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Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war

by MattJackson
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Okay its time for a few professional opinions on my site, Its my first one so be nice but since I added my opt in form two days a go I've had 1000 visitors and 3 sign ups so things need to change.

Thanks so much for helping a newbie out
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#cry #dogs #havoc #slip #war
  • Profile picture of the author Will Edwards
    That this foul deed shall smell above the earth ...

    If you want more sign-ups, get a better value proposition and use a lightbox

    Good luck.

    Will
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Hess
    How do you plan to make money with this? What's your strategy for monetization?
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Right off the bat: I can barely see (and definitely can't click) any of the social sharing buttons on the left side of your page.

    Every Great Gatsby Quotes you’ll ever need



    The "s" in "Quotes" is completely unnecessary.

    Let me do all the hard work and download load my Top Ten Great Gatsby Quotes.
    Take the "load" out of this sentence.

    Arranged by Character and Theme so you can find them easily ever quote is short enough to remember and has the context and techniques explained .
    I assume you mean "every quote" and there is a space before the period...

    Opt in box is "meh".

    I'm afraid to even go further. You have a website based on a literary work; but allow for very common spelling and grammatical mistakes? Get on that, fast. Otherwise, you can expect your visitors to eye roll and quickly click away.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

      You have a website based on a literary work; but allow for very common spelling and grammatical mistakes? Get on that, fast.
      This.

      I had started writing a post about exactly this, before seeing Joe's reply. You urgently need to run a spellcheck and clean up the grammar, for a site of this nature. (There are some real howlers.) Otherwise you will indeed be "With carrion men, groaning for burial".

      Originally Posted by MattJackson View Post

      Thanks Joe fixed all that
      Er ... not so much ...

      I love literary quotations, but would never opt in to such a site whose webmaster includes an extraneous apostrophe in the word "yours" ...
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  • Profile picture of the author theemperor
    Appropriate on ANZAC day
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  • Profile picture of the author MattJackson
    Thanks Joe fixed all that, what can i say, I know its embarrassing but we all have our weak points and mine is proofreading/ spelling.

    I'll get right on the light box but I'm not sure I can improve the freebie, It is pretty valuable to people in this niche, maybe the copy is just poor
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by MattJackson View Post

      Thanks Joe fixed all that, what can i say, I know its embarrassing but we all have our weak points and mine is proofreading/ spelling.

      I'll get right on the light box but I'm not sure I can improve the freebie, It is pretty valuable to people in this niche, maybe the copy is just poor
      Well then I recommend hiring a proofreader/editor, especially for a site covering the subject that yours is. You can't build any authority at all in that type of niche if you can't prove you are on top of the English language .

      Best of luck though.
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  • Profile picture of the author MattJackson
    When I said fixed i meant I fixed the stuff he specifically mentioned, I'll have to get someone else to proof read it as I'm hopeless (can't even find the your's) but I will make sure that get fixed ASAP

    Lightbox is coming too, anything else
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    • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
      Originally Posted by MattJackson View Post

      ... (can't even find the your's) but I will make sure that get fixed ASAP
      Your "Find" and spell-checking facilities might not be too effective on this one. It's an image, not text.

      Click here.

      Bottom right, where it says "Get your's now".

      You also have a few aesthetic/presentational inconsistencies, in this image and elsewhere (a space between the first dash/bullet and your first point, but not between the others, for example), which collude to give an impression of haste.
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  • Profile picture of the author MattJackson
    I have a terrible eye for detail, and yes the site was rushed a bit but thatnks for all your input guys. I've fixed the your's and the other problems dire straits pointed out.

    I'm getting a high bounce rate with this site than the last one (I recently redirected from a .co.uk domain) Is the navigation clear enough? has anyone been onto one of the character pages and tried out the expanding collapsing text boxes? are they helpful or just annoying?
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    To be honest, finding the character pages and all the other ones was a bit of a chore. Unless you are actively looking for them, it seems that your only option is to opt in or go. It looks very much like a squeeze page. I'd wager that is why the bounce rate is so high.
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  • Profile picture of the author MattJackson
    Any ideas how to make the other pages more prominent, I don't want it just to be a squeeze page, there is some good info on the other pages that a lot of people have come to see and then returned to, I don't want it to be burried
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Take the navigation bar out of the header (where the gray blends in with the black above and the white below) and put it somewhere more prominent. Another option perhaps would be to put it right into the content you have on the page.
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  • Profile picture of the author MattJackson
    I don't really know where else to put it because I want the opt in box to be above the fold, I've changed the color so it doesn't blend in, will that help?
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    The Blue is definitely more noticeable than the gray. Will it help? IDK, it helped me; but you're going to have to wait and see if it helps your readers. I can't predict that for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author MattJackson
    how about when i have the lightbox up I add a vertical menu where the opt in is now and have the opt in below the fold.
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