Site: Peter Jones

by Chris on 16 April 2010

http://www.peterjones.tv

He's a tall man and big in the digital media department if you know what we mean!

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Pros

PJ YO!

Now you may be familiar with this guy from the TV smash hit DRAGON’s DEN, but when he is not skidding about on shopping trolleys in a virtual supermarket what else is PJ up to? and more importantly what is his website like?

The first stop has to be the big one peterjones.tv and apart from the massive slightly scary splash image of PJ’s big face we think this a very well put together and thought out site with genuinely useful content!

There is absolutely tones of free info on how to set up your own business with in-depth features on how to ‘Make a business plan’ ‘Develop a great team’ ’ Be heard in the market’ to name a few.

Seriously brilliant stuff and all for free! yum yum

Aesthetically this site pretty much does everything right, with plenty of breathing space at the top, nice clear graphics, simple to navigate & a great UX experience. There is even a section of the site that provides a platform for any budding entrepreneurs to pitch and idea to big P himself by taking the Enterprise Challenge

If you are thinking about starting your own business or company then we strongly recommend take the time to explore this gold mine of ideas and advice.

Cons

PJ NO!

Ok so PJ clearly does a lot of good things in the online world, but no-one is perfect…

We found this not so pretty/useful/well made/good arm of the Peter Jones’ brand

blueshire.com yes that’s right a site totally dedicated to socks, mainly stripy socks made by Peter Jones and his other mates Burlington, Corgi & HJH Hall!

The imagery is ok (not sure how far you can take sock photography) but the rest of this site is awful and out of date. A tiny left hand nav, and barely a pixel of styling.

But that’s not the real stinker, ok fair enough a site that sells all kinds of socks could hold it’s own by being a specialist shop a bit like TIE RACK or something, but this site is brought down a notch or ten by also ‘hooking you up’ with other sweet products such as BOW TIES, BRACES, CUMBERBUNDS, CUFFLINKS and of course ST GEORGE ARMBANDS…

As Matt said: “is there anything more depressing than expressing your personality through novelty cufflinks?”

And I think Matt has a point, check out these monsters for yourself oooo mummy

Peter has always been our favourite Dragon, and is now our favourite Dragon who also does webstuff. Top stuff!

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