Nice site so far. I would add a free small ebook outlining a checklist of tasks to do in order to buy a home. Something like "7 free tips to homeownership" make email and name a requirement to get the book.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Thanks! I figured out some of the things, but I didnt get to these:
How did you enlarge the Page buttons at the top?
How did you put the Social Media buttons at the bottom?
Oh and the Linked-In button and the Terms/Conditions links do not work.
I like it but the light blue background and light blue and gray words make it impossible for me to read. Anyone who is color blind will not be able to read half of it. I think some others have mentioned this too but you need more contrasting colors to make the words stand out.
The site looks good. I'm sure you'll revise the site as time goes on. What are your plans on the site? I know you're just starting out but comments or even logos of realtors and businesses you've partnered with gives your site more credibility.
Also how do you plan to make $$$?
Tom
Also, from doing some research and seeing some colleagues of mine buy insurance leads, there is a common theme that these leads are given to 50 different insurance guys. I'm not going to do that with this site. If you sign up as a professional, you are given a zipcode and if that zipcode is submitted, then the lead is sent to you so they are exclusive. This way, if someone requests all four professionals, I can sell the lead four times but to different professionals.
Thanks again and I will be posting updates on my progress with the business!
Great start. Here are some changes that i would personally make.
1. Work on your header, specifically your font and placement.
2. Work on your footer, you need your internal links and a bit more 2.0 to match your body.
3. Keep learning and keep working hard, good luck.
1. Work on your header, specifically your font and placement.
2. Work on your footer, you need your internal links and a bit more 2.0 to match your body.
Front page looks good. Are you using a content management system(Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, etc.) for your site or did you put it together coding it by yourself? I'm actually getting a display issue for your site where the text is running off the right side of your white container area into a grey background. My resolution is 1024x768 and I'm using Google Chrome for the reference. The issue continues on every page, I'm not sure where exactly the problem will lie but I think it will be in your CSS files? Someone with more coding experience please correct me on this as need be.
Aside from that issue, I'm not really in love with the "how it works" page. I personally would prefer it to be a little more organized, more similar in look to your "home buying advice" page where you list articles. In this sense I mean I'd like to see a hierarchical structure when you describe how it works. A "1. 2. 3." type format or bullet points, something that will lead me through exactly how it works.
I am using a wordpress theme and as far as the display issue problem, I have no idea how to fix that.
Google is your best friend, its mine too. Use it and learn more and more each day, the internet will teach you about the internet. Design is something that you pick up over time with trial and error and what i would do is not always the best thing for what you would like done. Web development is extremely vast and if your not determined to learn all of it you will be beat by your competitors.
If you're using a free theme you may be out of luck, but if you purchased the theme from somewhere you can usually get in contact with the developer and they'll help you sort things out. This can be the case for free themes too, but obviously harder to get a response from most of the developers for free themes.
I think that your site needs a lot of work:
1. You help people find real estate professionals, is that right? Then, please state so in your tagline. "Making the home buying process as smooth as possible" totally misdirected me: I thought you were legal/financial advisors or something. Your current tagline is too generic.
2. Why do you have two sidebars? One of them is just empty containing only "search". I would keep the body column and one sidebar.
3. Your about us page does not say who you are. People want to learn about people. Who are you?
4. Your mission statement is too formal. I mean, is that what you say when you first meet a potential customer face to face? I guess not.
5. Find a Pro should be, not just a tab on the navigation bar. Since this is what you are actually doing, then "find a pro" should be big and take a lot of space in your homepage.
6. On Homebuying advice you need to mess with your CSS. Your headlines need to be bigger and sharper. Why not create an archives page? Will this be like your blog?
7. Your become a partner page talks about helping homeowners...but how? I think you should say how each one of those professionals can help homeowners, and how your site can help them achieve that.
All in all, you are marketing to both professionals, and potential homeowners. Maybe you should consider having two sections on your homepage, one for professionals, and one for potential buyers. As an example, see HARO - Help a Reporter Out ™ .
I hope I helped!
He's going to make money on referrals
Leads are where it's at...
Yeah but I'll throw the disclaimer out there that I did not read TMF and then decide to sell leads because of MJ. I saw how many people in the industry I work in purchase leads that are terrible so I see a lot of room for improvement in this space and that is why I came up with this idea and started this business.
A few questions, how are you accomplishing what you need to while making it different and, more importantly, easier for the user? All I see on each page is a contact form, it's my sense that most people want instant gratification with real search results...
Working on this right now...We are actively trying to get professionals to sign up and once we get enough, we are going to switch up how the user uses the site as far as knowing who they will be working with before they submit their information. One step at a time..
If this website was a girl, Id bang her
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