findtim
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i don't mention all the work i do and this one i haven't mention as it happened SO quickly and i can't detail this one but i will tell you what happened. sorry , no links in this post !
a new client came to me from a referral and i put together a plan for their ecom business, once again they didn't take my advice on buying a GREAT name but went with a hand reg.
anyway, i convinced them to use my seo guys and they started facebook before the website was completed which p******d me off as then they were on my back to complete even though i had confirmed a completion date with them.
WELL we were getting orders online ( i had all the ssl and credit card setup early) WITHOUT proper product descriptions and very few images as this had not been supplied to me !!! people were purchasing just from the product name, OK, popular products, KNOWN products at very good prices.
all via facebook ads.
so anyway, i finished the site to what i would call "useable" last weekend and sales DROPPED ! OMG my phone went off, " WTF did you do? "
i reviewed the difference between last week and this week and the only thing i could find was the client asked me to ADD extra questions into the cart form.
i did feel it was to much info and i did tell him at the time, so i told him again and we removed them.
BANG, 10K in sales first day ......today ( yes i lied at the top because you would not have believed me) but TRUE, a hand reg domain, facebook adds, good products, reasonable images, smooth ecom and $10K today.
thats all i can relate it to ?
thats why i love developing, OK, 10K might be tiny but in relation to the client this is HUGEEEEEE, hes done in 1 day what he did in a week.
the good news is now they have money to keep up the seo and i can see them on tv not to soon .
great news is they have expansion plans so i'm already in discussions about that.
HINT: if you were like me and you were programming at 3am, just send them an email about ANYTHING, just ask them a question JUST so they see the timestamp
tim
a new client came to me from a referral and i put together a plan for their ecom business, once again they didn't take my advice on buying a GREAT name but went with a hand reg.
anyway, i convinced them to use my seo guys and they started facebook before the website was completed which p******d me off as then they were on my back to complete even though i had confirmed a completion date with them.
WELL we were getting orders online ( i had all the ssl and credit card setup early) WITHOUT proper product descriptions and very few images as this had not been supplied to me !!! people were purchasing just from the product name, OK, popular products, KNOWN products at very good prices.
all via facebook ads.
so anyway, i finished the site to what i would call "useable" last weekend and sales DROPPED ! OMG my phone went off, " WTF did you do? "
i reviewed the difference between last week and this week and the only thing i could find was the client asked me to ADD extra questions into the cart form.
i did feel it was to much info and i did tell him at the time, so i told him again and we removed them.
BANG, 10K in sales first day ......today ( yes i lied at the top because you would not have believed me) but TRUE, a hand reg domain, facebook adds, good products, reasonable images, smooth ecom and $10K today.
thats all i can relate it to ?
thats why i love developing, OK, 10K might be tiny but in relation to the client this is HUGEEEEEE, hes done in 1 day what he did in a week.
the good news is now they have money to keep up the seo and i can see them on tv not to soon .
great news is they have expansion plans so i'm already in discussions about that.
HINT: if you were like me and you were programming at 3am, just send them an email about ANYTHING, just ask them a question JUST so they see the timestamp
tim
