Disqus - Friends of tdsart

Re: About

Mike Corso — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:34:20 -0000

I integrated into my blogger blog as instructed, however, I don't see it working as intended.

Mike Corso
Owner & Publisher
Cool Site of the Day TM
On the Web Since 1994. Over 4,000 Sites Served!
http://www.coolsite.com

Re: Disqus does not show up on my blog?

Mike Corso — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:27:34 -0000

Same problem here. Installed on a blogger Advanced blog (my own domain) and .....nada. Awaiting a fix from Daniel.

Mike Corso
Owner & Publisher
Cool Site of the Day TM
On the Web Since 1994. Over 4,000 Sites Served!
http://www.coolsite.com

Re: Problem integrating with blogger

Mike Corso — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:00:53 -0000

Well, until I get a response to this I'm going to remove the post about Disqus from my blog.

Mike Corso
Owner & Publisher
Cool Site of the Day TM
On the Web Since 1994. Over 4,000 Sites Served!
http://www.coolsite.com

Re: About

Mike Corso — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:04:46 -0000

Ah! OK. If you can, send me an email when it's good to go.

Thanks,

Mike Corso
Owner & Publisher
Cool Site of the Day TM
On the Web Since 1994. Over 4,000 Sites Served!
http://www.coolsite.com

Re: Did you get my SEO map yesterday?

Mike Corso — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:24:23 -0000

Cool! Our new 'comments' plugin from DISQUS appears to be live. Comment away!

Re: Did you get my SEO map yesterday?

Mike Corso — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:28:04 -0000

Disqus could be just what this blog was looking for. Also spent time today setting up a Telepixie account (to advertise via telephone--very interesting application ... check out telepixie.com)

Re: The Cool Talk Panel of Experts

Mike Corso — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:36:33 -0000

Join us this Thursday at 1:30PM EST on CoolTalk. As always, I look forward to my regular guests, Markus Allen and Ian Lurie, illuminating the online marketing world for all of us.

Re: SEO: I share my SEO process map for the first time

Mike Corso — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:55:05 -0000

Here's the link to that SEO process map. Enjoy!

http://www.coolsite.com/200...

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:20:15 -0000

Be the first to comment after me and I'll send you a few CDs from my grab bag ;)

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:46:00 -0000

Hey, I"m going to check it out in a bit but in the meantime, you may want to sign up as an affiliate of makebeer.net. Here's a link: http://www.cnotes.com/r/mak...

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:14:34 -0000

Hey, same recommendation I gave to Shawn---sign up as an affiliate of makebeer: http://www.cnotes.com/r/mak...

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:18:37 -0000

Yes, Will, looks like you were the first so email your postal address and I'll send you out some CDs (what's your favorite music?)
MIke

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:48:00 -0000

Pop an email capture form to build that leads list! They should offer a free report to entice people to leave their address. Then....followup OFTEN.

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:54:57 -0000

Oh, that was fun. But make it clear when a name is taken (has black background)....otherwise, delete if from list.

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:00:21 -0000

Ah! Great potential but just too damn busy....and that black backgound doesn't help (black only works when there's limited text as in my band's page ;)..........http://www.natterjacktoad.com. Maybe limit the number of blog posts to appear on the home page to 2 or 3. And are you ACTIVELY capturing email addresses? Use aweber and create a 'lightbox' pop up (offer a Top 10 list of something as an enticement to get email addresses). http://www.cnotes.com/r/awe...

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:10:03 -0000

Ooooooh....my gut says to clean up the whole top of that site....TOO MUCH going on and you need to brand your story a lot better. Invest $25 in a cool logo from gotlogos.com and present all your subheader information in a clear, sensible layout (you've just got to get the eye to focus on what's important.

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:16:08 -0000

Go get a cool logo from http://www.gotlogos.com and make your newsletter signup page a lot more appealing (can you offer a coupon to entice people to give you their email address?)

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:17:58 -0000

Hey, tough business. All I can say is go to Threadless.com and get some ideas from them. Best in class, for sure.

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:21:58 -0000

Nice but this is a bit to boastful:

How would you like another 560 million new clients for your products and services? Click here right now to find out how!

Also, make that 'free report' much more prominent (it's a great 'call to action') and offer it as a download ONLY after you get the reader's email address.

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:24:50 -0000

Get a hipper, more consistent logo from gotlogos.com and rethink your main navigation links across the top (they should be the 5 or 6 things you want your visitors to see/do). That's a start. Visit http://www.coolsiteoftheday... for a comprehensive review, if interested.

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:27:30 -0000

David--let me know how you do with the ebay storefront. I'll have a complete site analysis for you shortly. Great to have you on the show today....now it's up to YOU to integrate those ideas so we can track your success.
Mike

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:44:54 -0000

What code from blogger?! If they provide a code, let me at it!

Where are you using disqus?

templates.com is neat but I'd like to see 1) testimonials (templates in action); and 2) a 1-2-3 step example of how to use your templates (does it carry throughout the site? explain this to the newbie).

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:01:27 -0000

John--nice, a couple of things:
1. Move your video to the home page (from about us)
2. Lose those Adsense ads unless they're making you money
3. Get a cool logo; go to gotlogos.com
4. Lose the 'sitemap' tab in the navigation bar--why do you need it there? put in text at bottom.

That's just a start. For a full evaluation, consider our Express Site Submission at http://www.coolsiteoftheday...

Cheers,

Mike

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:03:03 -0000

Sure, I'll take a quick look.

Re: How about a site evaluation from Cool Site of the Day?

Mike Corso — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:03:37 -0000

Hard to sell anything when you don't post the URL!