Create Your Own "First
Visit" Pop-Window
It's
a proven fact that the use of popup windows is a highly effective marketing
technique that produces great results. However, they can be very irritating
to your visitors. How
can you use this powerful marketing technique without offending your visitors?
Compromise and use a popup window that only displays the first time your
visitor enters your site.
Your first step in creating your popup window will be to create an HTML document
that will contain your window contents. The key to using this technique
effectively is to give your
visitors a reason to respond to your offer. For example, if you're using
your popup window to gain new subscribers to your publication, offer a free
gift just for subscribing. This will increase your response considerably.
Below, is an example popup window that you can use to gain new subscribers.
It is set up with "tables" and will adjust to fit your new window. Copy and
paste the following code into
your HTML and edit as needed:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Claim Your FREE Gift</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
<CENTER>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="Center">
<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="red"><P ALIGN=Center>
<FONT face="Verdana,Helvetica" SIZE="3" color="white">
<B>Claim Your FREE Gift!</B></FONT>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><B><FONT face="Verdana,Helvetica"
SIZE="3"><BR>
Subscribe to YOUR PUBLICATION for a wealth of information
to assist you in YOUR PUBLICATIONS SUBJECT. <FONT color=
"red">ALL new subscribers will receive YOUR FREE GIFT.
</FONT></FONT></B><BR>
<BR>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="YOURFORM.cgi">
<CENTER>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="Center">
<TR VALIGN="Top">
<TD>
<INPUT type="text" name="email" value="you@domain.com"
size="20" onfocus="value=''">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Subscribe"></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
</FORM>
<P ALIGN=Center>
<BR>
<A HREF="javascript: self.close()"><FONT face="Verdana,
Helvetica" SIZE="2">Close
Window</FONT></A><BR>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
</BODY>
</HTML> |
Save
your new document as "popup.htm" and upload it to your server where you store
your HTML documents.
Your
next step will be to place the following script, courtesy of Brian Terry
<secretwebriches.com>, within your HTML after your <BODY>
tag.
<SCRIPT
LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function GetCookie(name) {
var arg=name+"=";
var alen=arg.length;
var clen=document.cookie.length;
var i=0;
while (i<clen) {
var j=i+alen;
if (document.cookie.substring(i,j)==arg)
return "here";
i=document.cookie.indexOf(" ",i)+1;
if (i==0) break;
}
return null;
}
var visit=GetCookie("COOKIE1");
if (visit==null){
var expire=new Date();
window.name = "thiswin";
newwin=open("popup.htm", "dispwin",
"width=350,height=350,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no");
expire=new Date(expire.getTime()+7776000000);
document.cookie="COOKIE1=here; expires="+expire;
}
// -->
</SCRIPT> |
If you
saved your new window document as anything other than "popup.htm," you'll
need to change the "popup.htm" text within the script to your new file name.
You can also change the width and height settings to whatever you'd like.
However, make sure that all of the information within your window is
visible.
Popup windows provide Internet marketers with a great way to gain new
subscribers, introduce new products and announce special offers. Their response
rate is outstanding.
With the use of this great script, you can use the power of popup windows
without continuously nagging your
visitors.
Copyright © Shelley Lowery
About the Author:
Shelley Lowery is the author of the acclaimed web design course, Web Design
Mastery.
http://www.webdesignmastery.com
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