How do you Add Your Customers to Your Mailing list?

IWebGirl · 07-10-2009, 09:38 AM

Hello,

I want to add our customers to our mailing list.
I thought I could do that easily with DlGuard and Aweber but Aweber forces double opt-in which we don't want.

Now I am thinking that you could use a simple sequence like the one below:

after paying people are invited to fill a form with their email and name
they receive the confirmation email
when they click on the confirmation link, they are redirected to the download area.

The thing with Dlguard is that the download area is protected so during this process my customers will have to enter their names and emails twice which I think is dragg. However, I just can't think of anything better.

We want our customers on our mailing list so this is not an option.

Do you have any suggestions?

How do you go about this?

Thanks,

The IWebGirl

JohnMcCabe · 07-10-2009, 11:38 AM

One possibility would take a little programming, but for a decent coder it shouldn't be too big of a deal...

When your customers fill out their info the first time, set a cookie with the information. When they get to the second instance, retrieve the cookie and populate the form fields with the customer's information.

You could even set later pages to check for the cookie and greet them by name when they arrive...

Just a suggestion...

07-10-2009, 09:38 AM	#1
IWebGirl Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	How do you Add Your Customers to Your Mailing list? Hello, I want to add our customers to our mailing list. I thought I could do that easily with DlGuard and Aweber but Aweber forces double opt-in which we don't want. Now I am thinking that you could use a simple sequence like the one below: after paying people are invited to fill a form with their email and name they receive the confirmation email when they click on the confirmation link, they are redirected to the download area. The thing with Dlguard is that the download area is protected so during this process my customers will have to enter their names and emails twice which I think is dragg. However, I just can't think of anything better. We want our customers on our mailing list so this is not an option. Do you have any suggestions? How do you go about this? Thanks, The IWebGirl

07-10-2009, 11:38 AM	#2
JohnMcCabe Happy Hooker War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North of the Peace River, Southwest Florida, USA. Posts: 8,069 Thanks: 2,948 Thanked 4,930 Times in 2,630 Posts Social Networking	Re: How do you Add Your Customers to Your Mailing list? One possibility would take a little programming, but for a decent coder it shouldn't be too big of a deal... When your customers fill out their info the first time, set a cookie with the information. When they get to the second instance, retrieve the cookie and populate the form fields with the customer's information. You could even set later pages to check for the cookie and greet them by name when they arrive... Just a suggestion...
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