Social Media Examiner | Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/feed/ Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:23 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-47534<![CDATA[Janet Attard replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-47534 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:56:59 +0000 Janet Attard replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business We've tested using a slide-in  and not using it several times. Invariably, the number of signups goes up when there is slide in.  We don't make ours cover the entire screen though. We have it positioned to one […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-47338<![CDATA[Chris Loeser replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-47338 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:29:10 +0000 Chris Loeser replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business As annoying as everyone says they are, the big pop-up we had used seemed to work the best, although, the result of the subscription was a monthly health newsletter... second to that, was the jquery page curl in […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46948<![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46948 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:01:33 +0000 Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business @rich-brooks I'm not a big fan of the pop-up boxes; however, after reading through the responses, they do seem to be effective. 
My issue is when, even though you're a subscriber, the box still appears. SME's […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46916<![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46916 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:02:05 +0000 Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business Personally I despise pop up sign up boxes. I have to REALLY think I'll benefit from signing up just to get past my prejudiced that the site is actually employing them.  On a professional level I'll acknowledge […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46893<![CDATA[Claudia Poeckl replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46893 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:21:06 +0000 Claudia Poeckl replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business I, too, find pop up windows extremely annoying but do believe they are effective. What I have seen on The Economist's page is a subscription box that floats up from the bottom of the page to approx 1/4 of the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46880<![CDATA[Manny Oliverez replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46880 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:00:18 +0000 Manny Oliverez replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business @beckyfansburg After doing some research I bought WPSubscribers, a WordPress premium plugin. I just started using it and increased my conversion rate a bit. I am only testing the popup right now but will also be […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46879<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46879 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:48:35 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business @rich-brooks Pop up boxes - very annoying and extreamly effective. They will raise you optin rate by 7%! One should have a side bar optin also. In my experience pop up should be disabled when you've signed […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46877<![CDATA[Becky Flansburg-Virtual Assistant Services replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46877 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:15:28 +0000 Becky Flansburg-Virtual Assistant Services replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business Hi! Sorry to butt -in but I am curious about these opt-in boxes too. Is a program that you can buy? An WP plugin? Please advise :)

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46875<![CDATA[Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46875 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:12:34 +0000 Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business It's a little annoying, but statistically they work much better than just having a sign-up on the side. You can always include a sidebar sign-up widgets AND the pop-up.If it exists (and I'm not sure it does), […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46861<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46861 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:15:59 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business Sorry - one more point:
If the floating box gets closed where does the person sign up if they decide they want more?  Having a sign-up is necessary (for some websites and all blogs) but I'd give people the choice […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46860<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/email-signup-popups-whats-your-take/#post-46860 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:12:30 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic Email Signup Popups: What's Your Take? in the club Small Business Hi @rich-brooks
A floating side box is not a bad thing - but a pop-up box over the content you came to view, is a very bad thing. 
Not looking at this from a developer view but from a consumer view, I usually just […]
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