Hi CJ, Here ya go.. Just MHO..
Since you added the free trial click thrus have gone up 4 times. I think you should consider yourself a racier National Enquirer type mag. And priced similiarly. I wouldn't even mind seeing you try a longer free trial/4.95 per month model if this one doesn't work out. Then push the 6 month or year subscriptions at a discount rate from inside. Like any new "magazine" you may have to give em a couple "free issues" to get things going. How about a 1 day free trial? A "free issue" as it were.
Also 30 min trial if I was a surfer seems fishy. I looked around your processor site as to how I would cancel and it took me a while to find the cancel procedure. Actually I didn't even find it. I assume that once you enter 2 of 3 bits of info that will get me a cancel page. But I am not sure. And niether is the surfer. You need to have that much more accesssible perhaps. If your gonna give em something free give em something free other wise it seems shifty. But hey I dont own any paysites so..
The real problem is it is getting harder than hell to sell anything anymore filtered/unfiltered, whatever, for a myriad of reasons. ; (
I do know, celebrity does seem to be getting harder and harder to sell the last 6 months. I used to do real well with sending celeb to 4 free progs but even they don't sell the last 2 months. I am starting to let my weaker type in celeb domains go.
Ya know, nobody has a 4free email type celeb prog. CE had one for a while and it did real well while it was up. I would really like to see one of those but I suppose they arent profitable as there are no real upsells to be made and content is all out there free anyhow.
Maybe you could do that, pay the WM a buck and then pitch the exclusive stuff you have from inside.
Your strength is your exclusivity of pics. They can only get certain pics at your site and you are constantly adding new ones like the national enq does.
Part of the prob is celeb tgps that give away all the celeb nudes. It is only a matter of time until EVERY surfer has one of these sites bookmarked. And then were all screwed. If I got a bookmark to one of them why do I join up to any paysite? Especially if i see some of the pics I have on my HD on your tour!
Hence, you have to make sure that no older celeb pics are used in the front ends as the surfer will figure that you just have the same old, same old, inside. All pics they see must be exclusive or they will fig you are full of BS. Does National Enq publish last years pic in todays issue? ; ) I will say, that your promo materials and tours are as sharp as anyones in the celeb niche. But pretty tours dont seem to mean much anymore to the jaded surfer. They are nec but they don't sell on there own it seems as they once did. Once again exclusivity of content AND fresh, new content is your strength.
Anyhow, good luck. The increased click throughs look good for your new free trial/9.95 model. : ) Let's hope so. : ) Your my celeb domains final hope.
I can always sell type ins blind for .3 cents a click though. ; (
|