Squeeze page with blog?

[edd666666]

I am going to be setting up a site to sell a down loadable PDF. I plan to have a blog to keep up a dialog with people even if they do not buy the product. Should I have a traditional webpage with both the offer and the blog as part of it, or should I have a squeeze page with a mention of the blog and let them go to blog if they want after reading squeeze page copy. I will have a drop down email newsletter signup on whichever format I go with. Suggestions anyone? Thanks, Ed.

[Rob Maggs]

Just set up a free Blogger Blog using: How To Turn A Blog Into A Static Minisite I love this template sure it costs 8 Bucks,but it's great. Nope, I'm not an affiliate, it's just a great product and has made me a lot of money. (If the guy is a member here,please contact me as I'd love to be an affiliate, just put the price up because the template is priced way too low)

On your free Blogger Blog put an Aweber Optin and a Paypal BIN option, offer a freebie and sell your product to your subscribers.

Easy, and it won't cost you more than $8 for the site template and you can keep a rapport with your subscribers and convert them to buyers. Does this answer your question?

[Lisa Gergets]

Originally Posted by moonfish

Just set up a free Blogger Blog using: How To Turn A Blog Into A Static Minisite I love this template sure it costs 8 Bucks,but it's great. Nope, I'm not an affiliate, it's just a great product and has made me a lot of money. (If the guy is a member here,please contact me as I'd love to be an affiliate, just put the price up because the template is priced way too low)

On your free Blogger Blog put an Aweber Optin and a Paypal BIN option, offer a freebie and sell your product to your subscribers.

Easy, and it won't cost you more than $8 for the site template and you can keep a rapport with your subscribers and convert them to buyers. Does this answer your question?

One thing I'd do differently is use a hosted Wordpress blog instead. Since Blogger is owned by Google, they can shut down your site with absolutely no warning for whatever reason they deem appropriate. Google owns your blog, not you, when you use Blogger.

The last thing you want is to get your site up and running and profitable, and then have the Big G shut it down. Start with a hosted WP blog to begin with and avoid Blogger altogether.

[chrisgarrett]

I agree that WordPress is the best option, and have it on your own domain and hosting. Get all the benefits of blogging. Also send people to the blog so people can get a taste of the value you are offering before they opt-in, it builds up the trust factor and people are more likely to become good subscribers if they get value first. Give before you get.

[Frank Bruno]

One of the options that you casn use here for your funnel is to have your squeeze page on your root domain name.

Yoursite.com

Then have your blog at -

YourSite.com/blog

When the lead opts in you can forward them to your blog where you can have your presells,links,etc. going to your sales page.

Frank Bruno

[chrisgarrett]

Originally Posted by Frank Bruno

One of the options that you casn use here for your funnel is to have your squeeze page on your root domain name.

That's kind-of what I do with SocialMediaWorkbook.com (see the bottom link in my sig) - that is a WP blog running thesis theme, if you go to the homepage it is pretty much a traditional squeeze approach (even the navigation is limited), but any of the deeper pages have the opt-in in the sidebar.

[Rob Maggs]

Originally Posted by TinkerAndPo

One thing I'd do differently is use a hosted Wordpress blog instead. Since Blogger is owned by Google, they can shut down your site with absolutely no warning for whatever reason they deem appropriate. Google owns your blog, not you, when you use Blogger.

The last thing you want is to get your site up and running and profitable, and then have the Big G shut it down. Start with a hosted WP blog to begin with and avoid Blogger altogether.

I think you raise a good point, but I've been selling products online using Blogger for some time and I have never had a blog shut down. (Touch wood!) What I usually do is launch a free site to see how well a product will sell, if the product makes money I then create a .info domain with a Wordpress blog for a few cents. I don't bother with .coms anymore as I think .info domains do well enough.

Using this method the only real investment is my time. I love it, last week I made enough money to cover all my Xmas shopping

All the best Rob