75% are leaving my site in under 30 seconds

[Jared Woodruff]

From my first glance, I noticed that everything is crammed together without much separation.

For example, all the text in the body, there are no lines or boxes or anything to really separate one section from the next.

Add images and make the site more visually appealing and organize the site to provide more efficiency.

You want to capture the viewer's attention IMMEDIATELY; enthrall and seduce.

Cheers

[Bill Guthrie]

Originally Posted by Emailrevealer

Oh Boy!
Ok that's some great advice I just have a few questions.

First. Thank you all for responding, don't worry about hurting my feelings. I'm a big boy and I want honest advice.

Second. The site does already make me a full time income. It's my only source of income and I make double the avergage income for my city. But obviously I'm throwing away a ton of potential sales.

Third. The list of products is rather common to my industry. Most of my visitors are Private Investigators and are familiar with this style. In fact my site is considered less busy and crowded with orders that the average "Information" web site.

What kind of pictures or images could I possibly include to illustrate an "email Trace" or "an Infidelity Investigation" I have no clue. " Damn it Kirk I'm a PI not a graphic artist "

I like the idea of a pop up on exit. At the very least it could offer an option to email a question....

BTW one reason I have so much text is to fit in more key word search terms. It's been working out quite well I thought but I suppose there could be a better balance.


Last what do you think is a reasonable price to redesign the front page with some relevant images, maintain the SEO and provide the new improved version in a zip file so my webby can upload it?

I say, if it ain't broken, don't fix it. You say you're scoreboarding your neighbors per capita income -- BOOM! Is there something wrong here--really, or are you reacting to some metrics?

Aesthetically speaking, I think you're site's rough...but so are your customers, right? Private investigators, bounty hunters? If they're buying what you're selling, then all's right in the world.

I would suggest removing a lot of the text write-ups you have sprinkled throughout...you've already got a big long contents on the left...figure out a way to better categorize the main silos of information/services...play around on paper before you do anything online.

Good work, again, for scoreboarding your neighbors!!

All best,
Bill