Hey all, Just looking for some reviews and input on my new website. http://maddoggmedia.com Still got a few things to do to finish it.... Regards, Ray
everything looks good. my only suggestion would be moving the "we build brands that ..." slogan up because I didnt know what your site was about until I scrolled down. if that image slider at top wasnt moving so fast maybe i could of got a better idea of general site. only chose this issue as i could find nothing else.
Thanks JasonK, That is a good idea, Im gonna adjust some of the header areas and slow down that slider
Think flatter and more muted colors actually. That green is pretty rough stuff and across the board things are not in the same color palette. http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html hope that helps, Nigel
Thanks Nigel, That looks like a pretty sweet lil color schemer. Ill check it out. What do you mean about the green being rough? Visually...or? Regards, Ray
Yep. Keep in mind I am sort of exhausted but that green is basically neon to me and the stuff above it like creative, strategic etc. All that stuff is frankly sorta crazy early 90's color wise. Its like looking at a gumball machine. That it doesn't really reflect the task at hand(or the level at which you do it) would be the issue in a sense. I hope that was not snarky as well. I make a living telling people what to do. I am probably a tad better at it than actually doing stuff lol.. Nigel
LOL, no worries Nigel I appreciate the input. Im gonna go through it tonight and revamp the color scheme. Thanks again for taking the time man. Regards, Ray
Some very basic issues: 1. Page load speed is pretty slow. 2. First impression is I've no idea what you're offering, had started reading the slider before it slid as per usual. Tagline/headline missing. 3. Sliders are really bad anyway for lots of key metrics, including bounce rate, conversion rate, seo etc. etc. 4. Speaking of which, it doesn't look like any seo has been done, e.g. the title is "The Luxury of Working With Professionals" and first h1 is "Raymond Gill". Good luck getting pagerank from big G with that! Have your target keywords been defined? 5. The primary cta as it stands is "See Our Work", is this really what you want visitors to do first?? In any event, clicking it does nothing in Chrome at least, which kinda defeats the purpose! 6. I doubt you're going to give anyone a quote based on "a short description" of their needs, surely "Request a callback" would be better. 7. No idea how your results have been proven or who "Victor Dorfman" is. 8. Raymond Gill and Andrew Reed look reeeally similar!
Do you have some real world metrics you can show me to back that up? I have been telling people the same shit for 3 weeks. Though, I am largely making it up on the fly. I am tired of waiting for things to load etc. I have a message to get across that doesn't involve poofy looking shit.
Sure do! Have a look at the links below for starters. The key point is about 1% of visitors click on a slider, even though it typically dominates the page above the fold. Obviously this makes no sense if conversion is a priority. I normally ask people if their top priority is for their website to make money or look flashy. If anyone said the latter I'd tell them to go elsewhere, but surprisingly it's never happened yet! http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/ http://erikrunyon.com/2013/01/carousel-stats/ http://www.nngroup.com/articles/auto-forwarding/