Honest Review Of my Site wanted

by dking1
18 replies
Hi guys,
I need some honest reviews of my site and suggestions on how to make it better.
1. How good and relevant are the content
2.In your honest opinion do you think the site can convert well
3,How can i use it to effectively build list
4 Whats your suggestions and the way forward.
My site is http://affiliateprogramsreviewssite.com/blog
Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author BeeJay
    Hey Dave,

    I'm just going to touch on a couple of points, hope it helps.

    1. Overall, I don't mind how the site looks. Pretty clean, topic appropriate. Looks like you might have some small formatting probs on the sidebar.

    2. The most obvious tweak is your opt-in. There's no real incentive for people to join your list. Consider offering a free product, an eCourse, a top-ten tips, the possibilities are endless but make sure what you are offering provides genuine value. Use a compelling header for your opt-in. What is it, why do they need it, how will it benefit them. You should basically be applying best squeeze page practices to your opt in. How about a pop-up? Aweber lets you create those, and its a great way to get the visitors attention (you can adjust how many seconds elapse before the optin pops up after a visitor hits your page - test to find out the optimum time, and whilst it is subject to disagreement among warriors, generally 5+ seconds is better than instant). Ditch the 'powered by Aweber' part of your opt in.

    Anyway, these are general tips but I wish you well and hope they help.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lyanna
    Full disclosure: I did not fully read the link you gave.

    However, I can already tell you one thing for sure: too much text, not enough pictures. It's good to have a lot of text content since Google loves that but break it up into sections with h1, h2, h2 headlines and some images.

    A good rule of thumb is to have 2-3 text paragraphs then insert a h2/h3 headline then a small image. So for 8 paragraphs of text it should have 3-4 sections.
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  • Profile picture of the author shireen
    Hi:

    I like the color of your site.

    You mention about getting free report by signing up, but never mention about the benefits.

    Maybe you can improve it by showing the ebook cover of your report, list down some benefits about your report, what problems can you solve by reading your report & so forth.
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    • Profile picture of the author morninjoi
      There is something not quite right with this website, maybe its the text-too small, too compacted. I think it needs more images to liven it up.

      Consider having a banner.
      Try to make the opt in form more appealing.
      Make your title bold and include sub titles.

      Lastly you can use the services of a designer. Your website still looks like the original template. I remember using one of these myself.
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  • Profile picture of the author theimdude
    Originally Posted by dking1 View Post

    Hi guys,
    I need some honest reviews of my site and suggestions on how to make it better.
    1. How good and relevant are the content
    2.In your honest opinion do you think the site can convert well
    3,How can i use it to effectively build list
    4 Whats your suggestions and the way forward.
    My site is http://affiliateprogramsreviewssite.com/blog
    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Clay
    I liked the color scheme, but unfortunately there was nothing that made me want to stay on the site, so I x'ed out of the site. Now, if that's the behavior of someone who has been asked nicely to review your site, how quickly do you think the average internet user will x out of the site?
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  • Profile picture of the author mrfusion
    Waay too much text and clutter. I'd do something like this:

    CHEAP WEB HOSTING SITES • TOP 10 • March 2011

    where you have very quick summary points that link to the review/content below.
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    • Profile picture of the author dking1
      Thanks all. I need suggestion on website builder that can help me to make this site quite lively, appealing and converting but with reasonable price. I don't just want this site to be fine and neat, i want to make money.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jason Clay
        Originally Posted by dking1 View Post

        Thanks all. I need suggestion on website builder that can help me to make this site quite lively, appealing and converting but with reasonable price. I don't just want this site to be fine and neat, i want to make money.
        You can use Adobe Creative Suite 5 if you want to go the manual route, although if you don't have a lot of web design experience, this set of programs will be difficult to use. I would recommend going with a free WordPress 3.1 installation and then search for a premium theme that you can apply to the website.
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  • Profile picture of the author edv
    The site's look is very clean and it gives me kind of a inviting appeal. You picked the right colors.
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  • Profile picture of the author calfred
    Bravo for the good font size.

    Most Wordpress sites I see have way too small fonts.

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  • Profile picture of the author gslauen
    I agree, always good to have a reason to opt in
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    • Profile picture of the author dking1
      This your traffic site-how do they generate their traffic.What method?how quality is it and hope they are not using robots or some kind of junk traffic. Can i see example of the site they are promoting
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  • Profile picture of the author raycowie
    Originally Posted by dking1 View Post

    Hi guys,
    I need some honest reviews of my site and suggestions on how to make it better.
    1. How good and relevant are the content
    2.In your honest opinion do you think the site can convert well
    3,How can i use it to effectively build list
    4 Whats your suggestions and the way forward.
    My site is http://affiliateprogramsreviewssite.com/blog
    Thanks
    Personally, I wouldn't have the pop-up appearing on every page, just the home page. Otherwise it get's a bit annoying for your visitors and they'll probably leave.

    Cheers,

    Ray
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    • Profile picture of the author stesnees
      Agree with the above, pop up on every page is damned annoying! All in all not a bad site though, got to be said.
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  • Profile picture of the author prettysavvy
    I don't think the site would convert for me.

    For instance the site title reads: "Affiliate programs Reviews" instead of Affiliate Programs Reviews. There are also way too many blinking and out of context ads (what are those wordpress plugin/course ads doing in the middle of a post about social media marketing?)

    I don't think it's a good idea to litter your site with ads and banners.

    And like someone already mentioned, it's a good idea to use subtitles to break the mass of text.
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