Create
Your Own "First Visit" Popup Window
Teacher:
Shelley Lowery
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.
About
the teacher:
Shelley
Lowery is the author of Ebook Starter. A complete
ebook design kit including over fifty predesigned
ebook templates and ebook covers.
http://www.web-source.net/ebookstarter.htm
Shelley invites you to partner with her in her
Ebook Starter affiliate program.
Visit: http://www.web-source.net
