please critic my site

by Elvin
35 replies
hello warriors.
this week i just launched my personal site where i offer my services. i used wordpress. it will still be customized further as days come, but i would like to know what you think of it. tell my what you dont like on it. tell me what i need to change.

I am also planing to add some ads on the sidebars.

Suggest me any useful idea.

I appreciate your opinions, criticism and suggestions. This is the only way i can evaluate my work.
Respect to all warriors

my site is:
ccwebsites.net

you can also find it on my signature
#critic #site
  • Profile picture of the author Doug Slaton
    I'm probably the last person that should comment on a site since most of my sites are very bland. So I won't say much but perhaps a photo of yourself on you bio page. That should help make you more real to people that might hire you.
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  • Profile picture of the author brendanwenzel
    do you get a lot of Albanian people to your website? If not, take out the language selector.

    Get rid of the poll asking how your website is. It screams amateur.

    Do not I repeat do not add ads in the sidebar a website where selling your own services. they can focus on buying one thing at a time, which at the current moment is your services. What I would add the sidebar is an opt in form that pre-sells your services. To get away a book explaining how to do x and x to get more business from Internet. you could possibly even add your Facebook fan page box on there.

    I would also consider adding a blog so you can write posts to let people know you are an authority in your market. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
    I love your site!

    Your theme is crisp and clean and very well thought out.

    I love the little menu slider that you put on the main nav menu and the the way you did the featured section as well.

    If you continue making themes like this you should have many people wanting to have you do work for them.

    Great site!
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  • Profile picture of the author lcookidl
    the site is nice, the theme is very clear and looks professional. just with the survey on how you site looks, I agree brendanwenzel. Also, the calender at the bottom, rather have it on the side bar.
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  • Profile picture of the author mkpoway
    Is this a custom theme you built from scratch? I love it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vincenzo Oliva
    It's professional looking but you don't do a very good job of "selling" your service.
    What's so good about your websites? Why should I buy from you? What's my benefit?
    Can I afford this? Make it more "direct response" a contact clearly on the front page don't make them search for it. A couple of testimonials on the first page would do wonders. Why aren't you capturing leads? How about a free report "Top 7 Website Mistakes That are Crippling Your Business"
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    • Profile picture of the author StanCan
      The theme looks good but I find the spacing a little "pronounced" that it required some scrolling to see the whole page. I also agree that the poll on side probably should go. Another thing I've noticed is that the calendar looks like it's been added as an afterthought basing on its location. Other than that, the website looks organized and professional. Good job.
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    • Profile picture of the author Elvin
      Originally Posted by Vincenzo Oliva View Post

      It's professional looking but you don't do a very good job of "selling" your service.
      What's so good about your websites? Why should I buy from you? What's my benefit?
      Can I afford this? Make it more "direct response" a contact clearly on the front page don't make them search for it. A couple of testimonials on the first page would do wonders. Why aren't you capturing leads? How about a free report "Top 7 Website Mistakes That are Crippling Your Business"
      Thanks for the review. Helped a lot.
      How about that free report. whre can i get it???
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      • Profile picture of the author Bret Ferguson
        Originally Posted by Elvin View Post

        Thanks for the review. Helped a lot.
        How about that free report. whre can i get it???
        Hey Elvin,

        I think he's saying you should write a report like that to give away, creating an "opt in" (lead/potential customer)

        Overall your site looks great. I would agree with some of the other comments. I would possibly consider having a call to action on your home page, like the free report. I would even have an offer on the home page of where your pricing starts to draw them in as well.

        It did take my eye a moment or two to actually identify what your service/product was. Possibly "brighten" your "Custom Crafted Websites" bring it to the front.

        You are on the right track!

        Anyway my 2 cents.....
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  • Profile picture of the author souravdas32000
    You can do away with the calender in the bottom and put it in the right sidebar.
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  • Profile picture of the author BillyParadise
    The English on the site needs work. Capitalization is random, too.
    "Get a new Website in a short TIME"


    The titles in your rotating header run out of characters at VERY odd places
    What is CRAF ?


    But... it's a pretty looking site
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  • Profile picture of the author jesus72knight
    Cool. Very professional-looking. but you should have moved the calendar. It's kinda out of place.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    Overall, the theme looks good, but you should definitely have an opt-in form.

    I find the overall message you're trying to convey pretty confusing though. You seem to be pushing a lot of custom work, but you're not very detailed in what exactly you can do. By offering too many choices and being vague about what you offer, I feel that many customers are just going to visit your website and leave quickly, because you aren't offering anything concrete for them to look into further.

    They need to be told what to expect, in my experience they want the expert to hold their hands and recommend what should be done. I'd narrow down your offerings to 3-5 main website packages. It's good that you're not quoting prices, you should leave that out and let them inquire about it when they contact you.

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  • Profile picture of the author caridead
    if you wan to get free traffics for your site, check it with my threads...
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonmorgan
    Hey chuckwagon,

    installing the elegant themes polished theme doesn't make you a web developer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Elvin
    i would like to thank all members who contributed here in this thread thank you a lot. this will make me work on something better. I wish to say thanks to all of you here.

    Respects!!!
    Elvin Xhimitiku
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  • Profile picture of the author achong
    For me, the font its every tittle too big.
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  • Profile picture of the author RentItNow
    Header taking up too much valuable space. Other than that, ur on the right track.
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  • Profile picture of the author djemerald
    You know Elvin its a process. I am not partial to black, but it does stand out. The advise I have had is that the website is only good if it has really good content and its all about the conversion in the end isnt it ?
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  • Profile picture of the author valleytech
    Site is looking very good! Nice job on the layout
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  • Profile picture of the author marketing123
    All I can say is that I love your site. And yes I agree it's really and good and beneficial if you will put or add more banners and ads on your sidebars to make use of your empty spaces and to view your site more interesting due to more interesting products you put there. But overall the site is really great!!
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    • Profile picture of the author Stylo
      Very nice, Crisp, Clear, and easy to find your way
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Looks really good to me. I like the theme. Looks like you put a lot of work into it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vero44
    Afraid I'm with Rich on this one. It looks good but so similar to the WP theme. I guess most of your clients won't realise this though. Portfolio needs building up with some diverse designs.
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  • Profile picture of the author Supernatural_fan
    overall it looks pretty good, with a few minor exceptions: the upper part of the site looks a bit busy compared to the lower part of the site which looks more "blank"; another thing that bugs me a little as to the visual part is that your site looks somewhat divided in two parts; i don't know the bigger part with all that white, it's not very cohesive with the rest; it's not necessarily a flaw, it's just something that my eyes battle with



    oh and another thing, which this time is important: you have a few orthographic errors such as I written with "i", and it's in more than one place and I think you also have a few missing commas here and there.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
    The site looks okish. Pretty basic, nothing special. But I'm a designer and developer myself so my opinion probably don't count.

    Parts of your source code are wrong. You have multiple <h1> tags. Turn of CSS, and recode your source so that it flows natural without CSS. By that I mean <h1> for the main heading (on blogs this is usually the blog post title, but when aggregating the content on a main page use <h2> tags for blog post headers.

    I don't like tags, unless your a news site, or a site that's updated constantly and has a lot of traffic that would make use of it.

    I don't like calendars, unless you have dates that people really need to know about. A web design servers don't really need them.

    Personally, if you're a designer I would focus on developing a site that does not look like a blog. It does not look professional.

    It seems as if you are using the tags and calendar to fill in the sidebar because their is nothing to go there. Looks very amateur if you do this.

    Most web designers sites don't have much content. If they have their own blog, they will have it separate to their main site. So use images to portray a message, or to show some eye candy to woo your potential clients.

    First impressions are what make or break a deal.
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  • Profile picture of the author LetsGoViral
    Looks really good and professional although the footer is a tad too big.
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  • Profile picture of the author BrianDowns
    The site looks great, but you might consider hiring a copywriter for the ad copy since your English doesn't seem to flow like it should. As I was reading it, I could tell that your native language was not English.

    Even just a simple re-write from someone more fluent in English would help (if you want business from english speaking countries, that is...)

    Other that that, I see that you do very nice work and the overall layout is nice

    Good Luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author NickArnold
      The site and the theme do look good, first off.

      The site was really slow loading for me. Not sure where it is hosted, but it's been the slowest of the day so far.

      Your strapline is 'Custom Crafted Websites'. How can i believe you can create a custom website when your own theme is one that i've seen a million times? Okay, maybe some people havn't seen the theme yet - but i've seen this theme used numerous times especially in the IM niche. So it's just a matter of time.

      My mindset as a buyer is that if i was hiring someone to do a custom sites and they were using a theme for their own business i would be sceptical. If you're confidenct in your own ability to build bespoke, then why not create something unique for yourself?

      Maybe i'm a harsh buyer but id want to see evidence you can create custom sites and that evidence starts with your own site.

      The footer is too long.

      As some have said the English isn't great - personally this wouldn't bother me because your european and you're not offering a writing service so i wouldn't expect it to be fluent. Maybe this will put some people off, so when you've made a bit of cash you could consider reinvesting some of that into a copywriter.
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      • Profile picture of the author buxnut
        I'm using a 23" monitor and still having a little trouble reading the content, might consider a slightly larger font. Otherwise, the layout is visually appealing and wouldn't cause me to hit the "Back" button right away. Perhaps a stronger call to action as I'm not completely sure what action you want me to take.

        Nice work.
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