Free Video - A Buncha Website Analysiseses…

Tue, 08 January 2008 in Free Video Training, Other Conversion Tactics

I have a problem.

It’s a problem I don’t mind having so much, but it is a problem nonetheless.

You see, when I put up a post about giving away a few free website analysises (analysis’? analysees? nevermind…), I wasn’t quite expecting the response that I got.

Right now there are over 110 replies, most of them people asking for their website to be included. This is, of course, impossible, given the amount of time I want to spend on each analysis.

So I came up with a small solution for now. Although I will still be doing 2 or 3 full website analyseyes, I decided to put together a 20 minute video going over as many of the websites that have been submitted as I could.

I don’t spend much time on each of the websites, but the time I do spend I give my first impressions and immediate things that I would change.

Now, I only got about 10-20 sites done (I didn’t actually count), so I will probably do another one of these videos to cover more, IF you like what you see.

So, once you’ve watched the video, please post a comment here letting me know if it was useful to you or not. I will honestly base my decision on your replies alone (why put in the time if nobody cares, right?).

Click here to watch my video “A Buncha Website Analysiseses”…

Matthew Glanfield

  1. Toby Beavers commented on January 8, 2008 at 9:06 am

    That was great. Short and sweet. I saw a few places we need to improve my site; namely with a signup box for a newsletter. Thanks Toby

  2. Bryan Jones commented on January 8, 2008 at 9:51 am

    Matthew,

    The video is very eye-opening and informative. I especially like the instruction about the headlines and how important they speak to what’s important to the viewer and not important to the web site owner.

    I hope I get a chance to have my website critiqued as well because I could use a few pointers. My website is:

    http://www.AskBryanJones.com

    Thanks.

  3. Mike Van Bergen commented on January 8, 2008 at 9:53 am

    Hi Matthew,

    Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to do a few of the websites. I have picked up a lot of pointers of what to do and not do. I will be looking my sites over to see what I can improve upon. Thanks

    Mike

  4. Gil Kreiter commented on January 8, 2008 at 10:23 am

    Interesting to hear your comments on the websites. There was a problem with viewing it though, the voice was ahead of the video.

  5. Jimmy Roos commented on January 8, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Hi Matthew,

    I watched your video and have learned quite a few things that i think I’m doing wrong on my website. Hope you can also include mine in your next video.

    Thanks,
    Jimmy

  6. Betty Gravely commented on January 8, 2008 at 10:44 am

    These tips are very helpful in analyzing my own web page. I really get some great insight from these critiques. Thank you!

    But there seems to be technical issues with the video. There is a lag time between you speaking and the visual. I also had to pause the video and when I tried to start watching again I had to start from the beginning.

  7. Jim Norton commented on January 8, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Very helpful, informative, and kept my interest the entire video. Thank you.

    Shamsuddin Jim Norton,
    Creator, Noosphere Lights
    http://noospherecommunication.com

  8. Lou Martiniano commented on January 8, 2008 at 10:59 am

    Hi Matt,

    Thank you for the two previous videos. I have learned a lot about how to organize the site for the visitor and how to give them very specific direction on what they should do while visiting.

    Maybe you could put together steps one, two three…on web site building for the uninformed. There appears to be a lot of us.

    Thank you and I will continue to watch and hopefully learn.

    Lou

  9. Gary commented on January 8, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Thanks for the quick “point and critique” reviews of the websites. Were able to show some common mistakes that we all make.

    Will have to go back and fix my website of these
    errors.

    Thank again for all your work to help us.

  10. Ron commented on January 8, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Hi Matthew
    See you– your good you hahahaha
    Now then i learned loads here in how to make better use of the head area on a content site
    as appose to just a sales page,To clarify i spent a lot on a course infact all i had hahaha which
    never even covered this topic Yes there was a full overview of a content home page being a personal thing ie intro to you as appose to your product however what you covered here was in fact
    brilliant i admit i jhad not concidered tha fact that actualy no one is realy interested in me but what i can do for them hahah me included when i go to a site i feel such a dafty for not thinking like that,however you get stuck into a course and try and focus on it thinking it will be the big thing hahahah
    anyway Matthew i loved it sincerly i did thanks for your time i cant wait for the next one :-)
    Yours(excited by information for a change)
    RonnieD

  11. Stan Hjerleid commented on January 8, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Hi Matthew,
    In your AMF course you make a point that this business requires hard work and is not a get rich quick scheme. These 3 videos show that you practice what you preach. The time and effort required to produce these convince me that you are just not in it for the buck but give value to all of us. I am just setting up websites and you have given me a good starting point. I’ll be doing more business with you.

    Stan

  12. Affiliate Marketing Introduction commented on January 8, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Hi Matthew,

    Thank you for the great website analysis videos

    You are right about some of the errors in website design, although basic are pretty common

    I will apply some of the tips you have shared on my site http://www.affiliatemarketingintro.com

    Thank you once again

  13. Don commented on January 8, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    This video was very informative - I hope you’ll do more of them in the future.

    Thanks for taking your time to do this!

  14. Terry commented on January 8, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    Hi Matt,

    Great job — lots of good information packed into a short presentation! I’ll be reviewing my site with these concepts in mind.

  15. Nhora commented on January 8, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    Hi Mathew,

    What a great help you are given us “newbies”. You are making me think “out of the box”.

    Thanks again for the time you are taking to give us your free opinion.

    N.L.

  16. Stephanie commented on January 8, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    I enjoyed your critiques so much - they were filled with solid, practical and concrete suggestions. I’d love to be included in a subsequent video!

    Thanks,
    ~Stephanie

  17. Alex Lowered His Cholesterol commented on January 8, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    Excellent analysises? video. One comment though: I’m a fan of variable width sites as opposed to fixed width. Try www.cholesterolhowto.com and using Firefox, resize the window from the lower right side (live resizing). What do you think? What is your resolution width?

    Best regards,

    Alex

  18. Jean Mandel commented on January 8, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Matthew

    Thanks for a very helpful video. You are much appreciated for taking the time to do this!

    Jean Mandel

  19. Ted & Sandra Wosko commented on January 8, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Well done Matthew,

    This is the type of information every one needs.
    Apart from telling us what is wrong with the site you tell us how to rectify it. Its what ordinary people need to improve the chances of succeeding online.

    Keep going with the good work

    Ted & Sandra
    http://www.learnturnandearn.com

  20. Yujin commented on January 8, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    Very helpfull and informative video. Never think about these points before. Looking for more videos like this :)

    Thanks,

    Yujin

  21. Net Marketing Toolbox commented on January 8, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    Great video Matthew. Even spending a very short time looking at a range of websites, and pointing out the obvious, is extremely useful! You spent longer on each page than most new visitors do, so those first impressions really count.

    More similar videos would be more useful to the majority, compared to an in-depth analysis of just a few :)

    But that’s not to say I wouldn’t “mind” a thorough review of a (different) site I have that’s not converting well. So… how much would you charge for a thorough, paid analysis???

    Cheers
    Stephen Spry

  22. Ian Woods commented on January 8, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    the video was great Matt

    I think we all find them useful even if we don’t get our own websites critiqued.

    thanks ian

  23. Debbie Mumm commented on January 8, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    I really enjoyed your video. You brought up some good points about website pages. I have a squeeze page that is seperate from my info site…and I’d still like to get an idea of how to get people interested in my site since it is such a unique niche. (International Adoption Support)
    I love learning what you teach…
    Thanks.
    Debbie
    www.adoptionhighway.com
    www.everythingforadoption.com

  24. Barb commented on January 8, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    Another great video Matthew! Now I have to get to work and make some changes to my sites - some obvious issues now that you have pointed them out.

    Being able to look at the site and have you show us what you would change works really well for me. Far more impact than reading the same information.

    Thanks again.

  25. Walter Williamson commented on January 8, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    I think the video is great and gives lots of good pointers. I would like to see a critique on a market place site where the object is to sell a variety of ‘hard’ products.

    Walter

  26. Mac McGuire commented on January 9, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Thank you for the analysis. You are a gifted man and as a retired VP of marketing, it has been my experience that there are relatively few people in the Wide World of the Web who have any real marketing expertise. My guess is that they are the ones who have been successful in making money.

    Keep up the good work.

  27. Wayne Kemm commented on January 9, 2008 at 12:17 am

    Very well done Matt, you have explained the website principals, better than i have ever seen.
    Great detail and for site, you have opened my eyes to things i would never thought of doing. We will implement changes asap. Hope to see our site on one of your video’s. Thanks Wayne.

  28. Purevoid commented on January 9, 2008 at 1:17 am

    The video is great but is there a way to download it as I’m having trouble viewing the whole thing.

  29. Robert Fowler commented on January 9, 2008 at 2:14 am

    Matthew, that was excellent! To the point and very informative. I learned quite a bit of what not to do, lol. And gave me a couple of ideas of how to improve on our goals.
    You can not see my landing page as my host had a problem last few days but the blog is still up. Regardless, you have helped with these brief analyises.

  30. Judi Mehrens commented on January 9, 2008 at 3:30 am

    Thank you, Matthew. This is truly great information. Seeing the actual sites and your suggestions is so much more informative than reading manuals and how-tos.

    Now I have to go re-do my planner for the week to add in the time to rework my site!

  31. John Neff commented on January 9, 2008 at 3:48 am

    Matthew,
    Excellent job. Very helpful and informative. Your comments and tips can be immediately put to good use on my site building.
    John

  32. Sonali commented on January 9, 2008 at 5:17 am

    Hi Matthew,
    I am SO GLAD you did this video! Please do some more because it was very informative. You shared a lot of valuable nuggets in a short amount of time. Seeing what not to do is so crucial in order to be successful…keep up the good work!

  33. gay cartier commented on January 9, 2008 at 6:36 am

    this video was very helful great tips about not what to do. looking forward to the next one

    thanks Mathew

  34. Connie Ring commented on January 9, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    Matthew,

    Wow, that was great information. I really liked seeing the web page and corrections that could be made to improve the various sites. What I need to do now is get busy and make the changes that were suggest to improve my website.

    Thank you so much for being so giving of your time and effort.

    Connie

  35. Lucy commented on January 9, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    I enjoyed the quick and informative video format to explain some key common mistake made to website setup. Alot or most seem to be marketing or at home business but are all websites regardless of what they promote set up the same to get high conversion rates? Should they all follow the same basic principles?

  36. David commented on January 9, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    Hi Matthew.
    Excellent video. Great information and some interesting and informative tips.

    Thank you.

    David
    PS. Overlay graphic seemed to be out of sync.
    www.thesmallbusinessmarketingmanual.com

  37. Paul commented on January 10, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Hi Matthew

    Great video on connies portrait site but a small technical problem. The sound goes out of sync to the piccies as you move between different web site examples.

    still great content tho!

    Paul

  38. Wayne Tully commented on January 10, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    A video worth waiting for!

    Now on to sort my site out with the useful free information you provided…

    Cheers!

  39. David commented on January 10, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    Hi Matthew,

    Again, great video and excellent ideas and thoughts.

    Thank you.

    David
    PS Line drawings still out of sync with pictures.

    www,thesmallbusinessmarketingmanual.com

  40. Barb commented on January 10, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    What can I say? Yet another great video filled with really useful content. This is the best information I have seen is a long time.

    Thank you so much!

  41. Wesley Stace commented on January 11, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Hey Matthew,

    Grate video’s I love them and hope to see more to come.

    Wes.

  42. Tom Smith commented on January 14, 2008 at 3:01 am

    Very interesting and informative.I picked up several pointers that will be helpful.
    Also in this format I find it very easy to follow and absorb everything.

    Thanks a lot.

    Tom

  43. David Parsons commented on January 16, 2008 at 3:17 am

    Great job Matt on these site critiques. I feel so validated on the squeeze page I have now. (Iuse MySqueezePage3.com of course)

    Can’t wait to see more of these soon. Keep up the great analisesses (or whatecver you call them).

    Thanks again for your time and effort. It is worth it believe me.


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