Some Things You CAN Learn From Watching Others
We've had several debates on this forum as to whether or not you can learn
actual marketing from reverse engineering another marketer's campaigns and
it was pretty much decided that this was a tough thing to do because you
don't know all the little things that went on behind the scenes.
But there are some things that you can learn just from looking at what
others have done.
One of those things, something I just picked up on my own, is squeeze page
template design.
Naturally, artistic creativity is probably not something you can learn, at
least not easily. Some people are more gifted in that area than others.
However, the X's and O's of design (the HTML, object placement, etc.)
can be learned just from looking to see what others are doing. Any
squeeze page can be studied by doing a view source in your browser.
That alone will give you all you need to know about HTML and object
placement.
The rest comes down to training your eye to see what looks good and
then emulating it with your own designs.
How quickly you're able to do this will determine how good you get at it.
If you're on a budget and can't afford a top notch designer, this might
be something you'll want to consider for your first squeeze page, at least
until you save up enough money to pay for a professional job.
Anything of a technical nature like this can be learned simply by observing
what others have done.
As you become more and more successful and discover that your time is
better spent doing other things, you'll probably stop doing this yourself
and outsource. I learned how to do these simply out of boredom, since
I don't work many hours anymore.
But as a way to minimize expenses, provided you can learn this well
enough to put together something that converts, there is no reason not
to give it a shot.
Now I know all the arguments against doing this and I know I'm going to
hear them all in this thread.
But for the guy who's just starting out, can't even afford hosting and is
just trying to build a list to sell his little affiliate product that he found at
Clickbank, this is a viable alternative to shelling out $100 to $200 for
a design for a page that might not even convert anyway if the copy on it
isn't any good...yeah, another expense that many people can't afford.
Point is, some things can be learned, and regardless of whether or not it
may be financially wise to have somebody else do it, these things can
keep you afloat financially until you're able to afford those services, and
make it so that you don't have to do without them just because you
can't afford them.
If nothing else...it's something to consider.
actual marketing from reverse engineering another marketer's campaigns and
it was pretty much decided that this was a tough thing to do because you
don't know all the little things that went on behind the scenes.
But there are some things that you can learn just from looking at what
others have done.
One of those things, something I just picked up on my own, is squeeze page
template design.
Naturally, artistic creativity is probably not something you can learn, at
least not easily. Some people are more gifted in that area than others.
However, the X's and O's of design (the HTML, object placement, etc.)
can be learned just from looking to see what others are doing. Any
squeeze page can be studied by doing a view source in your browser.
That alone will give you all you need to know about HTML and object
placement.
The rest comes down to training your eye to see what looks good and
then emulating it with your own designs.
How quickly you're able to do this will determine how good you get at it.
If you're on a budget and can't afford a top notch designer, this might
be something you'll want to consider for your first squeeze page, at least
until you save up enough money to pay for a professional job.
Anything of a technical nature like this can be learned simply by observing
what others have done.
As you become more and more successful and discover that your time is
better spent doing other things, you'll probably stop doing this yourself
and outsource. I learned how to do these simply out of boredom, since
I don't work many hours anymore.
But as a way to minimize expenses, provided you can learn this well
enough to put together something that converts, there is no reason not
to give it a shot.
Now I know all the arguments against doing this and I know I'm going to
hear them all in this thread.
But for the guy who's just starting out, can't even afford hosting and is
just trying to build a list to sell his little affiliate product that he found at
Clickbank, this is a viable alternative to shelling out $100 to $200 for
a design for a page that might not even convert anyway if the copy on it
isn't any good...yeah, another expense that many people can't afford.
Point is, some things can be learned, and regardless of whether or not it
may be financially wise to have somebody else do it, these things can
keep you afloat financially until you're able to afford those services, and
make it so that you don't have to do without them just because you
can't afford them.
If nothing else...it's something to consider.
In all that you do, know your True INTENT...
nothing to see here.