Create Your Own "First Visit" Popup Window
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Shelley Lowery December 22, 2004
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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="[email protected]" 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. |