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Set Up Opt In, Responder, Deliver Product

by tresfavian
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I have a wordpress site. I want to set up an opt in - in order to get a list going and I am offering some free products. Can s.o. tell me how to go about
this or direct me to some information how to get this all set up on my site?
Can I use a wp plugin for any of this or does my hostgator hosting help with any of this. Can you give me a step by step what I need? Appreciate any info I can get. Do I have to use an autoresponder - can I start out with a free one? thanxs.
#deliver #opt #product #responder #set
  • Profile picture of the author ozduc
    You can start with a free auto responder service however you get what you pay for. There are some that offer a free 30 day trial though. (Search Google).
    Once you get your AR service they usually have a tutorial showing you how to create your list name and opt in box. Once complete you will then just copy and paste the code into your WP site. You will need to have a download page set up before you create the opt in box as the AR service will ask for the URL that your customer will be sent to after they confirm their opt in.
    There are free tutorials on you tube that will show you how to do a lot of this stuff if you don't want to pay for a product that does. it just requires a bit more searching around.
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    • Profile picture of the author tresfavian
      Thanxs Ozduc. Appreciate the heads up. I will check out info on You Tube.
      The download page - is another thing I'm not sure how to set up as far as where this page would come from. Thanxs for steering me in the YouTube direction !
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      • Profile picture of the author ozduc
        Originally Posted by tresfavian View Post

        Thanxs Ozduc. Appreciate the heads up. I will check out info on You Tube.
        The download page - is another thing I'm not sure how to set up as far as where this page would come from. Thanxs for steering me in the YouTube direction !
        You can go into your dashboard in WP and click pages>add new.
        Name it something other than download or thankyou. Use something like 47ty873dl. Then on the right there is an option to make the page private. That way it wont appear as a tab on your blog. The URL will then look like www.yourdomain.com/47ty873dl
        That's what you would supply to the AR service. Then on the page you will have to create a link to the download product which you would upload to your site using an FTP client like filezilla.
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        • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
          Originally Posted by ozduc View Post

          Then on the right there is an option to make the page private. That way it wont appear as a tab on your blog.
          ... and nobody can ever see it except the logged in admin!
          So, what's the point giving wrong advice?

          Better learn how to hide a Page (any Page) from being displayed in the Pages menu. You can edit the code in the template file or you can search for a plugin that will help you to do it.
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          • Profile picture of the author tresfavian
            Ozduc,I like the idea of setting the download page from my WP site. What your saying Istvan is to hide the page from showing up on the site itself by changing the code or using a plugin. Mmmm, might be just as easy to set up and upload a download.html page as I watched on You Tube.

            So my next question is the best way to protect your download page? And why protect the Thank you page also? This would not apply for this in particular since I'm giving away for free but for future reference??

            Thanxs guys.
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            • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
              Originally Posted by tresfavian View Post

              Ozduc,I like the idea of setting the download page from my WP site. What your saying Istvan is to hide the page from showing up on the site itself by changing the code or using a plugin. Mmmm, might be just as easy to set up and upload a download.html page as I watched on You Tube.
              It's your choice.
              With the plugin you can customize the whole menu - which is 99% of themes is based on displaying Pages... using this template tag:
              <?php wp_list_pages(); ?>
              To exclude any Page:
              <?php wp_list_pages('exclude=13'); ?> - where 13 is the Page ID.

              Originally Posted by tresfavian View Post

              So my next question is the best way to protect your download page? And why protect the Thank you page also? This would not apply for this in particular since I'm giving away for free but for future reference??
              Search the forum: there are quite a few scripts suggested to be used to protect your downloads.
              Some basic rules:
              - give them names that are difficult to guess
              - set the robots.txt to deny access for the search engine bots
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              • Profile picture of the author tresfavian
                Great info - need to let this sink into my brain. Need to decide. Thanks Istvan for giving out the code !!

                I'm looking to give away an ebook but also I want to give out some MP3's.
                I am thinking on giving away on 2 methods. An ebook for free just sign in.

                And some Product MP3's if you buy the product in which I am an affiliate of.
                Need to figure how I would present this part. Because the customer goes to
                an affiliate site and buys. Then I would probably ask them to send me an email with receipt maybe, then I could send them the free mp3.

                Still have all this jumbled in my head. Suggestions?
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                • Profile picture of the author Jarrett
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                  I wouldn't skimp on trying to get a free autoresponder.

                  Your list is the life of your business.. so it's worth investing at least $1 into it.. wouldn't you agree?

                  Go with aweber. they rock.
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                  • Profile picture of the author marcdonovan
                    Originally Posted by Jarrett View Post

                    I wouldn't skimp on trying to get a free autoresponder.

                    Your list is the life of your business.. so it's worth investing at least $1 into it.. wouldn't you agree?

                    Go with aweber. they rock.
                    Free does not always mean it is junk. I take exception to that.

                    You guys give away free stuff all the time. I'm assuming most of it is good quality.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brenden Clerget
    Go to Aweber for an autoresponder. It's $1 for a month, and it's MUCH better than GetResponse, don't waste your time with them IMO. Product Delivery, depending what it is you can use your autoresponder, or ejunkie.com (pretty cheap if you're doing volume), and also your own server with unlimited bandwidth and link to it. WSO Pro is good for WSO's as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I am not "giving out" anything

    Just learned where to find the right information. If I use WordPress - I read the WP documentation. I know, I know, it's an old-fashioned idea... but it works!

    Template Tags WordPress Codex
    Template Tags/wp list pages WordPress Codex

    If the Docs don't help - I might ask a question in the WP Support forum; they can answer any WP related question better than most people here.

    And so on. If I use the 7DollarScript, I search their forum and if nobody asked it before I would post my question. Usually, all my questions were asked 3 times already

    I hope you got the idea!
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    • Profile picture of the author tresfavian
      Wow, that's a lot of information to search on. I'm all new to using wordpress.
      Can be a real time saver sometimes it's better to ask someone where to go.
      Trying to search thru all the pages to find it or what to type in the right search terms. I end up all over the place when other things catch my eye that I want to know about. So thanxs for being so helpful !!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Hess
    If you are looking to hide a WP page/post from the search engines, this plugin will "no index the page": WordPress › Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool WordPress Plugins

    If you are looking to hide a page from the menu: WordPress › Exclude Pages WordPress Plugins

    Aweber $1 first month
    TrafficWave.net - free first month
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  • Profile picture of the author Recession_Proof
    You absolutely need an auto responder to automate message flow. And no a free one WILL NOT WORK :rolleyes:. Lets advise this cadet in the correct manner. Free services get filtered by mail servers, never get to the inbox and are some dumbed down version lacking some critical feature that will not let you get the process fully automated. Pay for the month play with the software and hit the ground running. I suggest Get Response.com they never get blocked and are easy on the wallet.
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  • Profile picture of the author ZackVenter
    Thanks Mark Hess for the usefull info, you ROCK!
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