business of any large firm, be

>prepared for a client's judgement of you to hinge on how well you take

>care of the details of your own site. In particular, be prepared for

>your potential client to want your contact info in their database.

>

>This means we, the clients, want to be able to *cut and paste* your

>contact info. Remember cut-and-paste? Xerox PARC? 1979? Like that? We

>are not paid as well as we are to be typists, and if you think I am

>going to appreciate your intro flash movie and then copy down your

>name, address, email, mobile, ICQ number, postcode, and cat's maiden

>name by hand because you are so in love with the look of your font

>that you forgot to make your site useful for getting new business, you

>are fucking daft.

>

>I am making a list of web agencies to evaluate for site design

>proposals. No site that does not have a link that says something like

>"Contact Us" on the home page linked to a text version of the contact

>info will be on this list. If you have this much contempt for your

>potential clients, I shudder to think about your attitude towards

>actual users.

>

>-clay


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