We just stumbled upon a new and free web 2.0 application that allows internet marketers to build and host their minisites, sales pages, squeeze pages, etc. It’s called blinkweb . They say, " If you know how to point and click, you can create your very own professional, "sales letter style" website OR blog in minutes."
It’s really pretty amazing, everything is drag and drop from all the layout selections, testimonial box styles, check lists and best of all it all looks really professional. I tested it out really quick and here is a link to my sample page . Note that my link is a subdomain link, but you can also direct your own domain name there as well!
The feature list is insane. Here are a few:
Many text, image, and video formatting options
Add Youtube and Flickr content
Contact forms
Guestbook
Blog
Google maps
Adsense
Testimonials, Checklists, Buy now buttons
Multiple pages
Check out their promo video:
It’s totally for internet marketers and totally free. In my opinion it’s a great platform and you should try it out. No more screwing around with setting up wordpress, hosting, dreamweaver, ftp. All the tools are right here.
This is the easiest way for anyone to create great salesletters, review pages, blogs, squeeze pages… Everything a marketer needs to deliver their message online. This is an amazing tool that is going to change everything about how minisites are developed.
Referred to as “minisites” by many marketers, a minisite is a small Web site with a narrow subject focus and narrow page width. The minisite model is effective and quite easy to create. Once the site is up, you are done, no maintenance necessary. Minisites are meant to be small, contained and very specific.
Most minisites can be placed into one of three categories. One, they can be long "sales pages" that focus on selling a single product describing the offer and giving a long sales pitch. Two, they can be "squeeze pages" with generally contain “opt-in” signup forms for a mailing list to capture email leads. And three which is the most popular we’ve seen is a combination of both one and two.
The "Sales Page " is generally a long, keyword rich, sales letter from the creator or promoter describing the benefits to using the project. They usually feature testimonials, an explanation of the product, and ordering information. The Link to buy can link to an affiliate purchase page, your own purchase page or Paypal purchase page.
Components of a Minisite
There are 8 core components to building a minisite.
Header Graphic
Footer Graphic
eCover or box cover graphic
Graphical newsletter subscription box
Checkboxes
Testimonial Boxes
Buy Now buttons
Keyword rich content
We’ll describe these in more detail and how to acquire services for creating minisites in future posts.
Finally a resource for Internet Marketers to get inspiration on great product design and inspiration. Minisite Showcase is a design gallery for mini sites, squeeze pages, and sales pages that internet and affiliate marketers commonly use to sell products. As you know it’s important for internet marketers to be in the loop about how affiliate products are being marketed and to have a bird’s eye view of the industry.
A common problem for internet marketers are the lack of a resources to research what other marketers are doing or have done. Not only is it hard to find a single minisite research resource, but finding a research resource that only displays the higher quality work is very unique. The goal of Minisite Showcase is to motivate marketers to aspire to achieving higher standards when building their minisites as well as provide general tips and advice.
Minisite Showcase can also be a promotional tool as well. Getting your site listed in the Minisite Showcase will boost your back links and strengthen your company’s presence on the internet. Submission is free and the only qualifiers for submitting a site are that it has the be a minisite, squeeze page, or sales page and of course it has the be well designed.
So there you have it an new Internet Marketing Inspiration, Research, and Promotional tool. Visit Minisite Showcase often as the are are always new sites and resources being added. Happy marketing.
