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01-29-2012, 09:45 PM #1WHT Addict
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Failing to Advertise
Title says it all.
I have built my site from scratch, setup WHMCS, and now failing to get attention.
This is my AWStats report for this month
Unique visitors 478
Number of visits 574
Pages 5604
Hits 31843
bandwidth; 392.44 MB (700.1 KB/Visit)
I've spent $100 on "Google Ads Words" professionally optimised, I have posted on these forums, I have banners on several blogs.
And all I've manage to pick up is a couple fraud orders.
Is there something wrong with my Advertising setup?
Or maybe something not right with my site? www.blackrainhosting.com
I'll respect any replies, I just require a little guidance.
Thankyou,
Justin
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01-29-2012, 09:59 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Takes time and dedication. Slow and steady or spend a good fortune on ads 100 usd is nothing.
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01-29-2012, 10:02 PM #3WHT Addict
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How long should be be Chilling without Clients?
This is my main issues, I've put months of work into the servers, site to get nothing from just over a month.
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01-29-2012, 10:04 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Atleast couple of month?like 6 but year is a norm. Unless you got bucks to spend on adverts.
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01-29-2012, 10:09 PM #5WHT Addict
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Where is the Most effective place and approx cost for Adverts to show FAST results?
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01-29-2012, 10:20 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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01-29-2012, 10:24 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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01-30-2012, 04:00 AM #9ShillBuster
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Just my usual POV and that's your content.
There a few minor grammatical errors.....not a dealbreaker. However, some of the content is just bewildering:
"bringing out clients to their feet"
"Still falls the rain dark as the world of man, turn the rain, into your gain"
I can't see any "About us" to validate your credibility, and the content you do have in place doesn't really sell the benefits of your service. It just recounts features.....and predominantly delivered in cliches.
The look of the site just has a very morbid feel to it, so along with the content it's not really presenting you in a positive way.
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01-30-2012, 04:05 AM #10Newbie
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I would never purchase from a company that does not show proper contact information including location, address and phone numbers.
Also, couldn't easily identify where servers are based.
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01-30-2012, 04:16 AM #11Aspiring Evangelist
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Best way to get initial results is, start advertising locally. I think you from the day one started adv. globally directly competing with global hosting giants.
Your domain was registered on - 24 Nov 2011
that's very short span of time. at least put in your efforts for an year
then wait for results.
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01-30-2012, 06:08 AM #12WHT Addict
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Thankyou for your feedback, it's most appreciated. I'll go back and reconsider my content.
I'm not sure whether I should take "morbid feel" offensive or reinforcing feedback. I'm not to sure if I like being recognized a disease or not.
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01-30-2012, 06:31 AM #13New Member
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You should try reaching your local market, as someone said above. going into local shops advertising your hosting public notice boards in shops.
Try offering stuff that other hosts cannot provide
@sean
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01-30-2012, 06:32 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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No the issue is
"what is the different thing you are offering that no one else is offering. Why should a customer choose you,and not another hosting company"
Why should I choose to by 200mb from you for a 1usd,when I can find more somewhere else. Where are your servers located?Where is the about.What more can you provide to me than the 3000 people on
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4 cannot offer?
Start locally,find friends,neighbors,local shops,word of mouth is the best advertizement.
Best of luck
Martin
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01-30-2012, 11:07 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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To be honest (you'd expect me to lie? ), as a consumer, I am skeptical of any host under the $5 / month range. I am especially skeptical of any host offering free service, aside from a few custom situations like wordpress.com. My first thought will be, "so what's wrong with it?"
Like it or not, most consumers equate price with quality, and many will make their decision based exclusively on cost. As others have said, you'll really need to carve out a niche for yourself. We can't tell you exactly what niche you should claim or how, because it's different for everyone. It depends on your budget, skillset, personal taste, sales ability, and target market. Think about how much money you want to make and who you want to sell to.
There are two ways to start out: Wait a very long time for customers to trickle in on their own, or go out and sell your service the hard way.
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01-30-2012, 01:11 PM #16Aspiring Evangelist
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01-30-2012, 01:35 PM #17Junior Guru Wannabe
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01-30-2012, 01:59 PM #18WHT Addict
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I agree with this. I am all about Word of Mouth. I also sponsored a couple of local bloggers with free hosting and have my ad front and center. Start locally then branch from there.
Hit up a couple local shops around you that have a website and offer them free hosting in exchange for some sort of ad.
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01-30-2012, 03:15 PM #19ShillBuster
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01-30-2012, 03:45 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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I'd probably remove those "server" images from the homepage too as they're just Qnap NAS units... not something I'd want to host websites from.
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01-30-2012, 06:06 PM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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Too confusing, too many hosting plans with a free hosting plan, not really confident about it.
Look most popular shared hosting sites and don't re-invent the wheel, ideas are out there, apply it.
Site template is tooo common, make it unique, special...
My 2 cents.
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01-30-2012, 06:50 PM #22Disabled
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Its no easy to convince customers of how good you are!! i tried local market but thats also not easy to get... most people will go for the famous companies.. it doesnt seem like a good market webhosting, but lets see how it goes over period of time.... Also finding it dificult to get clients myself even though in business for 6 months or so.and very rarely down time.. but still no one trusts me apart from those already hosting with me!! i get people comming and chating on livechat then leaving it hurts but you cant force no one to buy your hosting!!!
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01-30-2012, 07:43 PM #23Junior Guru Wannabe
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There are 2 most important things:
1: Credibility (Trust)
No one want to host a website on a hosting that can disappear tomorrow. Real testimonials can help.
2: Branding and Marketing (Visibility)
The more we see your name on the web or in other marketing medias like magazines, newspapers... (specially if you target local market)the more people will trust in you.
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01-30-2012, 08:33 PM #24WHT Addict
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Thanks for everything, I'll take your advise and see what I can get out of it, I am aware that the domain is very new, and needs time to do reconsigned.
Morbid isn't a disease.....it's a gloomy atmosphere or theme.
"I'd probably remove those "server" images from the homepage too as they're just Qnap NAS units... not something I'd want to host websites from"
To be honest (you'd expect me to lie? ), as a consumer, I am skeptical of any host under the $5 / month range. I am especially skeptical of any host offering free service, aside from a few custom situations like wordpress.com. My first thought will be, "so what's wrong with it?"
And the free hosting, who doesn't like free stuff, the free hosting I provide has full features as the paid hosting does, but minimal storage. and limited databases/ftp&mail accounts.
Considering what I have said do you guys understand where I am coming from as far as the hosting I am providing?
Too confusing, too many hosting plans with a free hosting plan, not really confident about it.
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01-30-2012, 08:44 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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The thing to keep in mind is that, as a webhost, you are competing against hundreds of thousands other webhosts. It seems like a hundred new ones spring up every hour of every day. Customers have plenty of choices. What makes you different?
I don't mean to pick on you, Sarhad12, but I pulled up the website in your signature to take a look. It has quite a few grammatical errors, catch phrases and buzzwords. It is not an ugly site, but there's nothing that differentiates you from everyone else. You look like Web Hosting Company #584,392. I'm not saying this to be mean, but honestly, the grammatical errors alone would make me, as a customer, move on right away.
It may benefit you to hire or borrow a proofreader for your site's content. Many reputable SEO firms will do this for you. It sounds nitpicky, I know, but this is the kind of thing a customer is going to see, and within three seconds they are going to decide if your web hosting is for them.
Customers make purchasing decisions based on how they feel about the product. Careless words and errors that could be simply avoided by proofreading don't make me feel very warm and fuzzy about the company.
The web hosting industry has matured to the point to where having a strong technical knowledge is no longer enough. In addition to being technically competent, you also need to be as skilled in sales and marketing. As a result, it's not as easy starting a web hosting today as it was ten years ago. You need to be able to explain to potential customers, in terms that are important to them, why your service is better than everybody else. Sell the sizzle, not the steak!▐█▌Fresh Roasted Hosting :: High-performance Harrisburg web hosting since 2012!
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