Comments on: Quick question: Popup marketing – works or is it just anoying? http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/ Mike's Quarter - technology and cool gadgets blog Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cheryline Lawson http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-11584 Cheryline Lawson Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:34:14 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-11584 People who know how to use the internet will not be sidetracked by these annoying pop ups and pop unders. People who know how to use the internet will not be sidetracked by these annoying pop ups and pop unders.

]]> By: GoogleNemesis http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-10126 GoogleNemesis Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:59:53 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-10126 It has both a benefit and detriment. It’s gotten to the point that so many marketers use them, customers are purposely navigating away from the sales pages just to see if there is a discount. This may result in a greater conversion, as a benefit from the discount. On the other hand, when the “countdown timer” scarcity tactics make me buy quickly, so I pay full price… after which I go back to read the sales page more at ease, I’d be more than a little upset to find I could have saved a few quid if I had just taken my time and left. It has both a benefit and detriment.

It’s gotten to the point that so many marketers use them, customers are purposely navigating away from the sales pages just to see if there is a discount.

This may result in a greater conversion, as a benefit from the discount.

On the other hand, when the “countdown timer” scarcity tactics make me buy quickly, so I pay full price… after which I go back to read the sales page more at ease, I’d be more than a little upset to find I could have saved a few quid if I had just taken my time and left.

]]> By: Eve Isk comment http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-9453 Eve Isk comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:58:51 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-9453 Stumbled your post .. cheers! Stumbled your post .. cheers!

]]> By: Eve Isk comment http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-9450 Eve Isk comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:56:30 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-9450 Excellent Post Excellent Post

]]> By: Eve Isk http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-9061 Eve Isk Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:59:13 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-9061 I dontlike popups because it create nuisance because when we are doing a work suddenly the popup advertising is coming and it creates disrurbance in the work. I dontlike popups because it create nuisance because when we are doing a work suddenly the popup advertising is coming and it creates disrurbance in the work.

]]> By: Mike http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-6896 Mike Fri, 23 May 2008 05:45:43 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-6896 @joe: what i meant is that savvy users, once they decided they are not interested by that offer, are hard to change their minds when seeing a popup such as this one. In fact, such pop-ups i believe only irritate them. I totally agree with this one :"So a visitor usually either A) signs up. or B) goes away" Putting it that way, using popups or any other ways that could keep on-board even a small percent of the visitors that we're on their way to leave the site seems a very good idea... @shem: i guess I'm one of those people who use ad blockers and like to surf on clean ad-free sites :P That's why i don't like them ... @everyone: So from your experiences, it seems pop-up marketing does work. Interesting. Perhaps i should step over my principles and try it myself... @joe: what i meant is that savvy users, once they decided they are not interested by that offer, are hard to change their minds when seeing a popup such as this one. In fact, such pop-ups i believe only irritate them.

I totally agree with this one :”So a visitor usually either A) signs up. or B) goes away” Putting it that way, using popups or any other ways that could keep on-board even a small percent of the visitors that we’re on their way to leave the site seems a very good idea…

@shem: i guess I’m one of those people who use ad blockers and like to surf on clean ad-free sites :P That’s why i don’t like them …

@everyone: So from your experiences, it seems pop-up marketing does work. Interesting. Perhaps i should step over my principles and try it myself…

]]> By: shirley http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-6890 shirley Fri, 23 May 2008 05:10:59 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-6890 pop-up marketing works and i have tested it. although some of this can be click unintentionally and targets to a wrong destination. it is easier to click the "close" button than send an email to complain. Advertisers can get a better picture of the effectiveness of pop-up advertising by paying attention to conversion rates. pop-up marketing works and i have tested it. although some of this can be click unintentionally and targets to a wrong destination.

it is easier to click the “close” button than send an email to complain. Advertisers can get a better picture of the effectiveness of pop-up advertising by paying attention to conversion rates.

]]> By: shem azul http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-6880 shem azul Fri, 23 May 2008 03:09:43 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-6880 well, some pop ups are nuisance, I agree. But viewing from the marketing side of it, these methods are strategies of online businesses. A little ad posting over a web page is not enough for an offer to get noticed, so pop ups might work. Well everything has its advantage and disadvantage. Mike, I tell you that every thing on the web makes money, and we are different people. Well it looks annoying to you but for others it may not. Actually it sell-pop ups do sell. well, some pop ups are nuisance, I agree. But viewing from the marketing side of it, these methods are strategies of online businesses. A little ad posting over a web page is not enough for an offer to get noticed, so pop ups might work. Well everything has its advantage and disadvantage. Mike, I tell you that every thing on the web makes money, and we are different people. Well it looks annoying to you but for others it may not. Actually it sell-pop ups do sell.

]]> By: Joe Cooper http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-6860 Joe Cooper Thu, 22 May 2008 15:09:12 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-6860 Mike... "savvy users can’t be fooled by this trick" interested to know what "trick" you are talking about? If you are pretending that it is a real person chatting to the visitor, then yes that would be a trick... however, the best results can be obtained if you inform the visitor that it is a virtual chat. To answer the question... I know for a fact that it works very well as I have tested it! However, I think it also depends upon what sort of site you are using it on. For example, in one of my niches I am getting all of my traffic from advertising on another site, and directing this to a squeezepage. So a visitor usually either A) signs up. or B) goes away So the only thing the chat can do here is help get more optins. Some people go away from the page because they have some objections that may not have been dealt with. You can do this in the chat. That's my views Mike… “savvy users can’t be fooled by this trick”

interested to know what “trick” you are talking about? If you are pretending that it is a real person chatting to the visitor, then yes that would be a trick… however, the best results can be obtained if you inform the visitor that it is a virtual chat.

To answer the question… I know for a fact that it works very well as I have tested it! However, I think it also depends upon what sort of site you are using it on.

For example, in one of my niches I am getting all of my traffic from advertising on another site, and directing this to a squeezepage.

So a visitor usually either A) signs up. or B) goes away

So the only thing the chat can do here is help get more optins. Some people go away from the page because they have some objections that may not have been dealt with. You can do this in the chat.

That’s my views

]]> By: Mike http://www.mikesquarter.com/quick-question-popup-marketing-works-or-is-it-just-anoying-191/comment-page-1/#comment-6493 Mike Fri, 16 May 2008 08:14:06 +0000 http://www.mikesquarter.com/?p=191#comment-6493 I believe works only for green horns :) As in users without online experience who think everything they see it's true and are not used to online scams. On the other hand, savvy users can't be fooled by this trick unless the message delivered is really really unique, well targeted and informative I believe works only for green horns :) As in users without online experience who think everything they see it’s true and are not used to online scams.
On the other hand, savvy users can’t be fooled by this trick unless the message delivered is really really unique, well targeted and informative

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