+ a million. 1. Have your parents build a Facebook and Twitter following.... ASAP. Like yesterday.
2. And yeah, I'm sorry - but this design really doesn't do much for me. I don't know what I'm looking at. There's no menu ... no navigation ... In the course of a week I look at hundreds of sites and do research on usability, "likability", where the "hot" zones are and what people like and what people don't like, and I read boring crap like how many seconds you have to keep someone interested in a site, etc blah blah... your eyes would glaze over. This site would keep my attention for about 5 seconds, and that's not too good... I'd be like: ok next!!!!! quickly. I think my brain just exploded. a) You dont have to do much. Move the logo over to the left. Increase the width to 900 or 960. Add a menu bar with some pertinent navigational elements. b) Move the search to the upper right hand column. c) No need to change any colors - just move some stuff around. It'll make a WORLD of difference 3. Start promoting "the product of the month" ... 4. Where's the "sign up for our newsletter and discount" form? 5. An ecommerce site is only as good as it's products and it's LIST!!! Gotta build a list. ASAP. Like yesterday. 6. Have a contest ... give away a piece of jewelry based on user submission of a cat or something. It doesnt MATTER what it is .. just require an email for submission of the photo. Gather them for a month. Pick a winner. It doesnt matter how. (just don't promote it on Facebook blantantly --- they have separate rules about that.) ***** This is a GREAT opportunity to really push some awesome traffic into your parent's laps. I can see the possibilities and they are endless ... it just needs a little push. Like I can see you with one leg over the fence, ready to drop into the endless green pastures ... you just need a teeny shove ... On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Social Networking to help with Marketing. > > Facebook, Twitter etc. > > Build feature to allow people to link a product on their Facebook profiles. > Make a Facebook Group page. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
