The "please critique my squeeze page" trend - Doesn't seem right..

I get your point, can´t relate though. I only register to very few lists to really follow, most of them people I respect.

Maybe you can create a list from a critique request, but how hot is it? I would say on the freezing side.

I've noticed this happening a lot more of late also and I do think it's a very round about way for people to get eyeballs on their squeeze page.

If they want opinions on their squeeze page then they should have to ask for it in their signature or post a help wanted ad. Otherwise we will see this practice become more and more frequent as it already is starting to.

I asked that a long time ago and I didn't care what people thought. I just wanted them to see my page. So I would agree. I know better now. At the time I saw someone else do it and thought what a great idea. I must say though didn't amount to much. If I am being honest. I think people are a bit smarter that that though.
They actually go there to give advice not be sold.

They actually all belong in the Web Design section, so simply reporting them saying that they belong in Web Design will get them off the front page.

I got a theory -

Somebody released a WSO telling them about a hidden traffic source and told them to do this

makes sense?

This made me giggle: LINK

Anyhow, this is definitely the new "How to increase my site's traffic?", with the link provided in the thread of course. Even though it's eye-bothering sometimes, I just don't pay much attention to these threads.

Cheers!
Dan

"You are about to discover how I get 200 opt-ins per day with just an hour work"

"buy"

"Start by posting 25 "please critique myt squeeze page" post a day and then you can scale it up to 200 posts per day with a virtual assistant"

"can this be saturated?"

"No way, I've been doing this for years"

LOL!

A free WSO?

you're leaving money on the table!

put it as an $1997 coaching program LOL

Now this thread is getting somewhere. I already have 3 mailings set-up for this week. I like the $1997 but I want 100% commissions

100% commission? go ahead I'll get a list of buyers and burn the heck out of their souls just to get more pennies to my pocket!

hurray!

If we teach people to add a good funnel on there for our OTO we will all retire and meet in... I don't know say Cabo for drinks.

I think it's sometimes difficult to distinguish between people doing it genuinely and people doing it for publicity.

In this sense, the WF is actually fairly democratic in that if a handful of people "report" a post, it gets soft-deleted and disappears, at least unless a moderator subsequently reinstates it. In the circumstances, this seems pretty reasonable, perhaps?

At least they're 'taking action.' That shows initiative right there. Plus a lot of them do get some pretty blistering critiques of their pages so it could be legit.

What's wrong with 'sneaky marketing' anyway?

I've taken a look at some of these squeeze pages before but was really for my own "research purposes" rather than to critque them so swings and roundabouts.

Sometimes I ask for marketers to check my pages on WF. However when I do it I have my opt ins (or purchase buttons) deactivated. I want them to know that I really want feedback.

I say who cares if people are doing this just to promote there pages. If it bothers you then just dont click on any thread that asks for this in the subject.

The great thing about a forum is that everyone, to a large extend, gets to choose what content they see and everyone gets to choose what content they interact with.

This thread has turned out to become rather negative..

you guys should focus on mutual business relationships instead of getting extremely annoyed at each other!

To OUR Success,
Tom Yevsikov

P.S - even if this post has officialy died, I enjoyed it very much.

Do not get me wrong! I never did that , But Who Cares? Other then you? So what are you saying you do not want to let them ask to have someone look at there site? I think that would be a shame because of a few that didn't have the right intentions in mind.
The way I look at something like that is as long as it doesn't get out of control !

I agree, this thread has turned negative. TBPO, I have never once visited a squeeze page and thought "maybe this person just wants me to optin".

You really need to see this with some perfectly clear logic.

When a person comes on here to ask for a critique on their squeeze page, whether or not the squeeze page is good, they are positioning themselves in a HORRIBLE way to get optins.

1) They are demonstrating insecurity towards their own capabilities.

2) They are demonstrating an overall lack of knowledge and experience. Rather than test the page... they ask for opinions!

3) They are indirectly framing themselves as someone who doesn't know what they're doing.

4) They are conditioning PEOPLES MINDS to FOCUS on being critical of what they're doing, rather than supportive.

I can go on and on...

So can someone explain, with things framed under the context of "help me because I am confused"... how that turns into "i'm really just a genius and this is a conspiracy to get your email"?

I'm not seeing it. Perhaps that somewhere in the deep abyss of peoples minds, an optin could potentially be a thought. I just don't see it as a conscious thought. Because when logic gets involved, you begin to realize how horrible a way that would be to generate optins.

Am I naive?
Just ignorant?

Please do tell.

-Red

ps. I would further estimate that a whole 1% of the time, I actually believe a squeeze page to be "good". And in those cases where a person DOES KNOW what they're doing, last thing I'd expect is for them to succumb to stupid little ploys like squeeze page reviews to generate optins. One would naturally expect a person like that in the first place, to be ... well idk.. smarter? Fully capable of generating optins by idk... just making a thread FOR OPTINS!

pss. One additional example. For every 1 squeeze page review thread I see, I see 100 regular threads where a person tries to glorify a topic, in order to get clicks to their sig. If we're going to get negative about anything... lets get negative about those threads. IMHO, that is the proper context to become suspect of someones behavoir. Not a thread where they're ASKING for direct criticism of what they're doing. But a thread where some tries to indoctrinate forum members towards some sensationalistic idea.

I completely disagree. A squeeze page is an integral part of someone's funnel. When they post here for critique, they want help optimizing that funnel. It's not a ploy for leads by any means.

Lets face it - if people are putting the squeeze pages on here for critiques but hoping to get sign ups then what does that tell you about the people signing up?

I say good luck to them - if that is the way they want to play it then fine. It will only go so far though.... and that is not very.

Asking for critiques is pretty common in the copywriting
sub-forum so no biggy for me. I'm just surprised that
they get left in the main forum.

-Ray Edwards

When those are posted in the Web Design forum they get some incredible help. I would hate to see them squashed altogether because sometimes it is someone that genuinely wants help. I have seen several where the OP is making live changes as the replies come in and it is great.

Maybe to discourage the blatant site pimping it could be limited to screen shots with no url showing? No one would actually have to visit the site to offer suggestions.

I personally see no problem with it.

Theoretically, this could get out of hand though.

What if someone released a WSO with this method?

"Get 1000s of FREE targeted opt-ins!"

Instead of gripping about it all you have to do if it concerns you that much is report it so that it can go in it's prospective are the design section and Voila..