What is a page peel?

You may have noticed a lot of changes to the SpicyWebDesigners.com site recently.  It’s no surprise to anyone that technology advances rapidly and I felt that it was worth taking the time to simplify the website for the readers and subscribers with the newer WordPress CMS platform architecture.  I backed up the mySQL database that is becoming larger and larger with each passing month as I add new content to the website and performed an update from WordPress 2.6.X to WordPress 2.8.6 because I hadn’t updated it in a while.  There are a few reasons I decided to upgrade the website including…

1. The WordPress architecture was preventing me from using newer plug-in, themes and features
2. With almost 300 articles to date I needed to backup my database and get it to the most stable release of WordPress up and running
3. The WordPress theme I was using before was looking tired, it had started to break in the newer versions of web browsers and was taking more time to update and fix to the point where it wasn’t feasible to use it anymore.

I hope that you enjoy the changes to the website and I welcome any feedback as well.  This brings me to the topic of this article.  Recently someone asked me “I was just wondering, that amazing page corner button on your top right corner that opens to a Squeeze Theme, what is it and how can I get it?”

I’ve been focused on monetizing my site lately since about March of 2009 using affiliate marketing techniques.  I decided this was the best way to continue to run the site as it currently is because it costs money to host, renew the domain name, my time to produce articles and content and the occasional email marketing expense as well.

Affiliate marketing affords me the ability to generate some income without the headaches of selling, physically storing and then shipping products out to customers.  The “page peel” also known as a “peel” you see in the upper right hand corner of this site is one of the options or tools that I have when promoting the Squeeze Theme from Unique Blog Designs which I recently wrote a review about.  It’s a smart idea to intrigue readers on your website and get them to click on something other than a banner advertisement.

The “Pre-Peel”

With “Ad Blindness” on the rise in the world of internet marketing it takes something kind of different and unique to pique the interests of your audience.  The “Page Peel” is one of these tools than can help you raise a little interest over a product you are promoting.  Most page peels are comprised of a Javascript that performs the actual “peel” action, the images associated to the pre-peel and post-peel and lastly but most importantly the affiliate tracking link that is needed to make sure that when your page peel makes a sale you are credited for it.

The “Post Peel”

If you are involved in affiliate marketing or you use this method of marketing to market your product on the internet then developing a page peel for your latest promotion can help you increase conversions and sales of your company’s products.  Affiliate marketers out there just remember that not all affiliate marketing programs have this tool currently at their disposal and having said that you could always take the product you are promoting and create a page peel for it.  You just need to know a little coding to get it operational.  Whatever way you “peel” it, page peels can add a new take on traditional website monetization methods and can in turn drive more profits to your website.