Please give review

[theturd]

recently i have gone through a design change on my site and i would love some feedback
i got rid of the long sales letter on the front page that was kinda like the one in my WSO because i feel like it cheapened the product and
1. didn't look clean
2. i feel those look weird and like you're a snake oils salesman

please give feedback on the new site

Tweet Buddy - Tweet Buddy

thanks in advance

justin

[Dean Dune]

It looks great.

But the only way to compare sales is to test.

Drive at least a 1000 targeted prospects to the page and see how it converts compared to your previous sales letter.

If your previous sales letter was written properly, I'll wager it outperforms the new design.

Remember: words sell. Not pictures.

[alcymart]

Hi Justin and nice to meet you! It's great to see someone that knows how to create great looking killer pages. Is it my connection but the flash took a good 5 sec to load on my ADSL? It's acceptable, don't get me wrong...

Tell me, did you pick the colors yourself or had it picked by an Ad copywriter?

I'm just perplex as to the speed it loops? Makes me think about that google chrome advert where we see texts and try to guess the next word... but here we are talking about a lot more text in each sequence. That concerns me... I'm guessing you are a fast reader...

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

[theturd]

sales are the the same just steady and level on so far
i count on the product and features more than a pitch i assume they know what twitter is
i put the main selling points on the slides plus a link to the free trial
where they get emails explaining the benefits of the system during the trial

the site is slow yes, but working on speeding that up with some compression

i picked the colors yes but just picked them based on what is popular today blue
see facebook and twitter

[alcymart]

Originally Posted by theturd

sales are the the same just steady and level on so far
i count on the product and features more than a pitch i assume they know what twitter is
i put the main selling points on the slides plus a link to the free trial
where they get emails explaining the benefits of the system during the trial

the site is slow yes, but working on speeding that up with some compression

i picked the colors yes but just picked them based on what is popular today blue
see facebook and twitter

I edited after analyzing your page more and added more concerns in my last post...In reply to your post above...

...I see, so it was random per say...because blues will get them to stick longer to the page whether it be twitter or other website, and yellow text happens to be used at the right "take action" spots!.. well almost...

Did you know that yellow raises the heart rate of the reader? This has been proven. Look, your page and especially your flash is great! I just like constructive criticism when analyzing an Ad copy so you get the best results.

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

[theturd]

the pause between slides on my system is 10 seconds ...... not enough?
also users have control if they hover over to "pause" skip slides etc

yeah i jsut went with what looks good to me so i lucked into these scenarios

[theturd]

i appreciate all feedback
my feelings don't get hurt i assure you
i go into knowing i know nothing and try to learn and grow

[alcymart]

Originally Posted by theturd

the pause between slides on my system is 10 seconds ...... not enough?
also users have control if they hover over to "pause" skip slides etc

yeah i jsut went with what looks good to me so i lucked into these scenarios

The first frame is 10 sec, I agree but other frames are not, 10 sec is too much, and 3 sec is too fast.

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

[alcymart]

Originally Posted by theturd

the pause between slides on my system is 10 seconds ...... not enough?
also users have control if they hover over to "pause" skip slides etc

yeah i jsut went with what looks good to me so i lucked into these scenarios

Don't expect people to play with the slides. Humans are naturally too lazy for that. This isn't an online multi player game...lol ...You must play it for them so they have time to read, but not too long to get them bored.

Text Color will also play a role in how fast they can read each slide.

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

[alcymart]

There is an inconsistency as to the speed of each slide which needs to be addressed Justin.

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

[alcymart]

By the way, I'm using Firefox...

Bernard

[theturd]

Originally Posted by alcymart

There is an inconsistency as to the speed of each slide which needs to be addressed Justin.

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

i'm looking into it this joomla plugin is foreign to me

[weatherforecast]

It looks good. I think it will looks better if you will write that principal bar with BOLD . Anyway it's a good site . Get traffic and that's it

[John Alves]

The site looks professional and has a good structure. I do think that you should create a video on what it does. It seems a little hard to understand what "tweet buddy" actually does and why someone would want to buy it.

[invincible]

I'm old school, slides and other flashy stuff are for game sites. If you want to sell forget gimmicks. Just my opinion, others may disagree.

[Neil Macks]

I think it looks great, but agree that it is not entirely clear what Tweet Buddy will do for me

[JohnMcCabe]

The only negatives which stood out for me were the inconsistent timing of the slides and the fact that under "Articles" all I saw were some empty categories (some of those weren't even linked in the menu).

Most people won't realize that they can control the slide show. You may want to add a line below it that says something like "move pointer over slide to pause"...

[Dean Dune]

I second the video idea. I'll hook you up with a free camtasia video if you want, let me know...unless you already have that capability. But it does look slick.

[theturd]

i would love someone with a good speaking voice to help with a little video demo i have camtasia, but alas my wife says i mumble too much please shoot me an email info@tweetbuddy.com and i'll give you my phone number and we can work something out please

-justin


slide show was so things wouldn't be gimmicky clean straight to the point stuff .... working on slide show timing


thanks for all the thoughts keep them coming

on the articles yes still fixing everything up gotta put them back in categories and add new ones etc.

Originally Posted by Dean Dune

I second the video idea. I'll hook you up with a free camtasia video if you want, let me know...unless you already have that capability. But it does look slick.

[theturd]

ok link on my wso to the offer is back live sorry about that as well Tweet Buddy - promo25

[micromike]

I'm pretty new as well, so I'm maybe not looking at it as a professional...but while the site looks great, I think you might benefit from a "split" approach... take them to a text page, then move on to your animated site. Rather than make the text page a sales page, make it a "pre-qualifier" page... sort of a pre-sell.
All the benefits may be spelled out underneath, but most folks aren't going to take the time to click on every box... a text page will help filter the lookers, from the ones that want more. (And help save your bandwidth).
BTW, I'm yet another that didnt know about the "hover to pause"... adding a line was a good suggestion.
Good job, though! Don't give up!

[SteveBagasao]

I like it. I personally am a little tired of the mile long sales letters that just drone on forever. Your site is very clean and gets right to the point. Good job!

[donhx]

The banner images took 25 seconds to load and play on my system. My system is pretty fast, so I'm guessing your images are large. They may need to be re-sized both by dimension and resolution so they load faster.

Otherwise, I think you have a nice looking, functional site.

[The Copy Nazi]

It looks like a giant revolving banner. An annoying banner. It goes too fast to read. I've no idea what the offer is but whatever it is - I don't want it. You're asking me to "click here for a Free Trial" - without my knowing what the hell it is you're offering.

You need at the very least a few lines of copy to explain what you have and why I should have it too. And then kill the revolving banner. It doesn't work. Either go to video or have a static image if you must.

[SteveBagasao]

Originally Posted by Metronicity

It looks like a giant revolving banner. An annoying banner. It goes too fast to read. I've no idea what the offer is but whatever it is - I don't want it. You're asking me to "click here for a Free Trial" - without my knowing what the hell it is you're offering.

You need at the very least a few lines of copy to explain what you have and why I should have it too. And then kill the revolving banner. It doesn't work. Either go to video or have a static image if you must.

I agree that a video would be better than a rotating banner. It would give you an opportunity to describe the product without have an annoying-scroll-down-until-my-finger-hurts sales pages.

Maybe it's just me but I really think the sales pages of old are going the way of the dodo bird. IMHO

[theturd]

the original sales page read like my wso which i think is LONG and makes me feel weird maybe a "why Tweet Buddy" page? trying to fix the slide show i suck at joomla and this dj image slider is roughing me up... video isn't my strong suit as m wife says i mumble :/

[Oxbloom]

1) I HATE the slides. I timed them, and they stay put for approximately 2.5 seconds before changing on my browser. And NO, I'm not going to manipulate them myself. Don't make me work to become interested in your product.

2) I do agree that the site looks "professional." I suspect it does fairly well converting warm...in fact, REALLY warm...traffic. People who already know what the product does, and/or have already seen good customer feedback and testimonials from elsewhere...people who arrive already knowing that they want to buy...

3)...BUT, I don't think there's nearly enough info on that page to intrigue (much less convince) a lukewarm or cold prospect. The "Features" list was moderately helpful in this regard, but it reads a lot more like a spec sheet than a list of reasons to buy. Where are the benefits to me? What do I get out of it? What does it do?


If you're absolutely *convinced* you want to forego the traditional sales page, at the very least, add a tab that says something like, "About Tweet Buddy." Or, "What is Tweet Buddy?" Or, "What can Tweet Buddy do for me?"

Right now, there's no way I'm clicking on "Purchase" if I don't know what I'm looking at. "Enterprise" doesn't interest me at all. I'm not about to "Contact you" to ask you elementary things your sales copy should be telling me. And I've already talked about "Features."

You need at least SOMETHING for people who show up and don't have the faintest idea what Tweet Buddy is. Right now, that whole segment of the market has got to be bouncing away like so many superballs.

[Ken_Caudill]

I like it. If you would, please let us know how it does in comparison to your sales letter.

[Nick Brighton]

no idea what "it" is. Classic example of cutting your nose (sales letter) off, to spite your face (your income.)

[dilnaj]

It looks good, clear navigation, clear call-to-action button. Not super cluttered. Good professional design.

However, there is the BIG question/issue - What the hell does your service do? Brand new visitors will have no clue what it does and it most likely just X off if you don't answer this question somehow within 5 seconds of them landing on your page. I would suggest providing some type of answer in the form of value+benefits to your customer with that call-of-action button to get the best results from your site.

[Jon Steel]

No idea what you're system actually does. Plus the slides turned me off.

Sure, you have great graphics ... but graphics don't put money in your pocket, your message does.

Just because you don't think long form sales letters look good doesn't mean they don't work.

But at the end of the day, it's your business ... run it how you want -

js

[theturd]

anyone know any good reliable economical video creation services?