Again it's been a long time since the last blog so I thought it was about time that I got back and updated the status with www.vocifer8.com is.
The development team (www.sprintart.com) have been busy developing the latest modifications to the site. These are now ready for testing and I plan to get this underway at the weekend. There are some major changes and one of the biggest is the ability to upload media to your shouts. This should make the site less textual and provide more interesting content.
There will even be an opportunity to suggest a shout for those that want to shout but can't think of the subject!
There are other developments underway but I want to keep the lid on them for now as they are going to give great functionality to the site.
Its been pleasing to see a steady increase in people joining the site and I hope this continues as the the site becomes more popular. Whats been the most amazing thing is to look at the demographic who are joining the site. Mainly over 40 and female!! That's the demographic that we want to attract.
On a different item after the summer that saw us going to see Take That and Oasis we are off to Cardiff in a weeks time to see U2 in Cardiff - What a life!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Well its been a while since posting but then we have not be doing nothing. We have, over the last few weeks, engaged with our developers on the modifications we had planned to take the site to beta.
These are now available for testing and the testing will be undertaken over the next week or so. We are planning a newsletter to go out and let everyone who has subscribed to the site of the changes we will be implementing. The goal is to get these out as soon as possible and these will make the site much more usable and provide additional facilities.
The traffic growth is getting there and more people are looking at the site. We do need to convert these to users of the site as the more people that post on the site the more compelling the experience becomes.
Well back to it. More updates to follow over the next week or so.
Have great evening.
These are now available for testing and the testing will be undertaken over the next week or so. We are planning a newsletter to go out and let everyone who has subscribed to the site of the changes we will be implementing. The goal is to get these out as soon as possible and these will make the site much more usable and provide additional facilities.
The traffic growth is getting there and more people are looking at the site. We do need to convert these to users of the site as the more people that post on the site the more compelling the experience becomes.
Well back to it. More updates to follow over the next week or so.
Have great evening.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Changes to the Site.
Well back in London again this weekend to see Oasis at Wembley, really looking forward to it.
In the week I looked at the site and realised there is too much text on the index page if you landed at the site. It is proving very difficult to get the message of what Vocifer8.com is about so I need to rethink the situation.
Since launching the site it has had nearly 100 unique visitors but none of them have then joined and posted anything. Obviously they as nothing that made them want to join. As a result I decided to make a quick graphic that would make it simple.
I decided that a graphic instead of text would be a much better way of getting people into the site. I will be monitoring this over the next few weeks to see what happens. If anyone reading this can come up with better ideas please comments and let me know.
Over the next week or so I will be pressing the developers to get the new functions developed as these will make a big difference to the site.
I will blog again as we progress.
In the week I looked at the site and realised there is too much text on the index page if you landed at the site. It is proving very difficult to get the message of what Vocifer8.com is about so I need to rethink the situation.
Since launching the site it has had nearly 100 unique visitors but none of them have then joined and posted anything. Obviously they as nothing that made them want to join. As a result I decided to make a quick graphic that would make it simple.
I decided that a graphic instead of text would be a much better way of getting people into the site. I will be monitoring this over the next few weeks to see what happens. If anyone reading this can come up with better ideas please comments and let me know.
Over the next week or so I will be pressing the developers to get the new functions developed as these will make a big difference to the site.
I will blog again as we progress.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
This Weekend
Off topic with this entry but we the team behind Vocifer8.com are in London this weekend to see Take That at Wembley stadium. We cam up yesterday and spent the night in the West End opposite the Holland Park Hilton.
Arrived late due to the traffic on the M25 but that's always the case. When we did arrive the flat we have rented for a couple of nights is super. We had a late dinner and then bed.
One thing though is I had forgotten how noisy it can be in the City!!! Still it's exciting and the youngest loves been here.
Had a quick look at the analytical's on the site this morning and it seems that the changes I made to the keywords for the site are working. Whilst the traffic is still very low it is proving that tuning and refining the words ans phrases used does work. I will continue to monitor it every couple of days and also think of other ways to get the traffic flowing.
Will also follow up with the developers this weekend to see if they are progressing with the phase 2 development. There are some really nice features comming up including uploading media and also starting monements - more on this as we move into testing and launch of the beta.
Well that is for now - off shopping this morning and then to Wembley!!!
Arrived late due to the traffic on the M25 but that's always the case. When we did arrive the flat we have rented for a couple of nights is super. We had a late dinner and then bed.
One thing though is I had forgotten how noisy it can be in the City!!! Still it's exciting and the youngest loves been here.
Had a quick look at the analytical's on the site this morning and it seems that the changes I made to the keywords for the site are working. Whilst the traffic is still very low it is proving that tuning and refining the words ans phrases used does work. I will continue to monitor it every couple of days and also think of other ways to get the traffic flowing.
Will also follow up with the developers this weekend to see if they are progressing with the phase 2 development. There are some really nice features comming up including uploading media and also starting monements - more on this as we move into testing and launch of the beta.
Well that is for now - off shopping this morning and then to Wembley!!!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Well here we go!!
So the site has been live for a month now and its seems to be going well. We are in the process of looking how we can get the site up the google rankings and improve the number of page hits per day. Not easy.
We have just engaged with the developers to put some new functionality that will be set up over the next 3 weeks. This will make the site far more powerful and get more traffic on the site.
Still its all very interesting to do and I am enjoying it. The thing is it would be fantastic to do this as a job!!
That's it for now so if you do read this, thanks for stopping by and don't forget to visit www.vocifer8.com when you can.
We have just engaged with the developers to put some new functionality that will be set up over the next 3 weeks. This will make the site far more powerful and get more traffic on the site.
Still its all very interesting to do and I am enjoying it. The thing is it would be fantastic to do this as a job!!
That's it for now so if you do read this, thanks for stopping by and don't forget to visit www.vocifer8.com when you can.
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