Karen Kassebeer Website Review part I.

http://www.cheoylee.cn/en/home/yacht/

Overall critique of website:

Opening with a drab black & white snapshot isn’t inviting at all. Look at how appealing this website starts off with crisp, colorful snapshots: http://vanuatuyachtservices.com/ Plus, Cheoy’s website depicts photos that are too small and lack movement or integration for their three main services. As a result, this forces the consumer to have to click to navigate, which is a turn-off. It’s also a bad idea to separate the history of the company because once I click on yachts; I get only that and nothing else. Therefore, I suggest complete integration of the 3 features: Yachts, Cheoy Lee Story, and Commercial into one easy to navigate webpage. Looking at it piece by piece, under the home page, I want to know about the history of Cheoy, but what’s written lacks any excitement or pizzazz, what makes them stand out from the rest?

Adding some video, as well as moving the slideshow of photos that they do have (on the home page) faster would add excitement to the website.

What all does this shipyard do? As I looked at other sites that sell yachts, I want to know if Cheoy Lee offers charters. If not, do they offer anything extra to their clients that their competition doesn’t? Giving clients a lay out of all the services offered is vital. In addition, I would also like to see a little tour, right from my computer, perhaps a walk and talk with the manager of Cheoy Lee around the Ft. Lauderdale office, see that local shipyard, and have an article on their top selling yachts. Furthermore, besides the reviews I see, it would be great to have some blogs from staff members and also testimonials from the clients.

I do not like how the reviews are arranged. The yachts need to be arranged so that the consumer, or interested buyer can find what he or she likes, without having to click on every single item. For example, what separates Serenity from an Alpha? We need to help the client navigate better.

We definitely need to bring PR Power into the “news” section. A YouTube channel or links to other social media sites would be useful here. Also, what about a feature story written about a client and his escapades with his yacht? The most important

Karen Kassebeer Website Review part I.

social media suggestion I have is creating or linking the website to the Face Book fan page. If there isn’t one for the Ft. Lauderdale location, then to increase likes, I suggest that the 100; 1,000; and 10,000th “like” has a chance of winning a ipad, or some other gift that is popular right now, perhaps some special gear for the yacht to make communication easier and faster.

I found typos on their “contact us” page.

Does Cheoy ever have specials? If so, consumers love to hear about these to. Moreover, a useful links tab would also be beneficial for those clients new to South Florida, or those that just sailed in on vacation. Lastly, a bio of the team would be a nice touch since they stress the 4th generation family-oriented fact. If people have been around a while at the local shipyard, customers tend to love having a familiar, friendly face to serve them through the years.

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Good job using video! However, I feel like this site isn’t reaching its full potential. First of all, under the home page, we need to reduce the white space by creating a brief descripting of each of the three different yachts. It’s great that there is a link to the Cheoy Lee Shipyard. However, under the awards tab, can they add a photo of the Alpha 76 Express, and a picture of the Carlton Hotel and Cannes festival? This award was in 2012, did anything positive happen for Alpha is 2013-14? Under the magazine articles tab, we need to add some photos in the background. There is too much white space.