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Hi,

could you please have a look at my new website and give me some feedback?

Yum PLR

some friends already told me the squeeze and sales pages are weak. I just have conflict on using the whole enchilada in the IM "niche", find it a bit insulting...

Any comment, good or bad, is highly appreciated.

Laura
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  • Your site is currently a 'Back Button Special' at this point.

    I'm not saying that to be mean, but it lacks a hook to immediately let the visitor know they have arrived at a useful site.

    In other words, there is no emotional reason for investigating your site past the first 2 seconds.

    Perhaps adding a good headline would help point to the benefits you offer.

    KJ
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    • Hi KJ,

      thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      I was after a bit of a corp look for it... I guess I got what I wanted. LOL

      have different reasons for it, but I would still like to keep some of the emotional factor from normal sales letters.

      will see if we can change the front page to get there...

      the sales letter is not in the front page. It is in the button that says no-brainer deal.

      we are sending traffic to the squeeze (shameless-bribe), and it is working ok. But ok is of course not enough for me.

      Laura
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  • Ditch the stuff at the top, move the opt-in box and associated content up above the fold. Add some bullet point to give visitors reasons to sign up to your newsletter and get the freebies. Market the PLR you put out to the list you build.

    No reason to overthink this stuff. You have the beginnings there, but you need more reasons to entice visitors to do something useful for you.
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    • -the opt in: it is above the fold in its own page, but it is not the front page. Maybe i should change the front page for a squeeze...

      -the stuff on the top: you mean the slide with the basic description?

      -bullet points... got it!

      -market the new plr to the list: yes, it is in the plan. I'm adding it also to the blog's list. Actually, we are redesigning the upcoming emails, and will give one plr article a day for free to the lists. We will also be giving the other info we have been collecting like chipmunks...

      Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Zeus, hum? like the god? mmmmm love that...

      Laura
  • I'd make it free and just do it as ad supported like google ad sense. My friend does that with his article directory and he gets tons of articles coming in.
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    • thanks aceshigh!

      you just hit it on how unclear the message of the website is...

      it is not an article directory in the sense of user generated content...

      everything in there is PLR, it is a PLR auto-service thinghy.

      the first version was just an internal project, this way we were able to get in, see at a glance the info we had about a niche, collect and get out fast.

      it happened after I realized that I had bought a PLR package 3 times...

      Now, I wouldn't mind doing this free... only that I don't see how to generate the cashflow to cover the expenses that way.

      with 5 bucks a month, i will be recovering the investment in about a year with a normal growth. There are of course members only kickas* products on development, but it will take some time to get there.

      Laura
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    • Hi Michael,

      thanks!!! a video is definitely a good idea. We have toyed with it...

      Only that i prefer not to show my face, as there are already vids of me around.

      Maybe we can have one of the girls doing them... mmm that could be.

      Laura
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  • It's cleanly done and very professional looking...however, it feels stark and cold to me. If not for you asking, I wouldn't have gotten past the front page. Since you did ask, my only other problem is having on-site links open in a new window. It's just a pain the arse to keep closing them.
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    • Hi Dennis,

      thanks for taking the time to look at it!

      ok, a bit too cold, hum? ok, will have to do something about it.

      links open in new window?

      didn't see that... it is not the idea. As long as I knew there were only a couple of links opening in new window:

      the sneak pick (a tech limitation, not sure why)
      the wp blog templates live. This is to make sure they don't lose the sales letter.

      are there more?

      Thanks for bringing this up.

      Laura
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  • You need "FREE PLR" screaming somewhere up top.

    Is the date at the top left corner necessary?

    Are the tags needed in the middle of the site?

    If I didn't know you wanted a review and I was sent to this site, I wouldn't know the opt-in even existed down at the bottom...
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    • Hi,

      thanks for reviewing it!!

      the opt in page is not the front page, in is under shameless bribe. I send traffic to that page mainly.

      the date is not necessary, can be taken out. Does it bother you?

      the tags are there to show the uploaded content, if you follow the tags you can see the titles of the articles. A bit unclear, but there.

      The component that manages the directory will only show what is allowed for the user to see, so if I publish it directly, it will show no content, and can be confusing.

      Laura
  • LOLOLOLOLOLOL I can't answer you here, because i have someone with not much sense of humour on my tail...

    dare to take this conversation to Twitter and you will find out...

    Laura
  • richdirtygirl,

    At first glance, the site itself doesn't look bad, but a little unorganized. It's a bit of an non traditional template which can work well in some cases, but If the site isn't working well for you at this point, I'd say that't the reason.

    The navigation doesn't pop out.

    The left sidebar titles are nice and snarky (I like that kind of stuff) but a little unclear.

    Just needs a little tweaking =)
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    • Hey there,

      yes, all my websites are non traditional. As we use Joomla and Drupal to do them, not WP.

      the site is not working bad, but it can always work better. And all feedback is great, specially from people who doesn't know me that much.

      I have the group that buys everything I do, but those are relationships built one by one, old style.

      I'm trying to reach a wider market now, without losing the respect of those who know me.

      you are right about the organization... it seemed to flow when we designed it. But it is not the usual organization and people can get confused.

      Laura
  • You can increase conversions if you have more details in the top center/left corners. I have no idea what this site is about. You can't assume everyone knows what PLR stands for. The important locations all seem "blank".
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    • Thanks!!!

      mmmm I usually do the education part in the pre selling... but it might worth to have some info about what it means right there.

      funny enough... I bug everyone about doing documentation self contained and at the same time I'm leaving huge holes here... shhh

      thanks goodness I'm a girl and can be contradictory...

      thanks again, very good points.

      Laura
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    All you need is a site with good solid content
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    • thanks hun! that's encouraging... cos i do have a site with very good content.

      only that you need to pay the huge amount of 5 bucks (refundable) to see it...

      BTW, to all who are helping me today, if you guys want an account, its' on me.

      Laura
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  • The site looks really great. You just need a video presentation now. Goodluck!
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  • You need to Sell your Service from the front page and give them a reason to look further.
    For example : Like you have done with your avatar, your nickname and your
    "always ready" slogan. Now that sales ! You need to use the similar enthusiasm on your sites home page.
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    • The same one??? LOLOLOL

      yeah.. it could work. Only that I don't have any adult material in it.

      it does need a bit more of my personality...

      Thanks!!!!

      I'm mindmapping everything and sending to my gal.

      We are working on the Valentines package that, hopefully, will replace the Christmas one on Dec 26.

      But we will work on the changes.

      Laura
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  • You've already had some great suggestions, so I'll just add a couple more into the mix.

    I think there are a few 'leaks' on the page that let the reader's attention wander away from where you want it.

    The first is that there are around 85 possible actions the visitor could take, and that's just above the fold on the homepage. There are all the links in the tag box, the sidebar links, the top navbar links and the tab bar links. That much choice will usually paralyze a visitor into choosing nothing at all.

    I would decide exactly what it is you want the visitor to do, and then on that page remove all additional options, and pull the focus in tight on your main option. The tag clouds etc. don't help you get signups, but they do distract you as a visitor when you first arrive on the page, and prevent you from seeing the opt in form. I'd suggest pick one thing you really want the user to do, and then laser beam onto encouraging that particular action.

    Some folks have already made the suggestion of using bullet points to pull in focus on the one major action you want the visitor to take, and that's great advice. More reasons why someone should "Join Now" will help for sure, and will also act as reasons why a person should stay on the page at all to learn more about the offer.

    You can also use some color and layout tweaks to tighten up the focus. Layout and color on a page effects the way a visitor's eyes will naturally wander across the site.

    My two suggestions in this area are:

    1. Change the background color to a darker color, probably a navy blue, a darker shade of the blue you have in your logo. What this will do is prevent the visitor psychologically feeling they have to take in the whole page. As soon as they see the dark blue background, they'll know that they only area they need to look at is the brighter white/light grey central area. It's a similar principle to blinkers on a horse, ie. it removes the peripheral information that is of no value.

    I would remove the distracting bubble image background: http://yumplr.com/templates/rt_affin...2/page-bg2.png

    Replace the top gradient image with a blue one: http://yumplr.com/templates/rt_affin...header-bg2.png

    ...and change the background color code for the entire area.

    2. The full width header graphics also add to that attention leak / eye wander factor, as the eye tends to naturally follow them. It's only for a fraction of a second, but it only takes a second for someone to hit "back" so that lost time can be important. I would either crop / rearrange the header images to be the same width as the content area itself, or add something to the image that clearly defines where the visual focus should start and stop. You could do this with a drop shadow for example.


    I hope that helps, and good luck with your site!
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    • Hi Kezz,

      yes it does help, thanks a lot!

      of course my tech gal is not happy at all.

      the colours and structure was designed thinking more on the user experience once they are already members than to attract customers, now that I think about it.

      the home page is not the page I send traffic to, it is this one:

      Christmas in a Box

      with not so many distractions. But is is weak as squeeze too...

      ok, I have all this mindmapped. Once we finish the Valentines package that has to replace this one on day 26, we get to it.

      Laura
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  • Laura, I know you guys celebrate everything down there but do you celebrate X-mas?
    If so may you have a Merry One.

    "What do IM and Brazilian wax have in common?" You I gotta know !
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    • LOLOLOL you think I'm Brazilian, don't you? sorry hun, I'm not... I'm from Florida.

      There is a big Brazilian community in the zone of Deerfield Beach and I have some good friends that are Brazilian.

      And, I have ants on my b* and travelled a bit.

      Merry Christmas to you too. Smooch!!

      Laura
  • You are a live wire. Bet you are loads of fun to be around and yes I did think that you were Brazilian. I have done a bit of traveling myself.
    But regardless you have a great personality and exploiting that can do nothing but help with your IM ventures.

    BTW please add me to your friend list!

    "What do IM and Brazilian wax have in common?" ??
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  • Actually I like the like. But I don't really know what will I get when give you my email.
    Also for a noob like me, I don't know what is "PLR" (2 months ago).
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    • Hi Starter Sim

      well... I don't think I want to educate there...

      I educate in the presell.

      I found that ruling out people who is not ready for the info is the best way to save you problems down the road.

      Bottom line, if someone doesn't know what a plr article is, well... a self service system of PLR articles is not for him/her.

      Laura
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