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1) are there any bad reviews of the site floating around in online forums?
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3) are you just waiting for organic traffic?
almost $20k in coder/designer fees
My competitor's websites look like trash
I don't know whether this post is a rant/bitch/plea for help?
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If your site just "came together" a few weeks ago, perhaps you need to wait for Google to crawl your new content and re-rank you in the SERPs?
1) are there any bad reviews of the site floating around in online forums?
what kind of traffic are we talking about? If it's the same as before and the site is still getting 1-2 sales per week that doesn't really tell us much. Are they staying longer? Is the purchase process clear? If we're talking small traffic, I'd say 1-2 sales per week is a good start.
are you just waiting for organic traffic? if you sunk in 20k into design fees, are you spending any for traffic? I'd suggest budgeting some funds for online marketing and I don't mean just clicks... Perhaps sponsoring some blogger, YouTube personality, or women's organization would be a good idea?
Given the type of site, you must asked for quite a lot of features or some stunning dynamic design or both to get to that cost level. You didn't spend that purchasing some complicated/bloated stock cart did you?
Make sure if you search for your product titles your site comes up in SERPs, otherwise figure out what's wrong with that.
regarding Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus, I personally don't see any importance in making lots of noise in an empty room so I wouldn't put much effort into those channels of communication.
put a link next to every product description for anyone to ask a question about a particular product.
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Lots of talk about SEO and code, but... What do you know about women's apparel? Maybe it's not the site. There's only so much you can do with a site itself. I think you have to know your customer on some level.
How many unique visits do you get per day?
We're currently in the $30K - $50K per month range and we get 1200 - 1500 unique visits per day.
Our average sale is $40
We aggressively market bloggers and youtube.
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I would consider myself a "man's type of man" and as such cars and guns and ultimate fighting all appeal to me.
When trying to describe women's apparel....it's so hard. If I were instead trying to describe a camshaft that would make your 2012 Mercedes Benz E63 run faster, then I would be able to do a masterpiece of a writeup.
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Maybe your money/effort could be better spent getting a female involved somehow... Maybe a girl who has a fashion background, who could do some articles and other things. Maybe figure out a way to draw in people through something other than just... 'Here's our item ___ for $___'. Preferably somebody attractive, but in a girl friendly kind of way... You don't want somebody too 'sexy' attractive when dealing with women.
Open an account and upload some photos of your stuff to pinterest ?
Lots of talk about SEO and code, but... What do you know about women's apparel? Maybe it's not the site. There's only so much you can do with a site itself. I think you have to know your customer on some level.
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lol exactly my reaction when I seen a guy with the name "baseball guy" discussing women's apparel.
Yeah...but I'm confident I can figure this out. I have installed a turbo charger system (after market) on a car with my own two hands....kinda sorta forgot to drill out the oil return hole in the oil pan....but small mistakes aside, women's clothing cannot be that complicated.