Freelancers of all types are called upon to provide feedback on customers’ existing web assets. Freelance web designers might need to reflect on the design; freelance internet marketers might need to review onsite SEO; freelance copywriters might need to review existing content. These reviews often occur on their own even though they could be done much faster and far more effectively if they are done together. 

Notable is a tool that allows that to happen, whether it’s a team working together or it’s a distributed workforce. Notable works like this: The freelancer goes to the website that needs to be reviewed and they take a screenshot using Notable. Notable doesn’t just take a regular screen capture; it actually captures 4 separate elements: The design, the code, the copy, and the SEO. Each one of these elements can then be separately viewed and annotated. 

You’ll end up with a list of helpful feedback and review that interacts with the four different parts of the site. Teams can each contribute and make annotations and review other annotations. 

The result? Faster, more collaborative, and more comprehensive reviews of websites that is also more accurate. 

So, let’s say you run a web design and development shop. A client asks you to review their site. You take a Notable screen capture and you get members of your team – your designer, your developer/coder, your copywriter, and your SEO person – to review their portions of the site’s Notable capture and make notes. Then you can call your team together, everyone reviews the same list, and you can quickly put together some recommendations for your customer. 

Or, if you’re a freelancer who works solo, you can use Notable to offer a value-added service to your clients. For example, if you’re primarily a freelance writer but you want to extend the services you offer, use Notable to show your clients how you can also contribute to their SEO and even how your copy contributes to their design. 

Notable is a powerful tool for freelancers and teams (and teams of freelancers!) 

• It’s faster and contextual because you’re working with a very specific aspect of the site but your feedback is collected together. That means you’ll get more work done faster.
• It’s easier to keep a record of the various perspectives because everything ends up in a list with the contributing party’s names linked to the annotations. That means there won’t be mystery feedback that no one remembers giving or why they gave it.
• It forces feedback providers to be specific by requiring them to highlight and comment on on-page elements that need to be changed. 

There are 5 plans, ranging from free to $119 per month, depending on the number of users and other features like storage space, security, and private URLs, so there is a plan that will likely work for your situation no matter how you work. As well, there is a 30 day free trial if you want to try it out first before paying to see if it’s right for you, and no contracts once you’ve signed up; just pay as you go. 

This is a great app for freelancers who want to save time and be more effective for their clients.