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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
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