We all know what a squeeze page is – those irritating one page sales letters that start out ‘dear friend’ and end with something like ‘it will change your life’. But problogger’s challenge today teaches us about sneeze pages. He explains it is a term that he created in the 2007 31DBBB challenge.
The way that a blog works is simple – the newest articles are at the top. So what happens to all your archives? Most likely, they rarely get looked at unless you link to a specific post in a new post. A sneeze page fixes this problem. Basically, a sneeze page is a page on your blog with a collection of your top posts about one topic, or from one period of time (he uses the example of his ‘How to make money blogging‘ page) to make it easier for people to find past archived articles.
He recommends to think about the top questions your readers or clients ask, or a type of post that you write a lot – then create a sneeze page for that topic. I did a bit of brainstorming and came up with a couple topics. I finally decided that the best option was to create a page that answered the most common question I get from clients and readers: “how can I improve my writing“?
What can you create a sneeze page about?
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- 7 ways I keep myself excited about my content
- Deja Vu and Problogger. I am disappointed.
- A question that just has to be answered.
Kirsten
