I Was In The Hot Seat!
This past Friday, I got real lucky and my site was picked for Jay's Hot Seat review. I can't tell you how valuable it was. Through Jay's review I was able to step back and take a whole new view of my site.
To be honest, I thought my layout design was solid but then Jay pinpointed that the second Featured Content header was a distraction. Darn! I really liked that header.
It took a little while to navigate through my WP theme settings and finally figure out how to hide the Featured Content header. One little toggle switch was all it required. Now without that second header, the site is dramatically cleaner and easier to navigate. Great advice, Jay!
I'm taking all of his advice onboard and implemented nearly all of them already such as getting rid of the word "swipe" on my email product page which I then replaced with "campaigns". Made some adjustments to my sidebar menu, checked that links going to my product page were working, etc. I know these sound like small things but sometimes it's the small changes we can make to our site that have the biggest impact.
I'm really optimistic about the results in the sense I hope it will boost my subscriptions and my e-commerce sales as well. He also gave me some great keyword suggestions that I'm working on for upcoming blogs. Overall, it was a great experience and I highly recommend it.
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Hi Ann
I attended that live training and watched Jay go thru your web site. It's good to have other people giving constructive feedback. Wish you all the best with the adjustments!
Good for you! Lucky one -- I was hoping I'd get selected. Maybe next time. It is certainly valuable.
The smallest of changes can make the biggest impact.
Jerry