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Halina
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Feedback please... - 9/10/2003 9:27:50
Hi
http://www.1newagecd.com
I'd be grateful for some honest feedback on this site.
(I'm a musician/marketer, not a web-designer...)
Thanks a lot!
Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/10/2003 14:05:32
Nice to meet af fellow marketer/musician!
About the long page: it seems to me that half of the population prefers long pages (you don't have to click much, and you can quickly scan the whole thing) and the other helf prefers linked pages (you don't have to scroll much, and you can check out the parts you want).
I think I'll leave it like that for the moment.
Later on, when there's some decent traffic to the site, I could test which is best....
Thank you for your feedback!
Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/12/2003 7:25:18
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it seems to me that half of the population prefers long pages (you don't have to click much, and you can quickly scan the whole thing) and the other helf prefers linked pages (you don't have to scroll much, and you can check out the parts you want).
Hi Halina,
I agree with my long-eared, four-legged friend. The scroll is much, much too long. All the reading I have done re: surfers habits suggest 3, maybe 4 printed pages at the most. I have never read anywhere that 1/2 prefer to scroll so extensively. That sound more anecdotal than factual. If you prefer it, by all means leave it.
The fly-in pop-in, drop down - - whatever it is called is very annoying. I typically leave any site with such a feature.
Good luck with the site and the sales of the CDs, Dave
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/12/2003 7:43:01
Thank you Dave - I better take an extra look at that...
All the best
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/12/2003 8:14:17
Hello again...
I just checked a few websites, such as:
www.mailloop.com
www.instantsalesletters.com
www.pushbuttonletters.com
www.webcopysecrets.com
They are all much longer than mine (at least when I count words and lines).
I expect that these guys have a reason to choose long copy.
Maybe it depends on the subject and the purpose of your website??
I better do some testing on this one myself... sometime :-))
Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/12/2003 8:43:48
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They are all much longer than mine (at least when I count words and lines).
I expect that these guys have a reason to choose long copy.
Yes they are longer. I don't assume they are successful websites or effective presentation merely because they exist on the web.
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Maybe it depends on the subject and the purpose of your website??
I don't believe so. I find that sites such as you linked are inappropriate. I read about 3/4 of a typed page, see that they have no interest in helping me navigate to what I am interested in, and I leave.
To me, a metaphor would be a car rental when I go to Denmark. When I go to the counter, the clerk will give me a key and a map. If they withheld the map, I would be forced to drive wherever the spirit led since there were no people to ask directions to. Soon, I would just quit.
I am merely sharing what I have read and what I personally experience. If you believe the sites that you list are effective, follow their approach. Dave
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/16/2003 4:24:11
Halina:
Since the site is basically one page (with outside links). I would create anchors on the top of the page somewhere that will link to portions of your page if the information they're looking for is at the bottom or midway.
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/17/2003 0:17:48
Hey Halina,
I think the site has potential, but needs to be broken up into more pages, or compacted some how.
Believe me, your audience will enjoy your site much more in a more compact manner. Here is a DEMO site I have created for a local band. Actually, I'm about to create a post just for it in a second. People like small, simple, and on the screen (or at least most I think).
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/17/2003 2:58:18
As I said before, I do not believe there is one solution that fits all kinds of people.
Some like it short. Some like it long.
Some prefer plain information. Some need lots of emotion.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
It depends on who they are and why they visit your site and in what state of mind they might be when they come, and what kind of communication you want to create.
It depends on if they're male or female, young or old, rich or not so rich...
That's the challenge I think... to remember this and to make the right choices...
Thank you all for the feedback and the inspiration!
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/17/2003 10:04:23
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the vast majority of users prefer lots of small pages to big long ones.
Where exactly do you have this information from?
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by sticking to the one long page format you are reducing your potential sales considerably
How do you know how many of our potential customers prefer short or long pages?
And what if the long pages turn many more visitors into customers than the short pages?
Look, I do hear all the feedback I get, and I appreciate it.
Until I have done some testing myself I'll have to lean on what I learn from other people, and by all means, that includes both you and all the other honored participants in this discussion.
But it does not exclude other opinions.
Such as this:
http://www.webcopywritinguniversity.com/
This page is 3 times the length of my page!
I could go on and on, bringing you links from extremely successful marketers and their extremely long webpages.
I believe they choose it because their testing shows that's the best way to promote their products.
I don't know yet what's the right way to promote our products, and - forgive me for saying so - neither do you.
Testing and time will show.
I really appreciate all the feedback I receive.
Thanks!
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 9/18/2003 4:59:19
Thank you Peter, and all the best to you!
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 10/2/2003 11:27:20
Hi
I just added a short overview in the beginning of my very long page...
Does it help?
Thank you -
Halina
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 10/2/2003 12:06:08
Thank you both for a quick reply!
Where do you expect the back to top link?
I'm asking because there are five of them on the page - but apparently they are too hard too find?
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Halina
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RE: Feedback please... - 10/2/2003 14:56:54
OK, thanks for letting me know
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