See and be seen Enable collective site editing with ReviewBasics

Posted by tom klein September 20, 2007

We admit it. It happens to us. We’re reading over something on our site and come across something that’s wrong, worded poorly, or uses language that we just don’t use anymore (insert collective groan). So, how can you make sure that your website is always on message, even if you’re not an HTML jedi knight?

ReviewBasics lets you capture review comments on your website from anyone you invite to participate. With this free tool, you can simply ask people to review a screen capture. Here are the simple steps: Create an image of a specific page, upload it to ReviewBasics, invite reviewers. Then, sit back and wait for the comments and feedback to roll in. Reviewers can highlight areas, attach smileys, and engage in all sorts of web-based snarkiness.

If you’re particularly daring, you might even invite some of your friendly customers to provide feedback on specific sections of your site. How can that hurt?

This tool highlights how far the web has come. By combining Flash and Ajax, the web can now accomplish just about any task that a desktop program can. Check out these demos to see how you can even apply this same reviewing capability to video or MS PowerPoint documents.

Sometimes the best way to build alignment within your company is to invite people to participate. Here’s an easy way to invite everyone to the party (at no cost and risking only minor aggravation) and have their voices heard.

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