In my last blog post, I spoke about Real Estate Investor Website Design- 5 Critical Questions You Need To Answer-Part 2. I have received some emails about that post and few comments on the blog itself. One of the comments on the blog was asking me about uploading squeeze pages to the website. I know that some people are not very tech savvy so I decided to write a post here on the different tools you can use and how to upload your own squeeze page on your website to start building your own list.
So let’s get going here. Before you can upload your own squeeze page on the internet, you have to create it on your computer or outsource it to someone to do it for you. Here are the steps you’ll need to take to design and upload your own real estate squeeze page on your real estate website.
Step 1- Use a WYSIWYG Software
Some of the tools you can use to design your own squeeze page, and even the entire website are as follows:
Free Website Design Software Programs
Kompozer.net I’ve recommended this software before. Actually, this software is inside my RealEstateBlackBook. It’s a great software to use if you don’t want or can’t spend any money.
NVU This is another great software that you can use. It’s fairly easy to use so check it out and see which software you would prefer better.
Paid Website Design Software Programs
Dreamweaver This is a paid program but it is one of the best WYSIWYG programs out there. Actually, I prefer this program over Microsoft Frontpage. I’ve used this many times. It’s fairly easy to use after you play around with it for a while. You can also find ton of tutorials on the internet on how to use Dreamweaver.
Frontpage Another really good but paid WYSIWYG program. I’ve used it in the past but prefer Dreamweaver over it. I’ve got enough Microsoft products on my computer 
don’t you?
So there you go. Look through the above programs and pick one out. I believe that Dreamweaver has a 30 day trial version that you can check out. If you have any other questions, drop me a line in the comments below and I’ll answer it for you.
Step 2- Designing Your Real Estate Lead Generation Squeeze Page
Now that you have a WYSIWYG program installed on your computer, you need to start designing your squeeze page. For that, read over my past blog posts on squeeze page tactics including To squeeze or not to squeeze? That is the question… Part 1 and You need to Squeeze your Real Estate Investing Leads…Part 2.
Those 2 blog posts should give you a good idea on how to design a winning squeeze pages. There is a lot more to it when it comes to designing squeeze pages, but that’s outside of the scope on this post.
Step 3- Getting Your Domain Name and Web Hosting in Place
Now that you have created your squeeze page, you’ll need to upload it to your website. If you don’t have a website, you’ll need to get a domain name and a web hosting provider. To purchase a domain name, I would recommend using Namecheap. They are the only company I use. I used to be on Godaddy but I switched for reasons I won’t discuss here. If you would like to know, email me and I’ll personally tell you why I switched.
For web hosting provider, there are thousands of website hosting companies. So to nail down the list to just a few, it can be pretty hard thing to do. Anyways, here are a few choices for you:
For a low end, cheaper but reliable hosting company, I would suggest you check out Hostmonster. You can get some really good hosting for as little as $6/ month there. They give you unlimited hosting space, bandwidth and domain names on your account. It’s worth checking out. If you are just starting out, this might be a good option for you.
For a mid level hosting, I would recommend going with Hostgator. They have several great packages there as well. Personally, I would recommend going with the baby package but it’s entirely up to you to see which package will fit your needs the best.
That should be enough to get you started for a hosting company. But if you need a dedicated server where you’ll be driving ton of traffic to your site, let me know and I’ll give you some ideas of who you can use for your hosting solution.
Your Final Step- Uploading Your Squeeze Page On Your Website
Let’s recap. By now, you should have a squeeze page and a hosting company with a domain name of your choosing. Your next step is to get that squeeze page uploaded to your website. For that, you’ll need an FTP software. FTP stands for file transfer protocol and its a small software that you use to upload or download files from your computer to your website. Here are some choices for you:
My top recommendation is to use the Firefox FTP plugin. It’s 100% free and I use it all the time for my own uploads. Some other choices can include FileZilla, SmartFTP and CuteFTP. While the firefox plugin is completely free, the other 3 ftp software products have paid versions.
Before you can upload your files to your website, you’ll need to setup your FTP account. The easiest thing to do is to contact your website hosting provider and ask them for your FTP information. They should provide them for you with no problems.
Once you get that setup, you are now ready to upload. All you’ll do is drag your squeeze page file from your computer to your website html folder. Once the upload is complete, you can type in the squeeze page address on the internet and it should show up on your computer.
That’s it! You are done. See how easy it was? Now if you have any other questions in regards to this topic, drop me a line below in the comments area. I’ll make sure to answer that for you.
To Your Success,
Peter Kolat
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