Made My First IM Website: Would Welcome Some Constructive Criticism!

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Retep

Hello Warrior Forum friends! I've been tinkering in the IM game for about a year, but I think I've got my head sort of wrapped around it finally. I've got my affiliate accounts setup and I think that I've got a pretty decent keyword for my first site. I'm not pluggin the site or anything, I just created it today and would welcome any feedback from you guys. I've only worked on the keyword and the design for a day each. I know that I need a better header. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. The site is Cheap Voip Calls - Home

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Retep

Looks simple enough. You shouldn't go around broadcasting you have a decent keyword though, I've seen many occasions where that escalates to having more competition quickly. Just some wisdom I'll pass on to you for future reference. GL.

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RogueOne

11 years ago

How do you plan to get traffic to it? It's basicly just a landing page. Where's your opt-in form? I promoted CallCentral for a while, a couple years ago. I think it was on GAN then, might still be, IDK.

Looks pretty good for a landing page though.

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Retep

11 years ago

Originally Posted by RogueOne

How do you plan to get traffic to it? It's basicly just a landing page. Where's your opt-in form? I promoted CallCentral for a while, a couple years ago. I think it was on GAN then, might still be, IDK.

Looks pretty good for a landing page though.

Thanks for the replies guys. My plan for traffic is to outsource articles/submissions and further SEO optimize the page. I'll have to look into an opt-in page and figure out what I can offer. I'm assuming it'd be like 'Click here to get 10% off VOIPo' or something to that effect.

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David Braybrooke 11 years ago

I think it looks very professional - nice job Retep!
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- Adam X 11 years ago
  
  Very Nice for a first site, hell even if its not a first site, very nice.
  
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Retep 11 years ago

Thanks David and Adam! Now to figure out how to drive some traffic! :-)
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- Sushiman1111 11 years ago
  
  Like the landing page. Does this service work in non-US countries?
  
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  Retep 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alex Nordach
  
  Like the landing page. Does this service work in non-US countries?
  
  I believe that VoIP - Residential VoIP, Small Business VoIP by VOIPo does Alex.
  
  Have a look here:
  
  [VOIPo.COM] Using VOIP Service Outside of the USA - VOIP Tech Chat | DSLReports Forums
  
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petemcal

11 years ago

It's a lot better than my first site was! I think a clearer call to action may be needed though. As a user I don't immediately know what action you want me to take.

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Retep

11 years ago

Originally Posted by petemcal

It's a lot better than my first site was! I think a clearer call to action may be needed though. As a user I don't immediately know what action you want me to take.

Good advice! I'm going to get on that and I will update here when I'm done. I'm still scouring the internet for Affiliates to add to the page as well.

I did have another question if anyone is up for it. I am in the process of purchasing 10 articles for this endevour. I wonder if I should add each as a new page to my website with a call to action that links to the homepage on each of the articles, or should I just submit the articles to a bunch of places. Or should I do both? Or would it be better if I bought 5 articles for submission and 5 content posts for the page?

Mainly curious because I don't want Google to punish me for duplicate content or anything like that.

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MSC

11 years ago

Looks pretty awesome for a landing page, though missed some call to action, some contact form...

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Retep 11 years ago

Originally Posted by MSC

Looks pretty awesome for a landing page, though missed some call to action, some contact form...

Ok, I've updated with a call to action for each affiliate. Much better! Thanks guys! Now I need to figure out how to get people to subscribe :confused:
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petemcal

11 years ago

This site has improved so much already, nice work!

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Retep

11 years ago

Alright guys. I've put some more work into it and have added the call to action banners and the subscribe button (pain in the ass!). But I think I have a viable website here finally! What do you think?

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Abul-Hussain

11 years ago

Retep, I'm going to say well done for taking action.

However, there is a lot more room for improvement. Here are my thoughts based on being in the business for almost a decade now:

1. What I noticed first is that the website is too busy. Too many messages on top, left, right and centre with no strong headline that sticks out. Then you have that annoying banner that keeps changing and is very distracting.

2. There is no clear call to action. The subscribe button is barely tempting.

3. The page looks disorganised with too much text, with too many different font styles.

The text is not very visually appealing. It would be better to have separate pages for all the different providers. Or create a comparison table with only ticks [or checks in US] identifying the features of each provider.

Hope that helps

Abul

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Retep

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Abul-Hussain

Retep, I'm going to say well done for taking action.

However, there is a lot more room for improvement. Here are my thoughts based on being in the business for almost a decade now:

1. What I noticed first is that the website is too busy. Too many messages on top, left, right and centre with no strong headline that sticks out. Then you have that annoying banner that keeps changing and is very distracting.

2. There is no clear call to action. The subscribe button is barely tempting.

3. The page looks disorganised with too much text, with too many different font styles.

The text is not very visually appealing. It would be better to have separate pages for all the different providers. Or create a comparison table with only ticks [or checks in US] identifying the features of each provider.

Hope that helps

Abul

Thanks for the advice. I'm trying my hand at XSITE PRO and I have much to learn. What do you use for your websites (wordpress, xsite)? What would you recommend? Or do you outsource all of that?

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