Staycations, our new business, help and feedback appreciated
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Junior Bianno said:
Congrats - that treehouse is really amazing. The design inside and out is outstanding
...but I'm mystified by the website. You've got some really great pics but none on the home page. No Calls to Action, phone numbers/contact links/social links above the fold. No properly structured headlines. It's strange because the basic layout of the site is decent - you've got SSL, an XML sitemap, good header tags, favicon etc - all good foundations. It just need some design flair and few fundamentals sorting out.
You don't seem to be using analytics so I'm guessing you don't know your bounce rate. I would guess it's high, but then at this stage I guess overall traffic is low as well.
As an aside, are you on AirBNB? With a product like that I think you probably wouldn't even need a website - AirBNB bookings would be almost certainly be high. This treehouse in Atlanta being a good example of that https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1415908?location=At...
Heya Junior, ...but I'm mystified by the website. You've got some really great pics but none on the home page. No Calls to Action, phone numbers/contact links/social links above the fold. No properly structured headlines. It's strange because the basic layout of the site is decent - you've got SSL, an XML sitemap, good header tags, favicon etc - all good foundations. It just need some design flair and few fundamentals sorting out.
You don't seem to be using analytics so I'm guessing you don't know your bounce rate. I would guess it's high, but then at this stage I guess overall traffic is low as well.
As an aside, are you on AirBNB? With a product like that I think you probably wouldn't even need a website - AirBNB bookings would be almost certainly be high. This treehouse in Atlanta being a good example of that https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1415908?location=At...
Thanks for the kind words, and the feedback on the website.
We are just waiting for the final images and video from the drones to arrive this morning then the home page will be set up, like you say a large here image is missing and pretty key.
How could we improve "No properly structured headlines.", what would you suggest?
Re: Air bnb, the listing goes live today, Mrs has been working on it yesterday and this morning.
Thanks
sidekickdmr said:
Heya Junior,
Thanks for the kind words, and the feedback on the website.
We are just waiting for the final images and video from the drones to arrive this morning then the home page will be set up, like you say a large here image is missing and pretty key.
How could we improve "No properly structured headlines.", what would you suggest?
Re: Air bnb, the listing goes live today, Mrs has been working on it yesterday and this morning.
Thanks
If you PM me your email I'll ping you over a basic SEO report - might be helpfulThanks for the kind words, and the feedback on the website.
We are just waiting for the final images and video from the drones to arrive this morning then the home page will be set up, like you say a large here image is missing and pretty key.
How could we improve "No properly structured headlines.", what would you suggest?
Re: Air bnb, the listing goes live today, Mrs has been working on it yesterday and this morning.
Thanks
Basically you really want to structure your headings using H1-H6, so you many want to have a large H1 right at the top with important keywords - "Luxury treehouse retreat in Devon" for instance. Then a positioning paragraph - "elevator pitch" type statement, then a more detailed H2 - "Unique treehouse escape for adults only" then more detailed text. This article sums it up quite well - https://www.contentkingapp.com/academy/headings/
You seem to be missing a meta description as well. This is the text "snippet" that you will see in search results
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If you PM me your email I'll ping you over a basic SEO report - might be helpful
Basically you really want to structure your headings using H1-H6, so you many want to have a large H1 right at the top with important keywords - "Luxury treehouse retreat in Devon" for instance. Then a positioning paragraph - "elevator pitch" type statement, then a more detailed H2 - "Unique treehouse escape for adults only" then more detailed text. This article sums it up quite well - https://www.contentkingapp.com/academy/headings/
You seem to be missing a meta description as well. This is the text "snippet" that you will see in search results
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I'm sure that actually means something but is's all 'gobbleaduke' to me!
To the OP....
Very special. CAPP0 said:
Just confirmed with Mr Sidekick that MrsC and I will be welcoming in 2019 from the top of a beech tree in Devon 
Indeed you have, and we are excited to have you here for such an occasion! Bottle of bubbly on me, it's the one time of the year it seems more fitting than a beer
Thanks so much for the business Cappo
Fame at last? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/arti...
Looks good, nice advert for the place.
Looks good, nice advert for the place.
sleepezy said:
Fame at last? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/arti...
Looks good, nice advert for the place.
The planning document sounds interesting, OP do you have a link to it on the planning register.Looks good, nice advert for the place.
I commented on your build thread but this is exactly the sort of thing that my wife and I enjoy doing, and we try and do 2 nights away somewhere like this each month to escape busy lives. It was only this weekend we were in a lovely little cottage on the top of a valley in Wales looking out at some horses in the next field with a glass of wine in our hands that we were discussing how the owner was living the dream.
We spend a lot of time on RightMove seeing what we could get for our money if we sold our modest 4-bed semi. Then 2 days later we're back to reality!
You're quite a distance from me and it's quite a drive for 2 nights but we'll definitely look at doing 3 or 4 nights later on in the year, just hope there's some availability left.
You did mention hot tubs originally, is this still a plan? This is one thing that features high on the list of priorities, although not essential.
Good luck for the future although doesn't look like you'll need it!
We spend a lot of time on RightMove seeing what we could get for our money if we sold our modest 4-bed semi. Then 2 days later we're back to reality!
You're quite a distance from me and it's quite a drive for 2 nights but we'll definitely look at doing 3 or 4 nights later on in the year, just hope there's some availability left.
You did mention hot tubs originally, is this still a plan? This is one thing that features high on the list of priorities, although not essential.
Good luck for the future although doesn't look like you'll need it!
sleepezy said:
Fame at last? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/arti...
Looks good, nice advert for the place.
Thanks for the heads up, wasn't even aware this was happening till you just linked to it Looks good, nice advert for the place.
Was on the phone to the telegraph yesterday too
And we have been featured in house beautiful:
https://www.housebeautiful.com/…/g22…/...
AB said:
I commented on your build thread but this is exactly the sort of thing that my wife and I enjoy doing, and we try and do 2 nights away somewhere like this each month to escape busy lives. It was only this weekend we were in a lovely little cottage on the top of a valley in Wales looking out at some horses in the next field with a glass of wine in our hands that we were discussing how the owner was living the dream.
We spend a lot of time on RightMove seeing what we could get for our money if we sold our modest 4-bed semi. Then 2 days later we're back to reality!
You're quite a distance from me and it's quite a drive for 2 nights but we'll definitely look at doing 3 or 4 nights later on in the year, just hope there's some availability left.
You did mention hot tubs originally, is this still a plan? This is one thing that features high on the list of priorities, although not essential.
Good luck for the future although doesn't look like you'll need it!
Hi AB, We spend a lot of time on RightMove seeing what we could get for our money if we sold our modest 4-bed semi. Then 2 days later we're back to reality!
You're quite a distance from me and it's quite a drive for 2 nights but we'll definitely look at doing 3 or 4 nights later on in the year, just hope there's some availability left.
You did mention hot tubs originally, is this still a plan? This is one thing that features high on the list of priorities, although not essential.
Good luck for the future although doesn't look like you'll need it!
Its not the walk in the Park you might think, to maintain such high standards i now spend my time polishing glasses and re-arranging bookshelves, however it is very fulfilling seeing people expressions when they first see it, everyone is overwhelmingly positive about it all.
In regards to your question about the hot tub, we want to make various improvements over the years to stay fresh and relevant, so the hot tub will probably come in 2019, as well as various other features over the years
We would love to have you come stay, dont forget the ph18 code too
sidekickdmr said:
CAPP0 said:
Just confirmed with Mr Sidekick that MrsC and I will be welcoming in 2019 from the top of a beech tree in Devon
Indeed you have, and we are excited to have you here for such an occasion! Bottle of bubbly on me, it's the one time of the year it seems more fitting than a beer
Thanks so much for the business Cappo
on Saturday and have been enjoying a very peaceful break. Despite having our two dogs with us, I slept 11 hours last night; it’s probably over 50 years since I last did that! Kieran met us on arrival, and very kindly left us the aforementioned bottle of fizz (a very nice bottle, I might add). The treehouse is amazing, the attention to detail in the build, in the decor, in the very tasty welcome hamper and in the lovely little extra touches (handmade dog biscuits with both dogs’ names embossed in them!) is just incredible. Something to genuinely be extremely proud of having created. Here’s us on the deck a short time ago. Happy New Year everyone. Kieran, thanks again, we’ll catch up in the morning before we head off.
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