A few months ago, I started looking at ways to further increase the optin rate to the newsletters on my site. Before that, I heard many people say that they experienced a dramatic increase in optins after they introduced one of those “annoying” popup forms.
Well, because I like to experiment, I decided to give it a shot. To my surprise, it actually worked! My optin rate literally doubled overnight! I was really pleased with the result and have kept popup forms on my sites since then.
Recently though, I got approached my Michael Dunlop, a young online entrepreneur from the UK, who told me about a brand new popup box he had developed. Once again, I tested it, and to my even greater surprise, my optins increased by another 30% more!
Now, of course this plugin does not come for free, but it does come at a very reasonable price. To see the offer, go check it out here:
When you order Popup Domination through my link, I will give you access to some of my most powerful membership videos on increasing your optin rates.
I would LOVE to hear your opinion on what you think about popup forms. Are they a good thing? Or do you more see them as a nuisance? If we do use them, is there a good and bad way to use them? And are there any ways that we can improve on popup forms? Are there any alternatives?
Inside this video, I will talk about how I managed to double my optin rate using a really clever piece of technology. So I will do a quick review of a very cool piece of technology that you can install on your WordPress blog that will help you to double your optin rate if you do this right.
Before I get into that, I want to mention something really cool. I want to give you access—free access to some premium videos inside one of my membership sites. And I will explain to you at the end how you can get free access to these videos. There are seven of them in total so stay put because I want to explain to you how you can get free access to those seven videos.
But let me talk about this really cool technology that I’m using to help me double my optin rate. The day that I started using this type of technology my optin rates increased by 200%. So that’s double.
Now, the particular technology that I want to explain to you is called pop-up domination from Michael Dunlop. He’s an amazing fellow who managed to get this right in my view. This is a technology that is used by many, many internet marketers; some very famous people–people like Ryan Deiss, Yaro Starak and even Joel Comm, David Risley, Ryan Lee and Jack Johnson. All these big name marketers and bloggers are using this technology–this plugin to help them increase their optin rates.
So it’s really taken off. It got a lot of authority, a lot of credibility in the market and I want to do this interview on it. There are pros and cons to this plugin and I want to make sure that you know all of these things.
So without further ado, let’s jump into the actual review. What are the pros? First of all, it is super easy to install and really is a joy to install this plugin. All you have to do is upload the plugin files to your website and go hit and activate. It’s really that easy. It takes a few minutes—as straight forward as you can get.
The next real pro that I love about this plugin is that it looks really, really good. If you’ve seen the pop up box on my blog at Gideonshalwick.com, or any of my other blogs, you’ll know what I’m talking about. It’s just looks professional, crystal clear, and the graphics are good. It just looks beautiful. That’s one of Michael’s key strengths. He knows how to make stuff beautiful and functional at the same time.
The next thing is that they are really, really effective. These pop-up domination boxes—they seem to bypass the filters of websites and they seem to come up on most browsers. That is a fantastic benefit which of course helps you increase your optin rate tremendously. That is really, really cool.
You can set a timer on the actual pop-up which is fantastic because that means you can set whether it should come up immediately when people visit your website or maybe set it to 3 seconds after they visit your website. So it gives you that flexibility.
You can also set how often it actually comes up on your website. So for example, I’ve got mine set to once every 7 days. And there’s a reason behind that and sometimes people visit your website. I may not optin the first time around, but when they see your optin the second time, seven days later, that may help them to optin, actually, for your newsletter. There’s method to the madness there, but it seems to work.
So seven days–but you can set it to whatever you want. You can set it to only work or to show it once to people who visit your website.
The other thing that’s really cool about is that it’s really easy to upload your own 3D graphics for say your eBook, or DVD or whatever else you want to give away as part of your optin box. All you have to do is add a link to the graphic, enter it into the admin area for the plugin and you’re ready to rock—really, really easy to use.
The other thing that I love about is that it’s really easy to add bullet points to the optin form and they just once again look really great. All you have to do is type them in and pop-up domination does the rest for you. You’ve seen what mine looks like so you know that it looks really, really good.
The other cool thing is that it comes with a range of different templates so you can actually choose the way that you want it to look. The time when I used it, there were about four. And I think Michael has just introduced three more. So I think there are about seven or eight templates to choose from.
So you’re not stuck with just one template. You have some flexibility there with how it looks. On top of that, you can also choose all the different colors for each of the templates and so not only you do get different templates, but you can design it so that it gets fit in the rest of your website design. That is very, very cool.
It integrates with most autoresponders. If not all of them, AWeber, Mail Chimp, Get Response and a bunch of other. I really don’t think that will be an issue unless you’ve got some really, really awkward and weird autoresponder system set-up.
And the final thing that I want to say about that is that you can decide on which pages the actual pop-up appears. That’s pretty powerful. At the moment, I just select mine to show up at all pages. But if you have the preference to only show up on certain pages, that setting is available too.
So all up there–some really, really good features inside pop-up domination that I really like. I mean I just love it and it’s giving me tremendous results. I’m getting about over 200 optins a day now for my combined list and pop-up domination is a huge part of that.
But it does come with some cons as well. So let me quickly go through those as well so that you’ll see this is an honest review.
Sometimes when my pop-up domination box loads, there’s still seems to be a conflict with some of the java script elements on my website–with some of the graphics, sometimes with videos. But I believe that is something that Michael and the team are working on. It’s not really an issue for maybe .1% of the cases. In my case, because I have a very special design, there’s a slight conflict there. But as I said, 99.9% of the time, you will be fine. So there couldn’t be any issues there for you.
I found that it loads a little bit slow. And because of that, I think it waits for your whole website to load first before the actual box can load. Because of that, people can’t click on the X—the cross button, to get rid of it. And that can be a little bit annoying.
But what I found is that there is a way around it. Instead of letting the pop-up box shows up immediately, you just set it to show up 3 seconds later or 5 seconds, basically, waiting for your website to load first before the pop-up box loads. That way the actual pop-up box loads a lot faster and people can click on it and get rid of it if they want to.
At the moment, I haven’t seen any automatic updates for the plugin which is a little bit annoying, nowadays, for WordPress 3 or even earlier versions which you can automatically click on the link inside your WordPress’ admin area and it updates it. Of course, this is a paid plugin so maybe that’s the reason why they don’t have the automatic thing going it. But perhaps there is something that they’ll build in the future. Michael, if you’re watching this, that will be an awesome feature to use — to have inside the software.
The other thing that I talked to Michael about is that it only has 4 bullet points—maximum of 4 bullet points that you can use with the software. I would have liked to see at least 5 so that I have a choice to use, either 3 or 5 bullet points. That’s just my own personal preference. From the copywriting world, they liked to go in 3s or 5s–bullet points or 7s, uneven numbers. Then ask me, why? That’s what they seem to recommend. But Michael and his team recons that 4 is the optimal number for bullet points. So it depends on your point of view there.
But those really are the only things that I could find wrong with pop-up domination. So it’s not perfect but I mean which software is. All software has bugs and problems–even Macintosh software. But you know, it’s a great piece of software. A lot of really amazing people are using it. In this industry, it has a lot of credibility. Michael tells me that it only has a 1% refund rate which is incredibly low. I mean, normally, it’s like between 10 and 30, and 50 percent even for these kinds of products online. And they only have a1% right about there refund rate which is just incredibly low.
So people love it. They don’t want to refund their money because they love it. And I’m on the same box. I don’t want to refund it because I love it. I just so love it and I even recommend it. Even if it didn’t have an affiliate program, I would still recommend this plugin because it does a fantastic job.
So you can gather that this plugin is not for free. It does sell for something. For the price that you pay for this, I think you’re getting amazing value. I really recommend that you actually get this plugin, install it, try it out at least—it does have a money back guarantee. But check it out and see the difference that it makes on your website—really, really powerful.
Let me quickly talk about these seven videos that you can get access to that I’ve created that will help you to increase your optin rates even further. I will just quickly run through them.
First, I will talk about the best kind of free resource to give away. The 2nd thing is how to design your optin box properly. The third thing is your optin box placement. The 4th thing is how to build instant rapport on your website so that more people optin to your newsletter list. The 5th thing is the copywriting tips for your optin box specifically. There are some really key things there. The 6th video is about the alternative place to send your traffic to help increase your optin rate. And the 7th video is one secret thing that you must tell people about before they optin to help them stay on your list for as long as possible.
So those are the 7 videos that you can get accessed to. If you want to get accessed to those videos as my bonus, you have to order through my link which is right below this video. It’s an affiliate link, of course. Click on the link just below this video. And once you’ve made the purchase, send me your receipt to support@becomeablogger.com and we’ll make sure that you can get accessed to those videos as well.
You can only get accessed to those extra videos if you purchase through my link either below this video or inside the description area of this video.
That’s it for me. Once again, I really recommend you at least check out this plugin. As I said, it’s got a money back guarantee so even if you don’t like it, for some really, really crazy reason; you can get your money back. But seriously, the cost of this plugin is by far much lower than the value that you will be getting out of this plugin. I think I paid back for it, for the plugin, within one day. So very,very powerful. Please check it out. Click on the link below this video to check out the video or the sales page for the plugin and see for yourself how it can help you grow your optin list and how it can help you grow your online business.
Thank you for watching and I’ll look forward to seeing you inside the next video.
[..YouTube..] 4:04 Gid…
[..YouTube..] why did you sketch on Michael’s face and still have THAT same straight face??? LOL
4.04 – looks like “gayy….GREAT”
Hey Desmond – hehehe – I thought I would tease Michael a little
Gideon
[..YouTube..] Turn on the lights!
Hi Gideon,
It’s so funny that everybody says they hate these pop-ups and yet over and over again, we’re finding that they simply increase our opt-in rates!
I’ve observed a similar increase myself, when I began using pop-up forms.
Thanks for sharing!
Lexi
Yeah I think people also get used to them over time. My test so far definitely indicate that I should be using a popup form.
I do feel bad for those people who do not like the form, but then again, it’s really easy to get rid of it – just click on the little cross right?
Gideon
People don’t hate pop-ups. They hate annoying pop-ups.
Done right, I don’t think it is a problem. It’s all in the presentation.
Great point there James!
Gideon
I don’t like them personally. But I will respond anyway once in a while.
Future plans include moving the core of my community to a new site, and radically monetizing the linked site, which will include using a popup. Interesting story about that site, BTW. I started it right before you and Yaro did that blogging course last year. Woops.
The only thing that has ever made me hesitate about going pop up advertising such as this is the quality of those opting in. Are they opting in to get the box to go away or are they opting in for your material? How long will they stay are your list?
Good point Stefanie
So far it seems like most people are staying on my lists – one way I help people stay on my list is to really blow them away with all the really useful and high quality information I provide.
Gideon
I have no question the software is great but NOT the method in getting optins. Let me explain why this method annoys me the most:
As a reader it is HIGHLY annoying, specially to those that have ALREADY signed up – you get this pop in your face every time I check back to the site. I had considered unsubscribing from Yaro’s site because of his recent pop up that I’d already signed up to a year ago.
Also, on Yaro’s site you can’t CLOSE the pop up with certain browsers! How annoying is THAT! So, on my laptop which I use at night, I can’t check his site. I just go elsewhere.
Sometimes you just want to get to some information but can’t so it FORCES you to sign up AGAIN JUST to get rid of the box.
Why annoy your readers? I don’t get it – you have to put readers first and not stuff them into giving information when they don’t know you yet…
If you’re good with your readers and they can access info they want quickly, people will subscribe anyway!
Sorry Gideon, I just go to another site now to get information I want when I see these pop ups…it’s like an assistant selling in my face when I walk through the door of a shop – who likes that?? Not many.
Hey Rebecca
Yeah I know what you mean about not being able to close the popup box.
I also know that Michael and his team are aware of this “bug” and are working to fix it for those minority of cases.
Do you think people get used to seeing the form though, and become “OK” with clicking on the little red cross over time?
I guess it’s management of expectations right?
What do you think?
Gideon
Thanks Gideon, excellent review! This really makes everything much easier.
Will get it right now
Lasse
I usually can’t *stand* them, unless it’s a site that I love. Then sometimes I even decide to opt in. I see the benefit, but what annoys me is when I’m getting the newsletter and RSS feed for a blog, and then the pop-up still shows up for me!
Ah, well, a swift click of the X usually takes care of that. And it’s probably worth it for awesome blogs to use the pop-up. Maybe I’ll do that once I launch my product in November…
Once again, Gideon, thanks for your expertise!
No problem Kat!
I guess I could change the settings for my form to only show up once. But then what about those people who do not sign up the first time round, but who want to sign up the second time round?
I guess they could just use my optin box on the side bar? But I don’t think it would be as effective then.
Thanks for letting me know your thoughts!
Gideon
Isn’t it AWeber can create this kind of pop-up subscription box also?
HI Gideon,
What I don’t like is that once you fill in the pop-up, you are taken away from the blog or website and must take that extra step to get back. No question you lose people that way, and as a visitor I find that really annoying to be taken away from where I wanted to be in the first place, simply because I’ve filled out the form. I’ve seen pop-ups/opt-ins that you fill out and never have to leave the page (Or return you back to the page automatically after you fill them out), which I would think is much preferred…How is this done?
Hello Vonalda,
There is an option so that when people opt-in, it takes them to a new window instead of taking them away from the page they were on.
That should sort that out, either that or you choose not to send them to any page at all.
Michael
Ah cool – thanks Michael – I have just implemented that change now. Thanks for bringing this up Vonalda – it should all be fixed now.
Gideon
I admit, they annoy me. I rarely read them and especially feel frustrated if I’ve already opted in. It seems like the 3 second delay is a really good idea. All that said, I’m really keen on doubling my opt-in so tempted to try it.
Michael’s sales process is a bit messed up however, when you click to read the sales page and click away it offers a $10 discount for $37, but then when you click OK it says it’s $47. Something is amiss there.
Hmmm… ok I will tell Michael about it… he’s pretty flat out with the launch right now though, but I will let him know…
Gideon
looks cool, thanks
That’s really interesting. I am just a blogger and not selling any product yet. Heard that Popups are bad for blogs, are they helpful for blogs only?
Hey suraj
Not sure why you think popups are bad for blogs – seems to work fine for me and all my blogging friends
Gideon
Way cool, Gideon!
Question.
I have seen more “terms of use” and “terms of service” and site rules than I can count. Can’t recall every word.
But somewhere–I think especially of applications for site submission to various web directories–I recall something about sites submitted must not include pop-ups or certain front-and-center kinds that interrupt the reader. You know, some places where one gets backlinks.
Um. Backlinks AND sign-ups are both kind of important.
Any comments?
Hey David
Ok, that may be the case with some site directories – I’m not sure if optin box popups would fall under that same category though…
But I guess if they have that restriction, you’ll just need to ask yourself what’s most important in that case… i.e. is it more important to get the backlink from that directory? Or is it more important to get optins?
I’ve found that backlinks from directories are not that effective anymore in any case…
Gideon
I actually ran a poll on my blog to see what my readers thought – and the overwhelming response was a big ‘it really doesnt bother me’ which was interesting.
I installed PUD recently but have not noticed an increase in my signups.
Clearly not entirely related to PUD though – maybe?!
Interesting response from your audience Alex!
I wonder if it depends on what kind of audience a website has also.
For example, is an internet marketing audience more likely to be tolerant towards popups than other audiences?
And for your optins not increasing much, it could have something to do with your free offer. The more valuable you can make it, the easier you should be able to get people to sign up…
Gideon
LOL presupposition rulez
For the most part I really dislike Pop Ups. I find them annoying to the max – especially when you start reading or viewing something and it not only Pops Up but you can’t get rid of it easily and it follows you down or around the page.
My experience has been that they are used improperly. What I don’t mind is the way Gideon has done it. He first via an email or whatever gets you curious about a topic, you click a link and then if you see a pop up of a free report DIRECTLY RELATED to what he got you curious about – that’s OK.
But I still don’t want it traveling around the page with me or difficult to easily get rid of.
Michael
Hey Michael
Yeah I also totally dislike those popups that follow you around the page, and where you have to click multiple times to get rid of it.
That’s why I like the Popup Domination Plugin, cos it’s nice and clean and easy to get rid of.
Gideon
I want subscribers as much as the next man, but I’m really not sure about this one. How bad do I want it?
I hate these things. Do I dispute that they work? No. How do I really want to represent myself.
Using something like this tells people that you’ve kind of got a “succeed no matter what the cost” attitude. Again, I want money/success as much as the next guy (or maybe not) but I don’t think I’ll go this route.
For me, it doesn’t matter if this thing pops up or not, if I don’t like what they have to say or if I don’t see any value in what they’re offering, they STILL won’t get me contact info/details.
I wrote a post a while ago about both sides of the popup forms debate. Even though there was a good bit of feedback against the popups, there were also a lot of sales of Popup Domination that came out of it. It really just depends on how people use it – do they give new visitors a chance to get to know a site before asking them to sign up, do they offer a good deal in exchange for opting in, etc.
Also, I hope you don’t mind – I included your popup as an example in my review post gallery. Definitely an example of a great offer!
Thanks Kristi
I saw that – great work!
Gideon
Great review Gid I see why you and Yaro are partners!
SOLD and just in time for my new site look.
Thanks Gideon
4:04 Gid…
why did you sketch on Michael’s face and still have THAT same straight face??? LOL
4.04 – looks like “gayy….GREAT”
Hi Gideon,
Just checking is there other option to present the popup form? Personally, I don’t like the screen gradually darken and suddenly a popup box appear from nowhere. It could be quite intruding for some visitors.
In addition, it could be quite frustrating when you need to close the pop up box all the time even when you have visited the site for many times. This could be set to display for new visitors only but once I’ve cleared my cache, I’m being treated as new visitor.
Hey Lynn
At the moment I think it only comes with the fade in option. But perhaps Michael can add a feature where you can select how it appears on the site in a later release.
There is a setting inside the software where you can set how often it appears on your site. Mine is currently set to once every 7 days upon Micheal’s recommendation for best results. But I am still testing it a bit and playing around with that, so that may change in the future.
Gideon
Excellent presentation. I am an editor of a Catholic website. In the past few months i was thinking of using popups too, but as i saw in many websites it appears to be a mess. But thanks for your review Gideon
Turn on the lights!
Wow amazing review! Thanks for the info, I’m going to give it a try and see if I like it better then what I am currently using.
For the popup detractors out there – I don’t necessarily care for billboards or TV commercials, but the fact is that advertising is a part of commerce and business.
For something so easy to implement, everyone should at least test a popover out.
One trick I use to keep non-interested parties from signing up is to delay the popup by about 15 seconds, that way the popup is only shown to visitors that are actually reading the content and engaged. If someone lands on my site and bounces immediately I may not want them on my list anyhow.
This helps me cut down on ‘poor leads’ that simply enter info to get rid of the popup.
I use these techniques on my niches sites…. I still don’t have a popup on my main blog.
That is a wonderful idea, thanks Devon. Are you using the aWeber popup or a purchased one such as is on offer here?
Have tried the aWeber on my blog, but not being personally impressed with landing on a blog with popup’s I only tried it for a week.
However as you suggested this may be an option for niche sites.
Great idea Devin!
I wonder how that will work on my blog since I mainly have video content here…
For example, imagine someone watching one of my videos, and then 15 seconds later the popup window presents itself. They won’t be able to pause the video unless they just close the popup window…
I can see how this will work really well with text blogs though…
Gideon
You own popup shows too big. I can’t even see the email field.
You must have a really small screen?
I wonder if Michael’s software can “scale” itself down for smaller sized screens…
Gideon
I`m going to wait and see.
[..YouTube..] @destalks That made me giggle too.
I really dislike pop ups on my computer just because I have a small netbook so sometimes the exit buttons doesn’t show up and I can’t get out of the po up. Or I can’t subscribe to the pop up because it’s out of my screen! I know others have small pcs like mine and they get frustrated and leave too!
That made me giggle too.
What could be interesting would be to know what the quality of the opt-ins is compared to the more understated approach. Chasing more and more subscribers is a bit like chasing turnover in a business: a business can turnover a billion dollars, which is useless if it costs it a billion and one dollars to do that. The trade off seems to be that a few existing followers will be turned off the site because of the pop-up, but that these are compensated for by a lot more sign ups. If the form is in your face a lot of people will casually sign up, some will even assume that they have to sign up to get rid of the pop up! (Never assume that everyone has your level of understanding).
I have to say that I don’t personally like pop-ups, they are a big turn off and make me think a site has become a corporate money making machine, which when it has been grown as a caring sharing site with an understated commercial aspect is a bit of a problem. It seems that the weight of opinion is that pop-ups are nasty things, but that if it works then they can’t be so bad after all. If so many people have the opinion that they are bad then why do they work?
Beware the false profits!
Some good points there Russell!
I think if a popup window is done in a “tasteful” manner, it does not have to he all that bad. Especially if you give people the easy option to just close the window etc.
I have only seen positive results on my business for using popup forms. But other people may have different results.
I have just made some changes to my popup form also so that it’s easier for people to stay on my site, as apposed to getting directed somewhere else after opting in.
Thanks again for your feedback!
Gideon
Hi Gideon, nice review which convinced me to purchased the popup domination based on your recommendation and of course the bonus you promised. And by the way, via your affiliate link.
Already notified your support team, and it’s already 48 hours without any response. I will appreciate your, or their feedback.
Frank
Patience my dear
My assistant is currently getting everything ready for you and will send an email out to everyone with access details to the bonus videos…
Gideon
Hi Gideon, thanks for addressing my last comment!
This may have been discussed and I missed it, but, once someone opts in, is their IP address stored/remembered so that they are not shown the pop-up ever again? Most annoying to be a subscriber and continue to get the pop-up, so this feature would totally rock!
Hey Vanolda
There is a setting inside the software where you can tell it whether you want to repeatedly show the popup. Mine is set to once every 7 days.
As far as I know, this is cookie based, and not IP address based. So if you clear your cookies, you will need to deal with the popup again. But perhaps this is a feature that Michael can build into his software.
Actually, it would be fantastic if his software could figure out whether someone has already opted in and then never show them the form again based on that. Now that would rock!
Gideon
Hey Gideon,
Let us know what Michael says about that possibility!
Exactly!
So if I visit the page and don’t clear my cookies, for example, and the popup is set for 7 days, if I come back on day 1-6, I won’t get the popup, but if I come back on day 8, I would…
In other words, it has nothing to do with my opting in or not, just how many days have passed since I last visited the page? (Just want to make sure I’m understanding this correctly).
In my case for my blog, at the moment, yes, you have it correct.
But I could also set it so it only shows once to you ever… unless you clear your cookies again
Gideon
Hi Gideon,
I have a question about your membership site, becomeablogger.com.
Why have you decided to charge $47 for 6 mths instead of ongoing continuity? Have you found that people opt out after 6 months when there is constant continuity?
Thanks for all your help.
Hi Andy
Two main reasons:
1. If it continues forever, I have to create new content forever – not feasible
2. By limiting it to 6 months, you actually get people to stay much longer on average. Statistics show that around 80% of people drop out of membership sits within the first 3 months. But with limiting it to only 6 months, people feel like they can handle that better… something finite as apposed to something infinite.
So, you end up making more money as a result as well
Gideon
Hi Gideon,
Great review. I would like to ask you how you managed to solve the problem of popup-domination overlapping with the videos on your blog. I have been facing this issue in my blog and have noticed this in your old video blog posts as well.
Thank you,
Prajwal Shinde
I just use the Smart YouTube Plugin for embedding my videos. Works a treat!
Gideon
Hey Gideon,
Popupdomination is a great plugin. But I have been facing issues that the pop up overlaps with the youtube video that I have embedded on to my blog. I have noticed that you have solved this problem somehow. Can you please share it with us if possible.
Sure thing! I use the Smart YouTube Plugin for embedding my videos, and that seems to fix the problem all by itself!
Just google “Smart YouTube Plugin”, and you should be able to find it…
Gideon
The Smart Youtube Plugin Didn’t solve the problem Gideon. I think I should try something else.
Oh really? Did you download the latest version? Because I was under the impression that the latest version solves the issue…
Can you please send me an email and perhaps I can send you some code that might fix the plugin for you…
Gideon
I downloaded the latest version, but still facing the same problem. Should I email you at support[at]rapidvideoblogging.com, Gideon?
yes, email me
Hi Gideon,
Another great video from the Shalwick Stables!
Thanks
I have a question – I was planning to buy PUD for a sales page & I would like to know if it can be used as follows;
can it be set-up so that if the visitor closes the sales page(i.e. he doesnt like the offer) or pushes the back button – the will the pop-up will appear ? and I can at least harvest his details ?
Hi Dan
Not sure about this one…
I think you’ll need to contact the people at PUD to give you a clear answer.
Sorry I can’t help more!
Gideon
Hello Gideon, I’m a total newbie to blogging, lucky for me I stumbled across your site. Thanks so much for the great info. As for pop-up forms, they annoy me. It appears you and others get results from this, but when I’m searching for a product or information I hate it when a box pop-up and will often just leave the site. However, I am a newbie and if their are results to be had, I might explore this in the future. Thanks again!
Hi Gideon:
Great video review on PopUp Domination 2.0. I do agree, there are not many “holes” in that product … it’s pretty solid. But like you, I wish we could have more list points, and the ability to update the plugin automatically within WordPress. Maybe in 3.0???
I also have a review on my blog for PopUp Dom 2.0, and I was looking up and down for a great video to complete it. Thankfully, I found yours on YouTube, and now I have your video on my site. Since you offer tons of value on your video, I had to include your on link on my site so my my visitors don’t get short-changed.
I hope it’s okay w/ you.
Thanks!
Glenn
P.S. If any of your readers/visitors are having issues with WP-Cumulus displaying “through” PopUp Dom, they can select the “Transparent Mode” in two places: (1) WP-Cumuls Setting and (2) Widget Setting. That seems to fix the problem.
Hey Gideon,
How can I get ahold of you to do a quick 10 minute email interview for a project in my University Class? It’s for an entrepreneurship class.
Hey Kyle
Please forward your request to support[at]rapidvideoblogging.com (replace [at] with @).
Gideon
i try to follow the rule of thumb, of treating a visitor with the respect i would want in return. or if i was a reader, how would i like to be treated. not just a squeeze chute for lining the sheep up to get sheared. rather as one real person to another. I know i will lag behind in numbers. but i think i reach my reader on a closer/ friendlier level sooner/ more often.
Does Aweber’s Hover ad not have a good conversion or something? I like to create a image on photo shop and then use that as a background image in Aweber and just tab my forms.
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It is amazing to me that popup overlays work as well as they do, but I encourage all of you to try them on your blogs. Your loyal readers will likely subscribe to your email list and then you can create useful and profitable email newsletters.
I LOVE this product – thanks, Gideon, because I bought it on your recommendation. I know some people don’t like ‘em … but popups do work?
Do you know if there’s a way to make these work with video? I wrote to the PopUp Domination support team, but so far have gotten no response. Surelye there must be a way to make that work … it’s the only thing I think that would take this product over the edge of awesome for me!
Blessings,
Andrea
Ah now making them work with video would be just excellent!
I will see if I can get in touch with their team and whether they can develop something that can do video as well…
Talk soon Andrea!
Gideon
Whats the difference between popup domination vs the lightbox optin form from aweber? Other than the appearance, both look the same to me. Awebers is already free… if you are signed up with their service of course.
Hi Flare
PUD is much easier to use in my view. And if I understand it right, it uses some clever algorithms to make sure that it actually does not get blocked by browsers like so many other popup forms do. So, you end up serving your form to more people, and hence your list grows faster as a result.
Gideon
I think it is more or less the same, in terms of popup blocking. But the PUD seems to accommodate much larger size image and won’t break the popup window, whereas Aweber’s is template, over certain width or height, the box will look ugly, Flare you can have a test.
I am still considering PUD, I hope you will have some findings to share
Its a great plugin. But it seems to pop up every single time in Firefox…Even though I set the number of days to show after close to “0″. Anyone else seeing this happening with Firefox?
It should only show up once for the person right?
I find them very annoying
Doubling is increased by 100%, increased by 200% is tripling.
Oops thanks Josh! Math has never been my strong point! lol!
It is a good looking pop up and nearly everybody who does marketing online uses them. I just recently started considering using one because everybody who sells their products on Clickbanks uses them. Yes they are annoying, that being said I will check out the offer.
video too long… cut down to what matters… other than that.. Good!
great plug in, it is very powerful to increase my list
I cant believe this is actually free whoa!
I am really interested to increase my site’s traffic via video and I am commenting even before I read the ebook. I think it adds value. Thanks man.
Saad its not free.