WP Super Popup to Collect Email Addresses

Now that I have written my obligatory, soul-baring New Year’s resolution post, I can get back to business. If you are new to this site, I’m sure you’ve noticed this plugin. I hope I haven’t offended you, and if you will read this post, you will have a new understanding of what this popup can do to build your email list. Read on, please… And by the way, I’ll be blogging every other week now. I am starting a new blog and need to focus on it during the weeks I am away. Stay tuned for more details!

How I heard about WP Super Popup

I was cruising the member forum at Third Tribe Marketing, and several members were talking about how they got their email subscription list built up quickly. They all recommended WP Super Popup. I had a very large MailChimp signup in the sidebar of my site, but still, signups were minimal. And yet, I hated to subject my visitors to a popup because I hate those things! My reasoning was: If they want to sign up, they will. But then, the people in Third Tribe (affiliate link) got to talking about how they set the timing on the popup. They set the popup to appear after 3 minutes or so with the message like: We’ve made it 3 minutes, maybe we can have a long term commitment? This generated a laugh, and people usually signed up.

The Free Version

So, I went to WP Super Popup and downloaded the popup. It worked great, and there is a WordPress support forum, but I couldn’t figure out how to connect my MailChimp signup to the popup. That was when I purchased the pro version for $39.95. I needed the support. Some basic instructions did come with the free version, but if you are a newbie to these types of plugins, the instructions didn’t get you started. They were more of a “this is what is what” rather than a “do this, do that”. I emailed support@wppluginspro.com several times. This was the email address provided with the receipt.

Plimus

After several days, I had not received a response, so I started thinking I had just thrown away $40. And then, I wondered why I’d bought anything through a company I didn’t know, Plimus. PayPal has been my online bank for quite a while. I was kicking myself for my stupidity, but decided to request a refund. Plimus must be outside the United States because of the time lag between emails. But they did come through for me and told me to contact WP Super Popup Pro support at info@wppluginspro.com instead.

WP Super Popup Working and Collecting Emails

Davide emailed me back, and he was very patient. He actually set the MailChimp interface for me. He may speak another language than English. He didn’t communicate like an English speaker, and I’m fairly certain he didn’t understand exactly what I wanted. Nevertheless, my popup is now working, and my email list numbers are climbing.

The Sum of the Matter

So, was the plugin worth $40? For me, yes. My time and peace of mind was worth that. But if I understood code better, I would have used the free version.

How is the Pro version different?

• Multiple popup graphical themes: you can choose between 5 different popup themes (strong, slim, rounded or squared border) Yes, I know that’s only four, but that’s what the plugin page had so I went with their version.
• Multiple popup types: you can choose between a standard popup (centered in the window) or a sliding layer (coming up from the bottom or coming down from the top)
• Email auto-load: your subscription form will automatically pre-load the user name and email if he previously left a comment on your blog
• Real WYSIWYG: The popup content is not affected by the stylesheets of your blog: what you edit is EXACTLY what you will see inside the popup.
• Embed everything: inside the popup you can embed custom content, a blog page content, or an external url
• Live preview: you can directly test any update before saving the configuration options
• Full compatibility with any caching plugin: the cookies are handled on the client side so the plugin is not affected by issues related to any caching plugin
• Sidebar, page and post injection: your subscription forms can also be loaded as widgets on the sidebar or inside any page/post published on the blog
• Custom thank you messages: if you use a mailing service like Aweber or Getresponse you can easily replace its standard confirmation page with your own thank you message.

WP Super Popup does have affiliate sales, but I haven’t signed up so none of their links are affiliate. The Third Tribe Marketing link that is labeled ‘affiliate’ is the only link I would receive money for, and that’s only if you join up. (It’s a great place! Chris Brogan is there, and he is an active participant.)

Stay tuned! Sign up! Come back! My posts now go up every other Wednesday around 9 am or 10 am Central Time. I’m working on a new blog. Shhh! It’s a secret.

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