Does my website look "spammy"

[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper">Just curious. Added some advertising since I&#039;m getting pretty decent traffic. I dont want to go past the point and end up looking spammy<br /> <br /> thoughts?<br /> <br /> <a href="http://builttodominate.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">http://builttodominate.com</a></div>

 

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[RHL]

<div class="bbWrapper">Not at all. It actually looks pretty good. Did you build that yourself? What platform did you use? I think it looks clean and efficient.</div>

 

[TheNextTrump]

<div class="bbWrapper">I don&#039;t think it looks spammy at all my man, in fact, I think the website looks great!<br /> <br /> Keep it up my friend! Your killin it.<br /> <br /> Btw, was this designed with wordpress?</div>

 

[Bila]

<div class="bbWrapper">Looks good, keep it up !!!</div>

 

[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 19117" data-quote="ΕΝΔΕΚΑ" data-source="post: 428904" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=428904" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-428904">ΕΝΔΕΚΑ said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Not at all. It actually looks pretty good. Did you build that yourself? What platform did you use? I think it looks clean and efficient. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thanks. I did everything with wordpress. Just edited here and there if I needed to.</div>

 

[Semmy]

<div class="bbWrapper">I like the look of your site.<br /> <br /> Two things that I did notice:<br /> <br /> 1. Obviously I had no idea what the site was about and it took me a minute<br /> to realize it is about fitness (with dominate I thought first about earning money online). I think it might help to have something like a sub-headline below your &quot;Built To Dominate&quot; Logo something like &quot;Your Fitness-Blog That Helps You Grow&quot; or something. Of course depending how you get your traffic to your site the audience would already know what you are about.<br /> <br /> 2. I see that you are using RAW clickbank links on the top banner and the lower banner.<br /> You should really CLOAK your links and hide all affiliate links, not just because search engines<br /> are not too happy about raw affiliate links, your commissions are at risk to be stolen. If you use<br /> a simple and powerful solution to cloak your links you could completely hide your affiliate link and the &quot;hop-link&quot;<br /> that users would see on top of their browser and do something like this instead:<br /> <br /> If someone clicks on your ads they could see this (and you get the visitors back for example if they are not interested) and build some additional authority for your site. You could actually use your affiliate link and do ANYTHING with it that you want - slap a opt-in on top of it and build your email list, add a countdown timer to make the offer your are presenting more urgent (helps to close affiliate sales faster!).<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.trackingyoulove.com/go/start-o/fastlanemarket" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener"><img src="/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.helpful4you.com%2Fimages%2Fbuilt-to-dominate.jpg&amp;hash=09734e3a4810e47f80a9b222c7b5601a" data-url="http://www.helpful4you.com/images/built-to-dominate.jpg" class="bbImage " loading="lazy" style="" width="" height="" /></a><br /> <br /> If you want to learn more about all those exciting real-world affiliate strategies I highly recommend you to<br /> visit my entry in the Fastlane Marketplace <span style="color: #0000ff"><u><b><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/make-every-click-you-get-online-more-profitable.57475/" class="link link--internal">Make Every Click You Get Online More Profitable</a></b></u></span><br /> where you actually test this software script than can send you light years ahead of all other affiliate marketers.<br /> <br /> Hope this helps <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br /> <br /> Overall your site design is clean. I have not tested it on a mobile device, but I assume it is a responsive theme, right?<br /> <br /> P.S.: I assume you will place something like a opt-in box for a newsletter on the top right, right? Right now there is the &quot;Follow Us&quot; and this is the most valuable &quot;above the fold&quot; property on your website that you hopefully monetize and use a bit better <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>

 

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[Developmental]

<div class="bbWrapper">agree with the above - clean, easy to read, informative and in my opinion the copy/titles are just right - not boring and not over the top spammy<br /> <br /> Nice one!</div>

 

[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 26144" data-quote="Semmy" data-source="post: 428933" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=428933" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-428933">Semmy said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I like the look of your site.<br /> <br /> Two things that I did notice:<br /> <br /> 1. Obviously I had no idea what the site was about and it took me a minute<br /> to realize it is about fitness (with dominate I thought first about earning money online). I think it might help to have something like a sub-headline below your &quot;Built To Dominate&quot; Logo something like &quot;Your Fitness-Blog That Helps You Grow&quot; or something. Of course depending how you get your traffic to your site the audience would already know what you are about.<br /> <br /> 2. I see that you are using RAW clickbank links on the top banner and the lower banner.<br /> You should really CLOAK your links and hide all affiliate links, not just because search engines<br /> are not too happy about raw affiliate links, your commissions are at risk to be stolen. If you use<br /> a simple and powerful solution to cloak your links you could completely hide your affiliate link and the &quot;hop-link&quot;<br /> that users would see on top of their browser and do something like this instead:<br /> <br /> If someone clicks on your ads they could see this (and you get the visitors back for example if they are not interested) and build some additional authority for your site. You could actually use your affiliate link and do ANYTHING with it that you want - slap a opt-in on top of it and build your email list, add a countdown timer to make the offer your are presenting more urgent (helps to close affiliate sales faster!).<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.trackingyoulove.com/go/start-o/fastlanemarket" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><img src="/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.helpful4you.com%2Fimages%2Fbuilt-to-dominate.jpg&amp;hash=09734e3a4810e47f80a9b222c7b5601a" data-url="http://www.helpful4you.com/images/built-to-dominate.jpg" class="bbImage " loading="lazy" style="" width="" height="" /></a><br /> <br /> If you want to learn more about all those exciting real-world affiliate strategies I highly recommend you to<br /> visit my entry in the Fastlane Marketplace <span style="color: #0000ff"><u><b><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/make-every-click-you-get-online-more-profitable.57475/" class="link link--internal">Make Every Click You Get Online More Profitable</a></b></u></span><br /> where you actually test this software script than can send you light years ahead of all other affiliate marketers.<br /> <br /> Hope this helps <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br /> <br /> Overall your site design is clean. I have not tested it on a mobile device, but I assume it is a responsive theme, right?<br /> <br /> P.S.: I assume you will place something like a opt-in box for a newsletter on the top right, right? Right now there is the &quot;Follow Us&quot; and this is the most valuable &quot;above the fold&quot; property on your website that you hopefully monetize and use a bit better <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <br /> Thanks for this, to be honest I just signed up for clickbank today and have 0 affiliate marketing experience lol<br /> <br /> I&#039;m actually going to remove the affiliate links because it just doesn&#039;t sit right with me. I hate this &quot;one weird trick to get ripped/build muscle&quot; shit.<br /> <br /> edit: I suppose thats marketing. needs to catch attention. Just dont want to destroy my audience trust</div>

 

[Kreedos Phoenix]

<div class="bbWrapper">I like it. Dig the layout and it doesn&#039;t look cluttered at all. Looks like I could bust out the website on my phone with no issues. Good work...</div>

 

[Ninjakid]

<div class="bbWrapper">I actually quite like it. Very clean, simple, and I&#039;m not being bombarded with ads.</div>

 

[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper">Thanks for the replies.</div>

 

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[Semmy]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 25789" data-quote="borntodominate" data-source="post: 428948" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=428948" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-428948">borntodominate said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thanks for this, to be honest I just signed up for clickbank today and have 0 affiliate marketing experience lol - I&#039;m actually going to remove the affiliate links because it just doesn&#039;t sit right with me. I hate this &quot;one weird trick to get ripped/build muscle&quot; shit. edit: I suppose thats marketing. needs to catch attention. Just dont want to destroy my audience trust </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Well before you go and build your own product it is a total valid strategy to use affiliate links and see what converts and renders sales or you get some PLR product and personalize it and test that one. The question on how to track things will remain though. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /> I like using affiliate offers and slap my own opt-in over it and use them as IF AM THE PRODUCT OWNER - you can use affiliate marketing like that - its actually a smart way to get rid of the usual disadvantage &quot;just being the affiliate&quot;.<br /> <br /> If you have zero affiliate marketing experience or promote your own products - the question remains the same: how do you control your know-how where the buyer/signup/subscriber came from. And how to grab them to follow up with them yourself and not leaving things to an affiliate program owner. But I don&#039;t want to ramble on and hijack your thread, originally it was all about your design and that is quite clean.<br /> <br /> I did not think the banners looked bad - of course they need to grab attention. You might want to look up what &quot;Native Ads&quot; are - adverting in editorial style that do not look like ads. Maybe that&#039;s what you like to do. Feel free to try <a href="http://www.trackingyoulove.com/go/start/fastlane" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">that script</a> that I did recommend and give me some feedback on it once you are ready. Success to you! (last reply for here for now!) - And thanks for the Rep Bank Money <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /></div>

 

[Durete]

<div class="bbWrapper">Yikes....<br /> Your website somehow looks a lot like the one I&#039;m putting together atm.<br /> <br /> Nice clean look, btw, there are affiliates that give different products than the &quot;fake&quot; &quot;How to get abs in 6 weeks&quot; programs.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m going to go 50% own products and 50% affiliate products, but only high quality products that I have used myself and would suggest to my closest friends.</div>

 

[RadioActive]

<div class="bbWrapper">I have a really shitty computer and your site runs smoother than ever.</div>

 

[Durete]

<div class="bbWrapper">Born, can I ask you:<br /> <br /> What plugins are you using for;<br /> - &quot;Popular posts&quot;<br /> - to streamline your photo&#039;s (make them lightweight)<br /> - your main dropdown menu?<br /> - your &quot;Related posts&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> I like the part of having a horizontal dropdown menu instead of a vertical one.<br /> And also for having the pictures in the menu.</div>

 

[Semmy]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 25789" data-quote="borntodominate" data-source="post: 428948" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=428948" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-428948">borntodominate said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thanks for this, to be honest I just signed up for clickbank today and have 0 affiliate marketing experience lol I&#039;m actually going to remove the affiliate links because it just doesn&#039;t sit right with me. I hate this &quot;one weird trick to get ripped/build muscle&quot; shit. edit: I suppose thats marketing. needs to catch attention. Just dont want to destroy my audience trust </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Here is an other pointer: sometimes a product you like to promote from an affiliate program is great, but you do not like their sales page, you can easily write your own sales page and redirect directly to their shopping card - that is another strategy that I recommend in my thread here at the Marketplace if you like to check it out there:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/control-your-marketing-make-every-click-you-get-more-profitable.57475/" class="link link--internal">https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/co...ke-every-click-you-get-more-profitable.57475/</a></div>

 

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[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 9699" data-quote="Durete" data-source="post: 429124" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429124" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429124">Durete said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Born, can I ask you:<br /> <br /> What plugins are you using for;<br /> - &quot;Popular posts&quot;<br /> - to streamline your photo&#039;s (make them lightweight)<br /> - your main dropdown menu?<br /> - your &quot;Related posts&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> I like the part of having a horizontal dropdown menu instead of a vertical one.<br /> And also for having the pictures in the menu. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> The popular posts widget is just a normal widget but set to random.<br /> <br /> to streamline my photos im using photoshop, save for web and then just changing the quality output to as light as possible but maintain good looks.<br /> <br /> main dropdown is part of my theme but you could try the megamenu plugins<br /> <br /> related posts is also part of my theme but there are a few plugins you can use. I cant remember the names but if i remember il edit this post</div>

 

[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper">Im getting 300 views/day yet im not making $1 from adsense. Have no idea whats going on</div>

 

[JoeB]

<div class="bbWrapper">The design looks good but imho the article titles are terrible<br /> <br /> &quot;The best supplement to build muscle naturally&quot;<br /> &quot;What builds muscle the fastest?&quot;<br /> &quot;Here&#039;s a quick way to build muscle&quot;<br /> <br /> They are all very generic titles - in fact they could all be used interchangeably.<br /> <br /> They don&#039;t hook me in to read and I&#039;m not really sure who they would appeal to if I am being honest.</div>

 

[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 24826" data-quote="JoeB" data-source="post: 429267" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429267" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429267">JoeB said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> The design looks good but imho the article titles are terrible<br /> <br /> &quot;The best supplement to build muscle naturally&quot;<br /> &quot;What builds muscle the fastest?&quot;<br /> &quot;Here&#039;s a quick way to build muscle&quot;<br /> <br /> They are all very generic titles - in fact they could all be used interchangeably.<br /> <br /> They don&#039;t hook me in to read and I&#039;m not really sure who they would appeal to if I am being honest. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> To be honest they were written for seo. but im abandoning google traffic and will come up with my own methods to get more traffic</div>

 

[ddzc]

<div class="bbWrapper">Nice site. Only thing I would get rid of is the ad in the header...I always hated those. The site will look much cleaner once that&#039;s removed.</div>

 

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[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 10406" data-quote="ddzc" data-source="post: 429277" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429277" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429277">ddzc said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Nice site. Only thing I would get rid of is the ad in the header...I always hated those. The site will look much cleaner once that&#039;s removed. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>One thing I hate is poorly designed ads, and this is definitely one of them. Blows my mind why people don&#039;t just put in a little more effort</div>

 

[ddzc]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 25789" data-quote="borntodominate" data-source="post: 429278" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429278" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429278">borntodominate said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> One thing I hate is poorly designed ads, and this is definitely one of them. Blows my mind why people don&#039;t just put in a little more effort </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yes, that too <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> I do a lot of web design and development and there&#039;s nothing better than a clean ad free header. The second your site loads, bam the ad is in my face, not good. The ad on the lower portion of the right sidebar is ok because by the time I get down there I&#039;ve read through the body of your website and I&#039;m focused on that area which makes the ad more subtle.</div>

 

[borntodominate]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 10406" data-quote="ddzc" data-source="post: 429279" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429279" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429279">ddzc said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Yes, that too <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> I do a lot of web design and development and there&#039;s nothing better than a clean ad free header. The second your site loads, bam the ad is in my face, not good. The ad on the lower portion of the right sidebar is ok because by the time I get down there I&#039;ve read through the body of your website and I&#039;m focused on that area which makes the ad more subtle. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thanks for the tips. Know of any good books about incorporating design with marketing?</div>

 

[Deleted20245]

<div class="bbWrapper">Reddit is a great place to build an audience. Just go on there, answer people&#039;s questions, and put your name and site at the bottom of your replies. People will check it out for sure. That&#039;s how I&#039;ve built my youtube channel--one person at a time.</div>

 

[ddzc]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 25789" data-quote="borntodominate" data-source="post: 429285" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429285" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429285">borntodominate said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thanks for the tips. Know of any good books about incorporating design with marketing? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Sorry, can&#039;t help you there. Everything I&#039;ve ever learnt and done was from trial and error, experience.</div>

 

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[Adam Secada]

<div class="bbWrapper">To answer your original question -- No, site doesn&#039;t look spammy. Looks very crisp and clean.<br /> <br /> As someone with some extensive web development experience, though, I&#039;d like to offer up a couple pointers:<br /> 1. Like everyone echoed out thus far, <b>it takes a minute to figure out what your website is all about</b>. If your leads / visitors are warm leads and already know when they visit, this is a non issue (You easily check how &quot;warm&quot; your leads are by installing some analytics on your wordpress -- you can see where your visitors come from. If its a direct link -- that is, they type in your URL and visit direct without a search engine, these are piping hot leads and they already know your deal.).<br /> <br /> If, however, your traffic is coming from blog referrals, grassroots efforts, etc. these people have no idea what your site is about and you might want to have a hero section that briefly explains it -- I only found out because I hovered over your logo and saw your SEO text -- &quot;Online Fitness Mag&quot;. If you want to be less intrusive, maybe toss in a website subtitle -- eg, &quot;The ONLY Fitness Reference You Will EVER Need.&quot;, and do a pull right in your header so it doesn&#039;t interfere with the blog flow you already have setup.<br /> <br /> 2. <b>The Call to Action on the left hand side is... well, it&#039;s pretty bad</b>. It could be much worse, but there is room for improvement there. &quot;Wanna get twice weekly free tips?&quot; Free tips on what? I&#039;ve been on your site for a grand total of three seconds, and the Email List Popup rears its ugly head. Cold Leads are going to see this, close it, figure out what the website is, then realize that they want to have updates, but alas, they closed the call to action / subscription link, and youre out a subscriber. Be more specific -- What am I getting tips regarding? Why should I care?<br /> <br /> 3. <b>How do you plan to monetize this thing?</b> Advertising / Affiliate Links? If this is the route you want to go, you probably want to write articles about the very things youre trying to sell. I don&#039;t know about anyone else, but when I first visited the site, I saw an advertising for some goal setting software. Why not write a few articles about how the very thing you&#039;re pushing on the right hand s</div>

 

[Semmy]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 9699" data-quote="Durete" data-source="post: 429124" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429124" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429124">Durete said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Born, can I ask you:<br /> <br /> What plugins are you using for;<br /> - &quot;Popular posts&quot;<br /> - to streamline your photo&#039;s (make them lightweight)<br /> - your main dropdown menu?<br /> - your &quot;Related posts&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> I like the part of having a horizontal dropdown menu instead of a vertical one.<br /> And also for having the pictures in the menu. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Durete - to end the endless pain of searching for too many plugins I highly<br /> recommend you to just get a license of OptimizePress.com as they have the most complete<br /> and easy to manipulate framework for marketers (I use it, including for all my landing pages), <br /> feel free to contact me about - I buy people a free domain when they get their license<br /> from me.<br /> <br /> Has popular posts - related posts, easy to manage menus that you can even<br /> set up separate per page as well.<br /> <br /> For the image plugin you could look into WP Smush it or any of those <br /> 9 Wordpress Plugins To Improve Images Performances at<br /> <a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wp-image-performance-plugins/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wp-image-performance-plugins/</a><br /> <br /> (not my site)</div>

 

[Semmy]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 25789" data-quote="borntodominate" data-source="post: 429268" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429268" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429268">borntodominate said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> To be honest they were written for seo. but im abandoning google traffic and will come up with my own methods to get more traffic </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Forget that SEO stuff - create a real site for real people that have a real need, then go buy targeted traffic with targeting exactly those people. Your site will rank well over time if enough people visit them and spend time on it. SEO tricks are fads that are unreliable and unscalable. You can&#039;t predict how many visitors you will get because your website will be listed higher in the search engines - you can predict and control that with buying target traffic!</div>

 

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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 21121" data-quote="Adam Secada" data-source="post: 429310" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=429310" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-429310">Adam Secada said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> To answer your original question -- No, site doesn&#039;t look spammy. Looks very crisp and clean.<br /> <br /> As someone with some extensive web development experience, though, I&#039;d like to offer up a couple pointers:<br /> 1. Like everyone echoed out thus far, <b>it takes a minute to figure out what your website is all about</b>. If your leads / visitors are warm leads and already know when they visit, this is a non issue (You easily check how &quot;warm&quot; your leads are by installing some analytics on your wordpress -- you can see where your visitors come from. If its a direct link -- that is, they type in your URL and visit direct without a search engine, these are piping hot leads and they already know your deal.).<br /> <br /> If, however, your traffic is coming from blog referrals, grassroots efforts, etc. these people have no idea what your site is about and you might want to have a hero section that briefly explains it -- I only found out because I hovered over your logo and saw your SEO text -- &quot;Online Fitness Mag&quot;. If you want to be less intrusive, maybe toss in a website subtitle -- eg, &quot;The ONLY Fitness Reference You Will EVER Need.&quot;, and do a pull right in your header so it doesn&#039;t interfere with the blog flow you already have setup.<br /> <br /> 2. <b>The Call to Action on the left hand side is... well, it&#039;s pretty bad</b>. It could be much worse, but there is room for improvement there. &quot;Wanna get twice weekly free tips?&quot; Free tips on what? I&#039;ve been on your site for a grand total of three seconds, and the Email List Popup rears its ugly head. Cold Leads are going to see this, close it, figure out what the website is, then realize that they want to have updates, but alas, they closed the call to action / subscription link, and youre out a subscriber. Be more specific -- What am I getting tips regarding? Why should I care?<br /> <br /> 3. <b>How do you plan to monetize this thing?</b> Advertising / Affiliate Links? If this is the route you want to go, you probably want to write articles about the very things youre trying to sell. I don&#039;t know about anyone else, but when I first visited the site, I saw an advertising for some goal setting software. Why not write a few articles about how the very thing you&#039;re pushing on the right hand s </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <br /> Thanks for that. When you mention the &quot;popup&quot; do you mean the actuall email icon on the left side or did it actually &quot;popup&quot; its not meant to do that</div>