​On target with our Goals!

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On target with all of our goals.

By this weekend I will be two months into my journey with WA, I am on target with all of my goals. Achieving goals is such a positive feeling, it is always worth all of the effort put in, because this drives you forward to the next goal on your list. I have said this before in a previous blog but I feel it is worth repeating.

Expectation is the element most people forget when planning a goal. If you don’t plan how you will reach your goal, and if you are not 100% certain that you will achieve it, then you probably will not. Therefore you must have the correct mindset from the outset. Expect the right result and all of your being is in harmony towards achieving what you desire. My method is to set small challenging but achievable steps everyday towards my bigger goals.

Our WA site www.watcheasyonline.com

Now we are getting close with our website to promote WA I would really appreciate a critical look over it by some of you please. Please do give an honest opinion, we are thick skinned and can deal with any negatives you may find.

At this stage the pages are ready to get feedback and comments about the good and bad products available; we would like to add your comments as posts. I know we still have a lot of work to do to get the site producing referrals for us, so any advice in this area would also be very useful please.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kyle and Carson for their wonderful vision in producing the WA training facility, WA I am sure will get even better as it evolves. Thank you both so much.

However the facilities would be nothing without you the fantastic community of like-minded individuals who have built a warm place for people to express themselves.

I like many others have had very little success in building websites etc, before I joined WA, I continue to learn every day. So thank you all for any advice that you share with each other that the rest of us can learn from.

Bill.

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Hi Bill, Obviously you have some work to do. May I suggest you start with a header about four to five inches deep and full width of the page. Have a catchy image on the left that draws the reader in to a specific topic or problem. Add your picture on the right, and a few words in between the image and you that summarize the content or your intent. Remember you have only one opportunity to make a first impression, so make it clear, concise and attractive. Include a call to action for a free download of information related to your article.

Thank you so much for your comments, yes I have a lot to do, but I have learned so much in this exercise. Onward!
Bill

Hello Bill, I looked at some aspects of your site, the "welcome" and the "about me" pages. I like your writing tone and how you present yourself. It is down to earth and speaks well of your motivations. This a a very positive aspect that seems to carry through the site.

Over all, the look of the site is clean and professional!

However, there are some grammar details that need fixing, such as: the word can't in the 3rd title down on the welcome page is missing the apostrophe. Little things like this can make a big impression, especially in titles. Also, I think a comma is needed after the words "...for it" in the paragraph beneath this title. I found the sentence confusing until I realized the comma thing.

As far as titles go, if this were my site I would try to make the titles a bit more on the positive side. For example, the 1st title on the welcome page could be something like "Looking for a legit opportunity to succeed?". Maybe its just me, but, the more positive the tone of the copy, the more it attracts me to keep reading.

I am just getting started here though and you are way ahead me. Good work! I think you will do very well at this. And, I Iike your ideas on inspiration. This is very good to keep in mind. That positive energy is what drives the whole thing, I think.

Thanks for your comments Patrick, its always good to have constructive criticism. I will fix the points you have raised for me. If you read some of the other comments there is so much good advice for anyone building a site.
Bill

Hi Bill - You have clearly put a great deal effort on your site and it is looking good - here are some thoughts.

1. Background: Think it is too busy, distracting and irritating (sorry)
2. Home page - I think the balance here is all wrong. This is almost another 'about me' page. Readers are only interested in WIIFM (What's In It For Me) ie the benefits they will gain from visiting your site. That's not currently that clear.

Then you offer to send them a free gift if they leave a comment. That is a no - no - as far as I am concerned. Give them the free book if you want and get them just to submit their email - but saying they have to leave a comment? I certainly wouldn't do it.

Make sure that you text is wrapped round your images eg Think Rich...

3. Puzzled by headlines - eg. Create a Website. The first big headline is creating an online business in which you have information unrelated to creating a website. Then you move onto "Creating a website is easy" - in which then say 'creating a website that brings in revenue is not easy...!) (content doesn't match subheading) - then you move onto 'What is is you're looking for?' (It would be rude of me to say what I thought at this point and then within a couple of paragraphs you have it's not easy to create a website and it is easy.

That's a complicated way to tell you to go back and look at what you're saying and think of the reader. It is all over the place. You assume prior knowledge when there is likely to be none eg authority site.

4. Don't overdo the blue font eg Empower Network Review. It's extremely harsh on the eyes.

5. Break up text with short subeadings and bullet points. You have some paragraphs that are still too long and your posts would benefit from more subheadings and bullet points. It's quite difficult to skim read your posts - which is what the majority of people will be doing when they come to your site. If they can't find what they need quickly they will leave. Only 16% of people read the entire contents of a web page. This is an issue for your reviews.

6. Privacy policy - why when you hover does it say posts and then there is nothing there.

7. Tagline. Get rid of the watcheasyonline.com part - it's unnecessary. Visitors can see what your domain name is. Makes the tagline overlong and messy.

8. Reviews - if your whole site is going to be reviews then in my view you should create a template that you use over and over again so people know what sort of information they can expect.

Okay - that's it. You said you were thick skinned - so I hope that's true. I think you have the makings of a good site - it just needs editing and tweaking. :) Beverley

Wow! thank you so much Beverly for taking the time to give me some excellent constructive criticism. I am amazed at the response I have received from WA members. I will work on all of the tweaking necessary over the next few days. This exercise today has left me in no doubt that the value of my membership is worth so much more.
Thanks again.
Bill

Hi Bill and congratulations for achieving your goals in a timely manner (I tend to "explore" a lot along the road to be able to able to do that...).

My first impression as a potential user of your website is that the layout looks good. Everything is in proportion and there is no mismatch in the colors, link in many other personal websites where the owners think that the more visual "noise" they make, the better. Two more things about the layout, though: - I would not place a WA add twice but try to find something else to promote, or maybe use Google Adsense; - on the page I went to in order to inquire a bit further (http://watcheasyonline.com/youngevity-not-recommended), the product images are crammed on the far left one under the other and the third one seems to not be entirely displayed. I'd rather place them one next to the other or have them inside the text itself, thus not having big empty spaces left.

Now the hard bit: contents. Your tagline repeats the name of the website. I can see that it is a kind of balanced way to express it, but that makes it weaker too. Taglines are both fun and difficult things to work with and they are worth a lot. "Your website for genuine and honest business reviews" could please me as a visitor. But this is a highly personal matter; only you know the message you want print on my mind. As for the texts, they have a genuine tone and are really well written, so they entice to trust you (by the way, please forgive my heavy writing style, I am not a native English speaker). You have a great asset there. However, you have to make use of subtitles in order to ease the reading. You give a positive impression of seriousness but internet is a very particular media. Nomda Ploom is right in asking for knowing first and foremost what your website is all about. The same goes for any text you will write. For now we have an engineer making thorough reviews - up to the point of giving back the entire exact introductory speech of the reviewed companies! - when the purpose should exclusively be to make people do what you want them to do.

My conclusion is that you are up to a great start but might have fall in the trap of doing what you do best, while internet has its own rules and demands. Go visit copyblogger.com; they give amazing perspectives on how to write successful copy. I will personally invest all the necessary time to study and implement them and would be very happy to know what you think about becoming a successful copywriter.

That was my harsh, blunt but honest review. All the best!

Wow! thanks Phil, I really didn't expect such detail from people reviewing my site, I am overwhelmed by the response and good advice received. I will be making the changes advised over the next few days. I will look at copyblogger. com and I will keep you informed of where I go with them. Thanks again
Bill

Hi Philrou, thanks for the link to copyblogger.com! What a great site. I can see why you go there for advice.

Great looking site. It is encouraging to see where you are at in tow months, I'm at three week, there-a-bouts and was trying to have this much accomplished. Seen the errors of my ways and have gotten back to the basics and taking the training step by step. Glad to be in your network.

There has been is so much good advice given about my site that many can learn from, it just proves how valuable our membership is.
Thanks for your comment Roger.
Bill

Site looks great. Two months, huh So I see were I can be in another month. Cool.

Yes and to be honest I didn't start until after Christmas. By the end of February my target is to be pulling in referrals. Thanks for your comment.
Bill

I have been with WA for one month yesterday. Hence my one more month remark. Of course I have been dragging my feet with my MS and the cold fronts coming through which have really knocked me out.

I see the light at the end of the tunnel and I believe it is NOT the oncoming train!

Hi Bill,
You have a nice clean theme that's easy to follow, good job. You have 3 banners to WA in the sidebar. In my opinion that's at least 2 too many and I'd say probably none should be there.

You have a recommended page which is where your visitors would expect to see your WA recommendation. 3 recommendations starts to look like you're not as impartial as you say.

You don't have a sign up box which should be top of your sidebar. Building a list that you can market to over and over again is the only sure way to build a consistent income.

You could offer list members notification of really good offers before you post them online - with your affiliate link in of course. You could even create a membership site for this where you provide reviews of new offers this month.

The niche you've chosen is a great one that has loads of potential. We'll done, keep going for those goals.

Thank you so much Trevor for your comments and advice. I really do appreciate you taking the time out for me. I will be making adjustments over the next day or so. Could I ask that you take another look in a weeks time please?
Bill

Bill I commented on your website and gave you some advice on building a list

Ray Bowley (Merryman88)

and well done by the way its a good site

Thanks Ray, I appreciate your advice and comments.
Bill

I think that it looks good.
Brenda

Thank you Brenda, we are getting there.

Yes we are. Onward through the fog and then the fog lifts.
Brenda

good clean site, Bill. For further down the track, given that you are giving a free gift (nice touch!) you will presumably have a sign up box as well..
I always rant on about bullet points...we have 1 second to get people's attention at our sites and they scan and skim so:
What are the three main benefits people are going to get from your site- and bullet point them right out there... and off the top of my head....this might grab me...
Frustrated at not finding the right online business opportunity
Fed up with being a scam-magnet?
Think that you can't do it? Think again....

BTW I don't keep to these strictures on WA- thanks, (long post) Andy

Andy, thank you so much for your advice, working on it already. Would a comment box not be enough if they leave an email address to send the book to?
Bill

the cliche is that you are leaving money on the table by doing that. That being said you certainly don't want to be spamming the hell out of them so I would have some visible and reassuring disclaimers "we will never sell your details or spam you, and we promise not to waste your time..." or somesuch, and link it to the privacy policy/cookies advice...etc.
I would then follow up at a short distance with a "I was wondering how it is going for you...etc." around a week later...
Refer to the buying cycle process in the training, and make sure that you don't stop people from buying...
You will find plenty of threads and some training on so-called auto-responders which is where you want to be...
Go get em!

Andy

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