What do visitors first see on your website?

The website Logo is the first thing anyone watch when entering a website, This is the first and the most catchy thing because of its color and font. so logo is the first thing visitors see when they visit a website.

A prominently incentivized, attractive-looking opt-in.

All my affiliate marketing websites are designed so that's always the first thing visitors see. There's other stuff, too, even above the fold, but that's the first thing they see.

I agree. I think you can, sometimes, get a second chance to opt them in, but I'm not taking any chances on it, because without opting them in, I can't make a living, of course.

Something they haven't seen before and can't find anywhere else, a photo, an explanation of who you/your-pen-name are, a bit of "navigation", and anything that makes them feel it isn't just "another marketing site" like the hundred they've seen before. (The best things to avoid on the landing page matter, too!).

And no advertising. (Obviously - otherwise it is "just another marketer's site").

And no video. (Again, obviously - otherwise you immediately drive away a significant proportion of people and never get them back: http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...o-content.html ).

And no pop-ups. (For all the reasons explained here: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post4985800 ).

But all of this stuff, important though it is, is very secondary to the opt-in. If you've heard of Seth Godin's "Where's The Banana?" test, the prominently and attractively incentivized opt-in has to be the banana. Otherwise you don't ever make a living from it. It really is about as simple as that.

Those are for people who like "website design" (and for large corporations, perhaps). That's not a group that includes customers.

site name logo, a couple of sentences explaining the site, a slidshow of products with /testimonials, a clear and simple navigation bar.

Dont make the mistake of thinking that all of your traffic lands on the homepage.

What visitors to my site see, depends entirely on which page they land on.

I do however have certain things "site wide", like optin forms, and navigation etc.

The website NAME and the SLOGAN (if any) are the first thing that catches the attention of your visitors, because this will automatically gives an idea on what are the products/services that you offer and what makes you different from any other website. Graphics are also important, because poor graphics will reflect a poor website.

If your viewers are impressed on how you present your website, they will be enticed to purchase what you offer. Off course, Navigation keys like payment methods and registrations are also needs to be simple for the convenience of your visitors.

So, they are creating Fungus in your mind .

I also hate those things too. When a newsletter signup form appear right after entering the website. Those things can be in sidebars of a website. If a visitor become interested about the site, they can go for it.

A website that looks professional and inviting. Makes people feel comfortable they are dealing for a reputable site. It must stand out and have a logo that makes sense for the business. The web page should load quickly. This is what makes a good site.

Where they're looking means little. Its what they're doing that's important. Crazy Egg is a good solution for this. Tied in of course with conversion tracking and goal optimization.

On our main site, visitors are welcomed by an attractive virtual spokesperson who explains what the site is about. Stats tell us that most visitors watch her until the end, and from there people stay on the site checking out our other products.

Arnold Stolting.

My website logo, that is why I spent some dollars on getting it done by someone who knows what they are doing.

I completely agree with you, the first impression is one of the most important parts.

They see a choice of my main content. So on my blog it will be the latest articles and on some of my other websites pictures or videos to choose from. Don't be dumb and let them see a big advertising first...

I think the overall "look" of the site is the first thing people see.

Does it say "professional" or "amateurish".

Check out the thread from the other day where someone was desperate for help because their site wasn't converting despite having a lot of the elements mentioned here.

It simply looked amateurish and that alone would have explained the shocking bounce rate.

Cheers,

Neil

Beatrice,

firstly, I would recommend you to be very careful
who you get advice from about monetizing...

because most people (in here as well) don't make shit online...


now reality:

My popup gets me a about 20 - 30 free leads each day...
you decide whether to use one or not...

since I added a video, people started opting in much more
using my on page optin form as well...
you decide whether to use videos....

but you don't even have to take my example for it,
because most marketers who know what they are doing
use both - popups and videos (on autoplay also)

the first thing people see is your whole site...

its design, its loading time, its content...

when a site has a lot of content, I know
there is somebody working hard there...
and it's possibly worth spending my time on...

so what should you concentrate on?
mostly your site topic...

you definitely should know exactly what you are
doing...

then comes your design - this is major important...

time has past when you could just build a whatever
looking blog and hope to make money off of it....

you need a cool blog/site - something really awesome...
and of course lots of content...

then if you manage to build a community off of your blog,
even if it is a community of 5, you will be sorted

1 - how fast the website gets to load, if it talk 30 second, i don't see the visitor will waste his time over there.

2 - what the site is about, can i figure out what the site is about in few seconds or not, nobody will waste time to find out.

3 - how the site look, believe it or not the look doesn't always come first, craigslist is an evidence lol.

I thought that my main traffic comes from And I do give them a first impression.Like a SEO I'll make pop up to make relationship with traffic by keyword check.

You should put either a squeeze page up or a sales letter page. I like this model. Make it simple for these folks. Offer a nice freebie if you're doing a squeeze page, and dont include anything external sites like, "follow on twitter"... "like me on facebook" ... "view affiliate program" ... or "connect on google +".

My Opt-In Form

I believe a video that looks engaging and DOES NOT autoplay is a great way to grab attention. If the rest of your content is great then visitors may stay to actually read it.

It's unfortunate that we live in a "Soundbite" age where detail is unimportant to far too many people. Just as an example. I often see chat show hosts ask an interesting question and then feign a yawn part way through an interesting answer. If they then say "TMI" I want too throw something at the telly!

This is why a great logo, a decent image or a video can grab attention. Of these I think a video does the job better as they have to watch it if they want to know what your site's about. This has the added benefit of a greatly improved bounce rate.

It seems a wall of text is intimidating to a lot of people, they'd rather watch, and perhaps, listen.

Ray