Getresponse opt in form editing?

[Dennis Miedema]

Hi guys (and gals), how are you?

I recently came upon the idea of letting the "Name" part of an opt in form go entirely. Why? Because more and more people are subscribed to more than one email autoresponder and you know what that means? That using someone's name is actually quite common, and isn't a differentiating factor anymore.

Because of this, asking for a name because a conversion killer... because the more friction there is between a prospect and an action he wants to take, the less likely it is he/she will take that action. Put simply: removing the name makes subscribing easier, so more people will subscribe. This has been tested thoroughly by top marketers liek Rich Schefren btw.

Anyways, I wanted to remove the NAME field of the Getresponse opt in because it's my email autoresponder. I couldn't do it on my own, and although I got some support from their customer service department that pointed me in the right direction... I couldn't get a nameless opt in form to work.

They told me to go to my webmaster, but since he doesnt know a lot about opt in forms I wanted to ask here first: does anyone know how to do this?

All I want my GR opt in form to say is...

Your Email:...................

And that's it!

What changes do I have to make in my opt in form code?

Please let me know! Any help is much appreciated!

Rock on everyone

[Jack Bastide]

Originally Posted by Dennis Miedema

Hi guys (and gals), how are you?

I recently came upon the idea of letting the "Name" part of an opt in form go entirely. Why? Because more and more people are subscribed to more than one email autoresponder and you know what that means? That using someone's name is actually quite common, and isn't a differentiating factor anymore.

Because of this, asking for a name because a conversion killer... because the more friction there is between a prospect and an action he wants to take, the less likely it is he/she will take that action. Put simply: removing the name makes subscribing easier, so more people will subscribe. This has been tested thoroughly by top marketers liek Rich Schefren btw.

Anyways, I wanted to remove the NAME field of the Getresponse opt in because it's my email autoresponder. I couldn't do it on my own, and although I got some support from their customer service department that pointed me in the right direction... I couldn't get a nameless opt in form to work.

They told me to go to my webmaster, but since he doesnt know a lot about opt in forms I wanted to ask here first: does anyone know how to do this?

All I want my GR opt in form to say is...

Your Email:...................

And that's it!

What changes do I have to make in my opt in form code?

Please let me know! Any help is much appreciated!

Rock on everyone

Hi Dennis

PM me you Autoresponder code and I'll fix it
for ya

Jack

[Dennis Miedema]

Really! That would be really helpful Jack!

I'm PM-ing you right away :-)

Thanks so much!

[CDarklock]

Originally Posted by Dennis Miedema

I couldn't get a nameless opt in form to work.

There are three things that have to be done.

First, the field still has to be on your form, or the autoresponder will reject it for not having the expected field.

Second, the field must contain a value, or the autoresponder will reject it for not having a valid entry in that field.

Third, the field must not be seen on the form, or the customer will feel like he has to fill it in.

When you look at your autoresponder form, there is a label for the user's name, and a field the user fills in. It looks something like this:

<tr><td>Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="whatever" /></td></tr>

You will also find, toward the end of your form, several fields like this:

<input type="hidden" value="something" name="somethingelse" />

Yank out the label and field for the user's name, and create a new hidden field at the end of the form:

<input type="hidden" value="Customer" name="whatever" />

Use the same name as was in the "text" field for the name, and any value you like for the value. I use "Customer" because it's reasonably accurate. You might want to use "Friend" so when you have some canned email with name replacement, it says "Dear Friend" instead of "Dear Customer" where it would normally say "Dear Bob" or whatever.

[Dennis Miedema]

Thanks! I'll see if I can make it more myself and if not, I'll definitely contact you because you seem to know everything about editing forms