ANYONE Can Dunk A Basketball! Please critique my sales page

by MaksP
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Hello my fellow warriors.

Could you please critique my vertical jump training sales page.

All of my traffic is from my youtube channel.

I get around 1.5k visitors per month and just changed my whole website.

What should my conversion rate be based on what I have.

What do you guys think needs work.

I appreciate your help and thank you
#basketball #critique #dunk #page #sales
  • Profile picture of the author Alex Cohen
    Originally Posted by MaksP View Post

    Hello my fellow warriors.

    Could you please critique my vertical jump training sales page.

    The Vertical Jump Truth - Dunk in 12 Weeks!

    All of my traffic is from my youtube channel.

    I get around 1.5k visitors per month and just changed my whole website.

    What should my conversion rate be based on what I have.

    What do you guys think needs work.

    I appreciate your help and thank you
    Well done Maks.

    Considering where your traffic is coming from and the price, I'd expect between a 1% - 3% conversion rate.

    If you're getting closer to 3% (or even higher), I wouldn't make any major changes to the copy.

    I did see one glaring mistake. Change the word "Our" in the 3rd heading to "My". The text and video are written personally from you to the reader (as they should be), so you don't want to have any deviations.

    Alex
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  • Profile picture of the author ghood
    It was good and straight forward.
    Having a college basketball player, I will send it to the coach.
    G
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    • Profile picture of the author James Fame
      "Nothing to Dunking" was a really good soundbite.

      You should emphasize certain portions of your testimonials.

      In certain salespages I've tested.. Sometimes removing the logo header can increase conversions. You should test that.

      I think the headline "Instantly" is too much of an exaggeration? Because your copy says that it's a combination of plyometrics and weight workouts... It doesn't seem to be that much of a "instant" thing if you ask me. I'd go for something more believable... Like under 3 weeks or a month. You need to keep it in the sweet spot between "believability" and "unbelievable".

      You might also need some kind of proof factor in the headline to pull people down to read. Or, you might want to test showing demonstrations in your video, instead of separating them.

      Not sure if you want to test out PS and PPS, but they can give that last minute push.

      Also, I see a lot of features being given out, but the benefits are not very evident or dimensionalized.

      Also, you talk about genetics being a barrier... But I think you may want to test going into detail with the "mechanism" of how you did it.

      But then again, I'm not familiar with your market, so I don't know the market sophistication level.

      James Fame
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      • Profile picture of the author ASCW
        This copy is way better than what most people post here.

        Especially for a first try.

        It can be pretty hard to speculate what your conversion rates will or should be.

        And I wouldn't really worry about it right now.

        For right now you want to ask Are you making any sales at all?

        Then look at your stats, make changes, implement feedback, and see what happens.
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        Site being revamped.

        If you want help with copy stuff, pm me.

        Cool.

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        • Profile picture of the author Cool Hand Luke
          Finally, someone posts copy here to be critiqued that isn't complete garbage...

          For once, my reaction was this:



          instead of this:

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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Bowring
    What you do not have in your copy is a call out to their easiest mental reference point for dunking, which is what they've seen on TV.

    You can incorporate this into your own story.

    "I've always had a passion for wanting to jump outta the gym, even though im only (height) Like you, I grew up watching Micheal Jordan take off from the freebie stripe and throw it down."

    That kind of thing. Those kind of references ignite their brain back to those moments they would seek to emulate, crowd going crazy, broadcasters losing their mind. All that good stuff.

    And your guarantee is stated somewhat negatively, as if there's a real chance they won't appreciate the magic you are about to perform on their behalf. Not good, state that sucker positively so their brain doesn't go to a bad place.

    And l dont see much that counters the "genetics" objection in their head. Because how do you explain Nate Robinson? Your guys probably think guys like him have more natural spring and athleticism than them. And you have to make a water-tight case that your program works for anyone who has the commitment to follow it, no matter what.

    Lots of other stuff, but that's it for now.

    --- Ross
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  • Profile picture of the author davemiz
    sales page sucks.

    the video was interesting.

    dig the product idea.

    the angle is interesting.... combining training...

    i'd work on that sales letter/offer page.

    what you have and why should i listen to you?

    what its going to do for me?

    what do I need to do to get it right now?

    at the minimum you wanna answer those questions in the offer.

    look at clickbank.... some of the top offers.... see what they all have in common.... then see whats missing from yours.

    should be enlightening :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author ewenmack
      Maks, the headline and opening is very weak.

      It seems to me the big benefit hasn't been nailed yet.

      I suggest testing benefit themes first to see which
      is the biggest hot button to your readers.

      A good place to start would be about
      the under dog seeking revenge.

      At the moment it doesn't drive
      any hot buttons which cause action.

      Too cold and analytical.

      Best,
      Ewen
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  • Profile picture of the author shawnlebrun
    Check out Jacob Hiller's site, it was doing 1 million a year a few years ago and probably a lot more than that now.

    Mark featured him in "Get Rich Click"... but again,smart dude in this niche.

    I wrote Adam Linkenauger's copy YEARS ago...

    "Little-Known Secret Techniques Discovered By 7-Time High-Jump Champ Reveals How to Add 5 or More Inches to Your Vertical Jump by the End of the Day

    I have no idea if he's still using it, it was 2 to 3 years ago I wrote that...
    but it shows you how much copy you'll often need to make a sale.

    If I was to write that today, it would be much shorter, I wrote that
    back when longer letters were still the norm... but Maks, you have the
    makings of a very good biz... nice work.
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  • Profile picture of the author d3communications
    Does the crossed out $47 and the not-crossed-out $17 price imply that there's a $30 discount? If you haven't sold the product for $47 in the past, then you may run afoul of FTC rules:

    FTC GUIDES AGAINST DECEPTIVE PRICING

    Now, whether the FTC will actually ever come after you is a different issue, I suppose.
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  • Profile picture of the author d3communications
    Oh, and as far as improving copy, maybe instead of the Here's how you can.. Lead use a customer quote: (obviously substitute a real quote for the one below)

    "Maks! I dunked for the first time ever today! Everyone on the court froze, like they couldn't believe what they saw (I'm 5'7", dude)... then the place went nuts! Thank you, thank you, thank you."

    Or something to that effect. Test a quote vs. what you have now and see if there's a conversion difference.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr. Subtle
    Originally Posted by MaksP View Post

    Could you please critique my vertical jump training sales page.

    The Vertical Jump Truth - Dunk in 12 Weeks!
    Your headline is weak. It says ...

    Here's how you can increase your vertical jump instantly...


    Yet you don't follow through on the "instantly" anywhere in the VID or in the sales copy. And even if you could increase someone's vertical jump by an inch or two instantly, they're still not going to be able to dunk. I'd use a headline along the lines in my sample below (at the bottom ... ignore the top part) and state how long it's going to take upfront. 3 months isn't that long of a time to make someone's dream of dunking come true.

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  • Profile picture of the author MaksP
    Hey guys thank you very much for each one of your responses. It really helped me a lot and I appreciate it. Here are notes of things I could improve that I gathered from the thread.

    1. Change "Our" to "My".

    2. Remove the logo header.

    3. Maybe add PS and PPS.

    4. Heres how you can...you could probably shorten that without the "Heres".

    5. Guarantee stated too negatively.

    6. Add "Is The Vertical Jump Truth" for me? In this portion I would have questions such as "How long it will take to see results"... and answer them under the questions.

    7. Change the main head line to something along the lines of
    "DUNK A BASKETBALL
    LIKE A BOSS
    IN ONLY 12 WEEKS...
    EVEN IF YOU'RE UNDER 6 FEET TALL" or ""Turns Short White Boyz Into Slam Dunkers...If You've Got 30 Minutes A Day"

    I am planning for having my current layout for one more month to see how well it works.

    Then I am planning on changing the title.

    Should I add a section that says "IS THE VERTICAL JUMP TRUTH FOR ME?' Under that section I would post maybe 5 questions that a user might have in mind. Questions such as, "How long will it take to see results?" Do I need to spend too much time on the workout?" "What makes this program unique?" "What are the benefits of The Vertical Jump Truth" and then answer these questions under the questions.

    Im also thinking of adding the PS and PPS at the end.

    Do you guys think that is too much?

    Finally do you guys think it will be a good idea to send cold traffic to my page? Or maybe use adwords to send them to my youtube dunk videos and from there tell them to check out more at my site? Is $100 enough to invest to break a little past even?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mikhail Hunter
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  • Profile picture of the author MaksP
    UPDATE!

    Thank you so much for all of your feedback I appreciate it.

    What do you guys think of my new header?
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    • Profile picture of the author The Copy Nazi
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      Originally Posted by MaksP View Post

      UPDATE!

      Thank you so much for all of your feedback I appreciate it.

      What do you guys think of my new header?
      Horrible. You're still not getting it. Even though you got excellent advice here. Go back and read Ross Bowring and Mr Subtle's posts.

      And what about that glaring typo? "Dont't".
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      • Profile picture of the author MaksP
        Originally Posted by The Copy Nazi View Post

        Horrible. You're still not getting it. Even though you got excellent advice here. Go back and read Ross Bowring and Mr Subtle's posts.

        And what about that glaring typo? "Dont't".
        Good catch I accidentally uploaded the rough draft and re-uploaded it now.

        Thanks for the feedback and I thought I made the headline better?
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