Comments on: Do Squeeze Pages Still Work For List-Building?

By: AnnaSiegfried

AnnaSiegfried — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:15:43 +0000

I suggest something else, but this requires you investing money. You can actually buy business lists instead of trying to "bribe" the visitors of your site. And mix the list with a good newsletter and you might just have a very powerful advertising tool.

By: Jeffrey Wyrick

Jeffrey Wyrick — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:33:31 +0000

This is a very informative article. Many of my own clients have been asking about squeeze pages for their own websites and how effective they are. It’s good that there are professionals in the im industry like yourself to clarify this.

By: JEFF WELLS

JEFF WELLS — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:09:40 +0000

Be very careful if you rely on organic traffic from search engines. Your rankings may be affected by using a squeeze page. There is no content on a squeeze page and SE’s don’t like that.

By: Do Squeeze Pages Really Work? « Internet Marketing Tips

Do Squeeze Pages Really Work? « Internet Marketing Tips — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:15:19 +0000

[...] finally find some sources on the subject. Ray Edwards posted a blog article in May of 2007 called, “Do Squeeze Pages Still Work For List-Building?”. Ray warned that a squeeze page could potentially scare off prospects by burying the content that [...]

By: Angela Render

Angela Render — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:33:08 +0000

This went far to help me clarify when to apply a squeeze page, but what attracted me to the article initially was the title, “Do Squeeze Pages Still Work for List Building?” Do they? I’ve been searching for some concrete evidence that pages designed specifically for collecting email addresses work better than well-designed web pages that offer an e-newsletter or other opt-in box in strategic locations. This page, for instance.

There is a prominent marketing course right now advocating those old-time squeeze page sites that have miles and miles of text on a single page. Sort of the on-line hard-sell that lures a prospect to a free weekend retreat and then hammers them with the email offering over and over, but all on one long, unreadable page. I know these worked for porn sites in the early 1990’s, but do they still work on the more savvy web users today?

Are longer pages more effective than shorter ones? Has any type of study been done on this?

Thanks!
Angela

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:51:09 +0000

thanks ray, very informative response. You’re a great dude. keep up the good work!

By: Ray Edwards

Ray Edwards — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:00:28 +0000

David

The traffic coming to my site at http://RayEdwardsCopy.com is very targeted; most of the people coming to that site are interested in hiring me as a a copwyriter. Thus, they are willing to opt in to my mailing list.

The site is essentially a sales letter and the “sale” is to fill in the form and get a free quote on their copy job.

Those who do ask for a quote have identified themselves as very interested prospects by (1) opting in on the squeeze page and (2) filling out the form on the sales page. These are the kind of people I want to spend my time talking to, as they have the most likelihood of becoming a client.

That’s why I am using a squeeze page on my “copywriter for hire” site.

By: David

David — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:19:42 +0000

I’m interested in your reason for switching to a squeeze page for your own self promotion site, Ray. How does this align with the strategy detailed in this post? What was your thought process on this?

Very interesting stuff!

Thanks!
-d

By: SaRita Hartin

SaRita Hartin — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:46:32 +0000

Ray,

Thank you for clarifying this. So many of the experts teach that you should drive your traffic to a squeeze page, but no one really talks about the proper place to use them. This has helped me quite a bit in figuring out the structure of my sites.

SaRita