In a previous article we looked at several possible definitions of a home remedy, and patched together a definition that met our mental image of such a remedy. If you missed it, here's the definition we derived.
A home remedy is an experience-based or even accidental remedy or cure prepared from herbs, plants, or other available ingredients by common folk when modern medical help was unavailable (or hadn't been devised yet).
But Home Remedies Are From The Dark Ages, Right?
Not so fast! Countless myths, legends, and superstitions have survived for centuries, so why not home remedies too? Think about it: we bless someone after sneezing to ward off evil spirits, throw a pinch of spilled salt over the shoulder to prevent bad luck, say that breaking a mirror brings bad luck, and we knock on wood or find four-leaf clovers to bring luck.
How Many Times Have You Used These Folk Remedies?
Home remedies from The Dark Ages are all around us. Quick: name three ways to cure hiccups. No doubt you immediately thought of scaring the victim, holding your breath while drinking a glass of water, and breathing through a paper bag. I'm sure some of you even thought of others.
At some time, these procedures must have worked well enough to stop hiccups that others began using them. I'm sure you've already noticed that each cure mentioned above changes the victim's breathing rhythm, which may be why they sometimes stop annoying hiccups.
Look Past The Obvious
The hiccup example demonstrates the assertion that home cures and folk remedies have at least a grain of truth in them. Think about that the next time you rub aloe vera juice on a burn, starve a cold (or feed a fever), or hear of a mother who puts her child with chicken pox together with her healthy children so they all catch it now rather than later.
Are home remedies things of the past? I don't think so!
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A "squeeze page" is one that forces your site visitors to give you their name and email address in exchange for some kind of bribe an audio training, a special report, or piece of software.
This technique still works like magic -- as long as you do it carefully, and offer a "bribe" that is truly appealing and valuable to your visitors.
Considerations you should take into account...
Growing your email list is the surest way to grow your business, sales and profits.
The challenge in today's internet marketing world is it's harder than ever to convince people to opt in. A squeeze page is probably the best list building tool available, but you must be careful. Using a squeeze page the wrong way can hurt your business more than it helps.
First, know that the most effective squeeze page is used on "salesletter site" - that is, one built to sell one product. Using a squeeze page as the "gatekeeper" of your salesletter sifts and sorts potential buyers by level of seriousness. It also gives you a list of prospects who are clearly interested in your offer (or at least in your subject).
The worst thing you can do it use a squeeze page in front of the wrong kind of site.
These include sites that are portals, intended for branding, or blogs. These sites are used for very different reasons than are salesletter sites; so don't put a squeeze page in front of them.
The squeeze page is a barrier.
For direct response sites, it's a valuable tool; used on other kinds of sites it may simply be a turn-off to your customers.
If you have a strong enough offer, a video, an audio, or special report, you may be able to get people to opt in and build a very targeted list using a squeeze page.
Why are people more reluctant and wary about giving up their email address? Spam, viruses, scams, and spyware are a few reasons.
The bottom line: squeeze pages work. I use them, and I think you should do. The key is to use them in the right situations.
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