Marketing - POP-UPS

I just recently read about using POP-UP messages, when a person leaves your site, to sign up for a variety of newsletters. This is a free program that promises that your newsletter sign up will be posted on some 15 other sites as a pop-up, with other newsletetrs of course. I think that it is an annoyance for people, but, many people are claiming that it can bring you a great deal of new subscribers, even if you only do it for a while. One site that offers this program is : http://personalizedpartyfavor.com/freenocatch.htm

Has anyone tried this program and does it really work ?

Thank you.

Ken Black
http://www.golfrevelations.com

Because so many web sites are doing this, I have recently had to install a program that kills pop-ups as they are posted. (Pop-up Stopper by Panicware, a free utility from Download.com)

I think pop-ups produce about as much good karma as spam email. The bad feelings you produce would, in my opinion, outweigh any sales benefits.

Hi Ken,

My personal feelings agree with John Raabe.... I tend to find pop-ups annoying. I don't use any pop-ups at present, BUT if I did, I would definitely make sure that the same pop-up doesn't repeatedly pop-up for the same visitor.... For example, you can use javascript code (using cookies) to ensure that the same pop-up doesn't keep repeatedly popping up for the same visitor (which can be very annoying)....

Here's an example of what I mean.... The pop-up only occurs when you LEAVE the site the first time.... then after that, it won't appear again.

http://wsabstract.com/script/cut65.shtml

(There are probably many other examples around.)

- Dien Rice

I now surf with popups turned off and am not planning on using them on my sites. They *can* kill your clients' browsers (resource overload) and I don't want my clients to feel pressured to come and buy. My website is simply a support for my offline business... not my business' reason for existance.