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My web site has gotten me only minimal business. Do you see a reason why?

My web site is www.themutualfundhelper.com. I have good positioning on the Yahoo search engine. I am working on positioning on Google. I answer many questions on Yahoo Answer - Business and Finance - Investing. I have been voted best answer many times. I refer all askers to my profile which also lists my website. Any suggestions to help me help these folks and do business.

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  • AE N
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    It's nice to see a fellow Farmingdale Business!

    Anyway, I think your going after too many fish in the ocean. Pinpoint where your customers are and go network. Face to face meetings are better than the internet for your type of business.

    You're one of thousands who have the same or similar information, so narrow your search and you will be more than busy with clients.

    Long Island has plenty of rich people, so you need to figure out how to gain trust for someone to hand over their retirement fund.

    Good Luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, first of all, I don't really know what the website is conveying. Is it just a portal for people to call your business? I think you should put some unique content on the site such as answers to people's questions about investing, how YOU invest, the actual performance of your investments (VERY IMPORTANT!!) and the like. I for one don't like contacting the webmasters for questions that I might have, but instead prefer to see them already asked and answered, so I guess you could say that I'm lazy, but so is everyone else. The website by itself, has no useful content, so people just browsing through won't stop to check it out. I also think you should put some case studies of previous clients you have had so that people can get an idea how your business runs. Do you invest for your clients? Do you simply provide advice? Do you tell your clients which stocks they should invest in? Do you specialize ONLY in stocks, or do you also do Forex, futures, blah blah blah. So basically, PUT MORE STUFF!

    Good luck!

  • Ego
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I looked at your site, but don't understand your model for making money. How is your business supposed to work?

    You need to determine if your business model is fundamentally flawed, or if you simply aren't executing properly.

    If you're in the business of selling advice, then don't give it away for free on Yahoo!. Come up with a marketing plan to drive people to your door, then use the website as a tool for doing business.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's probably going to be like any other business, it's advertising. Maybe you should find more ways to get your site out there. Get different affiliates or something. You have to spread the word and let everyone know you are out there. Good Luck

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    First of all, the <title> is not localized, i.e., city, state, country. The <keywords> metatag entries are excessive since entries are normally limited to no more than 15 words in plural or compound variations, and in some instances, repetitive [spamdexed] entries. The excess non-repetitive entries could very well be moved within the <description> metatag which, unfortunately, as itself is no where to be found.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I would purchase a small mailing list and communicate directly with people most interested in investing.

    On the site, I would make your headlines a little more agressive.

    "My advice is absolutely free" ...keep that

    "Hear what it is I have to say" - change that to something like

    "Do you know the 7 common myths that keep people from maximizing mutual fund portfolio growth"

    see...now I want to hear what it is you have to say.

    Source(s): I am a marketing professional and a printer
  • 1 decade ago

    I just tried to contact you for your free service advise on your site and after I filled out the name, info, and hit submit... it gave me an error page.

    You may want to see if that is the reason.

  • 1 decade ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Not enough people know about it, or your product/service is not appealing for some reason. Could be a marketing thing.

  • 1 decade ago

    talk to some of your clients that have websites about getting a link to your site on their webpages and it might help you out

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