TheFreelanceNation.com seeks professional critique

[WordGuy]

Even though the TheFreelanceNation.com just went live, we are still seeking design and UI critiques from potential target markets. See the mission statement below and a list of questions at the bottom. Thank you in advance for your feedback!


Our Primary Business
TheFreelanceNation.com is a network of 119 city-specific freelance job boards designed to enhance the interaction between companies looking for contract talent and those Independent Professionals who provide it. It was intentionally designed to eliminate problems that plague the freelance industry. FreelanceNation enables the self-employed to easily source, fairly price, and successfully transact business and enhance their small business through collaboration and cooperation. FreelanceNation provides freelance work through:

• 100% blind bidding
• Customizable membership rates
• Search engine optimized profiles and projects
• 500 skill sets in 23 professions
• Self-employment support and small business support
• A professional networking forum
• Local to national search

…and many other features that make it an effective online business tool and collaborative business community. Our goal is to continue to build and actively promote the best website in the world that provides business support throughout the self-employment lifecycle.

Initial launch included 6 of 119. The rest launch throughout Sept:
www.TheFreelanceNation.com
www.DallasFreelancers.com
www.FtWorthFreelancers.com
www.AustinFreelancers.com
www.SanAntonioFreelancers.com
www.HoustonFreelancers.com

Please critique:
Load times
design
usability
understanding of purchase process
Ease of profile creation
Understanding of how to SEO your profile
Understanding and navigation of Bidding process
Are our unique selling points a benefit to the freelancer? (Bullet points above)


Thanks in advance for your assistance and feel free to contact me directly with any questions. FYI... the network/site took over a year to launch and we bootstrapped the entire thing...no VCs here....wholly owned by the two founders. It CAN be done!


Thanks!

Jay

Jay A. Lohmann
Founder / CEO
FreelanceNation, LLC
TheFreelanceNation.com
p: 214.679.9673

Founder/Creative Partner
www.TagTeamAdvertising.com

Founder/General Manager
www.IncitePRP.com

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www.linkedin.com/in/JayLohmann

[GhostFac3]

I like it ok. One thing I did notice though is that you mispelled budGet, not bugJet