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Originally Posted by Useless Warrior
Frankly, that's often the problem. Programs are using professional graphic designers to build their free sites. They shouldn't. Free sites shouldn't be so graphically heavily and visually awe-inspring. I'm not saying that they should be ugly, but I am saying that ugly doesn't hurt. Pro designers enjoy showing their skills in every project. Keep them designing tours - that's where the awe factor should be - not on free sites and galleries. When a surfer clicks thru to a paysite tour, they should be stunned and impressed by the pure gorgeousness of the site. But if everyone puts the same level of graphic design into every gallery and every free site, the awe factor of a grand tour is diminished and, I believe, it hurts conversions.
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Originally Posted by Greenie
...Designers: 1st off, when you pick a designer, do not just assume that because they make Hosted Galleries (HG) that they can also make HFS's. HG designers have a very simple process: they make up a template with general sales text & they reuse that template by inserting different sets of content into them This does not work for HFS's. So if your HG company says they can make HFS's, make them prove it to you 1st by showing you Free Sites (FS) that they have built & submitted to LL's on their own that are actually listed. Make them prove to you that the FS domain is owned by them, that they submitted it to a couple of LL's & where it's listed on those LL's. If they can not show you personal sites that they have gotten listed, run away from them. They do not know how to make a FS & have no business offering people HFS's services...
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