No one will believe me that I haven't made a sale.

Just had a really quick look and off first glance, there is WAYY too many links and distracting clutter on the home page. As a visitor i need you to guide me. You got me here based on your keyword, now what do you want me to do? Where is the info/product im looking for.

Basically too much distraction here. Too many links to click and places to go.

For starters, figure out what the purpose is for your site. Is it to make a quick profit or to establish yourself as an authority?

If it is the first then you need to figure out what information they are looking for and OVER OVER deliver it which can double as a presell BEFORE you send them to your sales page.

If it is the later then you need COMPELLING article headlines on your homepage to suck the visitors into the deep pages of your site, and keep them there by interlinking posts with more catchy, intriguing, curiosity evoking headlines.

Adding to that id scrap the past reviews column on the left and go with a 2 colum layout, place all those reviews under one review category.

Second, is there any way you can cleanup those two menus above the fold? Id take the top menu (home, sitemap, etc.) and place it somewhere in the footer.

And that stuff in the middle in the content section = information overload. WAYY too much STUFF there. I didnt even bother to see what it was. It just looks extremely cluttered.

The videos at the bottom are GREAT, and add a little more credibility to you. It lets me know that you are serious about the niche and not another fly by night site.

At this stage you are probably reluctant after all the work you did to make significant changes to your business plan. I don't blame you, I have been there quite often in projects over the years.

How does it go "You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig."

Now I'm not saying that to insult your work in any way. Obviously you have gained a ton of skills to put that site and the others together. That's great but you have about 5-6 sites all sitting on the same real estate as I see it.

I made a comment above, mistakenly, not knowing that the site I commented on as, being too empty and no one was home, was not your main site. Sorry about that!

However when I went to hydroponicsgrowkit.com The first thing I thought was the whole family and half the neighborhood was here. :rolleyes:

Now I'm an old timer and coincidentally a former commercial hydroponic grower so just take my comments for what they may or may not be worth.

I see nothing wrong with the niche, as a matter of fact and probably contrary to some of our fellow warrior's beliefs, I like competition. Although I can see the logic of the other side too. It's just that in all my sales and marketing career so far, I always looked for the crowd and it has been a good strategy for me.

A couple of things to ponder perhaps....

Take some time and turn off the computer, shut off the phone and take a long week end with the wife, or significant other or what ever situation you are in and chill for a long week end and think of anything else but internet marketing. Go to a movie or concert enjoy a harmless vice or something. You've been punishing yourself for 6 months. Relax... The Internet and marketing isn't going to disappear it will still be here in a few days.

Now consider putting your marketing system on a diet. You no doubt know how to build web sites because it's indicated in your handle. I would suggest you put together possibly 5 WP mini review sites with links to one product each and a lead capture form. A good old fashion squeeze page. I told you about making a swipe file, search out some mini sites that do just that.

As for the product reviews... You have 5 products in the slider box or what ever that thingy is called. Take each one of them individually and make a mini site around them. If you have the funds try to either buy a domain with a keyword in it that relates to the product. If not just create a page title using the same logic. If you can put a video together that would be great just a minute or so. You can do all video but I like some text content too. Some people still relate to text. You know how to do some SEO I know you do or get help. But SEO on a simple mini site with a video is a whole lot easier than the large site you are using now, IMO.

There are some excellent WSO's out there that can help you. I was looking at one a while back that was really good just can't remember its name. There are warriors reading this post right now that are sharp in working with mini review sites. Chime in some of you....

Just leave what you have created alone. You can tie these mini sites into the hosting you have now as add ons , sub domains, pages or what ever. You should know how that's done. ( If you need to play in your big sandbox still, throw in some links to your new mini, and note, SALES sites) I'm sorry but I can't help digging you a little about your fun house site. I'm just teasing!

You could put these 5-6 sites together in a week or so maybe less with your web building skills. If you aren't sure ask. I'm not near the teckie most are here on the forum but even I can do what I suggested to you.

Like I said before, you got the hard part "learned" and done. Now you got to get smart about it and lighten up your approach and get lean and mean.

Do all the traditional things and drive traffic to these mini sites and I can't guarantee how much success you'll have but it won't be any worse, that I can assure you. Although not my main thrust and where I want to go with my Internet marketing, (I'm not hot on Affiliate marketing, I'd rather sell my own products that's where the big boys make their money.) However I have a couple simple sites knocking down $200-$400 some weeks doing some of what I just explained.

Now I'm going to put on my hard hat, and as usual, it's all for what it's worth.

ld Dog