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Hey everyone, I am starting this thread to get some harsh criticism. While I know this website will need a lot of labor, and it may not be fast lane yet...I am extremely proud of what it has come to be.
Now before I tell you, please sign this non-disclosure forum
______________
Thank you.
So, if you remember correctly, my website started out looking like this
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Yeah I know, primitive, right?
Then, I decided to reach out to get more advice from people like "Justanentreprenuer" as shown above.
After contacting my freelancer, he said he'd redo the entire website. So, I worked some more days at my carwash job and saved up to pay him off.
Eventually, he stopped responding to me (I was told by the person who introduced me to him, that he is oversea's and probably in school now, which explains the lack of communication.)
I reached out again and again, only to find that people did not want to do the job I had posted, which was add even more to the homepage. Then, out of the blue, some guy makes it sound like the easiest thing in the world for a dirt cheap price... 2 days later, the website looks better than ever (He only added the "Recent links bit", but with the coding the way it was, not many people I asked understood how to do it properly").
So, the website was the way it was, and then I was at a stand still. I figured "work more, pay for more advertising".
Then my friend came a long. He loved the way the website looked, and told me "I'll back you on this". I had actually turned him away numerous times because I tend to become freaked out when someone puts so much faith in me, when in reality I had just worked to pay people to do this, I didn't actually code it.
He insisted, found a great "SEO" team, and we went to work. I am now talking to these people who are in charge of my websites SEO. Truly great people. But seeing as it is a waiting game for me to climb the ranks in google to become a more noticeable website, I'm not sure if I should just save my money and wait until more customers come in so I can finally get direct feedback as to what to change next, or change the little things, so when they come it seems fairly flawless.
It sounds dumb, but I've gotten so caught up in just looking at this and being like "I cannot believe this started out as an idea while washing someones car, to THIS"........it blows my mind seeing that I've actually done someone. While this whole thread is nothing but "I, I, I", sometimes you need to kind of sit back and give yourself a pat on the back. Not stop working of course, but recognize your progress.
Some ideas that me and my new partner have had, was
A. Adsense -.... But Demarco kind of went over as to why that is a bad idea. Google can just pull the PLUG ON YOU.
Or
B. When the website has increased traffic, spend a small amount of money to be featured on the homepage, or have your website rotating on a banner ad.
Any advice would be awesome.
It is fairly scary writing this thread, only because I have NO idea what the reactions are going to be like.
While I'm not making millions yet, I'm making progress, and to me, that's better than nothing.
Thanks.
Welcome to TizeMe
Now before I tell you, please sign this non-disclosure forum
______________
Thank you.
So, if you remember correctly, my website started out looking like this
-
Yeah I know, primitive, right?
Then, I decided to reach out to get more advice from people like "Justanentreprenuer" as shown above.
After contacting my freelancer, he said he'd redo the entire website. So, I worked some more days at my carwash job and saved up to pay him off.
Eventually, he stopped responding to me (I was told by the person who introduced me to him, that he is oversea's and probably in school now, which explains the lack of communication.)
I reached out again and again, only to find that people did not want to do the job I had posted, which was add even more to the homepage. Then, out of the blue, some guy makes it sound like the easiest thing in the world for a dirt cheap price... 2 days later, the website looks better than ever (He only added the "Recent links bit", but with the coding the way it was, not many people I asked understood how to do it properly").
So, the website was the way it was, and then I was at a stand still. I figured "work more, pay for more advertising".
Then my friend came a long. He loved the way the website looked, and told me "I'll back you on this". I had actually turned him away numerous times because I tend to become freaked out when someone puts so much faith in me, when in reality I had just worked to pay people to do this, I didn't actually code it.
He insisted, found a great "SEO" team, and we went to work. I am now talking to these people who are in charge of my websites SEO. Truly great people. But seeing as it is a waiting game for me to climb the ranks in google to become a more noticeable website, I'm not sure if I should just save my money and wait until more customers come in so I can finally get direct feedback as to what to change next, or change the little things, so when they come it seems fairly flawless.
It sounds dumb, but I've gotten so caught up in just looking at this and being like "I cannot believe this started out as an idea while washing someones car, to THIS"........it blows my mind seeing that I've actually done someone. While this whole thread is nothing but "I, I, I", sometimes you need to kind of sit back and give yourself a pat on the back. Not stop working of course, but recognize your progress.
Some ideas that me and my new partner have had, was
A. Adsense -.... But Demarco kind of went over as to why that is a bad idea. Google can just pull the PLUG ON YOU.
Or
B. When the website has increased traffic, spend a small amount of money to be featured on the homepage, or have your website rotating on a banner ad.
Any advice would be awesome.
It is fairly scary writing this thread, only because I have NO idea what the reactions are going to be like.
While I'm not making millions yet, I'm making progress, and to me, that's better than nothing.
Thanks.
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