Comments for The Silent Avatar Speaks http://silentavatar.com/blog Speaking Up About All Things Internet Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:11:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on How to Get Your Site Visitors (NOT) Doing What You Want by Have You REALLY Looked At Your Website? | The Silent Avatar Speaks http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-618 Have You REALLY Looked At Your Website? | The Silent Avatar Speaks Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:01:55 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-618 [...] A reader (Casey) recently posted a comment to my previous post “How to get your site visitors (NOT) doing what you want”. [...] [...] A reader (Casey) recently posted a comment to my previous post “How to get your site visitors (NOT) doing what you want”. [...]

]]> Comment on What’s The *~%# DOES It Take To Get Site Visitors? by the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/12/noticed/#comment-617 the silent avatar Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:12:01 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/12/noticed/#comment-617 Hi Casey, Great to see you have been moving forward and getting your website up (www.propertywishlist.com.au) There are a number of issues which I see are hindering the website. Some are user related, some are just issues with wording. Some are glaring issues which should be fixed immediately before you do any promotion. What frustrates me the most is you haven't really considered the user experience. You have decided to go up against realestate.com.au, and if you are going to do this you need to offer something better. As it stands at the moment it is not "better", though the site does look better. The clutter of realestate.com.au is just over the top (IMHO). I have spent a few hours looking at your site. I do this because I want people to succeed, and my prognosis is it will fail unless you make some changes. All the marketing in the world will not shift users over (basically people are very lazy and if something is working for them they see little reason to "jump ship"), unless they see the benefits are there for them to do so. I will create a blog post covering the issues I see. Hope it helps. Hi Casey,
Great to see you have been moving forward and getting your website up (www.propertywishlist.com.au)

There are a number of issues which I see are hindering the website. Some are user related, some are just issues with wording. Some are glaring issues which should be fixed immediately before you do any promotion.

What frustrates me the most is you haven’t really considered the user experience. You have decided to go up against realestate.com.au, and if you are going to do this you need to offer something better. As it stands at the moment it is not “better”, though the site does look better. The clutter of realestate.com.au is just over the top (IMHO).

I have spent a few hours looking at your site. I do this because I want people to succeed, and my prognosis is it will fail unless you make some changes.

All the marketing in the world will not shift users over (basically people are very lazy and if something is working for them they see little reason to “jump ship”), unless they see the benefits are there for them to do so.

I will create a blog post covering the issues I see. Hope it helps.

]]> Comment on What’s The *~%# DOES It Take To Get Site Visitors? by Casey Buchanan http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/12/noticed/#comment-615 Casey Buchanan Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:42:52 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/12/noticed/#comment-615 Great article, very informative. Let me know if you have any tips when you visit our new website. We would love to get more ideas on ways of getting more visitors to our site. Lastly, if you like our concept, please let your friends and family know about our site. If they are buying or selling property this site will be of use to them. It has only been online for 3 days now so there are not too many wishlists currently registered, we are trying to figure out the best way to get property buyers to the site, any suggestions? Getting agents there is easier because you can call them directly, but buyers are a different kettle of fish. Thanks for your time. Great article, very informative. Let me know if you have any tips when you visit our new website. We would love to get more ideas on ways of getting more visitors to our site. Lastly, if you like our concept, please let your friends and family know about our site. If they are buying or selling property this site will be of use to them. It has only been online for 3 days now so there are not too many wishlists currently registered, we are trying to figure out the best way to get property buyers to the site, any suggestions? Getting agents there is easier because you can call them directly, but buyers are a different kettle of fish. Thanks for your time.

]]> Comment on How to Get Your Site Visitors (NOT) Doing What You Want by Casey Buchanan http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-614 Casey Buchanan Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:33:48 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-614 Thankyou for your reply to my question earlier. After slaving away with my web designer for the last 4 months we have finally got our web site online. It would be great if you could visit our site and tell us what you think and maybe write a piece on it. I wont go into too much detail now about the site as you will form your own opinion. In short though, it is basically an online database of buyers wishlists. Please note that more functions and added features are going to be incorporated into the site over the coming months. The site is totally free for all members and will be a useful tool foe agents, private vendors and buyers. Please visit the site and also, below is a link to an article another blogger did on the website recently. Thanks for your time. http://www.australianhousehunters.com.au/blog/2008/06/06/propertywishlistcomau/ Thankyou for your reply to my question earlier. After slaving away with my web designer for the last 4 months we have finally got our web site online. It would be great if you could visit our site and tell us what you think and maybe write a piece on it. I wont go into too much detail now about the site as you will form your own opinion. In short though, it is basically an online database of buyers wishlists. Please note that more functions and added features are going to be incorporated into the site over the coming months. The site is totally free for all members and will be a useful tool foe agents, private vendors and buyers. Please visit the site and also, below is a link to an article another blogger did on the website recently. Thanks for your time. http://www.australianhousehunters.com.au/blog/2008/06/06/propertywishlistcomau/

]]> Comment on How to Get Your Site Visitors (NOT) Doing What You Want by Casey Buchanan http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-613 Casey Buchanan Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:29:47 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-613 Hi Thankyou for your reply to my question. After slaving away with my web designer for the last 4 months we have finally got our web site online. It would be great if you could visit our site and tell us what you think and maybe write a piece on it. I wont go into too much detail now about the site as you will form your own opinion. In short though, it is basically an online database of buyers wishlists. Please note that more functions and added features are going to be incorporated into the site over the coming months. The site is totally free for all members and will be a useful tool foe agents, private vendors and buyers. Please visit the site and also, below is a link to an article another blogger did on the website recently. Thanks for your time. Hi

Thankyou for your reply to my question. After slaving away with my web designer for the last 4 months we have finally got our web site online. It would be great if you could visit our site and tell us what you think and maybe write a piece on it. I wont go into too much detail now about the site as you will form your own opinion. In short though, it is basically an online database of buyers wishlists. Please note that more functions and added features are going to be incorporated into the site over the coming months. The site is totally free for all members and will be a useful tool foe agents, private vendors and buyers. Please visit the site and also, below is a link to an article another blogger did on the website recently. Thanks for your time.

]]> Comment on Increasing Your Visitors Through Viral Marketing by Better Chance Of Winning The Lottery? | The Silent Avatar Speaks http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/01/increasing-your-visitors-through-viral-marketing/#comment-132 Better Chance Of Winning The Lottery? | The Silent Avatar Speaks Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:37:08 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/01/increasing-your-visitors-through-viral-marketing/#comment-132 [...] launching numerous products including Viral Friend Generator (which I spoke about in my post about viral marketing). He has built a list of over 300,000 subscribers (OMG), so does it surprise you to see that Mike [...] [...] launching numerous products including Viral Friend Generator (which I spoke about in my post about viral marketing). He has built a list of over 300,000 subscribers (OMG), so does it surprise you to see that Mike [...]

]]> Comment on How to Get Your Site Visitors (NOT) Doing What You Want by the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-33 the silent avatar Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:05:19 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-33 Hi Casey, Thanks for reading my blog :-) OK... Getting a site noticed. I assume you mean getting traffic to your site (which is what all websites owners want). I will post a new blog article addressing this question (which is a question a lot of people have about an online business. Hope it answers your question. If I can be of more help just let me know. Here is the article: http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/12/noticed/ Hi Casey,
Thanks for reading my blog :-)

OK… Getting a site noticed. I assume you mean getting traffic to your site (which is what all websites owners want). I will post a new blog article addressing this question (which is a question a lot of people have about an online business. Hope it answers your question.
If I can be of more help just let me know.

Here is the article: http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/12/noticed/

]]> Comment on How to Get Your Site Visitors (NOT) Doing What You Want by Casey http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-29 Casey Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:04:22 +0000 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/01/08/evaluate/#comment-29 Hi I thought your piece about the above mentioned website was great.I am currently getting a website developed, which is in the realestate sector also, but a totally different concept.I am trying to do as much research as possible and by doing google search stumbled onto this blog.One question, what is the best way to get my website noticed online, most people just say google adwords, what else should i be doing when it becomes live, do i need to be proactive, whats the main things to do.Would love to get your advice. Cheers Casey Hi

I thought your piece about the above mentioned website was great.I am currently getting a website developed, which is in the realestate sector also, but a totally different concept.I am trying to do as much research as possible and by doing google search stumbled onto this blog.One question, what is the best way to get my website noticed online, most people just say google adwords, what else should i be doing when it becomes live, do i need to be proactive, whats the main things to do.Would love to get your advice.

Cheers
Casey

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