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    Whats the point?

    Thats what I thought when I opened the site.

    When I did ads the rule of thumb was the 3 second rule. Show the page to someone who has never seen it before for 3 seconds. Then without them being able to see the page anymore ask them what they remember about it. They should get the main point, and remember the graphics.

    I would suggest a main page, without ads, big central graphic "Ask a Hot Model.com" Framing the text on each side pictures of you in a situation where someone is asking you a question... Your 6 top demographics. One could be a little boy tugging on your miniskirt with you looking down asking a question. You (hot model attire) standing in front of a group of frat boys all with their hands in the air acting goofy. Nerdy guy shyly asking you something, you looking serious and understanding, older divorced guy asking you something over a shopping cart, stupid things in his cart and healthy things in yours. You get the idea.

    Definitely a moderated forum, where questions are submitted under suggested topics, recalling your demographics, only appearing once the moderator allows them, with your helpful answer.

    Anyway, my ideas. Best of luck.

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    I'm not too well versed in the technical aspects of websites (for my own I had a service do it and just concentrated on the content), but it sounds like others here, like Mast, can help you quite a bit in that department. I like what I see so far, Cameron--your traditional warmth and good humor are there, and I guess I would only second what TOTH mentions, to make the pitch a little more on edge, a little more specific--that you are THE hot dear abbey. In MEN'S HEALTH magazine I've noticed that there are two people giving advice--one, I think she calls herself "the girl next door" with essentially the same kind of advice you are giving (though I think you are better at it) and another guy, in a column called "Ask Jimmy" who has the angle of being the bartender who fields men's questions--any questions. Each has a very specific, sharp angle, and in the case of Jimmy, there are stories told "that reminds me of a guy who came into the bar one night mad at his wife and the world..." So I am thinking maybe in your persona as the hot Dear Abbey you could tell specific stories, maybe even highlight a couple of them on your home page, to draw readers in--things from your own life as a model that anchor you as an authority but also open up your world to the reader. When you speak about places to meet someone, for instance, you could talk about someone you knew in the industry, another woman or yourself perhaps on a date, and what went well or didn't...stories draw people in, because they want to find out what happened. From there, your natural warmth will take over, your natural gift.

    I congratulate you on going after this. I think you have a great future in it. I see TOTH has mentioned she can help with another pair of eyes on the editing--she's a wonderful writer--and I'm glad to help to if I can. I'm glad you're feeling a little better, by the way, and I'm rooting for you.
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    okay first of all, the ads need to go. having google ads displayed at the top of a page make it look unprofessional.

    secondly, it doesn't fit on my screen. i'm using a huge screen with a very high resolution and this is what it looks like for me....



    you need to make it more compatible for different screen resolutions.

    from a design point of view (and i'm someone who, as a website designer, is extremely picky about design), the pink highlighting behind the text buttons looks messy because it's all uneven.

    i think this site is a great idea, and with a bit of design touch up, i think it could be really good.

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    sorry but that is a very amaturish attempt at a website. i know you personally did not make it but whoever did needs more skill. i assume you are getting this free because of all the ads. i would get hosting and do it right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by velvet View Post
    sorry but that is a very amaturish attempt at a website. i know you personally did not make it but whoever did needs more skill. i assume you are getting this free because of all the ads. i would get hosting and do it right.
    sorry to be so blunt.
    For it being weeks old, it's fine. The main deal is getting it up and running. Make it pretty when there's a reason for it to be pretty. As it stands now, who's looking at it? Us?

    Get people interested before you put all that effort into it. Be a bummer you spend all that time and cash on a site no-one visits. Get people to VISIT. Once it has some traffic, make it pretty.

    One idea is that all SW people that have StumbleUpon go to her site and add it. Keep going to her site and keep adding. She'll get a lot of traffic that way.

    Why make a state of the art website when 10 people visit it? Worry about the 10 people thing first.

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    yeah but people aren't going to come back to a site that looks like that. it took me less than two hours and under US$20 to get registered, hosted (completely advert free) and looking like it does now, so it's not like you have to spend big bucks and put in weeks of work to get a site looking somewhat professional.

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    Thanks all..I emailed severl of these idea to my designer. HE said" I could definitely make the main page more eyecatching. However keep in mind that the ads also needs to be prominently displayed so the page generates a high "click-through-rate". "

    So he'll be working on it

    Thanks again..if you think of anything else let me know

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    I love it but I am not a computer person, I just love it cause it's yours, my hubby is a computer person and I am going to have him take a look.

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    With her pictures on it? Guys will come back.

    Put some pretty pictures up, guys are very shallow.

    I see what you are saying Darcy. Buty why even worry about a site that has no traffic. It's like a picture hanging on your wall, no one will see it but you. If Cam wants guys to come all she has to do is smile and say "Cheese." SOME of the guys will then stop to read her advice (The ones who don't are probably too dense for it to matter, anyway). Those guys might be interested and a few might ask their own questions. Rinse/repeat.

    One thing... don't do Naked pics on there, cam (My psychic powers see me turning in my own grave because i said that, i'm going to guy hell). Make it a site that is cool to see at work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    yeah but people aren't going to come back to a site that looks like that. it took me less than two hours and under US$20 to get registered, hosted (completely advert free) and looking like it does now, so it's not like you have to spend big bucks and put in weeks of work to get a site looking somewhat professional.
    I love the look of that..but we HAVE to have ads on there to make money and fulfill our part of the deal with Google.

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    if you need ads, arrange them better. at the moment they're swallowing the information on the page. it looks like

    ADS
    info
    ADS
    info

    because of the way the text buttons are arranged, they almost look like ad links too. at first glance it's kinda hard to differentiate the adverts from the actual clickable links on your site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madcap View Post
    With her pictures on it? Guys will come back.

    Put some pretty pictures up, guys are very shallow.

    I see what you are saying Darcy. Buty why even worry about a site that has no traffic. It's like a picture hanging on your wall, no one will see it but you. If Cam wants guys to come all she has to do is smile and say "Cheese." SOME of the guys will then stop to read her advice (The ones who don't are probably too dense for it to matter, anyway). Those guys might be interested and a few might ask their own questions. Rinse/repeat.

    One thing... don't do Naked pics on there, cam (My psychic powers see me turning in my own grave because i said that, i'm going to guy hell). Make it a site that is cool to see at work.
    I am going to be putting more pics up. And no, they cant be naked at all according to google rules. So no worries there. It has to stay work friendly

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    okay, here's an extremely basic example i just whipped up of a more user friendly site design.



    once again, this is obviously extremely basic, but you get the idea. i think the title of the site needs to be attention grabbing, and people need to know what the point of the site is when they first look at it. the site needs to scream, "THIS IS WHAT MY PURPOSE IS"

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    Jesus Darcy! I love the shit outta that title banner!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    okay, here's an extremely basic example i just whipped up of a more user friendly site design.



    once again, this is obviously extremely basic, but you get the idea. i think the title of the site needs to be attention grabbing, and people need to know what the point of the site is when they first look at it. the site needs to scream, "THIS IS WHAT MY PURPOSE IS"
    Wow..you're good. I sent that to my designer. Thanks!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madcap View Post
    For it being weeks old, it's fine. The main deal is getting it up and running. Make it pretty when there's a reason for it to be pretty. As it stands now, who's looking at it?.
    well as a wife of a web developer and a person that will dismiss a business on web content alone. i disagree. a site should be ready when you launch. if she's trying to make money. i for one would never be back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    I am going to be putting more pics up. And no, they cant be naked at all according to google rules. So no worries there. It has to stay work friendly
    I don't mean to stress pics, but at these beginning phases they make for a hell of a worm for us trout.

    We have to get there before we can get to the substance.

    Quote Originally Posted by velvet View Post
    well as a wife of a web developer and a person that will dismiss a business on web content alone. i disagree. a site should be ready when you launch. if she's trying to make money. i for one would never be back.
    She's trying to make money off this? If so she needs to get TRAFFIC so she can sell ADDS. If you expect that guys will pay a monthly fee so even the hottest chick on the planet can tell him how to properly part his hair, i want to come live in the fantasyland too. I might sound surly, but i'm not trying to be.

    Add space is the *ONLY* way to make money off this. And for ADDS to even be worth anything, they need people to... uhh... see them.

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    Here is the thing that I saw. I clicked on the "Ask Cameron" button, and it opened up my Outlook account. I didn't care. I sent you my question from yahoo because I don't care if you know who I am. Some people will want to remain more secretive. I am a total computer nOOb, but is there a way to maybe type the question on the page and send it to you from there? That would be easier. Just my two cents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    okay, here's an extremely basic example i just whipped up of a more user friendly site design.

    http://www.queenashlee.com/askahotmodel/

    once again, this is obviously extremely basic, but you get the idea. i think the title of the site needs to be attention grabbing, and people need to know what the point of the site is when they first look at it. the site needs to scream, "THIS IS WHAT MY PURPOSE IS"
    MUCH better.
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    Cam, have you figured out how you are going to make money off this? Advertisers? Members? I mean, I'm interested because I know you but if I was just some random person surfing I probably would ignore. Nothing really attention grabbing. All of us on SW know you give great advise on a myriad of issues but I doubt the general population would appreciate your insight because they don't know you.

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    I take the "only way to make money off this" part back, if Cameron takes off Hustler or Penthouse or whatever magazine will be beating her door down to get her to write a column for them. Soooooo...

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    Yea, one thing is for sure here. If we love Cam like we say we do, and her hope is to turn this into a financially benefiting venture, we have to be honest with her, and the truth is, getting people to remember a site enough to come back means the CONTENT has to have value to them.

    Ask Velvet's husband. It's a slide rule. If it's an amazing site, the content can be hit and miss and be moderately successful. If it's a shitty site but has golden rare content, it will still be a moderate success.

    Cameron has GREAT content for a site like this, and access to people who can make GREAT sites. I think, sooner or later, those two will meet for her, be it this idea or another of good ones she's shared on this site.
    People are not ruled by their memories.

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    No-one is going to pay to see an advice column. Hellen Keller could see that one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Some Guy View Post
    Here is the thing that I saw. I clicked on the "Ask Cameron" button, and it opened up my Outlook account. I didn't care. I sent you my question from yahoo because I don't care if you know who I am. Some people will want to remain more secretive. I am a total computer nOOb, but is there a way to maybe type the question on the page and send it to you from there? That would be easier. Just my two cents.
    this is a very good point. your 'ask cameron' link uses the mailto html function, which directly opens up outlook express. MANY people do not use outlook, and this function is completely useless to them. for someone who is not so internet savvy, who just uses hotmail, it may be extremely difficult for them to work out how to contact you.

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    Darcy cool web design I love the black.

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