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15 years ago

I would look into changing up the theme, making it more business like.

Hard to tell what the site is about from the visual cues, which are very important.

Seems like a site for a B&B, upon first impression.

Accountants usually mean tax preparation, so the pics should represent that.

Maybe some pic's of the staff as well, to achieve the friendliness quality.

If your creating the header in Photoshop, be sure to turn on "Anti-Aliasing" under "layers/ layer type.

This will remove the choppyness in the title fonts.

Good luck!

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Charles Brown

15 years ago

Hi Burtie,
I love it. I have to think that it will sell fast if you promote it well. I'm looking forward to hearing your results.

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burtie

15 years ago

Thanks guys... I will take your comments onboard and get to work.

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GoGetta

15 years ago

Hi Burtie,

Yes, I agree with Eric, change up the theme and maybe design a header with professional images. Accountants and professional services look for a professional image, so you need to portray that within the site to gather interest.

Image even though superficial and can be modified easily, can put people off before they even speak to you regarding the possibilities!

HTH

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RandyW32

15 years ago

Is this one of your first sites? It looks really amazing keep up the good work!

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burtie

15 years ago

Hi guys, Thanks for your comments...

I am just figuring how to get this site listed in google as it is my aim to sell it by the end of the week.

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Roger Mayne

15 years ago

Hi Burtie

It's not my intention to put you off at all, but my first impression is that it's a little plain. As the others have said, I think you need to have some financial images in there, and a header. The text in the header looks a little grainy. If you have any articles that are tax/accountant/financial related, perhaps you could add a couple of advisory pages to get Google spidering your pages and getting indexed.

It's a great start though, may just need some tweaking. Good luck with it.

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mistertortoise

15 years ago

hey,

i also read the other thread about this business strategy on the warrior forum, thought it was a really good idea.

Well done for actually taking the action and getting a site up.

I'm thinking about doing the same thing for local business up here in glasgow but i'm wondering how to go about pricing my sites.

What are you offering your customers for £360? Are you going to fill the site up with their own content and how many pages will you offer to build for them? Are you offering hosting as well?

About your site:

Like others said, the header text looks a bit blocky. Also I'd try making the header text bigger and lining it up with the paragraphs in the main content to see how it looks, rather than having it centered.

I think the images in the content would look better if they were both the same size and had borders around them.

maybe try another font and different spacing between letters, lines of text and paragraphs to make the content area look a bit more interesting.

i agree that you should try and make it a bit more accountancy looking (whatever that is haha)

Don't mean to rip your efforts apart, I think your site is a really good

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mistertortoise

hey,

i also read the other thread about this business strategy on the warrior forum, thought it was a really good idea.

Well done for actually taking the action and getting a site up.

I'm thinking about doing the same thing for local business up here in glasgow but i'm wondering how to go about pricing my sites.

What are you offering your customers for £360? Are you going to fill the site up with their own content and how many pages will you offer to build for them? Are you offering hosting as well?

About your site:

Like others said, the header text looks a bit blocky. Also I'd try making the header text bigger and lining it up with the paragraphs in the main content to see how it looks, rather than having it centered.

I think the images in the content would look better if they were both the same size and had borders around them.

maybe try another font and different spacing between letters, lines of text and paragraphs to make the content area look a bit more interesting.

i agree that you should try and make it a bit more accountancy looking (whatever that is haha)

Don't mean to rip your efforts apart, I think your site is a really good

It was only a quickie site. Hopefully it will sell for its rankings in google. At the moment it is not indexed, but when it is I will optimize it for the keywords on the site.

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burtie

15 years ago

Oh I forget to say... There is also well over 100 accountants in town, so loads of potential buyers when the email goes out.

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mistertortoise

15 years ago

Could give a little detail on what are you offering your customers?

Are you going to fill the site up with their own content and how many pages will you offer to build for them? Are you offering hosting as well?

do you think the ranking will go a long way to selling the site? I would think that most business would buy on the look of the site alone, but i suppose you could sell the fact that it does well in the SERPs to them.

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mistertortoise

Could give a little detail on what are you offering your customers?

Are you going to fill the site up with their own content and how many pages will you offer to build for them? Are you offering hosting as well?

do you think the ranking will go a long way to selling the site? I would think that most business would buy on the look of the site alone, but i suppose you could sell the fact that it does well in the SERPs to them.

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ric

For me at the moment this is just an experiment. I want to see if it will sell on serps alone. That way if it does then it is a simple project that I can do for an hour a day to boost my bottomline.

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mistertortoise

15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

For me at the moment this is just an experiment. I want to see if it will sell on serps alone. That way if it does then it is a simple project that I can do for an hour a day to boost my bottomline.

no worries, good luck with it all.

i think its a great idea and might give it a shot myself when i get some spare time.

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baca85

15 years ago

At this moment its not worth £360 to be frank. Its not indexed in google. Only has one page. An accountant couldn't use it as it is. So would have to hire someone to build a page. The domain is the only thing of value at moment for the site. So its probable only worth £10-20 at most currently

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by baca85

At this moment its not worth £360 to be frank. Its not indexed in google. Only has one page. An accountant couldn't use it as it is. So would have to hire someone to build a page. The domain is the only thing of value at moment for the site. So its probable only worth £10-20 at most currently

Sure... You may have noticed that I said that I haven't got backlinks yet and optimized it. This will be done one the site is indexed which I am working on first.

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baca85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

Sure... You may have noticed that I said that I haven't got backlinks yet and optimized it. This will be done one the site is indexed which I am working on first.

I think you should not try to sell it yet. Spend a little time doing up and getting it ranking with traffic to it. I personally would not go with a wordpress theme. Get it ranking in google for all thing Whitney and accountant. Then you can sell it for £1000 or something. Remember accountants charge an arm and a leg and if this generates them even one sale it paid for itself.

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by baca85

I think you should not try to sell it yet. Spend a little time doing up and getting it ranking with traffic to it. I personally would not go with a wordpress theme. Get it ranking in google for all thing Whitney and accountant. Then you can sell it for £1000 or something. Remember accountants charge an arm and a leg and if this generates them even one sale it paid for itself.

I am not going to sell it yet. I am going to wait until i get some great serp results.

The idea is to get this one right with a low budget (current spend £15) and then do maybe 10 a month.

Lets hope I get it right...

I will keep you all updated

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baca85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

I am not going to sell it yet. I am going to wait until i get some great serp results.

The idea is to get this one right with a low budget (current spend £15) and then do maybe 10 a month.

Lets hope I get it right...

I will keep you all updated

Remove the website for sale then from the page. Wont help you rank for what you want in google

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shukes

15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

Hi all,

I have taken some advice from a warrior in another thread and created a site specically to sell.

The site is Witney Accountants | Accountants in Witney Oxfordshire

Can you please review it and give me any feedback that you may have before I get back links to otimize it for its keywords?

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Did you buy the WSO named ognm, looks like a decent product, but i personally struggled with the idea of going offline, as sales is not my thing, but the theory ids a good one, let me know if you get any success

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veros

15 years ago

Hi, Great start. I would also agree with the others, get a nice wordpress theme on their and a custom header.

By the way, what thread are you referring to where you heard this idea?

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Keith Boisvert

15 years ago

I had done a sample site like this a long time ago but never pursued it. Your post reminded me about it so I just checked. It's got two positions on page one on Google for me specific term.

Now that I look at it the site actually sucks, but I had even done a video about it and put it on the site. I was going with the rental option.

The site itself is not my best work, and I never pushed it, but maybe you can get an idea or two out of it.

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Did I mentioned it sucked?

But the screenshots and the video came out ok, maybe it will spark something.

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Keith Boisvert

I had done a sample site like this a long time ago but never pursued it. Your post reminded me about it so I just checked. It's got two positions on page one on Google for me specific term.

Now that I look at it the site actually sucks, but I had even done a video about it and put it on the site. I was going with the rental option.

The site itself is not my best work, and I never pushed it, but maybe you can get an idea or two out of it.

HERE

Did I mentioned it sucked?

But the screenshots and the video came out ok, maybe it will spark something.

Great... You are now #1 for 'Leominster Attorneys'

When I get the serps I will take screen shots like you have. Thanks for the idea

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Keith Boisvert

15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

Great... You are now #1 for 'Leominster Attorneys'

When I get the serps I will take screen shots like you have. Thanks for the idea

Haha. Yeah, it was just a sample site back in June. Back then there were some decent searches for the keyword phrase too. Too bad I never tweaked it and did something more with it. I remember having some plans for it too. Ah well, if you got an idea out of it then that's good.

I should take the damn thing down.

Keith

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mistertortoise

no worries, good luck with it all.

i think its a great idea and might give it a shot myself when i get some spare time.

Sure... Hopefully soon I will have some posiitive feedback for you

Originally Posted by Keith Boisvert

Haha. Yeah, it was just a sample site back in June. Back then there were some decent searches for the keyword phrase too. Too bad I never tweaked it and did something more with it. I remember having some plans for it too. Ah well, if you got an idea out of it then that's good.

I should take the damn thing down.

Keith

Why not tart it up and try and sell it?

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Keith Boisvert

15 years ago

Why not tart it up and try and sell it?

I dunno, its not my area of expertise I guess. I focus primarily on the service aspect of designing, marketing and then maintenance(residual income).

Selling sites was never my thing, which is why I had forgotten about it. It was just a fling

keith

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Keith Boisvert

I dunno, its not my area of expertise I guess. I focus primarily on the service aspect of designing, marketing and then maintenance(residual income).

Selling sites was never my thing, which is why I had forgotten about it. It was just a fling

keith

A few emails to the right people and it may be worth a buch or two.

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Keith Boisvert 15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

A few emails to the right people and it may be worth a buch or two.

You are probably right. I should at least put it in my "to do" list.

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- burtie 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Keith Boisvert
  
  You are probably right. I should at least put it in my "to do" list.
  
  Keith
  
  Let me know how you get on...
  
  I am still wondering when mine will even get indexed.
  
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JohnMcCabe

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Keith Boisvert

I dunno, its not my area of expertise I guess. I focus primarily on the service aspect of designing, marketing and then maintenance(residual income).

Selling sites was never my thing, which is why I had forgotten about it. It was just a fling

keith

You don't have to sell it to an end user, do you?

Bet there's more than one site flipper on the WF who might take it off your hands. Or affiliates hawking some kind of legal guide...

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tj

15 years ago

Did you registered their domain name? I assume that this accounting service is in the UK - is a .co.uk domain name for a local UK service not a better idea than a dot.com address?

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by tj

Did you registered their domain name? I assume that this accounting service is in the UK - is a .co.uk domain name for a local UK service not a better idea than a dot.com address?

Timo

We use both here.

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jasonl70

15 years ago

I liek the idea.. but I think you need to reconsider your onpage SEO strategy..

for one, google does not like 1 page sites.

from the site:
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This website is optimized for the following keywords
[quote]

that sort keyword spamming isn't a very good idea.

If it were me I'd fill out the site a bit more, break up the content across a few pages targeted to the different kw's, get a sitemap in place, etc..

just my 2 cents/pence

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Pete Egeler 15 years ago

"for one, google does not like 1 page sites."

Jason,

Who told you that?

I've been building one page sites for years. They usually end up with PR 2-4, and always get to first page of Google, and stay there.

Then, I sell 'em.

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- AndrewCavanagh 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Pete Egeler
  
  "for one, google does not like 1 page sites."
  
  I have to agree with you Pete.
  
  I've certainly had one page sites that topped google and I"ve seen plenty of them too.
  
  The real issue is what keyword phrase you're optimizing for, how much competition there is and what is on that single page on your website.
  
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- burtie 15 years ago
  
  Hi all,
  
  The site got indexed in the night and it is one page one for all but one of its 15 keywords. For 5 it is already in #1 positition. I will work on getting the other 10 there today.
  
  Thank you for all your help... I will keep you updated.
  
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dmarze

15 years ago

This is great idea. Thank you for that.

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burtie

15 years ago

Well the site is at #1 for 4 of its keywords and in the top 10 for the other 11. The one that I am really struggling with is Accountants Witney as it is still at #9

Had loads of intest from local accountants, however they want all 15 keywords at #1 before a purchase.

I guess I will keep getting those backlinks.

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tonyscott

15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

Had loads of intest from local accountants, however they want all 15 keywords at #1 before a purchase.

That's a bit unrealistic imo, certainly an unrealistic expectation. 15 keywords on PAGE 1 should be good enough for any business. If they want specific keywords at number 1, offer further seo.

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by tonyscott

That's a bit unrealistic imo, certainly an unrealistic expectation. 15 keywords on PAGE 1 should be good enough for any business. If they want specific keywords at number 1, offer further seo.

cheers

Tony

Yeah I know, but I will get them all up there for a good sale :-)

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doc_web

15 years ago

Good Luck Burtie

Just out of interest, is the site getting any traffic?

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jasonl70

15 years ago

I would think a 1 page site doing well, overtime, would be an exception instead of the rule.. Maybe less competitive longer tail niches like local searches aren't really effected by this??

personaly, I've always had better luck breaking my content up across different pages, optimizing each page around it's own kw phrase.

we all have different experiences though

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Samuel Lee

15 years ago

Great responses, and I would agree that you would need to change your theme and maybe design a header with professional images. Admin accounting services always look for a professional and polished image, so would need to demonstrate that in your site to generate interest.
Alter the images to reflect your targeted audience, and interest should come your way speedily! Hope this helps!

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burtie

15 years ago

Thanks for your suggestions :-)

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Roger Mayne

15 years ago

Hi Burtie

How's this project going? Have you had any more luck yet getting the top spots for your keywords? Are the accountants who have contacted you offering you your full asking price? That's great if they are. I'd be interested to hear your results.

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by swiftdeal

Hi Burtie

How's this project going? Have you had any more luck yet getting the top spots for your keywords? Are the accountants who have contacted you offering you your full asking price? That's great if they are. I'd be interested to hear your results.

Hi,

Some of the serps took a dive in the night

. I will have to get working on them today. Everyone that has contacted me so far has wanted a discount, but I have stuck to my guns.

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Richard Tunnah

15 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

Hi,

Some of the serps took a dive in the night

. I will have to get working on them today. Everyone that has contacted me so far has wanted a discount, but I have stuck to my guns.

A discount off your original low price? If so I'd think of using a different approach particularly if that site stays on the first page for most keyword terms over the next month. I'd print out your uniques and show them how these could be their clients and not another local accountants.

Rich

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Richard Tunnah

A discount off your original low price? If so I'd think of using a different approach particularly if that site stays on the first page for most keyword terms over the next month. I'd print out your uniques and show them how these could be their clients and not another local accountants.

Rich

Cheers Richard...

I thought that maybe if I can get to #1 and stay there for a week or two that I would be 9 more domains and optimze them for the same keywords. This would means all 10 results on page one.

I could then sell all 10 domains for £5000 or sometheing like that. I could even put the whole package on ebay and sell it to the highest bidder.

This would work out well as in about 6 weeks is the busiest time for accountants in the UK as it is the end of the financial year.

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FrontpageContent

15 years ago

I would keep the site and promote it, then I would sell advertising to the local accountants, I think you would make a lot more money over time with that model.

I am doing something similar in my area and it works very well

I prefer getting a monthly payment for a site from the local advertisers rather than selling it for a one shot price.

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burtie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by FrontpageContent

I would keep the site and promote it, then I would sell advertising to the local accountants, I think you would make a lot more money over time with that model.

I am doing something similar in my area and it works very well

I prefer getting a monthly payment for a site from the local advertisers rather than selling it for a one shot price.

Would you be interested in PMing me one of your sites so that I can get ideas?

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