Wordpress SUCKS For Squeeze Pages And Sales Pages

[GeorgR.]

Originally Posted by Paul Hancox

I absolutely love Wordpress... as a blogging platform.

But as a platform for sales pages and squeeze pages, IT SUCKS.

no, no, no and a few more "no's".

You can tweak ANY theme and convert any site (or sub page for that matter) into a "sales page", eg. for adwords, simply remove side-bars and typical "blog elements". I did this already many times.

Wordpress is super flexible IN ANY WAY...and to be honest, instead of making a simple lander from scratch i rather make a wordpress site and THEN tweak it down to my needs.

You can change EVERYTHING (appearance etc.) - so your argument somewhat eludes me.

[Istvan Horvath]

Originally Posted by Leigh Beckett

Its frustrating when you think something should work (and you've made it work in basic HTML) but WP spits it back at you.

Leigh,

If you can make a squeeze/sales page in basic HTML and it works... forget WP. You simply don't need it - take it from a WP expert

IF, and this is a big IF, besides the squeeze/sales page you want to have a blog (i.e. a content section) on the site, install WP as that, for example in a subdir. You can mix the two but there is no real need for it.

[GeorgR.]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

Leigh,

If you can make a squeeze/sales page in basic HTML and it works... forget WP. You simply don't need it - take it from a WP expert

IF, and this is a big IF, besides the squeeze/sales page you want to have a blog (i.e. a content section) on the site, install WP as that, for example in a subdir. You can mix the two but there is no real need for it.

Its a trade-off, how much work to put into a simple lander, and how much work is it to install a WP blog.

I can tell you that with some experience isntalling WP sites you might be FASTER to make a WP blog, quickly make all the necessary static pages like contact us, terms, about etc...etc.. as opposed to doing it manually. I dont see the advantage doing it manually from scratch, its probably about the same work. With the difference that you will be severely limited with your simple static site while WP always allows much more tweaking if desired.

[CarloD.]

I concur, WP is better as a Blog,

If you can make a squeeze/sales page in basic HTML and it works... forget WP. You simply don't need it - take it from a WP expert

Or try out my template?

[Jeffrey Arthur]

Lots of great points,

Im in agreement with Istvan, as someone whos been using WP for a few years, and also know my way around HTML and java, i think wp is overkill for a LP or sales page, but thats just my 2 cents.

However, i actually do both, it all depends on the project. For most of my CPA landers i just use simple HTML, since i can do a lot of hidden programming that seems to cause issues with WP. And then theres the split testing issues.

In the end its up to the individual, everyone has their own preferences, so just use what you like. There are pros and cons for both, so just use what u like to use.

[Mike Adams]

I'm putting out a split testing plugin shortly that will allow you to split test pages and posts.

[lisag]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

Try to get the best of both worlds...?
On a more general note I agree with Paul - you seem to be coming from the same (old) school as I do: use the proper tool for the task you need to accomplish.
At least for me that was the main message of your post.

"When the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail."
-- Abraham Maslow

[CpaApp]

Originally Posted by Andyf

Good points...

I wonder that too, but I also wonder if the Wordpress pages would rank in Google faster than the regular static pages.

Interesting conversation going here, I just did a launch of a new fb app and I used wordpress, I was ranked in Google in record time, like 24hr of building the site map, 1st position, 1st page. Thats never happened to me with static html or php sites. or maybe it was the keyword or just dumb luck.

However I am not impressed at all with the conversions on wordpress, have to make some changes, like adding WP Spire plugin or somthing.

[charlyms21]

Do anybody know how do I copy and paste a sites sales page and put it in one of my word press pages so that it can be used as a Sales page meant for promoting clickbank products?