Website/Muse Critique

[phildo]

Hello all… longtime reader, first time poster, huge fan of the book… I have recently finished a website where my initial goal it to draw readers. The site was handmade using a template (thanks ramblingsoul.com) so it just needs to look acceptable, and I believe the content to be beneficial to those interested in the topic.

I’m looking for a critique of the overall site, any ideas on how to increase my readership, and thoughts about how to generate revenue off of it (advertising, membership area etc).

equityrecap.com (http://www.equityrecap.com)

Thanks everyone

[tomjoad27]

some quick thoughts:

-the text in the tabs gets lost easily especially the tabs themselves being green on green. try changing them up in terms of color or size.

-in your i am paragraph on first page, u have a space before I. eliminate that or make it a full indent.

-u may want to add some advertising to generate revenue as well as a place to buy hot stock tips. u are gonna have to prove that any free stock tips are worth something over time and then entice the reader to buy the really good stock tips that u dont give out for free.

best of luck.

[kamakiri]

Go out and make 3-4 posts a week for a month, then come back and ask us those questions. Right now you have nothing. That is quite a bit further than most get, but still you haven't taken the plunge. The web is full of false starts, do not become one of them.

@tom - Ads? The guy is just starting out. Have you ever used ads on a blog? You need thousands of subscribers to make a nickel. The only thing ads are going to do is dilute your message, stay away from them until you have at least 400-500 hits a day.

[DaveinHackensack]

1) There are numerous blogs and websites about investing. What will differentiate yours? If you're idea is to be very basic and beginner-oriented, maybe a niche you could consider would be to write about investing for children or teens, from an educational perspective.

2) Why do you link to Tim's blog post Rethinking Investing (http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/11/03/rethinking-investing-part-2-plus-election-thoughts/) on your site? That's a great, thought-provoking post by Tim, but it essentially argues against investing in stocks. Why would you link to that on a site about stock investing?

[phildo]

Thanks for the advice guys, a few of the suggestions have already been implemented into the site and I now have a better overall direction with which to take it.