I am in the Golf Niche and need advice...

To add I have 3 forums that I am actively participating and I have posted a couple threads per one with great drills and tips articles. I have also answered various peoples threads. I saw a total of around 130 views just from one thread with a few posts but only 3 click through's to my squeeze page.

Am I doing something messed up here that I have overlooked?

Sales page could use a facelift...nothing attracts me to it.

One of the biggest sellers you can use is your story behind becoming a scratch golfer and how if you can beat your slice then anyone can following your system. I.e the secret you found to beating your slice in 3 weeks or something similar.

Your story needs to come from being just like all those other people who are struggling right now and a solution which can help them all if they put in the work

I am a golfer myself (albeit a bad one whos not played for a while) but if i got offered a method that would cure my slice and help me play excellent golf for less than the constant lessons cost then I would buy it

I hope this helps a little

feel free to drop me message with any changes you make or sales copy and I will review as an amateur and poor golfer for you

Colin

Well for starters, if your post count at these forums are anything like your post count here then that can be your first thing that I would work on.

You have been a member here for a year now and have only 10 posts. you need to be on those forums everyday replying and occasionally creating your own threads with tips and tricks.


As far as your site, the benefits look Ok but your headline and headline font just doesn't do it for me.

I'm sorry, I've got to echo the sentiments about the headline and its font. A headline should grab people's attention quickly. They should not have to struggle to read it and it should not be a run on sentence.

Maybe "Slice Off 7 Strokes in 5 Days" in an easily readable font. Slice is a strong action word and relates to golf, so I'd keep that part.

Honestly, all of the copy could use some help. I'd suggest definitely reminding them that it is free and how the valuable information will be delivered.

You also might want to consider having some more meat on your site. Some posts with other tips, incorporating your story (as mentioned above) will help instill confidence with buyers and SE indexing.

Off the top of my head, here are some suggestions in blue: (remember these are just fast suggestions to give you idea; you'll surely want to tinker on your own)



Just sign up for my 5 day ecourse and you will discover...

My years of work and thousands of dollars in lessons offered to you for FREE

• Why Putting Is So Important And How To Practice To Make Those 3 Footers Seem Like 3 Inches
• Practice Painless Putting - My secret to making feet seem like inches

• The Short Game And How You Can Dramatically Shave Strokes Off Your Game By Knowing This One Tip
• One simple tip guaranteed to shave strokes off your short game

• How To Increase Your Distance By 20 Yards Off The Tee By Not Doing This Swing Fault That Kills Your Distance
• Eliminate the common mistake that kills your off-tee distance

• How To Cure That Dreaded Slice And Finally Hit The Shots Down The Center Of The Fairway.
• Stay centered - A surefire way to cure a slice

• A Very Important Step Most Golfers Miss Before You Even Hit A Golf Ball
• Are you dooming your game before you even hit the ball? A crucial step many golfers miss
  

• Learn The Proper Fundamentals And Swing Mechanics That Tour Pros Live By
• Swing mechanics and fundamentals the pros live by and don't want to share

• And Much Much More!!

All You Need To Do Is Enter Your Name And Email Below And I Will Send You Your First Email Instantly.

Enter your email and immediately receive the first of five emails to greatly improve your game.

I think if I were looking online to better myself in any sport, I'd be looking for video. You may consider becoming proficient at shooting and editing video. Plus putting a constant flow of videos up to youtube can help drive traffic back to your site.

You email signature is probably terrible...why do I say that? Because you have hundreds of people reading your forum posts but no one is clicking on your signature. Change it! Test different ones till you find one that pulls.

Change your subject line for this post - Currently having an episode! Help...
I thought you were manic depressive or something. Imagine my surprise – GOLF!

So you’re “out there” attracting attention by joining the conversation and getting hits. If no one is even going to your site I wouldn’t even bother doing anything with it. Nobody cares about even clicking to get there. So the gap here is going from getting hits on your posts to getting them to click on your site. What gives? What incentive are you giving people for free to do that? None. I’m not even going to look at your site either. (No offense, but your site isn’t the problem, yet)

What is the competition doing? I remember golf ball sales or selling a new brand of golf clubs or anything in golf sales won’t ever do anything if you don’t have an actual well known pro behind it. so what sells in this market? (I’m not sure golfers are even on the internet that much . . . lol)

Style/teaching technique – what is it?
Is this your life? Attractive site (watch the commercials on the golf channel on TV –they’re actually often quite funny) How well do you know your customer? Golfers are a certain mindset. It’s a gentlemen’s competition.

Without a video to get to know you . . . then I would go back to google.

Have you talked to golf pro’s teaching at the courses? These guys are very protective of their turf. I believe they have to pay the course to even be able to teach there. Pay your dues, get connected, all that stuff. It’s like talking to people in the mafia for Pete’s sake. Hilarious if you . . . ah, never mind. You got a golf instructor who mentors you? Do you have golf coaching buddies who are doing something similar or related to you? Get them.

Back to the video. What examples can you post without giving everything away? Start with raw real stuff. You’re competing against YouTube and Tiger Woods here. People don’t have to read anymore.

You picked an awesome profession to get into. Golf is incredible. Love it!

thanks everyone for your insight. I will give my site a facelift.

The headline on your site is too long. The font also doesn't punch you in the face. Here's what I'd put:


Also, the call to action needs to be more enticing. Nobody is excited to get their "first email" from you.


I'd start with that.

Consider changing the site's current keywords:
1 word phrase: email
2 word phrase: strokes off
3 word phrase: strokes off your

It needs some basic SEO work.

Jeffery 100% :-)

It would be a good idea to update this thread with all that you do. Too many times the same or similar question comes up and the replies are all pretty much the same. However, when a person keeps the thread alive you will get more advise that may help you. Don't be shy about asking specific questions and recommendations. When there is a friendly conflict simply ask in a friendly way which way works best based on people's own experiences.

Just try to keep it all in one thread.

Best of luck,
Jeffery 100% :-)

Hmmm, so I got a little confused here. I thought the problem was getting people to your site. So many comments here were about improving your site. And that is what you said you would do.

How is that going to fix the problem of getting people from your forum posts to your site? I thought that was the problem. Isn't this a question of funneling or driving traffic to you site?

I did see one suggestion about fixing your signature that did address this. What else can you do to get people to click through?

Did I misunderstand the actual problem?

And, yes, keep us updated with the results. then we will know if our outstanding brilliant free advice works or not.

Besides the great information above, I tried to sign up to your list and it is saying "List Inactive" Also there is no other way into your site, so If I was a visitor after the 1st wall or block, I would click off. Rule of thumb, should be no more then 2 - 3 clicks away from where they want to end up.

Remember one major thing, SIZE DOES NOT MATTER, content and connection you have with your clients, if you give good honest information, help them, they will help you but sending you referrals and traffic because they will boost about your site.

Easy way for them to boost is social websites, how about adding a facebook, Twitter, G+ links on your squeeze page, being this is a HUGE hobby for many people and you provide a good content filled site, they should be quoting you left and right on their Facebook wall.

if you have a good targeted list of buyers, they will respond more then a bunch of tire kickers.

When people look for sporting tips they like to refer to visual referenes, so start up a YouTube channel! You are a step ahead of most internet marketers as you actually have 8 years experience golfing, so im guessing you actually know what you are talking about!

Next time you go play some golf with your bros, ask them to film you doing some swings and tips and stuff. Then when you get home, get some video editing software, and a GOOD microphone, and voiceover your footage, explaining what you do. An example is freez framing right before you hit the ball amd saying something like

"see how my golf club is angled here before impact, this is to make it go an additional 20 miles" <-- i have no experienc with golf lol, just an xample.

Throughout the video explain that the link to your complete course is in your description, but dont make the video a sales pitch. Add value to your video and it will increase viewer retention, and people will subscribe to you channel.

Remember to brand you videos as well. Create a logo and have someone on fiverr make you a video introduction, and have your logo watermarked in your videos. When starting out, buy 300 or so subscribers to look a bit more popular. People are always more inclined to hit subscribe when they see others have.

If you need more info about using youtube to market your stuff, read my article Using Youtube To Market Your Website | Seo Nutshell , if you enjoy it, please remember to like it or share it.

The optin form on your site is not working.

I think building a Facebook fan page would help you out as well. I would build a page and start to add content to it daily. Also spend a little money on Facebook ads this will really help you out as well with more traffic to your fan page and site. You could add an optin form on a fan page as well. The good thing about building a fan page is that as soon as you post on your page you can promote it with Facebook ads.

You don't have to spend $100 a day just spend $3 to get the ball rolling and when people see your posts and they like what they see a lot of times you will start to get viral traffic from the people on Facebook liking and sharing your posts. That kind of traffic can spread like wildfire!

Another good thing to do is build your blog. I checked your link and I see you have a wordpress blog ready to go. I would start to post on your blog, share your blog post on your Facebook Fan page. Also on your Wordpress blog add an optin form and a optin form pop up. The popup will definitely double your optins.

Seonutshell was correct 100% Video will Kill it in the golf niche. Build a Youtube page and add videos to it and share those videos on your fan page as well. He was also right about you having a step ahead of the game. People will know your real by your lingo, content and actions.

If you do not know how to set these things up just search this forum, Youtube and Google.

I know you wanted help with your page but I think your end goal is to help people and in the process make some money, so here is another way you can go about it.

I hope this helps.

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Give away some free video analysis if people send you video of their swings. Then do the video commentary and publish the videos. Then have the client shoot some more showing their improvement after your analysis/instruction. A cyber golf lesson right in front of everyones eyes.

If you are really a scratch golfer you can get your PGA card and become a teaching pro.

You can charge $100 an hour for lessons and use your internet marketing skills to attract new clients.

Just get a website and dominate the search results for keywords like "YOUR AREA golf lessons" etc.. You will practically have no competition in the serps for your area.

I see from what other people posted, you've changed your headline on the page. I think this was a smart move. You should consider adding a hover ad to your squeeze page to increase opt-ins. Works wonders.

Yes, it looks like you ought to change your signature to something that reflects the word golf in it. That signature could mean a lot of things, especially that your using an IM forum.