How to set up a client for mobile opt-in?

512 Designs · 27th Nov 2011, 11:57 PM

What's the best and easiest way to set up a customer to use a mobile opt-in form? For instance....

I want to create a mobile page that presents a coupon offer but requires the visitor to enter their email address. The autoresponder will then go to a mobile page with a coupon and thank them for entering their address. It will also add them to my customer's email campaign.

The issue I'm having, however, is which email - autoresponder to set it up with. I know there's Constant Contact, Chimp Mail, Get Response, etc. but which is the easiest to use (figuring my client isn't very techie) and also inexpensive?

I can create the mobile site using HTML or Wordpress (thanks to Will and Quentin) and the autoresponder must work with mobile sites (if that's even an issue anyway).

Thanks.

Mike

WillR · 28th Nov 2011, 01:03 AM

Mike,

Any of those autoresponders above should work fine with mobile devices. The squeeze page and thank you page are going to be created by you AND mobile friendly so it won't be an issue.

In regards to finding one that's easy for your customer to use, I would always offer to manage it for my customers instead. This means you can charge them a monthly maintenance fee and also means you are not going to have to deal with all the support questions when clients are trying to play around with things. If you set it up for them you could also use an affiliate link so you get a commission for every month they use that autoresponder.

I personally use Aweber for all my lists. The great things about Aweber is that you can use the built in web form generator to create a nice looking web form, and then by adding just one piece of code, you can use that Aweber web form as the actual mobile landing page. This makes things much easier.

512 Designs · 28th Nov 2011, 01:10 AM

Thanks for the suggestion Will.

Can you use one Aweber account (say my own account) to manage customer accounts? Or do you have to have each customer signed up with their own account?

Just thinking that I could have one account under my name for $49 or whatever per month, but use it for 3 or 4 or however many of my customers and charge them $19/mo each....or something like that.

WillR · 28th Nov 2011, 01:21 AM

I don't believe there would be any issue using the one account to manage multiple lists. Actually having said that, I'm not sure you can change the global address settings that show at the bottom of each email. You would have to look into that to see if it can be changed on a list basis.

andrewpeters · 28th Nov 2011, 01:23 AM

Even I was going through the same problem..thanks Will

Jay Moreno · 28th Nov 2011, 02:10 AM

providing the autoresponder doesn't use !important tags within the CSS styling you can usually create your own custom css to style and integrate the forms direct into your mobile site... doing this gives you far greater control over how the form looks within your mobile site and also makes for better seamless integration

aweber and icontact don't use the !important css tag but i know getresponse does... why? i have no idea! it makes it a royal pain to customize, basically they force you to use their limited form generator and limits your freedom of customization...

fyi i prefer aweber - the non use of !important being one of the reasons!

@OP you don't have to have them email either... the visitor is already on their phone... wouldn't it be better for them to submit their phone number and they receive a confirmation text with the coupon or a unique link to the actual coupon... that way your client can text them instead of emailing them... just food for thought!

If your US based and know your way around twilio and openvbx you can configure it so as they tap to call and it subscribes them to a text blast list via a phone call... there are so many different ways you can keep in touch with your mobile visitors and up sell to them! Don't you just love mobile marketing!

hth

jay

512 Designs · 28th Nov 2011, 04:38 PM

Well, I had a chat session with someone from Aweber and they said that you can use 1 aweber account for as many websites and email addresses that you want. Each email campaign will have it's own email and branding.

Which means to me that we can use a personal Aweber account to manage our client's email campaigns without having them signing up themselves.

I'm guessing this would provide a big opportunity for anyone pushing their clients to build lists through their mobile sites. More residual income.

Mike

WillR · 28th Nov 2011, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by mrcouchpotato

Well, I had a chat session with someone from Aweber and they said that you can use 1 aweber account for as many websites and email addresses that you want. Each email campaign will have it's own email and branding.

Which means to me that we can use a personal Aweber account to manage our client's email campaigns without having them signing up themselves.

I'm guessing this would provide a big opportunity for anyone pushing their clients to build lists through their mobile sites. More residual income.

Mike

Great, I thought so but couldn't remember exactly.

As I said before, give their web form generator a go and once you have the code, simply add this one line to the page:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=2.0, user-scalable=no" />

That way the optin form will stretch and shrink to fit all the mobile devices. You can come up with nice looking optin pages very easily using this technique.

512 Designs · 29th Nov 2011, 06:26 PM

Thanks Will,

That's awesome. I'll definitely add that code.

Mike

27th Nov 2011, 11:57 PM	#1
512 Designs Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: USA Posts: 720 Thanks: 65 Thanked 162 Times in 97 Posts	How to set up a client for mobile opt-in? Share on: What's the best and easiest way to set up a customer to use a mobile opt-in form? For instance.... I want to create a mobile page that presents a coupon offer but requires the visitor to enter their email address. The autoresponder will then go to a mobile page with a coupon and thank them for entering their address. It will also add them to my customer's email campaign. The issue I'm having, however, is which email - autoresponder to set it up with. I know there's Constant Contact, Chimp Mail, Get Response, etc. but which is the easiest to use (figuring my client isn't very techie) and also inexpensive? I can create the mobile site using HTML or Wordpress (thanks to Will and Quentin) and the autoresponder must work with mobile sites (if that's even an issue anyway). Thanks. Mike
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28th Nov 2011, 01:03 AM	#2
WillR Digital Marketer War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 12,475 Thanks: 1,984 Thanked 8,187 Times in 4,079 Posts	Re: How to set up a client for mobile opt-in? Share on: Mike, Any of those autoresponders above should work fine with mobile devices. The squeeze page and thank you page are going to be created by you AND mobile friendly so it won't be an issue. In regards to finding one that's easy for your customer to use, I would always offer to manage it for my customers instead. This means you can charge them a monthly maintenance fee and also means you are not going to have to deal with all the support questions when clients are trying to play around with things. If you set it up for them you could also use an affiliate link so you get a commission for every month they use that autoresponder. I personally use Aweber for all my lists. The great things about Aweber is that you can use the built in web form generator to create a nice looking web form, and then by adding just one piece of code, you can use that Aweber web form as the actual mobile landing page. This makes things much easier.
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28th Nov 2011, 01:10 AM	#3
512 Designs Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: USA Posts: 720 Thanks: 65 Thanked 162 Times in 97 Posts	Re: How to set up a client for mobile opt-in? Share on: Thanks for the suggestion Will. Can you use one Aweber account (say my own account) to manage customer accounts? Or do you have to have each customer signed up with their own account? Just thinking that I could have one account under my name for $49 or whatever per month, but use it for 3 or 4 or however many of my customers and charge them $19/mo each....or something like that.
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28th Nov 2011, 01:21 AM	#4
WillR Digital Marketer War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 12,475 Thanks: 1,984 Thanked 8,187 Times in 4,079 Posts	Re: How to set up a client for mobile opt-in? Share on: I don't believe there would be any issue using the one account to manage multiple lists. Actually having said that, I'm not sure you can change the global address settings that show at the bottom of each email. You would have to look into that to see if it can be changed on a list basis.
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28th Nov 2011, 01:23 AM	#5
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28th Nov 2011, 02:10 AM	#6
Jay Moreno Mobile+WP = JumpMobi.com War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1,270 Thanks: 301 Thanked 449 Times in 309 Posts	Re: How to set up a client for mobile opt-in? Share on: providing the autoresponder doesn't use !important tags within the CSS styling you can usually create your own custom css to style and integrate the forms direct into your mobile site... doing this gives you far greater control over how the form looks within your mobile site and also makes for better seamless integration aweber and icontact don't use the !important css tag but i know getresponse does... why? i have no idea! it makes it a royal pain to customize, basically they force you to use their limited form generator and limits your freedom of customization... fyi i prefer aweber - the non use of !important being one of the reasons! @OP you don't have to have them email either... the visitor is already on their phone... wouldn't it be better for them to submit their phone number and they receive a confirmation text with the coupon or a unique link to the actual coupon... that way your client can text them instead of emailing them... just food for thought! If your US based and know your way around twilio and openvbx you can configure it so as they tap to call and it subscribes them to a text blast list via a phone call... there are so many different ways you can keep in touch with your mobile visitors and up sell to them! Don't you just love mobile marketing! hth jay
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28th Nov 2011, 04:38 PM	#7
512 Designs Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: USA Posts: 720 Thanks: 65 Thanked 162 Times in 97 Posts	Re: How to set up a client for mobile opt-in? Share on: Well, I had a chat session with someone from Aweber and they said that you can use 1 aweber account for as many websites and email addresses that you want. Each email campaign will have it's own email and branding. Which means to me that we can use a personal Aweber account to manage our client's email campaigns without having them signing up themselves. I'm guessing this would provide a big opportunity for anyone pushing their clients to build lists through their mobile sites. More residual income. Mike
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29th Nov 2011, 06:26 PM	#9
512 Designs Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: USA Posts: 720 Thanks: 65 Thanked 162 Times in 97 Posts	Re: How to set up a client for mobile opt-in? Share on: Thanks Will, That's awesome. I'll definitely add that code. Mike
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