Thanks for the comment. By the way… I totally agree w/ your points and have already begun to do many of the things you suggest with the reviews we’re doing from this point forward.

At first I was just going through the software to show the people every aspect of the software so they could see it’s full capabilities and drawbacks… and totally agree that people shouldn’t have to sit there for 30 minutes watching a review of a piece of software… very excessive and we’re changing that as we speak.

You see… it’s great when people give us good comments about our reviews… everyone likes good comments (and so far 99% of them have been extremely positive!)…

But, we can never improve unless we get critical comments from time to time… so I appreciate your honesty and the fact that you took that extra step to let us know we were doing something that is a pain in the @ss for the reader. That’s the only way we can improve.

Once again, agree w/ the fact that a discount usually isn’t a reason for people to buy (most discounts we get readers are at least $20 bucks… so it’s a bit more than $1.99, but I get your point)… but there are a lot of people that were watching our reviews (that we put our time and honesty into)… and then after watching our review (which is what helped them make their decision) they’d do some price shopping and purchase it through someone else at a bit cheaper price.

That’s fine… but… if we did a good job and helped someone find a solution to their problem… we’d like to get the credit for the sale… so hence the discounts we have negotiated w/ the software manufacturers… helps us stay competitive and keep the lights on in our office .

Anyhow, I see I’m doing it again (being too long winded … so I’ll cut it off and say thanks for the input and we’ll begin implementing them asap to give you and the rest of our readers a better overall user experience.

Quick question if you wouldn’t mind it (and any other readers out there):

– What elements would you like included in the video and written reviews… and how long would you like the video to be ideally???

Let me know and that’s what we’ll do from now on. Thanks!

You spent entirely too much time at the beginning of your video on “nothing” — it would be great if you changed the sequence of your review videos to do a detailed review up front — give us the meat first. I find the length of your videos are excessive — I encourage a little planning to make the video more watchable, go thru the panels before you start the video, decide what you intend to say. And, finally — consider that specific pricing information like I save $1.99 by buying thru your website inconsequential when compared to the software’s ultimate usefullness — and that’s why I’m watching your video. We’re investing hundreds of thousands of dollars on houses, constantly referring to a minor savings in software costs are definately not an issue if it makes our day shorter.