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Melissa, your sister sounds like the exact target market I`m trying to reach.  They love stickers but what happens 6 months or 2 years later when they no longer want them on the car.  Nasty mess.  These pull right off.

I completely get what you`re saying about the "templatey" and generic headers and pages.  Unfortunately, I didn`t have the budget to have a professional website done from the get go.  Once the revenue starts flooding in, I will pay the big bucks to have it revamped.  This is the work of my Bro-in-law who doesn`t do this for a living.  He was just helping me get started.

I`m doing an aggressive School campaign right now so that is consuming all of my focus.  High schools are perfect for the paw prints and sports balls.  Anyone that has connections to high schools around the country, send them my site or let me know.  

I will add an about us page, honestly I didn`t think anyone would give a S#%$ about who I am.  I see now why that is necessary. 

PayPal is using the HTML tag that returns the browser to the referring page.  It`s never been a problem for my site, but when I go to review a site from a link on SuN, SuN becomes the referring page.




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Steve Mann
Internet Videographer
MannMade Digital Video
My Email

I tried to send you a message via your website since you don`t have an email address in your profile, and I received a "page not found" error.

Have you considered making custom decals?


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Steve Mann
Internet Videographer
MannMade Digital Video
My Email

I`m just saying, it never works right for me. It put the cart in a new tab on Firefox and then you click to go back and nothing happens, when there`s not this referrer problem.

Regardless, cart in new window is not a good option.

Videography,

We are perplexed as to why the contact page won`t work.  On the contact page, under my name is an email address link.

As far as custom decals, it`s not financially lucrative for me right now as the money is in the numbers.  To do 1 or 2 decals isn`t worth the amount of setup time.  I am going to do larger custom companies like Pizza Hut etc. where there are hundreds if not thousands of employees that have their signage on the cars.  I need to get my feet wet first, then I`ll branch off.

As to the idea of building "gotta have it" relevancy, there are a number of good books out there about how to write hypnotic copy, fantastic copy, and so forth. But if you`re the type, all you really have to do is watch a typical infommercial to see the patterns.

You could put in a page sort of like a testimonial page, but write the copy like a typical multi-level marketing promo page. They go on and on about how you`ll make millions, people will love you, you`ll be a star, and so forth.

Although it`s too much ado about nothing, the underlying concept comes out of basic sales. When you DO have an actual product, like these stickers, that type of high-energy, "you just GOTTA have one of these!" is useful. (As long as it`s on a separate page.)

I didn`t see the email link, I was sending a message via the form on the contact page.




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Steve Mann
Internet Videographer
MannMade Digital Video
My Email

Do you still not see the link?  It is on the contact page, right below for questions and comments.  It says Email: Art Z Cars- That is an actual link.  Maybe it should be spelled out with the www.ArtZcars.com so it`s more obvious. 

I saw it after you pointed it out.  When I saw the form, I didn`t look for the mailto link.

Why do you have both?


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Steve Mann
Internet Videographer
MannMade Digital Video
My Email

LOL, Great question, probably because the contact section doesn`t work at the moment and if someone doesn`t want to bother filling out detailed info, it`s a quick link.