A Sales Promo Intro that Actually Works
Website flash intros are not only soooo 1999, they’re downright obnoxious. Usually conceived by some designer with very little real online development experience who thinks it would be really cool to put some obscure, highly-visual opening on the site. When most users encounter one of these time-wasting intros, they immediate try to find the skip button. I know I do. And if there isn’t a skip button, I’m outta there.

So I was a bit surprised today to be impressed by what is essentially a site intro. While I was looking for some Danish-oriented party stuff (don’t ask), I stumbled on a site that had an intro that was actually good — probably because it was relevant. At least I think it was. Even though I can’t read a word of it (I think it’s Dutch), I got the point. And it actually entertained me and made me curious to see more about the HEMA product offerings.
This post was written by: Kim Mickelsen

November 8th, 2007 at 9:48 am
That is cool. And I might even buy that “hettoblaster”.
November 8th, 2007 at 9:48 am
oops, dropped the “g”
November 17th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
It is actually Dutch. And it tells us:
‘You can now find the products of HEMA at hema.nl’. Very exiting, uh?