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Just looking for some honest opinion on my site, and reply.
In return I will be happy !! - to do the same for you. !!
I do plan on changing the title color , and ad
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Looking for 50 feedback replies by sunday- can we do this?
Just looking for some honest opinion on my site, and reply.
In return I will be happy !! - to do the same for you. !!
I do plan on changing the title color , and ad
My first question is: Is this a site for the experienced camper or the novice?
It seems like you have knowledge of camping which is great. But if you are writing for the novice then you need to explain your terminology further. It seemed to me that a lot of the conversation in the text was geared towards someone that was familiar with camping.
A few things I saw:
The first heading seems out of place. When I read the first sentence I didn't understand until it occured to me the begining of the sentence is up in the heading.
Spacing between words is not consistant throughout the text. Several double spaces where only a single was needed.
AtV trails- should read ATV trails.
In have a plan section- their should be they're- Here is the sentence as you have it. I'll bracket the one I'm referencing.
They are certainly not the brightest individuals on the the planet, but through brute strength and determination (their) able to survive.
I also felt like this could be a good section to explain further how having a plan is good. I felt like it didn't quite have enough information to get the point across. Just a thought.
What type of camper are you? section: Give each one a name or title. I had no idea what you were trying to get across. Names or titles with bullets in front of them would really help differentiate them.
Overall, just copying it and plugging it into word or something with grammar and spellcheck would help clear up a lot of it.
This niche offers tons of ways to affiliate different products. I think you have a great potential with your site. Just keep working with it. Plus, the more you write the better it gets.
Thank you for the great feedback, I have read over each post at least 20 times and I swear everything is OK. But now you pointed things out, I can see where I need to change.
Can you give me an example of explain my terminology, for the novice?
As I am reading my text, I thought it was simple to understand.
I think the thing that gets me thinking is the first portion.
(Taken from your site. My thoughts in brackets.)
Camping in the West
Has some of the most spectacular places on earth, from the Beautiful Rocky Mountains and Major National Parks across the West, to the Small Dirt Roads and Back Country. We want to share Our journey with you. Of course your safety in that journey is paramount. (How does this sentence link the paragraphes? This is the only point on the page that safety is mentioned and it seems to throw off my focus. If you blog about your travels, I would enter a link to that here instead of the safety sentence.)
We have a vast knowledge of many areas, from wild life and habitat to back road camping and scenic- AtV trails. (Tell me the complete newbie how to prepare for camping in each of these situations by linking them to another page on your site. And don't be afraid to offer newbie tips and tricks.)
We do thorough reviews on a variety brands of camping gear, and generators, and give you step by step instructions on proper maintenance on your campers and such. We will cover the #1 mistake most people make when purchasing a camper- toy hauler. (What is the mistake? There is no link and I am now honestly curious as to what it is.)
If eating is your thing, we have a few tasty dutch oven recipes. (Food is popular within any area of living. What would I need? What kind of food do I need? Tell me how easy it is to make the recipes. Get me interested in what else you have to say.)
We all love to dream and think of that next big adventure, but as you know that dream can turn into surviving a night- mare. Lack of planning, information about the area, and maintenance are usually at the top of the list. (This is an opening sentence plus an outline for a page. Or this page if you change what you have written. The first sentence is a good attention getter. Lack of planning, information about the area, and maintenance- these are the 3 main points inside the outline to elaborate on. On lack of planning, give me a short story or real life experience resulting from lack of planning. Elaborate on the importance of information about the area, safety could be a subtopic here. Maintenance of items is the 3rd point. A person should check all their gear before they go camping instead of being surprised when they get there that the tent has gotten damaged in the garage or something like that. How do I care for items that I may only use while camping. If I own an air mattress, can I store it in the attic?)
I feel like you could elaborate more on things and generate that interest people get when they read through websites. Give a Top 10 mistakes made my novice campers and see what kind of traffic it gets. It's also difficult for me to tell you that the material is incomplete because I see on your site that you basically have a page for each of the items you list. If you write a specific page on something go ahead and link it here. This seems to me to be a landing page. Use it as a compass/index for the different pages and posts you have. I understand where you are coming from because I do go camping when I can. But there are a lot of people that have no idea what they would even need to buy as far as food goes. Just the simple question of if you bring a cell phone, how will you charge it? Some people don't think of the obvious things like that. You have a camping list and recipes already. This good stuff that I think you need more of. Maybe try writing a page/post and ask someone that has never gone camping to read it and see if they can understand what you want to get across. This is something I have done before. Ask anyone that would be willing to give you some feedback to read it will let you see how different people interpret the exact same thing.
I think you have a great thing going, I just tend to be a little too picky sometimes I think.
In the end, this is YOUR website. If you like it the way it is then keep it. If you don't agree with what I think that is okay. That is what is great about writing, everyone is different and that is a beautiful thing.
I sure do appreciate all the time you are putting in to this. Trust me you don't know how much this means.
This page was one of the first 3 I created, and was more of an introduction to the rest of what was to come. But now you shed a whole new light on what I need to do, especially since this is the main home page.
I have tone of knowledge, and things, to share, its just converting it to helpful, understandable, content is where I struggle + I am so slow at it.
I would love to view your site and leave you a comment.
Again thanks , this is the best feedback I have had in the 3 months I have been here.
The best thing I find is to create an outline for the page/post.
Have your main point in the first paragraph followed by 3 points or so to make and conclude the page by retelling people what you just told them.
This is basic outline format.
Also, as long as you are making forward progress it doesn't matter how slow you are going. I spent 1-2 months on a few pages of mine. It was terrible for me because I like to take the giant steps and see the progress now. I'm working towards getting a new house, getting out of the current debt I have, quitting my factory job and pursuing a writing career that I have wanted to do since I was a kid.
My sites include:
debtfreelifeforme.com initial site to help people get out of debt and save money.
tallguyshortstories.com is the site that I want to use to publish my stories and promote the books I am working on.
Zavier
You definitely have a gift for writing.
I'm sure you know of Dave Ramsey, I have been a big fan of his ever since he started his radio brocast. I can't say I have followed his Debt Free program to a tee, but I have taken bits peaces and applied them to my life.
Your debt free life site reminded me so much of Dave Ramsey, I love it.!! Sorry I can't give you and advice, as far as your site content is concerned. To me it looks very professional, and I can tell your heart is really into what you feel and write.
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I have 2 of my keywords post with 0 comp..Its been 3 months and not even on Google radar to be ranked. Why would that be if there is no competition for that key word?
If it's has zero QSR and a good search volume, I'd guess it's an error like Michelle pointed out, or a phrase that does make sense.
An example would be something like:
How To Money Home
Has QSR of 6 (but all 6 results are junk) and has high search volume of 3946 with WA tool, but it's clear this doesn't make sense, so it would be a phrase to avoid.
But are people really searching for:
camping and cooking ideas
camping and cooking recipes
Or other longer phrases
Hi. A lot of times if you come up with a 0 for competition, there has been an error. Not always, but that is what we are usually told. It is uncommon to have a real 0 for your QSR. Have you checked the keywords both with the keyword tool here and with Jaaxy? They can show a difference.
OK thanks for the info. Man there is a lot of set backs in this business, is there actually light at the end of the tunnel?
There are bumps in the road so to speak, but once you learn them, you own them. Of course, you will never learn everything .
That seems to be a persistent bug with Jaaxy. You might want to cross reference those "0" results with the free WA tool as well.
Ya your right 200 thousand competition on the free tool. I guess that post wont be see any traffic soon.
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O competition key word -not ranked in google yet 3 months ?
I have 2 of my keywords post with 0 comp..Its been 3 months and not even on Google radar to be ranked. Why would that be if there is no competition for that key word?
If it's has zero QSR and a good search volume, I'd guess it's an error like Michelle pointed out, or a phrase that does make sense.
An example would be something like:
How To Money Home
Has QSR of 6 (but all 6 results are junk) and has high search volume of 3946 with WA tool, but it's clear this doesn't make sense, so it would be a phrase to avoid.
But are people really searching for:
camping and cooking ideas
camping and cooking recipes
Or other longer phrases
Hi. A lot of times if you come up with a 0 for competition, there has been an error. Not always, but that is what we are usually told. It is uncommon to have a real 0 for your QSR. Have you checked the keywords both with the keyword tool here and with Jaaxy? They can show a difference.
OK thanks for the info. Man there is a lot of set backs in this business, is there actually light at the end of the tunnel?
There are bumps in the road so to speak, but once you learn them, you own them. Of course, you will never learn everything .
That seems to be a persistent bug with Jaaxy. You might want to cross reference those "0" results with the free WA tool as well.
Ya your right 200 thousand competition on the free tool. I guess that post wont be see any traffic soon.
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As an owner of a landscape company and trucking business for around 20 years I had the opportunity to interview individuals applying for the job.
Knowing the demands of the
Omg please don't give up. I'd flip a building if you did.
I'm a professional ghostwriter. I know writing doesn't come easy to a lot of people. That's how I make my living. I write what they can't. But the more you do it, the better you'll get at it. I know you're in your 40's but you can still learn. Age isn't a barrier for anything.
If you feel like you absolutely can't write out your own thoughts, then you probably need to pay someone to do it. I like Kat's suggestion of paying to have your thoughts transcribed. That's probably the easiest - and cheapest - option.
Or you can do as fitmomuv3 says and just use text to speech. You can try a program like Dragon Naturally Speaking or something similar. You can get around this. Don't give up. I know great content is the basis for your site's success but there are other ways to create it besides typing it out.
Well, yo did a great job writing this blog so pat yourself on the back! It's an adjustment and takes time but please do not give up and do not be too hard on yourself. The more you write, the less time it will take once you get a working "system" going. I wish you the best!
Thank you, Its not that I can't write, it just takes a day and a month to do it. I just wonder if my time is better well spent sticking with things I am good at.
When ever we do anything unfamiliar, it always takes a long time and there is always a very steep learning curve
I used to get really frustrated with WordPress and it took me months and months to figure is out
I can now put a WordPress site together in a few hours and I get paid to build them for clients
I can build high quality squeeze pages in an hour
Its just unfamiliar to you that's all what your experiencing is very normal
Barry
Yes that's true! But at the age 46 if my spelling and typing hasn't improved by now, it probly never will.
What do you mean by a squeeze page??
I am 51 and 11 years ago I was given a year to live through alcoholism, I have had to re build my life from scratch, I lost everything, if I can learn this marketing stuff then so can you
Things can always improve if you want them to, I can't spell for toffee that's what spell check is for
A squeeze page is a page where someone signs up to an email campaign
Barry
I cant type and use a speech to text editor. When I have too much to do I make an mp3 with audacity a free program and I send it to be transcribed I pay $20 for an hours talking - thats a lot of words. It is certainly too long the way you are doing it know but pay for a video editor and make a spoken video. We definitely have the technology it is a question of you adapting your knowledge to the technology
Tracy, I would ABSOLUTELY stick around! Have you ever used a voice to text program? I know that when I use it on my phone (iphone) it saves a ton of time writing emails and texts. There are programs for your computer that do the same that will save you lots of time getting the words down, and then you just need to edit for spelling/grammar etc. You have an amazing positive outlook, and this will certainly come through in your posts. I too am in the labour industry, as you can tell from the SDS drill I"m holding. Happy to help if I can. :) Great site btw! Had a look and really love it, as I am a back country camper (Algonquin Park, Canada).
I would say not, but you can do it into a Word Document and then copy/paste over and format it in WP.
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How do you know when to holdem or when to walk away?
As an owner of a landscape company and trucking business for around 20 years I had the opportunity to interview individuals applying for the job.
Knowing the demands of the
Omg please don't give up. I'd flip a building if you did.
I'm a professional ghostwriter. I know writing doesn't come easy to a lot of people. That's how I make my living. I write what they can't. But the more you do it, the better you'll get at it. I know you're in your 40's but you can still learn. Age isn't a barrier for anything.
If you feel like you absolutely can't write out your own thoughts, then you probably need to pay someone to do it. I like Kat's suggestion of paying to have your thoughts transcribed. That's probably the easiest - and cheapest - option.
Or you can do as fitmomuv3 says and just use text to speech. You can try a program like Dragon Naturally Speaking or something similar. You can get around this. Don't give up. I know great content is the basis for your site's success but there are other ways to create it besides typing it out.
Well, yo did a great job writing this blog so pat yourself on the back! It's an adjustment and takes time but please do not give up and do not be too hard on yourself. The more you write, the less time it will take once you get a working "system" going. I wish you the best!
Thank you, Its not that I can't write, it just takes a day and a month to do it. I just wonder if my time is better well spent sticking with things I am good at.
When ever we do anything unfamiliar, it always takes a long time and there is always a very steep learning curve
I used to get really frustrated with WordPress and it took me months and months to figure is out
I can now put a WordPress site together in a few hours and I get paid to build them for clients
I can build high quality squeeze pages in an hour
Its just unfamiliar to you that's all what your experiencing is very normal
Barry
Yes that's true! But at the age 46 if my spelling and typing hasn't improved by now, it probly never will.
What do you mean by a squeeze page??
I am 51 and 11 years ago I was given a year to live through alcoholism, I have had to re build my life from scratch, I lost everything, if I can learn this marketing stuff then so can you
Things can always improve if you want them to, I can't spell for toffee that's what spell check is for
A squeeze page is a page where someone signs up to an email campaign
Barry
I cant type and use a speech to text editor. When I have too much to do I make an mp3 with audacity a free program and I send it to be transcribed I pay $20 for an hours talking - thats a lot of words. It is certainly too long the way you are doing it know but pay for a video editor and make a spoken video. We definitely have the technology it is a question of you adapting your knowledge to the technology
Tracy, I would ABSOLUTELY stick around! Have you ever used a voice to text program? I know that when I use it on my phone (iphone) it saves a ton of time writing emails and texts. There are programs for your computer that do the same that will save you lots of time getting the words down, and then you just need to edit for spelling/grammar etc. You have an amazing positive outlook, and this will certainly come through in your posts. I too am in the labour industry, as you can tell from the SDS drill I"m holding. Happy to help if I can. :) Great site btw! Had a look and really love it, as I am a back country camper (Algonquin Park, Canada).
I would say not, but you can do it into a Word Document and then copy/paste over and format it in WP.
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My site is Camping in the West.
I have had a couple visitors that commented on my site, and said I had a lot of helpful information, but did not like the fact that had to
An excellent question that I am eager to see answered. You might consider a picture of the product by the first paragraph that links to the sales page. I'm not sure how well that sits with SEO though.
I do post a picture quite often to my products by the paragraph, but it would be nice for visitors, to have easy access to gear they may be interested in. I know when I am searching for something, thats what I prefer.
So maybe a sidebar link or sticky banner to a products list (like a catalog). There is a free plug in for WordPress that does sticky banners. https://wordpress.org/plugins/q2w3-fixed-widget/ It makes a banner always visible on the side no matter where they are reading on a page.
Cool… thanks for the good Info. I was always curious what a sticky page was.
I am Not sure if you use Amazon or not. but they have an option where you can create a store of different products.
I was just wondering if I created a page on my site, with all the produduct images identical to the Amazon store page, add one or two text links, to take them to the Amazon store page where they can purchase any of the selected store items you created.
I now this is possible, but with my site being so new I Wonder if Google will ding me.
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Can I make a product page without causing problems with seo?
My site is Camping in the West.
I have had a couple visitors that commented on my site, and said I had a lot of helpful information, but did not like the fact that had to
An excellent question that I am eager to see answered. You might consider a picture of the product by the first paragraph that links to the sales page. I'm not sure how well that sits with SEO though.
I do post a picture quite often to my products by the paragraph, but it would be nice for visitors, to have easy access to gear they may be interested in. I know when I am searching for something, thats what I prefer.
So maybe a sidebar link or sticky banner to a products list (like a catalog). There is a free plug in for WordPress that does sticky banners. https://wordpress.org/plugins/q2w3-fixed-widget/ It makes a banner always visible on the side no matter where they are reading on a page.
Cool… thanks for the good Info. I was always curious what a sticky page was.
I am Not sure if you use Amazon or not. but they have an option where you can create a store of different products.
I was just wondering if I created a page on my site, with all the produduct images identical to the Amazon store page, add one or two text links, to take them to the Amazon store page where they can purchase any of the selected store items you created.
I now this is possible, but with my site being so new I Wonder if Google will ding me.
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My keyword is-Most Popular Camping Tents.
In our training we are taught our post should be around 1500 words. We are also taught to casually place affiliate links
Personally, I don't like to read posts that long. I aim for around 750 for my blogs and sometimes get close to 1000. There's no specific number really, it's however many words it takes to make your point.
What are you trying to tell your reader? That should always be your focus, not your word count.
For SEO though, it should be a min of 300 if possible. I do have a few short product recommendations that are shorter than 300 but not many.
See my page for an example of what I mean:
http://mosm.info/
Scroll down on right for Haddies Product Picks
That's a relief ! because I am a man of few words. The other question is: Would I want to create a page just for brief product info or is that consider spam?
In my other comment, I show an example of how I deal with the same situation. I didn't like they way it looked all on the same page, so have many short pages with products I really stand behind for my readers.
Oh, and I rarely use pages. I have category menus and these reviews are posts under the same category.
Theres a training on how to make category menus, I'll grab the link for you in case you didn't know about it.
Creating A Review Menu Tab With Drop Down Categories
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Adding quality content around keyword delima?
My keyword is-Most Popular Camping Tents.
In our training we are taught our post should be around 1500 words. We are also taught to casually place affiliate links
Personally, I don't like to read posts that long. I aim for around 750 for my blogs and sometimes get close to 1000. There's no specific number really, it's however many words it takes to make your point.
What are you trying to tell your reader? That should always be your focus, not your word count.
For SEO though, it should be a min of 300 if possible. I do have a few short product recommendations that are shorter than 300 but not many.
See my page for an example of what I mean:
http://mosm.info/
Scroll down on right for Haddies Product Picks
That's a relief ! because I am a man of few words. The other question is: Would I want to create a page just for brief product info or is that consider spam?
In my other comment, I show an example of how I deal with the same situation. I didn't like they way it looked all on the same page, so have many short pages with products I really stand behind for my readers.
Oh, and I rarely use pages. I have category menus and these reviews are posts under the same category.
Theres a training on how to make category menus, I'll grab the link for you in case you didn't know about it.
Creating A Review Menu Tab With Drop Down Categories
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My first question is: Is this a site for the experienced camper or the novice?
It seems like you have knowledge of camping which is great. But if you are writing for the novice then you need to explain your terminology further. It seemed to me that a lot of the conversation in the text was geared towards someone that was familiar with camping.
A few things I saw:
The first heading seems out of place. When I read the first sentence I didn't understand until it occured to me the begining of the sentence is up in the heading.
Spacing between words is not consistant throughout the text. Several double spaces where only a single was needed.
AtV trails- should read ATV trails.
In have a plan section- their should be they're- Here is the sentence as you have it. I'll bracket the one I'm referencing.
They are certainly not the brightest individuals on the the planet, but through brute strength and determination (their) able to survive.
I also felt like this could be a good section to explain further how having a plan is good. I felt like it didn't quite have enough information to get the point across. Just a thought.
What type of camper are you? section: Give each one a name or title. I had no idea what you were trying to get across. Names or titles with bullets in front of them would really help differentiate them.
Overall, just copying it and plugging it into word or something with grammar and spellcheck would help clear up a lot of it.
This niche offers tons of ways to affiliate different products. I think you have a great potential with your site. Just keep working with it. Plus, the more you write the better it gets.
Thank you for the great feedback, I have read over each post at least 20 times and I swear everything is OK. But now you pointed things out, I can see where I need to change.
Can you give me an example of explain my terminology, for the novice?
As I am reading my text, I thought it was simple to understand.
I think the thing that gets me thinking is the first portion.
(Taken from your site. My thoughts in brackets.)
Camping in the West
Has some of the most spectacular places on earth, from the Beautiful Rocky Mountains and Major National Parks across the West, to the Small Dirt Roads and Back Country. We want to share Our journey with you. Of course your safety in that journey is paramount. (How does this sentence link the paragraphes? This is the only point on the page that safety is mentioned and it seems to throw off my focus. If you blog about your travels, I would enter a link to that here instead of the safety sentence.)
We have a vast knowledge of many areas, from wild life and habitat to back road camping and scenic- AtV trails. (Tell me the complete newbie how to prepare for camping in each of these situations by linking them to another page on your site. And don't be afraid to offer newbie tips and tricks.)
We do thorough reviews on a variety brands of camping gear, and generators, and give you step by step instructions on proper maintenance on your campers and such. We will cover the #1 mistake most people make when purchasing a camper- toy hauler. (What is the mistake? There is no link and I am now honestly curious as to what it is.)
If eating is your thing, we have a few tasty dutch oven recipes. (Food is popular within any area of living. What would I need? What kind of food do I need? Tell me how easy it is to make the recipes. Get me interested in what else you have to say.)
We all love to dream and think of that next big adventure, but as you know that dream can turn into surviving a night- mare. Lack of planning, information about the area, and maintenance are usually at the top of the list. (This is an opening sentence plus an outline for a page. Or this page if you change what you have written. The first sentence is a good attention getter. Lack of planning, information about the area, and maintenance- these are the 3 main points inside the outline to elaborate on. On lack of planning, give me a short story or real life experience resulting from lack of planning. Elaborate on the importance of information about the area, safety could be a subtopic here. Maintenance of items is the 3rd point. A person should check all their gear before they go camping instead of being surprised when they get there that the tent has gotten damaged in the garage or something like that. How do I care for items that I may only use while camping. If I own an air mattress, can I store it in the attic?)
I feel like you could elaborate more on things and generate that interest people get when they read through websites. Give a Top 10 mistakes made my novice campers and see what kind of traffic it gets. It's also difficult for me to tell you that the material is incomplete because I see on your site that you basically have a page for each of the items you list. If you write a specific page on something go ahead and link it here. This seems to me to be a landing page. Use it as a compass/index for the different pages and posts you have. I understand where you are coming from because I do go camping when I can. But there are a lot of people that have no idea what they would even need to buy as far as food goes. Just the simple question of if you bring a cell phone, how will you charge it? Some people don't think of the obvious things like that. You have a camping list and recipes already. This good stuff that I think you need more of. Maybe try writing a page/post and ask someone that has never gone camping to read it and see if they can understand what you want to get across. This is something I have done before. Ask anyone that would be willing to give you some feedback to read it will let you see how different people interpret the exact same thing.
I think you have a great thing going, I just tend to be a little too picky sometimes I think.
In the end, this is YOUR website. If you like it the way it is then keep it. If you don't agree with what I think that is okay. That is what is great about writing, everyone is different and that is a beautiful thing.
I sure do appreciate all the time you are putting in to this. Trust me you don't know how much this means.
This page was one of the first 3 I created, and was more of an introduction to the rest of what was to come. But now you shed a whole new light on what I need to do, especially since this is the main home page.
I have tone of knowledge, and things, to share, its just converting it to helpful, understandable, content is where I struggle + I am so slow at it.
I would love to view your site and leave you a comment.
Again thanks , this is the best feedback I have had in the 3 months I have been here.
The best thing I find is to create an outline for the page/post.
Have your main point in the first paragraph followed by 3 points or so to make and conclude the page by retelling people what you just told them.
This is basic outline format.
Also, as long as you are making forward progress it doesn't matter how slow you are going. I spent 1-2 months on a few pages of mine. It was terrible for me because I like to take the giant steps and see the progress now. I'm working towards getting a new house, getting out of the current debt I have, quitting my factory job and pursuing a writing career that I have wanted to do since I was a kid.
My sites include:
debtfreelifeforme.com initial site to help people get out of debt and save money.
tallguyshortstories.com is the site that I want to use to publish my stories and promote the books I am working on.
Zavier
You definitely have a gift for writing.
I'm sure you know of Dave Ramsey, I have been a big fan of his ever since he started his radio brocast. I can't say I have followed his Debt Free program to a tee, but I have taken bits peaces and applied them to my life.
Your debt free life site reminded me so much of Dave Ramsey, I love it.!! Sorry I can't give you and advice, as far as your site content is concerned. To me it looks very professional, and I can tell your heart is really into what you feel and write.