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Pro’s and Con’s of my website

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.
TTTTTTT7/3/2008 2:02 PM
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.
TTTTTTT7/3/2008 2:02 PM
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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
vwebworld7/3/2008 3:45 PM
Thanks!
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.
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.
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
And I see a referral ID in the link... So I see your agenda here.
All of you are greatly appreciated and your wisdom is greatly accepted.
Thanks!