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Jul. 03 2008 at 1:56 PM
No Photo Posted by: TTTTTTT
Hello Fellow Entrepreneurs,
 
I'm having issues with attracting people to my website and when they do, we get very few orders.  We have received a lot of positive feedback when it comes to our product.  But, how can we expose are product to the masses. We are planning to ad more quality pictures to the site this weekend. We are very short on funds to put into the website, but as a startup we want the business to pay for itself. 
 
Can I get some Pro's and Con's of the website, feedback, solutions...whatever...we need help.   MyCakeys.com
 
Thanks! 
 
BTW - I have been ask what's up with the TTTTTTT?  Well...My name starts with a T.  My wife...T.  And our five small children...TTTTT.  There you go.


Edited by: TTTTTTT - Jul. 03 2008 at 2:02 PM
Jul. 03 2008 at 2:57 PM
scholarpreps Posted by: scholarpreps
Couple of things....

Try more photos of your products - spend some time touching them up with a photo editor.

Be more descriptive of our products  - different flavors? How they're made? Creative ways you can serve them...etc.

Build a page for them many different cakeys you offer....

Keywords.....how are you trying to attract?, most people don't know what a CAKEY is or how to spell it.....

Offer free sample if they sign up for your newsletter.....give something to get something.....

Jim

http://www.scholarpreps.com
Developing Student Athletes
Jul. 03 2008 at 3:42 PM
vwebworld Posted by: vwebworld
Definitely, work on the images of your products.  The ones you have do not make your cakey's appetizing.
 
In general, the site feels "home made" which unlike your product, is not necessarily a good thing.
The light colored fonts are hard to read, the small fonts on your interior pages are very hard to ready (even with my reading glasses).
 
Having a "something.tripod.com" url also does not promote consumer confidence. It is better to have your site hosted so that the url is mycakeys.com. Also the names URL of each page should be related to the page content - not "id16.html"
 
IF the site is redone with appropriate url and pages name it will help your search results. As already mentioned, you need to determine what key words you want to target.
 
~Roland
 


Edited by: vwebworld - Jul. 03 2008 at 3:45 PM
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Jul. 03 2008 at 4:32 PM
No Photo Posted by: TTTTTTT
Thanks for the comments and suggestions.  Will apply them all.  I'm currently using Tripod Lyco as a host.  Do you recommend any other hosting services?  I have also noticed that Tripods web builder is pretty cheesy...any recommendations.
 
Thanks!
Jul. 03 2008 at 5:05 PM
infilta Posted by: infilta
Well, TTTTTT, your site looks like it was designed in 1995.  It's pretty bad. Pictures look like they were taken on an LG camera phone. Half of the time they're out of focus.

I suggest that you take a look at some web sites in your industry (for example, here http://commandshift3.com/tag/food ) - a lot of these look pretty contemporary. And see, maybe your site can enjoy some redesign and you'll start getting more visits and sales.
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Jul. 03 2008 at 5:08 PM
infilta Posted by: infilta
TTTTTTT wrote: Do you recommend any other hosting services?  I have also noticed that Tripods web builder is pretty cheesy...any recommendations.
 
Thanks!

Registering your own domain name will cost you about $7-9 per year. Hosting - about $60 a year. If you can afford that then get your own unique domain and a shared hosting account.

As far as design - my recommendation is to hire a designer.
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Jul. 03 2008 at 5:14 PM
Webline Posted by: Webline
Get rid of the Iframes ..... they don't do anything positive. Anything that you can put in an Iframe, you should have put in your page originally.

You have very little that's SEO beneficial, so good search results may be hard to get as is.

Get a new layout, even if it's a free template you can download to save your budget. You aren't doing anything to show off your product or appeal to your visitors.

#1 Get visitors
#2 Sell your product/service
#3 Gain visitor confidence in your business




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Jul. 03 2008 at 6:32 PM
scholarpreps Posted by: scholarpreps
try...

godaddy.com

1and1.com

http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/?xid=c2logo

Microsoft Live offers FREE web hosting with your own domain name, also include an easy web designer.

www.rise-digital.com was design and hosted on Microsoft's Live....can't beat free!


Jim

http://www.scholarpreps.com
Developing Student Athletes
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