Why Consider Using Squeeze Plugin With Your Themes
Every amazingly successful blogger and internet marketer that I know of tells me “build your opt in list”. They say it directly to me when I meet them and ask them what is the most important thing to focus on. Some actually say “build your email list” but that is the same thing.
Of course I couldn’t have met all the hugely successful internet marketers and bloggers but I hear all of them talk or write about the importance of email list building at some point.
Luckily, most people are beginning to hear the message and realize they need to do something about it.
I’ve read a couple of survey results within the last 6 months that were trying to find out what people getting into the internet marketing game are interested in learning the most and what they need the most help with.
List building finished at the top every time.
This is not the first post about list building on my blog which an increasing number of people find by searching for list building blog.
You can read more about the subject of email list building in my previous posts.
One of them is How To Build Email List In Any Market . It also goes into why build your email list, double opt in versus single opt in and more as it introduces my list building ebook. I highly recommend that you read it.
You may not be in the internet marketing niche and could be blogging about any other subject. That’s cool, you are in the right place here. I have aimed at people like you in my post focused on all niches called Email List Building, Opt In List, Not Just For Internet Marketers.
If you are curious about AWeber, reading my post with the title List Building Steps, Step 1 – Get Autoresponder may be of interest.
And if you want to know what I thought about list building and the importance of it just as I was starting this blog you can read Build A List, Targeted Email Opt In List.
After reading the above posts and this post so far, I think that you’ll be more than ready to want to find out about a new tool suitable for anyone wanting to add subscribers to their list.
New Internet Marketing Tool, Squeeze Plugin, Will Help Grow Your Opt In List
Update July 20, 2018: The Squeeze Plugin no longer exists. It was great at it’s time but only a short time. The best tool for building squeeze pages and a lot more, which I partly describe in the second update note below, is ClickFunnels. You can learn how amazing ClickFunnels is by watching the webinar on ClickFunnels. Just click on the link with ClickFunnels in it.
Questions and answers about the Squeeze Plugin
1) How is using this plugin better than just getting an opt in form code from AWeber and pasting it to my blog?
Answer: Well a squeeze page implies that you are offering something to get people to op-into your list so having a video or an image will greatly increase opt in rate as apposed to just having the opt in area by itself.
2) Can the plug in do both simple opt in forms as well as the whole squeeze page template?
Answer: Yes it can do both.
3) How will this plugin save me time and make my blog and squeeze pages look better?
Answer: The plugin will integrate with all of your other themes/sites, so all you have to do is drop the widgets you want on your squeeze page and use Aweber’s form code and that is it.
4) Has the plug in been tested in the real world and what have been the results?
Answer: We based the design of the plugin off of the actual squeeze pages that we create for our own products and services.
This is all the information available about the Squeeze Plugin right now. (Please see August 03 update below).
I’m not sure if it’s enough for you to decide whether you want to get it or not. I have already ordered it and paid for it because it is another product from a company that I’ve had only good experience with.
I’m not suggesting that you go and buy the plug in yourself if you need more information about it.
August 03, 2010 Update: The Squeeze Plugin is now available
Update July 20,2018: The plugin is not available anymore and even the domain on which it was is being redirected to BlueHost. These days the best way to create squeeze pages and a lot more pages for the whole marketing funnel and even hosting your digital products is to get and use ClickFunnels. There’s a webinar you can watch right now showing you what ClickFunnels can do.
I hope that reading this post will encourage you to start building your email list if you haven’t done so yet and that it will encourage you to continue building your list with even more enthusiasm if you have.
Before you go to work on your opt in list I need you to leave your comment about what you’ve just read.
What did you like or didn’t like or both?
Which tool has been most valuable in your email list building and why do you think the Squeeze Plugin may or may not help you to grow your opt in list even more?
Once you’ve made your comment be sure to bookmark and tweet the post. You’ll want others to read the post and your comment and give their views.
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Hey Vance,
Glad you are testing the plugin and asked such useful questions too.
The plugin sounds amazing, simple to use and I would love to use it, I think it would certainly increase sign ups on auto pilot.
The most valuable tool for list building from my blog has to be the Ultimate Footer Ad, I seen a marked rise since using it and would highly recommend it.
Plus I don’t think a slide up footer ad is too intrusive on my blog either, and have never had any complaints that it is annoying.
I have considered using some sort of exit pop up, but personally I find them annoying, so decided against that.
Sally 🙂
Sally@Internet Marketing Tips´s last blog post ..To Be The Interviewer Or Interviewee That Is The Question…
Vance Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 1:37 am
Hi Sally,
I’m glad to see you visit again.
I’m not testing the plug in yet but will be when it is available tomorrow. I had to ask the questions because otherwise people including myself wouldn’t really know what would be the point of getting it.
I’m glad you are mentioning what works for you as I have asked. I will have a closer look at your blog to see how the footer ad looks.
I find exit pop ups very annoying too but people that use them say they work for them very well. I’m more inclined to use a pop up that shows on the page after a short time.
Something that Joh Chow uses on his blog.
Thank you for the visit and comment and I hope that you’ll come by again soon.
Vance
Steve Troutman@SteveTroutman.com/blog Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Hi Sally,
How can I try the Ultimate Footer Ad? I’d like to try it.
Thanks,
Steve
Steve Troutman@SteveTroutman.com/blog´s last blog post ..BoilerMaker 15K Roadrace July 11- 2010
Hi Vance,
I started building a list on the advice of my mentor, John Thornhill, and am very glad I did as 18 months later I have a considerable list and it benefits me well. I do not, however, spam my list members, as some do. I believe we have to act responsibly and not send our list offers every single day (some send more than once per day, I have noticed! They are very quickly deleted to the junk folder and I unsubscribe). I have found giveaways a great source for list building as the sign up gets a product created by me so they can see the quality of content I offer at the beginning. I never offer unchanged plr, it is always my own content.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Vance Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 1:27 am
Hi Mandy,
It’s nice to hear that your list is growing and that you treat people on it very well. I don’t agree with sending emails to a list every day either. Giveaways work for you too which is good. I find that original content for a gift works by far the best like you do.
Back to how you treat your list. I’ve been very careful to email only once in a while. Recently a person that received an email very close to the subject they opted in for complained about me to AWeber. Unsubscribing I guess wasn’t enough. I sent a total of 3 emails to that particular list in more than 3 months. Not everybody can be pleased even if they double opt in they forget they did that.
Luckily this kind of story doesn’t happen as a rule but when it does one has to keep on going.
Thank you for the visit and comment.
Vance
Mandy Allen Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 12:20 pm
I had the same thing, Vance. I only mailed the list once with something related and someone complained. Why join a list then??
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Mandy Allen´s last blog post ..How do you relax
Vance Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Hi Mandy,
I guess there are people who like to complain about anything even if there is no valid reason for doing so. If somebody opts in into an email list they should realize that they are going to receive more information later. If they don’t like it they can unsubscribe. If they feel the need to complain on top of that it is a bit too much and something that I don’t understand.
Vance
Vance,
My most effective list opt-in tool would be the aweber plugin that offers people the opportunity to sign up to the blog whenever they leave a comment. It is set up for double opt-in so I get some who ignore the invitation but a whole lot more signing up than when I was relying on just giving something away or waiting for people to decide to sign up.
Michael.
Michael Pedzotti´s last blog post ..Guess who is guest posting
Vance Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 am
Hi Michael,
That sounds interesting. What is the plugin called and where can it be found? I want to check it out and perhaps test it how it would work for me.
Thanks for the visit and comment.
Talk soon,
Vance
Michael Pedzotti Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 3:23 am
Vance,
The plugin is called ‘Aweber WordPress Plugin’ and is available through the WordPress repository. The site listed in its control panel is ‘gurucs dot com’ but that site seems to contain nothing relating to the plugin.
Michael.
Vance Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:26 am
Hi Michael,
Thanks for letting me know. I never heard of that plugin before you mentioned it the other day and it certainly sounds interesting especially since it’s working well for you.
The Squeeze Plugin is now available and if you want to check it out just click on the banner. It’ll lead you to a page (it loads slowly) with a short video showing how easy it is to make squeeze pages using it.
Vance
Hi Vance, I view list building as the most important part of my online efforts.
So far i have opt-in’s on all of my sites and i’m aiming to create a 2 tier product to boost my list. The 1st tier will be a give away, for an opt-in with the second tier of the product being a OTO after the opt-in.
I’m very interested in the plugin, but will wait until you’ve tested it first.
I’m also pleasd to see Sally saying about the ultimate footer and the results it has given her. Personaly i’ve found the footers anoying and haven’t used them for that reason. But if they produce that kind of result i’ll have to have a re-think.
Thanks Vance, catch up soon, Barry
Vance Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:25 am
Hi Barry,
Thanks for commenting. I’m glad you are a fan of list building. The plugin should be very helpful to you then. I’ll be getting it tomorrow if everything goes the way it’s supposed to. If I really like it I’ll be mentioning it in updates to this post. Hopefully I’ll be able to do it soon. I’m just swamped with so many things now.
I too was please with learning more about the ultimate footer working for Sally. It’s really great to keep in touch with people and find out what works for them. What we may otherwise dismiss may turn out to be a good thing.
Talk soon,
Vance
Hi Vance,
I’m with Sally on the benefits of the UFA – I love it because of the fact that it is so unobtrusive,,, and I too saw a rise in optins when I added it 🙂
It’ll be interesting to see your review of the new one when you’ve had time to test it 🙂
So I’ll be ticking the box to be notified of new comments 😉
I’ll also stumble this post for the 100 blog challenge 🙂
Regards
Randy
http://www.RandolfSmith.com
Randy Smith´s last blog post ..Warning – Guru’s Are Like Governments!
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 10:45 am
Hi Randy,
Akismet messed up and put your comment in spam folder. I’m so glad I was able to retrieve it.
I used to just delete what was in the folder without checking if there was any good comment there by mistake until I talked to a couple of friends that said they commented on my blog but I couldn’t find the comments until I checked the spam folder. Akismet is great but not perfect. Sometimes it singles out perfectly good comments from people who comment regularly and whose comments it allowed to go through many times before.
In any case, I apologize for not replying to your comment sooner. In fact you were one of the first to comment on this post.
Thank you for commenting, your visit is much appreciated.
I’m so glad you are confirming what Sally said about the UFA. I’ll seriously look into using it myself.
The Squeeze Plugin is now available and I do like it. I’m just playing with it for now until I put together an offer to use it with in real life. Making a squeeze page with it is very easy. You can see a short video that demonstrates how it works when you click on the banner or some of the links before and around it.
The page where the video is loads quite slowly so please be patient.
Thank you very much for the stumble.
I look forward to your next comments.
Best Regards,
Vance
Hi Vance, having a list is having a list of people interested in your subject matter. They have raised their hand telling you they are interested. Used correctly it is most important to have.
A list is so important that once you are known to have a good huge list other marketers in the same field you are in will knock on your door to work out deals with you. Joint venturing will be a piece of cake. It must be done intelligently though. Do not hook up with anyone. You must ask yourself what will be best for my subscribers.
Look forward on getting more information about the plug-in, thanks.
Terry Conti
Vance Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Hi Terry,
Yes, having a huge list and using it correctly is great and it can be very rewarding. Choosing the right JVs is then a crucial step.
Doing business with honest and scrupulous people is the right choice. The right partners can make you and the wrong ones will break you.
Having a huge list is almost like being rich isn’t it. Suddenly everyone wants to be your friend. I haven’t reached those heights yet though so there are no huge crowds beating their path to my door. But it’s good to be ready for that.
The plug in should come out tomorrow.
Thanks for commenting.
Vance
Hi Vance,
That’s a very attractive recommendation you have here.
Thanks.
Here’s what I feel abut list building…
List Building is the most logical approach to reach the breakthrough anyone will need in whatever internet marketing niche they are in.
Yet a squeeze page or opt in page is only one of the critical element to really begin with.
I agree with Mandy Allen on how not to “spam” the list, though technically is not consider spam as they do opt in in the 1st place. But if you kept sending your list with tons of obvious low-value sales pitches, you are only asking them to opt out in no time.
I believe is better that we can get our ongoing value ready before the squeeze page. On going value in a sense that we provide good and useful information or anything that can helped our list in whatever market you are in. Getting them ready means we prepared before hand and add it to our sequential email series to follow up our list.
Yet even when the above 2 is all set and ready, we still have to begin to drive traffic to our squeeze page to begin with. And driving traffic is completely another huge learning to go through.
I recently read someone wrote something that really clear up about the “myth” of list building which goes like this…
Everybody says The Money Is In The List!
But The Money Is NOT in The List!
The Money is in the RELATIONSHIP we build from the list!
A wake up call for me.
I really like what I see in the Squeeze Plugin site you shared here. Just a quick question though, is it a theme or plug in?
I assume it can be used with my original theme in tact, right?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers
Jason Ser
Vance Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:12 am
Hi Jason,
I agree that the money is in and through the relationship you build with the people on your list. But to have anyone to build a relationship with you need to build the list of people first.
It looks like you visited the page with the Squeeze Plugin. It indeed is a plugin and you can use it with any themes you have to create squeeze pages. It is really cool and if you haven’t watched the video please do. Just click on the banner and it will take you to the page with the video.
There is also a Squeeze Page Theme available but the Squeeze Plugin is what you really want because you can use it with any of your existing themes that you have on your blogs or sites.
Thanks for the comment.
Vance
Barry@The Newbies Guide Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:29 am
Hi Jason, that’s a very good point about building relationships with your list. I, like Mandy, don’t over promote to my list for that very reason.
I found that many of the big names do my head in with a promo every day, so i try not to do to my list what annoys me with others.
I can’t wait to see Vance’s results and views on this plugin.
Regards, Barry
Vance Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:31 am
Hi Barry,
The Squeeze Plugin is now available and you should check it out for yourself. (Click on the banner). I think that you can even try it for free but I just bought it. It is for unlimited use on as many sites and themes as you’ll ever have. Making squeeze pages with it is easy and will save you tons of time and money compared to making squeeze pages the old fashioned way.
Vance
Hi Vance,
I am currently new with WordPress. Your post about this certain plugin really has made me curious and I am looking forward to learn more about it from your point of view. Good day!
Felicia @ No deposit poker´s last blog post ..High Stakes legend Martonas back at the tables
Vance Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:22 am
Hi Felicia,
The Squeeze Plugin is now available. If you are thinking of using squeeze pages and building an email list than this plugin is the thing to use. If you haven’t clicked yet on the banner now you can do so and it will lead to a page where you can view a short video about what the plugin can do.
I bought it myself.
Thanks for the comment.
Vance
That’s interesting news about the plugin Vance. Coincidentally I have just created my own Squeeze Pages for the first time, and written a post about it. Your plugin could have saved me time. 😉
Unfortunately I have stopped buying new products, to control my cashflow. I have already invested in XSite Pro website design, and Aweber autoresponder, and I used them for my Squeeze pages.
One thing I was concerned about is that you mentioned the plugin site loaded slowly – Is that because of the video content?
Good luck with the 100 comment challenge Vance.
John
Vance Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Hi John,
It’s great that you created your own squeeze pages. The Squeeze Plugin would have helped but since it’s not going anywhere you can always get it in the future when you’ll need to make new squeeze pages. you are wise to control your cash flow.
I don’t know why the site loads that slow but I think it’s because it’s huge with a lot of videos on it. In any case it’s not doing any harm to anything and exercises patience. It takes a bit longer to load than I think it should, that’s all.
Getting 100 comments will be nice. Thanks for the wishes.
I do appreciate your comment, thanks for that too.
Vance
Hi Vance
I hope you are well.
In my own experience of using different squeeze pages and optin methods, I have found the things that get me the most opt-ins is the quality of the offer they are signing up to and the traffic that I can drive to the offer.
I have used Frank Kern’s Good Karma List Machine to good effect and like Sally, I use the footer ad, but it is set to stealth mode as much as is possible with the script 🙂
I’ll follow with interest how you get on with the plug-in…I am always open to testing something new.
Great blog and I’ll be back again soon
cheers
Steve
Vance Reply:
August 4th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Hi Steve,
Thanks for sharing what works for you. I have checked on Frank Kern’s Good Carma List Machine because I never heard of it before and unfortunately it looks like it’s not available anymore. If you know of a place where it is still available please let me know.
The plugin makes creating squeeze pages real easy. I’ll be checking it in detail within the next few weeks but if you watch the video you’ll get a pretty good idea.
Thanks for the visit.
I look forward to your being here again soon,
Vance
Hello Vance,
You got lots of knowledgeable information here and I am slowly soaking it up one by one, as I am not English native speaker and plus I am a few days new blogger so it takes a little bit longer for me. I will try to learn and build my email list later. I do need your help with something, I saw your comment area and found out that when *when you reply to your guest, the section is clearly separated from you and your guest. But at the moment I can only bolded my name “connie chen reply” to separate the comment with my guest. How do you do that? Is there a WP plugin you used? Thanks in advance.
Cheers.
Connie Chen
Vance Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 7:39 am
Hi Connie,
Thank you for commenting. I’m glad you find my blog useful. I think that you are doing a good job with your blog and if you keep it up will do well. Your English is pretty good and it can only get better as you keep writing new posts and reading other blogs.
About your reply to comments.
I’m not sure why your reply is showing up immediately inside the comment you are replying to with your name being bolded. I don’t remember having it appear that way on my blog at any time.
You may want to try installing a plugin called WordPress Thread Comment which is good to have anyway since it allows people and you to post replies to any particular comment and have all replies to it bunched together. You can have a look at my blog and see what threaded comments look like, for example look at the comments on my post Email List Building Ebook. You can see there how Sally commented, I replied and she commented etc. with all this conversation back and forth showing under her first comment.
It’s possible that this may not completely resolve your problem but people will be able to reply to your comments and to other peoples comments.
I hope that this helps and let me know if I can help any further or with anything else.
Perhaps somebody reading this comment will have some good ideas too or even a complete solution.
Cheers,
Vance
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Hello Vance,
Thanks for your help and encouragement 🙂 Just now I took your advice and downloaded the WordPress Thread Comment. Now my layout of comment area become more “clean” and organized. Thanks again and I look forward to seeing your new posts soon.
We will catch up later.
All the best,
Connie
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips´s last blog post ..Walking Is Another Art Of Beauty
Vance Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Hi Connie,
You’re very welcome. I’m glad I was able to help and that it worked. Ii checked your blog now and indeed your comments area looks great now.
While there I decided to tweet and bookmark your post on Delicious so more people have a chance to find it.
Talk soon,
Vance
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Hey Vance,
Thank you very much !!!I also tweeted you yesterday.
Regarding the Delicious, I don’t have the a/c yet, but if I started to use it, does it connect to my WP system?
thanks for your help in advance,Vance.
Take care.
Connie
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips´s last blog post ..Walking Is Another Art Of Beauty
Vance Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Hey Connie,
You’re welcome, thanks for the tweet. As for Delicious I don’t exactly know what you mean in connection with Word Press but if you mean if it’s included in most social bookmarking plugins then the answer is yes. Delicious is one of the major bookmarking sites.
But you don’t have to rush to get an account there if you don’t want to. If you use Digg or Stumble Upon already you can use those instead.
They are huge too.
Vance
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Thanks Vance, I guess I will try delicious later.
Have nice weekend 🙂
Connie
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips´s last blog post ..Walking Is Another Art Of Beauty
Vance Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Hi Connie,
No problem, you’re welcome. One thing I noticed is that when you put your URL in the comments that it has the http:// twice in a row. It won’t work that way. I have edited your links like that several times already because I caught it the first time when the link didn’t work.
If people won’t pay attention to it your link will go nowhere.
I hope you’ll have a great weekend too.
Vance
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Oh, thanks Vance, I didn’t notice that 🙂 you are so kind.
Cheers.
Connie
Connie Chen @ Seed Of Magic -True Beauty Tips´s last blog post ..Walking Is Another Art Of Beauty
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
No problem Connie, it’s a pleasure.
Cheers,
Vance
Vance,
Thanks for your review on this plugin, it sounds really great. I will have to check it out. Please keep us updated on how this is coming along for you. Take care!
Anna
Anna Haller´s last blog post ..List Building Update
Vance Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Hi Anna,
Yes, the plugin is great and making squeeze pages with it saves a lot of time. Unless you enjoy making your own squeeze pages the old and long way the Squeeze Plugin is the way to go. It certainly beats outsourcing cost-wise and it can be used with all of your themes and any theme you may get later.
Thanks for the visit and comment.
Take care,
Vance
I like the plugin and I’m gonna use it one day. With the review I think I’ll have the faith to buy it.
Vance Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
HI John,
Thanks for the comment. I’m glad my review helped you. I hope that you’ll be able to put the plugin to good use if you indeed decide to buy it.
Vance
Hi Vance,
Any tool that will help with list building is good.
I will go and check it out now.
I have been really slack on building a list.
This and my blog are my main focus now.
Thanks for this useful review.
Pete
Pete carr-Blogging Genius´s last blog post ..Blogging-Why You Should BePart 1
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Hi Pete,
Thanks for the visit and comment. I’m glad my review was useful to you. Helpful tools make things easier for us and the Squeeze Plugin will certainly do that. Please let me know how you like it after you check it out and perhaps buy it. Good luck with your list building.
Vance
Hi Vance.
I like this plug in. I think that is going on my list of wants.
It seems easy enough to use and looks good too.
Thanks for the heads up.
all the best
Gert.
Gert Chappell´s last blog post ..The Dream Stealer
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Hi Gert,
I’m glad to be able to point out what I think is helpful to use. I think the Squeeze Plugin has a lot to like about it. It’s a time and money saver if put to use and it’s only a one time expense after which you have an unlimited use of it. A wish list is a good place to put it if you aren’t getting it right now.
Thank you for commenting.
All the Best,
Vance
Hey Vance,
Sounds like an easy way to create an optin page.
I like Sally have started using ultimate footer ad and have found it really good.
To be honest I have not even made it look very good yet but it still works really well. I was trying to edit the font size and font colour on it but it didn’t work so I will have to get back to that at some point to improve the conversions on it.
Will have to check out the plugin in more detail and see if it is something I could use.
Thanks for the review,
James
James Howard´s last blog post ..It’s Not About The Money
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Hi James,
Thanks for the visit and comment. It’s great to see you again and read your contribution. Thanks for letting me know that the ultimate footer is working well for you too. I’ll have a look at it again on your blog and will check Sally’s too to see what you have there.
Please, do check out the Squeeze Plugin video if you haven’t done so yet.
I look forward to seeing you visit here again.
Vance
Hi Vance,
So are you now using the plugin on this page or on a different page? Have you got it set up?
I have heard time and time again that list building is the number one thing a new marketer should do. I have even asked a few gurus if I should do something they were promoting and they said no, if it’s not helping you build your list, then don’t do it!! and they were selling the product!
Great advice, I say!
Thanks and can you tell me where YOUR squeeze page plugin page is?
Lisa~
Lisa´s last blog post ..How Did I Get HERE
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for the visit and a nice and probing comment. I’m not using the Squeeze Plugin on this page. I’ve had this opt in form and the squeeze page it leads to made with a help of a designer. That was several months ago, before the Squeeze Plugin existed. The amount of money I paid was quite a bit more than what the Squeeze Plugin costs and if I wanted another squeeze page it would cost me money again.
With the Squeeze Plugin there is only one time cost and creating any new squeeze pages is easy enough so that I can do it myself and very quickly too.
I’m glad to have you confirm the importance of email list building because, unbelievable as it seems, there are still a lot of people who don’t believe in it.
I got the Squeeze Plugin less than a week ago and don’t have it on any of my sites yet. I’ll be playing with it for a while and once I put it up I’ll let you know where it is so you can check it out.
Vance
Hi Vance,
I see the convenience of what SqueezePlugin offers, the video is very enticing. For the moment, though, I will have to go on with my learn-by-messing-up method of integrating optin forms into my sites. But I’ll certainly include SP in my wish list!
Regards,
Jose
Jose@Notes on Blogging´s last blog post ..Prepare to track keywords when buying traffic
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
HI Jose,
I’m glad you see the convenience of the Squeeze Plugin. Thanks for checking out the video and for commenting. There’s nothing wrong with your learn by messing up method. You will certainly learn a lot that way. The big factor for me is the time and money (even if you do everything yourself, they say and I agree that time is money) the Squeeze Plugin will save.
I’m glad that you intend to put SP on your wish list and I hope that it will be in a prominent place there.
Best Regards,
Vance
Hi Vance,
Sounds like a good quick and easy way to create a squeese page.
Will go over and check the plugin. I agree that we should all direct our traffic to an optin page.
Have learnt sooo much since I joined this challenge… what a good idea.
Cheers
Bryan
Bryan McHeyzer@The Internet Intern´s last blog post ..Increase Your Squeeze Page Conversion Rate!
Vance Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Hi Bryan,
Check it out, it really is easy to use and saves time and money.
Thanks for the visit and comment.
Cheers,
Vance
Hi Vance,
Just wanted to thank you again for commenting at my blog. I replied there but wasn’t sure you’d be back to see it.
I wanted to let you know that I deleted that last controversial tip in the post. I surely don’t want to steer anyone wrong and have them get into any trouble.
I’ve added some other things that should be more helpful.
Thanks for your honest feedback.
Good luck with the challenge.
Sally
Sally´s last blog post ..One of the Top Tips!
Vance Reply:
August 10th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Hi Sally,
Thanks for visiting my blog to tell me that. I hope that you’ll visit again to comment on what I have to say in this post.
As for the controversial tip on your blog post I think that you did well in erasing it. I’m sure that people do that sort of thing all the time but it’s not really a good practice and they’d hate having it done to them I’m sure.
I’ll go back to your post shortly to see what you have added to it instead.
Vance
Hi Vance
I agree with you and your commenters about the importance of nurturing a responsive mailing list, and any tool that helps in this has got to be worth further consideration.
Thanks for the ‘heads up’ on this one.
Best wishes!
Stuart
Stuart Turnbull´s last blog post ..We need your ‘make money online’ ideas!
Vance Reply:
August 10th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Hi Stuart,
Welcome to my blog. I’m glad that you agree about the importance of building and nurturing an email list. Did you have a look at the Squeeze plugin video?
I look forward to seeing you here again and reading your comments.
Vance
Hi Vance,
I’m glad that I stopped by to check out your site once again. I had just posted something on list building on my blog yesterday but did not go into depth about squeeze pages. I didn’t know about the plug-in, thanks for the info. I will be back again soon for more great info!
Alice
Vance Reply:
August 10th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Hi Alice,
I’m glad that you stopped by. Nice to see you again and thank you for the comment. List building is an important and big subject and one post can’t do it justice. I’ll check what you wrote in your post. I’m sure it’ll be helpful to those who read it.
Squeeze pages are important part of list building and the Squeeze Plugin makes making them a lot easier.
I look forward to your next visit.
Vance
Hi Vance,
thanks for the whats up on the wordpress plugin as there are many thousands of plugins about and new ones seem to arrive advertised in my e-mail box every day its always nice to read the comments of other bloggers about them.
Cheers
Rob
Vance Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the visit and brief comment. I hope that my post was useful to you. There are a lot of plugins but the Squeeze Plugin is very useful not just something fancy that you may not need.
Vance
Hi Vance
I have not heard the phrase single optin for ages, I have just written an article about the changes since 2006, when I started online and then there was no double optin, every person for themselves!
Thankfully list building is now concentrated on the opt-in, as in they can just as easily opt-out as in, thus we do not capture or squeeze (force) the information out of people.
I took a look at the page for the plugin, out of my price range for a single app at the moment, however when things turn the corner, I will be sure to take a look.
all the best
igor
Vance Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Hi Igor,
Thanks for commenting. Double opt in is the way to go but you’d be surprised to hear some people discuss the supposed advantages of single opt ins. I wouldn’t even let it enter my mind.
I don’t think that the Squeeze Plugin is that expensive when you consider it’s unlimited use. I had one squeeze page made by a professional and it cost me way more for a one time shot than what the plugin costs.
Anyway, I hope that it was helpful for you to have a look at it.
Vance
Hi Vance,
This is definitely worth a look for me. I’m an old fashioned squeeze guy with my own templates, however it seem the more I look around now the more WordPress is creeping to global domination for easy setup websites!
I will be doing to email opt-in testing myself shortly and will be posting my results on my blog for each test.
I am not sure I’m convinced with the Aweber blog comment opt-in. I want to comment on a blog not get hit with an offer for doing it?? Still it’s worth a test!
Great Post Vance keep em coming!
Daniel Sumner´s last blog post ..Self Learning – Outsourcing – Student and Teacher
Vance Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Hi Daniel,
Word Press is definitely in and will dominate if it’s not doing so already. I’m glad that you found the post valuable. If you can do your own squeeze pages the old way you may like this a lot.
As for the AWeber blog comment opt in plugin I thought about the impact of it on people who comment and although the plugin may work for some people I will probably not be using it at least for now.
Thanks so much for your comment. I look forward to your next one.
Vance
Hi Vance
Thanks for telling me about a plugin that works with WP. It’s what I stumbled on to use for a site. When I get up to list building I’ll check it out. Thanks for the “plug”.
Alex
Alex@first 100 items´s last blog post ..Heating
Vance Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Hi Alex,
Glad to see you on my blog commenting. The Squeeze Plugin indeed work with any Word Press theme. Be glad you stumbled on Word Press because it is the best and easiest way to build a site for most people. Don’t wait too long before you star with list building.
Vance
Hi Vance
WordPress is the easiest platform to use – once you are shown how. It was the first things I was shown when I started but back then it seemed very complicated.
A little about me – My name is Sue McDonald and I am a student of Mark Terrell and I am actually going through the course a second time – by invitation. I love it and know if I do all he says, I will be successful. I am Australian but the US is my second home as I have family there and visit quite often. This is why I started Internet Marketing so I can travel whenever I want and have the money to do what I want.
Well I hope you are doing well and you become very successful. I would love you to come visit my blog and leave a comment.
Kind regards
Sue
Sue McDonald´s last blog post ..Week 3 of the Newbies Course
Vance Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 12:56 am
Hi Sue,
I’ve never used anything but WordPress but I keep hearing that it’s the best and easiest. It certainly is updated all the time and there are tons of plugins for it created constantly. I wouldn’t think or dream of wanting to use anything else. Did you check out the Squeeze Plugin?
Welcome to my blog and thank you for your comment with such a nice introduction. I’m pleased to meet you and I wish you great success also.
I’ll be looking forward to reading more of your comments here.
Best Regards,
Vance
Hey Vance,
The plugin looks awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Going to check it out.
And Congrats on getting featured on Johnchow.com ;).
~Dev
Devesh´s last blog post ..8 Ways a New Blogger Can Succeed
Vance Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 1:08 am
Hey Dev,
Nice to see you on my blog. Yes, the plugin is awesome indeed and I do hope that you’ll really check it out. Thanks for commenting and the congrats. I was pleased to have my blog reviewed on John Chow’s blog.
Visit again,
Vance
Hi Vance,
I would have to agree that list building is the most important aspect of online marketing. Thanks for sharing this post and for telling about the new plugin. I am considering getting it for sure.
Take care,
Steve
Steve Troutman@SteveTroutman.com/blog´s last blog post ..BoilerMaker 15K Roadrace July 11- 2010
Vance Reply:
August 15th, 2010 at 3:01 am
Hi Steve,
I’m glad that you see my points regarding the importance of email list building. Let me know if you do get the Squeeze Plugin how you like it.
I appreciate your visit and comment.
Vance
I tried a plugin on one of my health blogs to create an opt-in form but it was very basic and did not stand out as well as using a template from Aweber. I have not had the chance to try the one you mention in your post. I hope it would be better.
Did you create the op-tin form on this page with it?
Sandy
SandyHalliday@MakingMoneyOnTheInternet´s last blog post ..5 Essential Forum Marketing Tips
Vance Reply:
August 15th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Hi Sandy,
Thanks for commenting and sharing your experience with a different plugin that didn’t work out. AWeber just gives you the opt in form, not a squeeze page. Have you watched the short video about the Squeeze Plugin? It clearly shows how much you can do with it. It has a full squeeze page capability including adding video to it.
My mini squeeze page on this blog was created before the Squeeze Plugin was available.
Vance
Hi Vance, excellent post and comments! I checked out the sales page and Squeeze Plugin appears to be one awesome plugin! Thanks for sharing. I really like the way you’ve customized your Aweber opt-in form to fit into your blog theme. Nice work! Steve D.
Steve@bookmarking´s last blog post ..Bookmarking URLS Favicon Style
Vance Reply:
August 15th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the comment. I’m glad you like my post and the comments of my readers. The Squeeze Plugin is awesome and it’s great that you checked the video of it. I’m happy you like my mini squeeze page. It took some work and money but apparently it was well spent.
Vance
Hi Vance!
Squeeze pages gave me FITS when I first started out. Didn’t even have a blog then and just used my site to host squeeze pages and downloads.
I think that it’s important to understand how to create a squeeze page and then, beyond that, to automate the process and use time on other things.
I’ll consider the plug in for future use.
Thanks,
Lesley
Lesley “Wes” Klatt´s last blog post ..Week 3- Generating Traffic
Vance Reply:
August 15th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Hi Lesley,
I think that you started the right way with squeeze pages and building your list. There are so many ways to create a squeeze page now. If you understand squeeze pages and can create them then you are well ahead of the game.
Do have a close look at the plugin.
Thanks for the visit and comment, please do it again soon.
Vance
Hi Vance,
List building is the most imporatant aspect of Internet Marketing. But you need to build a true relationship with your list. My mentor Alex Jeffreys had told me that list build is the number 1 factor to creating a succesful business.
He knows a few thing does that man! Sally mentioned about the Ultimate Footer Ad, but I just think they are annoying like the pop up boxes and exit pop up. But figures never lie. If they gain more subscibers then we all need to consider them.
So will have to see what this Squeeze plugin is like. Will wait and see what the reviews are like on it.
Cheers
Craig
Craig´s last blog post ..Contributors Needed For Up And Coming JV Giveaways
Vance Reply:
August 16th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Hi Craig,
Alex is right on this one. List building is by far the most important aspect of internet marketing. The Squeeze Plugin is very new and very few people have used it extensively yet.
I’ve learned just today that the squeeze pages you can make with it will always have the header of the theme you’re using. Aside from that you can make any kind of squeeze page you want with it with any theme. A lot of people have a header made for their squeeze pages or have to insert one if they want a header there.
If you don’t want to have any header on your squeeze pages the plugin will have a problem with it. That is the only issue, otherwise everything is great about it as far as I know.
Thank you for commenting.
Cheers,
Vance
Hi Vance
Clearly list building is paramount to any internet marketing online business and any software or plug-in that helps do this will be great. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
I’ve posted a link to this page on identi.ca for you (makes a change from Twitter!)
Martyn Boaden´s last blog post ..What Was Your Biggest Challenge When You Started Internet Marketing
Vance Reply:
August 17th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Hi Martyn,
You’re welcome, I’m glad my post is appreciated by you. Squeeze Plugin helps build squeeze pages faster.
Thanks for posting the link. I know nothing about identi.ca, will check it out.
Thanks for the comment too, please visit and comment again,
Vance
Hi Vance
Thats a really well written and informative post. Yet to get my opt-in box on my blog so that I start building a list. So this information about the plugin and other list building posts would would help me.
You mentioned about giveaways – do you have a post on identifying good giveaways as that would be my next step.
Thanks again and nice meeting you!
Cheers!
Abizer
Vance Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Hi Abizer,
Welcome here to my blog and thank you for leaving a comment.
I’m glad you like the post. If you already have an AWeber account or a similar autoresponder I hope that you’ll put up an opt in form on your blog soon.
The Squeeze Plugin helps to make the creation of squeeze pages a lot easier. Keep in mind that, as I found out recently, whatever Word Press theme you’ll use it’ll work and the header that you have there on the theme will always be on the squeeze page you create.
This could be good or a drawback, depending whether you want the header on your squeeze page. If you don’t want any header on your squeeze page then you may want to get the Squeeze Theme instead.
As for identifying good giveaways, I don’t have a post about that but a good way to do that is to find out who are the giveaway organizers and then check them out. If they have a good reputation then you’ll be most likely OK to join that giveaway as a contributor.
I hope that helps.
I’m please to meet you too and hope to see you comment again
Cheers,
Vance
Abizer Reply:
August 19th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Hey Vance
I am going to get a Aweber account and an opt-in page soon. Have looked at the squeeze plugin and like what it offers, however will keep it for the future due to its price.
Thanks for all the info about giveaways, yeah I think your suggestion is the best way forward.
Cheers!
Abizer
Vance Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 7:30 am
Hey Abizer,
That sounds like a good plan of action. AWeber is great and they have a lot of tutorials and their blog is pretty good too. You can always get the Squeeze Plugin later after you learn to use AWeber.
I’m glad I was able to help.
Talk soon,
Vance
Hi Vance,
Great blog and great blog post. I must agree with everyone else in regard to list building, it is very important. As the saying goes ‘the money is in the list’. You also have to respond to your list and not just look at a list as peoples names, they are real people and they need to be treated as such.
Having said that, I don’t have a list but last week I did put a sign-up form on my blog, so your information about ‘SqueezePlugin’ has come at the right time. It looks like a great product but I am a bit short of money at the moment.
I will be returning soon to read the rest of your blog, I have found some very interesting content, can’t wait to read the rest.
Good luck with the Challenge.
Take care.
Robyn
Vance Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Hi Robyn,
Thank you for the nice comment. I’m glad that you like my blog an this post. It’s great that you are well on the way to start building your own email list.
I’m looking forward to your future visits and comments.
Good luck to you too with the challenge and building your email list.
Take care and talk soon,
Vance
Hi Vance
Thanks for the post. I guess it is not possible to cover every new thing that comes out so it was great to discover some interesting facts here. As others have said keep us posted on how you find the new plugin.
Best wishes
Anne
Vance Reply:
August 19th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Hi Anne,
Thanks for the comment. So far I find the plugin to be a time saver. The only potential drawback is that your theme header will always show on your squeeze page and there is no way to get rid of the header if you don’t want it there. But that fact will probably not bother most people. It’s good to know about it though. There are people who may want to use a different header for their squeeze page or no header at all. If that is the casse they should consider buying a Squeeze Theme instead of the Squeeze Plugin.
Vance
Hi Vance,
List building is one of THE most important parts in internet marketing. I heard about list building YEARS ago but unfortunately I didn’t understand the power of it and the necessity to start building my own list of subscribers. I was trying EVERYTHING ELSE but always let list building as something that I would try later.
Autoresponder services are “expensive”. No way would I be paying $20-$25 a month just to build a list. After years of trying to make money online I ended up paying $200/month on other things like expensive hosting services, registering hundreds of “useless” domains, joining different membership websites (which most of them didn’t provide me any real value) etc. But no I will not pay an autoresponder service.
I am doing affiliate marketing so I THOUGHT it’s not necessary…!!! Arg! I wish I knew and understood the power of following up when I first learn about it!! By the way you can read more on my latest blog post. 🙂
The Squeeze plugin looks amazing. Does it works with GetResponse autoresponder? What are your impressions?
Take care,
Andreas
Andreas Spyrou @ Free Online Marketing Tips´s last blog post ..The Biggest Affiliate Marketing Mistake – Mistake 6
Vance Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 7:39 am
Hi Andreas,
Nice to see you visit and comment. It looks that you finally decided to start building your list which is great. The Squeeze Plugin will work with GetResponse autoresponder too. I use AWeber myself but the plugin doesn’t care where you get the opt in form code from.
Before you Get the Squeeze Plugin just be aware that whatever Word Press theme you use it with, the squeeze page you make using the plugin will have the header of that theme show at the top. It cannot be removed in case you’d want a squeeze page without a header or with a header that is different than that on your theme.
My impressions of the plugin are good. It saves time.
What many forget about with “list building” is that it is a open path to your customers, you are aloud to send them information.
You have begun to build a relationship and they start to trust you.
Most internet marketers forget this and treat the medium as a direct marketer would do e.g. spam all kinds of promotional crap. This is not the best method, build value, trust and a relationship, then make money.
Daniel M. Wood @ Sales Techniques, Motivation and Success´s last blog post ..Back To Work! Back To Work! Back To Work!
Vance Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 7:47 am
Hi Daniel,
You have a good point. Sending only sales emails to your list and doing it indiscriminately without making sure the offers are good is not a good way to treat subscribers.
There should be a good proportion of emails with free valuable information and the emails shouldn’t be sent every day.
Thanks for commenting.
Vance, hope that you’re well. Thanks for the info on the Plugin – sounds perfect for building lists and for my business, will be checking it out! All the best, Tom
Tom Harvey´s last blog post ..Video Marketing – Anatomy Of A Successful Affiliate Campaign
Vance Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Hi Tom,
Nice to hear from you. I’m glad you liked my post and that you’ll be checking out the plugin. I hope you’ll find it helpful in building your business.
All the best,
Vance
Hi Vance
I had a look at the video on the Squeeze Plugin and it does indeed look awesomly quick and easy to implement. Just the thing to get lots of WP squeeze pages out there fast. I suppose you use it as a sticky on the 1st page like our 100-blog comment page and then build content as usual with posts, about me and other pages. It looks as if it could be very effective for on page SEO and collecting opt ins.
All the best with the challenge.
Good luck
Eamon
Vance Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Hi Eamon,
Thanks for the visit and comment. I’m glad you had a look at the video showing the Squeeze Plugin. I’m not sure what you mean when you say it could be effective for on page SEO but squeeze pages made with it are of course good for collecting opt ins.
Vance
Hi Vance,
some useful tips and some very good questions and answers on this plugin, I’ll keep my eyes peeled and may purchase it myself in the near future!
Regards,
Steve.
Steve Wilkins´s last blog post ..I haven’t done anything today!
Vance Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Hi Steve,
I’m glad you find my post useful and that you’ll keep an eye on the Squeeze Plugin. If you do purchase it I hope it will help you.
Thank you for commenting.
Vance
Hi Vance,
Thanks for the info. I use WordPress to get traffic and feed burner to help build loyalty.
I am here from the 100 comment challenge. Join Pierrette & I.
We are serious and all the tools you mention are great as long as you can generate traffic with great content. That often, is the #1 problem.The tools to handle the list is the follow up.
Thanks for your advice.
Pierre
Thee Quest For Perfect Health
Vance Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Hi Pierre,
Thank you for visiting and leaving your comment. I don’t allow links within comments so I have erased yours. I’ve made an exception to this only once.
I’m glad that you are serious and realize the importance of having good content. Generating traffic is what everybody needs. Just make sure that you don’t neglect list building for too long.
Vance
Vance,
Excellent blog and resources provided. Thanks for the information on the Squeeze Plugin. Sounds like something I could use as I’m just getting ready to start building my list.
Good meeting you in the Blog Challenge.
Thanks again,
Kat
Kat@eBayLearning´s last blog post ..10 Tips to Buying Cars on eBay Motors
Vance Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Hi Kat,
Nice to meet you too. I’m glad you like my blog and my post on Squeeze Plugin. I hope that you can use it profitably.
Vance
Hey Vance, thanks for the tip about this plugin. It was new to me so I check out the website. Unfortunately, neither the demo section nor the affiliate signup worked. I emailed the creators and they replied by asking what products of their I had purchased. *shrugs*
Are you familiar with Sneeze Pages? Rather than being new content, they’re a way to direct readers to a related list of posts/pages within the domain. Good way to recycle content and get more interlinking. As I was reading this post and seeing all the links to other posts I thought “good sneeze post” 🙂
Lauren Lionheart´s last blog post ..Can Blogging About Cupcakes Earn a Full Time Income
Vance Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Hey Lauren,
Welcome to my blog. I don’t know why the website didn’t work when you went there. I just checked it out and it seems to work normally. Even the loading speed seems better than it was before. Perhaps you can give it another try.
I’m not familiar with the therm Sneeze Pages. Thanks for telling me about it. Apparently I was doing a good sneeze post without knowing it.
Thank you for your comment. I look forward to your next one.
Vance
Hello Vance,
Great post and it looks as if you are getting some good responses. A few weeks ago I purchased a plug-in for creating unobtrusive opt-ins, but found the product had a lot of issues.
I will check this out, as this looks like it could be a very useful tool. Your post is a great example of how to use a post to create sales.
All the best to you!
Mark
Vance Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Hello Mark,
Glad to read your comment and that you like the post. Not all plugins turn out to be good and I’m sorry the one you purchased didn’t work out.
The Squeeze Plugin seems to be having no issues. Just keep in mind though that, as I have pointed out in previous comments, the squeeze pages you create using it will show the header of whatever WP theme you are using. There is no way to create squeeze pages without a header with it..
Thanks for the visit and I hope to read more of your comments soon.
Vance
Hi Vance,
I finally got here! 😯
I feel like I am blog hopping in my sleep! 😛
The squeeze plugin sounds like a really good one. I have been tossing and turning on installing one of them to increase my optins, however first I need to work on organising the time to actually write a newsletter for my subscribers! 😳
That has been something I have been avoiding for a long time. My inbox gets bombarded everyday with the latest greatest offer from everyone. Rarely do I get emails with actual content anymore. I could tell you on one hand who actually emails content out of about 300 people!
The first thing I want to do is set up some content that I can deliver to my subscribers first. Once I have that in place, then I will try and work on list building.
So much to do and so little time!
Let us know how you go with the plugin and if it increases your subscribers.
See you back here soon!
Cheers
Jacinta 😀
Jacinta Dean´s last blog post ..The 100 Blog Comment Challenge Update!
Vance Reply:
August 25th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Hi Jacinta,
I’m glad you made it here again. Thanks for the comment. I too find that there’s not enough time to do everything I want to do. My inbox gets too much email as well and much of it consists of endless offers. It’s interesting to observe how other people do mailings to their lists. It’s a good lesson in what not to do in most cases. There are some good examples too though and those are the ones I actually read in full.
I have bought the Squeeze Plugin and plan to use it on my new sites. I don’t expect it to dramatically increase the number of opt ins but to save me time and money when I make squeeze pages.
I look forward to seeing you back here soon.
Cheers,
Vance
This is such an excellent blog and resources provided. Thanks for the information on the Squeeze Plugin.You have done a great job by bringing this topic into light. Sounds like something I could use as I’m just getting ready to start building my list.I hope quality discussions follow this post. Great job.
Shakira @ wizard of oz halloween costume´s last blog post ..Plus Size Pirate Costumes
Vance Reply:
August 25th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Hi Shakira,
Welcome to my blog and thanks for your comment. I’m glad you found what I write useful.
I look forward to your next visit and comment.
Vance
Hi Vance,
Thank you for the very informative post, which I have enjoyed reading. I agree with many the many previous comments that list building is vital, but it is good honest relationship building that will ultimately result in successful sales.
Your squeeze plugin review is excellent and I plan to check it out. I shall also be very pleased to return to your blog on a regular basis in order to make use of your nuggets of information.
Great to meet you on the challenge Vance.
Regards,
Brian
Brian Alcock´s last blog post ..So You Failed…So What!!
Vance Reply:
August 25th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Hi Brian,
Nice to meet you. Your comment is very kind and I’m so glad that you plan to visit again. Building a relationship with the people on your list is very important. I think that it is something that is often neglected. The first step is not to flood the people on your list with offers constantly.
I look forward to your next visit and comments.
Best regards,
Vance
Hi Vance,
The Squeeze plug in sounds interesting. I will definitely look into it. I’m new to internet marketing. I’ve started using squeeze pages with my mobile marketing campaigns which has been working really well. I have not added this to my blog as of yet. However, I’m sure I will be implementing this strategy very soon. Thank you for the information.
Much Success,
Lorina Noble
Miss Mindset Makeover
Millionaire Mindset
Lorina Noble´s last blog post ..Mobile Marketing is Huge! 18 year old Changes the Game!
Vance Reply:
August 25th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Hi Lorina,
Welcome to my blog. I’m glad you find the Squeeze Plugin interesting and that you’ll look into it. I find it very interesting that you started with mobile marketing before getting into internet marketing. It’s good to know that your mobile marketing campaigns have been working out well for you.
Thank you for your comment and I hope to see you visit and comment again.
I wish you much success in internet marketing as well as continued success in mobile marketing.
Vance
Hi Vance
Great post.
I do not use Aweber, instead I use Randy Smith’s Wizard Responder which is great but I don’t know if the plugin will work with Wizard Responder.
How’s the testing gone for you? Was it a good investment?
Stay healthy
Alex
Alex Fyfe´s last blog post ..Exercise And Harm
Vance Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Hi Alex,
Thanks for commenting. The plugin will work with any autoresponder as far as I know because it doesn’t matter where you get the opt in form code from. As long as the autoresponder works the plugin will work too. Please watch the short demo video to which you can get by by clicking on the Squeeze Plugin banner or any of the links surrounding it in the text of the post.
I think buying the plugin was a good investment because it saves time when you make squeeze pages. I plan to use it for a long time to come,
One word of caution though: please realize that the header of whatever Word Press theme you will use with it, and it works with any Word Press Theme, will be on your squeeze page. If you don’t want the theme header displayed on your squeeze pages do not buy the plugin.
I hope this helps.
You stay healthy too, health is wealth,
Vance
Hi Vance!
This sounds like an interesting plugin. 🙂
List building and squeeze pages are definitely super important. I, too, have heard it from so many people that I admire and inspire me, and I know it’s the way to go! 😉
Jess Webb´s last blog post ..Sustainability for Digital Entrepreneurs
Vance Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Hi Jess,
Welcome to my blog.The plugin is interesting and I’m glad that you realize the importance of email list building.
Thank you for the comment and please visit again.
Vance
Hi Vance,
My mentor Alex Jefferys has drilled it into me, that it’s all about the list and I totally apreciate that’s the way to go, I’m just not quite at that stage.I haven’t even mastered aweber yet but I’m working on it.
It will be interesting to know how you are finding the plugin and if you have seen an increase in optins due to it’s use.
Enjoy the challenge
Michelle
Vance Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Hi Michelle,
It’s good to know that you appreciate the importance of list building. AWeber has a lot of tutorials and even webinars so you can learn to master AWeber with a lot of help that’s available. The Squeeze Plugin in and of itself won’t necessarily increase opt ins but it makes creating squeeze pages easier.
Thanks for the comment.
Vance
Vance:
This seems like a great plugin!
I have learned how important list building is in order to build a sustainable business. It is just as important to follow-up with that list with valuable content.
I am not sure if I am ready to pay for this plugin just yet but I have book marked the site just in case.
Rick Byrd´s last blog post ..Business Ethics – Is There Such a Thing
Vance Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Hi Rick,
Thanks for commenting. I’m glad you bookmarked the site with the plugin (hopefully mine). No need to rush and buy it if you’re not ready.
Take care,
Vance
Hi Vance,
This is such an important post.Glad you bring this plugin into discussion.
Though i haven’t try this plug-in yet but it sounds interesting , understandable and easy to use.I’m pretty sure this would surely enhance the signs ups on auto pilot since it it is user friendly. I supposed many would love to use it.
Many thanks for bringing this topic into light.Good luck with the challenge and with your business.
Daniella @ ring master costumes´s last blog post ..Tin Man Costume
Vance Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Hi Daniella,
I’m glad you find my post important and the plugin interesting. Thank you for visiting and taking the time to comment.
Good luck to you too.
Vance
Hi Vance,
Way to go with the questions. Glad to see answers from the real creators themselves. Sadly, I haven’t yet build my e-mail list so this article will come in handy. I have a lot to learn from you. Not only that, we are both John Chow readers, with yourself more hardcore 🙂 Overall, I have to say MaxBlogPress has that Subscribers Magnet that just came out. Because I don’t have an autoresponder yet set up, I can’t review it but I like that they also provide other plugins that are considered review-ware. Thanks for the introduction to the Squeeze plugin. I’ve heard of good things about UBD as well.
Cheers!
Thu
Thu Nguyen@BloggingFor´s last blog post ..How to Keep Up With Production in the Industrial Age of Article Marketing
Vance Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Hi Thu,
Thanks for the visit and comment. I’m always happy to see what you have to say. Are you not using Word Press? I heard good things of Max Blog Press so I’d like to know how you find it too. I’m firmly in the Word Press sphere though.
UBD is pretty good but they seem to have moved away from designing unique themes for individuals. I heard that they are charging thousands for that if they do it. They have moved more towards universal products like the Squeeze Plugin, Squeeze Theme, etc.
Talk soon,
Vance
Hi Vance, Interesting post with a lot of great answers. I have a growing list but I never send more than 1 mail a week unless there is something special to announce, After reading many other views on this topic I feel I should send out more but I believe in quality rather than quantity. I also have UFA of which I have to be honest and say I have never got round to using it yet so now after seeing some of the results it can bring I think I will get it added to my sites & blog.
Great topic
Keith
Keith Alston´s last blog post ..Holiday Time Again!
Vance Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:11 am
Hi Keith,
Thanks for the visit and comment. I agree with you as to the frequency and reasons for not sending email more often than once a week , unless there is a special occasion, to my subscribers. Or unless I have a free mini course and people subscribe to it knowing that they’ll be receiving a lesson each day for a week or so right after they opt in.
Can you enlighten me as to what UFA is?
I look forward to your next visits and comments.
Vance
Hi I am trying very hard to build the list. I use aweber and provide value. Its coming so slow. How exactly do you get a huge list.
Amy Steelman-Prueter´s last blog post ..Are you up for the Challenge
Vance Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:26 am
Hi Amy,
Thank you for commenting. I wish there would be a simple answer to your question “how exactly do you get a huge list”.
I haven’t seen any opt in form on your blog. Perhaps you are building your list on another blog which I don’t know about.
Having an opt in form on your blog above the fold would be the first step. And a free offer to give people some reason to opt in.
Joining free online giveaways as a contribut0r would e another step.
List building is a slow process especially when you’re just starting out and if you don’t have a large amount traffic going to your blog.
Vance
Hi Vance,
Thanks for telling us about this plugin. I’m always on the lookout for new tools to accomplish old things 🙂 Since WP is becoming the number one tool of choice, it’s great to see plugins like this that makes creating squeeze pages and all of our other “requirements” easy.
I hope to get more insight on some of the newer things coming out from your site!
Gwen
via 100 Comment Challenge
Gwen Tanner@Product Creation Blog´s last blog post ..10 Free Tools for Your Product Creation Toolkit
Vance Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Hi Gwen,
Nice to see you visit and comment, thank you. It always helps to know that people find my posts useful. I can’t wait to read your next comment.
Vance
Hi, Vance,
You have some great info that I plan on using. I have a WP theme that comes with a built in squeeze page. I have been very busy just commenting on this challenge. I had my site up and running the middle of this month. I have been very busy with life, trying to post on a regular basis, updating squidoo lens and commenting on this 100 challenge. Now I will start concentrating on my list building efforts. I have written a free report to give away about inflammation. I have to hook it up to aweber next.
You really have alot of useful info here. I am a newbie so I appreciate all the helpful hints you have on your blog.
Thanks so much,
Fran T
Fran T´s last blog post ..Nopalea and My Knee
Vance Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Hi Fran,
Welcome and thank you for commenting. I’m glad that you find my blog useful. You seem to be on the fast track to success. Just continue with what you are doing and with your plans. Having a free report will help you with your list building.
I look forward to your next comments and to hear how you are progressing.
Vance
Hi Vance
I believe that a marketer’s list is his greatest asset and it is important to build a good relationship with the subscribers. Treat them with respect, and give them quality information rather than just bombarding them with promotion after promotion.
I only recently began list-building so my list is still tiny but most of the subscribers have come from giveaway events, and I an looking forward to participating in more of those in the future.
I don’t have time to watch the Squeeze Plugin video at the moment – I’m still trying to catch up on the 100 Comments Challenge – but I have added it to my ‘to do’ list.
Warm Regards
Lynn
Vance Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Hi Lynn,
Thank you for your thoughts in the comment. You are right about the list being the greatest asset and also about building relationship with the people on your list. I hope that you’ll get to watch the video when you have more time.
Best Regards,
Vance
Hi Vance
This sounds like a great tool and much better than pop ups which are in my opinion to pushy and irritating. I am going to give it a go. I like the way you have listed all the other related posts you have done, I will definitely come back to read them after the 100 challenge.
I feel very glad to have visited your blog
Thanks for the great advice,
All the best
Vince
Vance Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Hi Vince,
I’m glad you found my post helpful and that you will have a look at the plugin more closely. I do hope that you’ll come back to visit again and I too am very glad that you visited my blog now.
All the Best,
Vance
Hi Vance
Thanks for the lowdown on the squeeze plugin I will go and take a look at it.
Concentating on building a mailing list is important but I think creating valuable content that your subscribers want is the key.
Nice to meet you
Dawn Kay
Dawn Kay´s last blog post ..Free Internet Marketing Blueprints and Checklist Guides
Vance Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Hi Dawn,
Nice to meet you too and thank you for the comment. I’m glad that you’ll have a look at the Squeeze Plugin. I agree that both email list building and creation of valuable content are both important and interrelated.
Vance
Hi Vance,
Thanks for a very generous post. The more I get into it the more I’m amazed by WordPress, only this week I installed a plug in to do memberships.
I shall certainly be taking a close look at this one too.
Regards
John
Vance Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Hi John,
Thanks for commenting and liking my post. Word Press is indeed amazing and great tool that keeps on delivering. I look forward to your next visit.
Vance
Hi Vance,
I’ve been hopping my heart out trying to get to all these blogs to honor my commitment to this challenge. I still have a lot of ground to cover so I can leave a comment. There is a lot of interesting blogs out there this one also.
Have a good one.
Enjoy the Challenge.
Mike
Vance Reply:
August 31st, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Hi Mike,
I appreciate your visit and comment. I’m glad you find my blog interesting and I look forward to your future visits and comments.
Vance
Hello Vance,
Thanks for sharing wonderful post. Well, I installed this plugin in one of my client’s blogs. It worked successfully.
Squeeze plugin is important. Looking forward to a lot of subscribers.
Cheers!
Regards,
Chintan
Vance Reply:
August 31st, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Hi Chintan,
It’s a good feeling to know that someone considers my post wonderful. I’m glad that you installed the plugin and that it works well.
Cheers,
Vance
Interesting subject and one that I need to explore further. I like the idea of an opt-in plug-in as a feature on a blog. That way people get a chance to decide on their first visit or subsequent return.
From time to time, I receive email newsletters and more in my spam box from sites I have never visited… I often wonder what the conversion rate is for that approach; it seems less productive. Stopped by on my 11th hour visit for the 100 comment challenge.
Best,
Elizabeth
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Vance Reply:
August 31st, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Hi Elizabeth,
I’ll be looking forward to you coming back here to explore the email list building subject further. If you receive emails from places that you never opted into, I would call those spam. I do receive my portion of spam too.
But that is not legitimate email marketing. When people double opt in they usually are interested in what you have to say.
The Squeeze Plugin just makes it faster and easier to create squeeze pages.
All the Best,
Vance
Hi, Vance
Yes – lists are what it’s all about – it seems.
Well, I’ve got a small list and NO IDEA what to send them! After the first sequence of 4 e-mails they don’t hear from me again at the moment .
When I’ve finished this challenge I must really sit down and produce some e-mails
Best wishes
Jennifer
Jennifer@Online Business Making Money at Home´s last blog post ..Internet Marketing Promotions – Step by Step Guide to Contributing
Vance Reply:
August 31st, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Hi Jennifer,
It can be difficult to keep coming up with valuable information to send to your subscribers. In my view it’s better to send nothing than low quality emails. If you have no new and exciting information to send it may still be a good idea to let them know about your new post if it is on the subject that they originally indicated interest in.
Thanks for commenting.
Best wishes to you,
Vance
Hi Vance
I am new to list building and have bookmarked your blog to investigate the process thoroughly when my giveaways and product are ready.
I have also noted Mandy Allan’s comments and your reply as these tie in with my opinions on how to treat your list.
There is some tremendous information in your blog, thanks for that.
I shall return.
Regards
Bill
Bill Murney´s last blog post ..Technology
Vance Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:18 am
Hi Bill,
Thanks for commenting. I’m glad that you find my blog to have tremendous information. I look forward to you returning and interacting with me and my readers through your comments.
Best Regards,
Vance
Hi Vance
This is a very interesting post and the comments added to it. Building a list is SO important for a successful business online, and I agree that is the relationship that you build your subscribers that really makes a difference.
Sometimes he get trapped by the “valuable and unique content” we need to create for our subscribers. I believe in the value of unique and instructional content but when building a relationship you can also share your opinions and points of view even for trivial issues.
After all, we create friends not only by giving them valuable and unique information but also talking about everything else, right?
I think that if sometimes we don’t know what to tell our subscribers, we can send an email about a movie, a music, something that touched us and that we would like to share with people. You are still maintaining the contact and opening yourself to the people out there. And that’s creating relationships.
My two cents…
Cheers
Jorge
Jorge Bento@Starting Your Own Online Business´s last blog post ..Starting Own Business Online – Identify the Resources
Vance Reply:
September 9th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Hi Jorge,
You bring up very interesting and valuable points. I’m glad you enjoyed the post and comments. Relating to the people on our email list is kinkd of tricky but what you say makes sense and I’m tempted to try it. Are you doing that already?
Thanks for the comment and I can’t wait to read more comments from you.
Cheers,
Vance
I’m not building a list using Aweber at the moment – instead I am focusing on building my RSS subscribers. I have a feedburner plugin that asks commenters if they would like to receive updates in their inbox.
Clare@Ticket to Ride´s last blog post ..Ticket to Ride
Vance Reply:
September 9th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Hi Clare,
RSS subscribers are good to have but building an email list is something that most people regret neglecting later on. The feedburner plugin you mention is at least interacting with your subscribers so it’s pretty good. Have you had a look at using AWeber? I wonder if you are contemplating using it or if you are intent on staying away from it.
Thanks for the visit and comment.
Vance
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Vance Reply:
March 25th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Hi Ray,
Thank you very much for the kind comment. I feel like testing your resolve to donate to support my blog. Please read and bookmark my posts, add it to your RSS feed and Google reader and that way you may notice if and when I add a buy me a beer or a similar donation button.
Cheers,
Vance