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Squeeze Page + Autoresponder Setup - What do you think?
January 29, 2012
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Hi! I just joined and I'm looking for some great feedback - especially about the copy and the timing of the autoresponders.

Here's my squeeze page:

http://paulloeb.net 

 

and autoresponders:

http://paulloeb.net
http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/1.html  (1 day after signup)
http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/2.html  (3 days after signup)
http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/3.html  (6 days after signup)
http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/4.html  (13 days after signup)
http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/5.html  (19 days after signup)

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January 30, 2012
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January 31, 2012
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Hi Paul,

It looks great. Just a couple things:

1. Your quotes are all good but all really short. For the most part I think short is good, but if you have one that's a little more substantial it might be a more engaging. 

2. When I signed up it was interesting to see what you did with the confirmation page looking just like the squeeze page with the message coming up under the sign up. I like that but it was confusing to still have the download button underneath it. I thought maybe that I could download the track before confirming and that confirming meant I was subscribed to your list.

January 31, 2012
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Annie, thanks for the feedback. In my browser (Google Chrome) it was working differently (as I expected) - opening a new tab. In Firefox or IE (what I suspect you were using) the inline javascript was being used. I made a change, and if you don't mind - please try again (maybe with a different or bogus email address) so you can test the new behavior.

 

Thanks,

Paul

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January 31, 2012
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Hi Paul,

I use google chrome too. I signed up with a different email and it looked the same.

January 31, 2012
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can you please try to refresh the page (clearing the cache) by holding ctrl and pressing F5?

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January 31, 2012
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Hi Paul,

I tried to unsubscribe and sign up again but it wouldn't let me.

I'll have to try again a little later.

February 1, 2012
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Hey Paul, I think the squeeze page looks great. Huge improvement. I might customize the aweber form so it matches the site a tad more, but that's a minor issue.

 

 Here are my thoughts as I went through the series.

email 1: Great.

email 2: Good but I'm wanting to get a little more insight into you as a person and not just get another track. I also didn't like reading the "I may not get back to everyone but I'll try". It would put me off personally because I like open communication. I'd say either invite them to email you or don't.

email 3: You lost me a little here. I was expecting to go deeper into you as the artist and went the other way by being sent to a gig that, while music related, seemed like a pitch for a somewhat different service. I think there is a place for this and it could be really cool. But I'd make it part of a story... IE, I love music, here's why, and I want to share it with you buy teaching you how to make it too..." kind of a thing. I also thought that in this email you should be steering me towards a hard sell for your album. Maybe an LTO or something, but simultaneously intensifying the relationship with personal copy. I liked the look of the email though. The video graphic really made me want to click.

email 4: Here you go for the clsoe, which is cool, but it feels a bit rushed. Just bam, here is an offer. I think you can do that if you set up the story in earlier emails. I also personally like a shorter LTO. But that's just me. A week gives me too much time to think about it. 3 or 4 days makes me feel rushed... in a way that is more likely to get the conversion.

email 5: Good.

Hope you don't mind me being blunt. Just giving you my thoughts. Over all I think you're great at design and presenting things professionally. I just think that the story and personal connection is missing. I always liken it to dating. You don't sit down in a bar and say, can I buy you a drink, here's another drink, and now do you want to sleep with me 🙂

You offer the drink and then start talking, ultimately finding your common ground. Once the bond is n place you move on to subtly establishing social proof and scarcity. That might sound stupid but I think that likening copy to human relationships is the best way to write good copy. Just ask yourself if you would read that copy to a crowed full of people. I think that if you read what you have the first thing people might say is... wait, who are you?. I think that's what's missing.

Peppering in some social proof might be cool as well.

And as always, this is just one dude's opinion. If you see sales, that is all that matters.

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February 2, 2012
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John, thanks for the great feedback. Based on what you said, I made the following changes:

 

I sort of switched around emails 2 and 3, and combined 3 and 4, and moved 5 up to the 4th position. So now I have (be sure to refresh):

 

http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/1.html (1 day after signup) "Thanks for your support!"

http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/2.html (3 days after signup) "Behind The Scenes"

http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/3.html (6 days after signup) "Free Mash-Up MP3 (Because You're Cool)"

http://paulloebmusic.com/emails/4.html (9 days after signup) "[Expires Today] 25% Off All My Music!"

 

Thoughts?

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February 2, 2012
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No prob,

I might be confused... What I'm seeing is mostly just a reorganization of the emails. Is that right? I think having the pitch as two different emails was much stronger than a single one. I like to introduce the offer and then follow up with a reminder that it's the final day. I just meant that a week long interval might be a bit long for the sale. I thought just 3 or 4 days was better. Just my opinion. I also would keep the initial series pretty clsoe together. No more than 2 weeks. Gotta strike while you're hot.

Mostly what I'm missing is the personal story of who you are. It feels a bit static and nothing is pulling me in to you as a person.

I would add back 2 LTO emails and just try and add some conversational story. Forgive the grandiose description but I think we should come off as rock and roll warriors reporting in from the front line.

You know how with music it's sometimes those room sounds behind the vocal or the drum that make the music sound so engaging? Same with copy. I want to literally picture the room you're in when I read your words. Even if it's just a few sentences. I think that is what's missing here, along with the two prong LTO. Check out the copywriting module and see if that helps.

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February 2, 2012
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Can you try refreshing the pages holding down ctrl? I changed up the content quite a bit.

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