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They have: 21 posts

Joined: Jun 2006

URL of website: http://www.wepay-youpost.com

Ok, recently I started up my new business called Wepay. Wepay is a forum posting service. Clients pay a set amount for one of our packages and our writers post on their forums to increase activity and generally get their forums off to a good start. Everythings going well so far, with a good amount of traffic and enquiries, but im the type of person always looking for more.

After reading the above description, could you give me any tips on how I could push traffic towards my website? I am happy to spend a moderate amount of money on advertising (I currently am doing now), and im also willing to spend time on the website developing it and making it more welcoming for possible clients.

And finally, could you take a look at the site for me? It's only the second website I have made, and I understand that it's nowhere near as good as it could be, but a few tips on how to make it more 'user friendly' would be great.

However, my main concern, of course, is getting my site noticed. Smiling

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She has: 10,030 posts

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Firstly, there are a lot of sites offering this service now. I think if you went to any forum for forum admins you would find a lot of skepticism about these services. Mainly, that you're not getting good quality, topical posts from people who aren't interested in your topic. So you'd have to address those problems.

Making the site more inviting to visitors would be a big help too. The home page has to clearly and conciesly tell them what you have to offer and draw them further into the site. I notice you've posted a webiste review so I'll give more feedback there.

Since there is so much competition in this field you have to make yourself stand out and appear to be professional. You have to know why you're better than the competition.

They have: 21 posts

Joined: Jun 2006

Ok thanks for the comments. Our current advertising technique is our prices, as we have researched other posting sites and we are by far the cheapest. As for the quality of posts being poor, we have put in force a "100% money-back guarentee, no questions asked" policy. Hopefully this will convince possible clients that are service is worth buying.

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She has: 10,030 posts

Joined: Jun 1999

I think most of your competitors will be doing the same thing though. To be honest, I'm not sure that being the cheapest would be a great selling point in this market. Everyone is trying to be the cheapest, assuming that's what customers want. Customers wan't good quality, so emphasizing that you're the cheapest might not be the best way of winning them over. In fact, if anyone has done any research on this they might even want to pay a little more, understanding the age old adage you get what you pay for applies. Pay for cheap, get cheap. Pay a little more, get a little more Smiling

I'm also not sure how much cheaper you are than the competition - clients might be willing to pay slightly more than the competition if they understand that the product is better. In fact, I would say that a slightly higher price is often a way to tell that the end result will be of superior quality.

If you think of any sort of service that you'd buy from someone, you're probably not going to go for the cheapest quote. Am I going to sign up at the cheapest hosting company? No, it will probably be crap. Am I going to get the cheapest haircut? No! I want to look good Smiling These are important services - as a client, I'm willing to pay for better quality. Of course there is a range there, on a curve. You could attract the most clients in the mid range price/quality ratio.

They have: 21 posts

Joined: Jun 2006

Ok thanks for that, I suppose its just a matter of finding that happy medium.

They have: 53 posts

Joined: Apr 2006

Ever though of getting paid on deliverables??
Instead of taking the money upfront??

Are you currently employing people to do this work??

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They have: 21 posts

Joined: Jun 2006

remindme wrote: Ever though of getting paid on deliverables??
Instead of taking the money upfront??

Are you currently employing people to do this work??

Take a look at this page,

http://wepay-youpost.com/becomeawriter.html

They have: 5 posts

Joined: Jun 2006

If you really want your site to work in a straighly profit-making direction, you dont need to be a professional for that! To maximize profit, you just need to know the right tips and the best cost-effective way of achieving the results you want!

They have: 21 posts

Joined: Jun 2006

Thanks for that. To get my site noticed at the moment im just joining alot of webmaster forums, and investing in some paid advertising. Smiling

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He has: 161 posts

Joined: Jan 2000

Paid people posting on forums? Hmmm. GOtta check this one out.. :snooze:

Papworth wrote: URL of website: http://www.wepay-youpost.com

Ok, recently I started up my new business called Wepay. Wepay is a forum posting service. Clients pay a set amount for one of our packages and our writers post on their forums to increase activity and generally get their forums off to a good start. Everythings going well so far, with a good amount of traffic and enquiries, but im the type of person always looking for more.

After reading the above description, could you give me any tips on how I could push traffic towards my website? I am happy to spend a moderate amount of money on advertising (I currently am doing now), and im also willing to spend time on the website developing it and making it more welcoming for possible clients.

And finally, could you take a look at the site for me? It's only the second website I have made, and I understand that it's nowhere near as good as it could be, but a few tips on how to make it more 'user friendly' would be great.

However, my main concern, of course, is getting my site noticed. Smiling

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He has: 161 posts

Joined: Jan 2000

Can you this on one day? Platinum Package $300.00 , hehehe.

They have: 21 posts

Joined: Jun 2006

soundtank wrote: Can you this on one day? Platinum Package $300.00 , hehehe.

If the writers all checked the writing forum all in one day.. yes. Wink However, it would not be recommend as it would be obvios if there were hundreds of new posts made in one day, and then activity went down again the next day. Smiling