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Really hard to actually follow the "book". Each page is far too small, and very hard to find the right link to "next". This would be 1000x more useful as maybe 4-5 pages if not 1.

Now I assume it is like this because you want a bunch of clicks.. but I could not image hunting around trying to find all the content. It is a pretty bad desktop experience. Something 1/4 of the screen is content.. the rest is header, footer, another footer, and maybe a plug to buy your book.



Thank you for the feedback - I appreciate this and it gives me some great ideas to experiment with.

I built it this way just because that's how I think of the negotiation process—a series of discrete steps.

Can you elaborate on why it's difficult to find the "next" link? You mean the breadcrumbs make it hard to find the right link? Or placement on the page is challenging? Both?

Thank you again!


You need to guide people around more accurately.

Here is a stream of thought visiting the site.

Bla bla how to read, let's get to the content, scroll down fast. Woops, went too far, now in footer. Put the content up-front when people arrive.

"PART 1", that sounds good. But that's not a link, even though it's blue (the common colour of links).

Now in part 1.

Should I follow the links in the page, no let's go with 'Next'. This looks a lot like the main page again. It is the main page. I clicked on the word after Next, I should be 'Next'! Why have two links back to your main page after the words 'Next' and 'Prev'?

https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/book/salary-structures is basically contentless. Should I click on the links in the page, or on 'Next?' If this is like a "book", I would expect to read it by clicking through 'next', but that misses most of the content. Basically, think about how you want people to navigate through. Do you want people to work through page by page with 'Next', or jump around freely? At the moment it seems I have to swap between the two myself, and try to search out all the content.


Excellent, thank you for your feedback. I've updated the main Table of Contents so that when you click eg "Chapter 1. How companies manage their salary structures", you're taken to the beginning of the chapter's content rather than an overview of the concepts in the chapter. I see how this is better.

Previous and Next are a little trickier to address, but your feedback helps me see how it can be confusing. Thank you!


its almost unusable. should be one long scrolling page with anchors.


Thanks very much for the suggestion. I appreciate it!




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