Hi everybody, hope you guys has a great Christmass last year I had only 1 sale on this niche, so I decided to re-design my Landing page and hope that this year I can get more... I have wrote 23 articles and only 1 sale (2009) url: chicken coop plans articles: http://www.ezinearticles.com/?expert=Percy_Flower so what do you think? off topic: what niche do you think that will impact in 2010?
It's a good niche I'm sure, but I'm sad to say, I don't think your site does the job... didn't wow me, or hook me in any way... I see that you have a number of Ezine Articles and that's good but the site itself doesn't lend itself to conversions (sales)... I personally would set up something completely different, use WP and/or blog about chickens and chicken coops - especially since you have a bunch of articles... just spin them and post... For the site you have now, I would first create some kind of intro at the top instead of the 4 reasons (what's with the leading comma by the way?)... have the reasons further down... As an intro I would do something like, Why owning chickens can save you money besides being a pet... or have fresh eggs every morn for breakfast... and then go briefly into why having chickens can be fun or profitable... then lead into how you have to house the chickens --- with a chicken coop of course! Highlight how you searched for the best coop plans, make it stand out... Then give a more detailed review of the different plans highlighting the benefits of each... etc etc... add a video... graphics... surfers are easily hooked with graphics... Many are too lazy to read and need the info quick easy... Just some thoughts and only my opinion... Please take this in the spirit in which I am giving it... I'm only trying to help... Good Luck... feel free to contact me if you need help or have questions... Linda =}
You have a lot of good content in the form of articles, but your website needs some work. To be honest, the graphics look like they're broken, like with the images sticking out but still having sharp white outlines from cutting. At first I thought it's just my browser, but it's the same in other browsers. I agree with Linda above that perhaps you should try setting up a blog instead and using your existing articles (spins thereof) to fill it. As a new visitor to the website, my first thought was "huh, where do I start reading?". So give your content more flow. Try to think how a new visitor would see your webpage. For example, after the header at the top, the next most noticeable thing are the headings "First", "Second" etc, which doesn't make much sense. Also, I guess that's just my personal preference, but still - I'd change the colours of the website. If you want it to look like wood, then perhaps use a wood texture instead of plain brown. Otherwise, I'd go for something lighter. Sorry if that's too much critique, but you asked for it yourself Hope this helps, Cel
I have to agree with the above posts also. The landing page could use a little bit of work as far as graphics and content goes. Also, I would recommend not saying you "tested 147 different chicken coop plans" just because it doesn't sound believable. That would mean you built 147 chicken coops which I doubt anyone has done and I don't think there's that many different plans out there. Congrats on the sale though, keep it up and you will see a lot more.
A couple suggestions that I think would make your landing page look better easily are. 1) I would get rid of that brown box behind the second "How To Construct A Chicken Coop." (The one that looks like it is cutting the backgound in half and the text on top of it is white, not the sign at the top.) Then make the text bigger and change the color to black. 2) I also do not like the brown square behind "Now if you are really serious about constructing a chicken coop, you'll need a good set of chicken house plans. After testing 147 chicken coop plans, based on three criterias: Easy To Use, Effectiveness and Maintenance. We come up with only 2 products that stand out among the others! Below are the 2 best chicken coop plans products on the internet:" Make it smaller so that doesn't cut out the entire background. 3) I would increase the font size of "First Second Third Fourth" and remove the big line under each of them. I think if you did these it would make your landing page much better.
the look is good but you can clutter up some sales links before the fold line. I also suggest to change your favicon to vector yellow chick.
Thank you guys for your honest review! I will take carefull consederation and make the appropriete changes soon... thanks once again and see you guys soon