We all want to achieve the highest conversion rate possible from our squeeze page, rest assured that this article contains all the major points you need to know to build your first squeeze page.

The only thing you are trying to achieve with a squeeze page is to capture your prospects contact details so that you can follow up with them and convert them into your customer.

So, go ahead, and discover for yourself…

First you need to find a product to give away to entice your visitor to leave their setails, make sure you have the rights to give the product away for free.

You can get a product from ViralEbookExplosion where you can also brand it with your affiliate links for future income from the sales of products promoted within the ebook.

Design the squeeze page with an attention grabbing headline, bold the headline and select your headline colour, red is currently converting very well but you can test this on your own squeeze page.

Place a graphic of the cover on your page

A short intro paragraph for the product you are giving away.

4 – 6 bullet points which descibe the benefits your prospects will receive by using whatever you are offering

It is natural to feel that there exists many things about squeeze pages which you were unaware of. And if this is so, you are not alone.

You will need an autoresponder service to be able to follow up with your prospects. With an autoresponder you can set this up once and it will run on autopilot. Aweber and Getresponse are the best two on the market for delivery rates and will cost less than 20 bucks, both have a free 30 day trial so you can test them out.

Include a call to action, placed just above your opt-in form. Tell your visitor what you want them to do, ‘Fill in the form below with your first name and primary email address to receive your free gift’.

Your opt-in form, get the code from your autoresponder provider, select appropriate text for your button such as ‘I want to lose weight in 10 days’ or ’send my gift immediately’

Don’t ask for masses of personal information that you don’t need such as address, phone number, date of birth ect.

Privacy statement stating that their email will not be sold, rented or traded

Keep your opt-in form above the fold, that means it shold be visible in the browser window when the page first loads.

Use a double opt-in list, this means that after filling in the form on your squeeze page they need to confirm by clicking on a confirmation link in an email message sent from your autoresponder to receive further information. If they don’t confirm then you should not send further messages.

Avoid promotional ads and links on your squeeze page otherwise you are just giving your prospect the opportunity to leave your opt-in page.

Even if you are promoting an affiliate product you should be sending your prospects to a squeeze page to capture their email so you can follow up with them if they don’t purchase on their first visit and also so you promote any future offers to them.

Whilst these rules are by no means set in stone, the suggestions above regarding setting up your first squeeze page should be used as a guide to make you aware of the basics that you need to include on your squeeze page.