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Wouldn't this just irritate the hell out of my customers?

by justbill
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Following the advice given here, I am going to be directing my customers to an opt-in landing page directly from an offline, hard copy salesletter/flyer.

To make it as easy as possible for them all they will need to do is type in the actual domain name dot com.

I realise that I can then re-direct them to a sales page where they can find out more about the services I am providing for them.

However, if they don't make a note of the address of the sales page every time they type in my domain address they will reach the opt-in page...but they won't want to see that again.

I have been a victim of this myself, where I have been confronted with an opt-in page but all I want to see is the real sales page and it is very annoying.

How can I get round this? Ideally, I just want them to remember my domain name at first in order to get the opt-ins without them having to type in domain name dot com slash free gift (or whatever I decide to call my opt-in page).

I hope that this makes sense? I lack any technical language or skills so I might not have explained myself properly.

Thanks in advance.

Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
    you can put a simple thing like this "previous visitor?" then a subscription form with the already page set to the sales page.
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    • Profile picture of the author justbill
      Originally Posted by ragnartm View Post

      you can put a simple thing like this "previous visitor?" then a subscription form with the already page set to the sales page.
      Hi Ragnar

      Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately, due to my lack of experience, I don't fully understand what you mean.

      I know you are busy, but if you have a minute or two please could you explain a little more about what you are suggesting.

      Sorry for being so dim

      Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author tomw
    You have a couple of options. You could simply put a link on your squeeze page as ragnar says, such as "are you a previous visitor?" which they can click and then be redirected to whatever page you want them to view.

    Or...

    You can add a little PHP script, which I'm sure many a fellow Warrior can help you with, that records the visitors IP address or drops a cookie and therefore remembers them the next time they visit your page. If they are indeed a previous subscriber or visitor the script will automatically direct them to whatever page you want them to see *without* them seeing the squeeze page at all.

    It's a really simple thing to do. Even the PHP approach is just a matter of copying and pasting some code on your squeeze page. I'm sure someone here will be able to hook you up.

    Thomas
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    • Profile picture of the author justbill
      Originally Posted by tomw View Post

      You have a couple of options. You could simply put a link on your squeeze page as ragnar says, such as "are you a previous visitor?" which they can click and then be redirected to whatever page you want them to view.

      Or...

      You can add a little PHP script, which I'm sure many a fellow Warrior can help you with, that records the visitors IP address or drops a cookie and therefore remembers them the next time they visit your page. If they are indeed a previous subscriber or visitor the script will automatically direct them to whatever page you want them to see *without* them seeing the squeeze page at all.

      It's a really simple thing to do. Even the PHP approach is just a matter of copying and pasting some code on your squeeze page. I'm sure someone here will be able to hook you up.

      Thomas
      Thomas,

      Thanks very much for explaining that to me. I greatly appreciate it.

      The PHP route looks to be the best option. I have no idea about PHP but I have just invested in xsitepro so I am sure that the program will help me to do what you suggest.

      I am absolutely delighted that this feature exists as it was giving me some concern on how I was going to keep the address simple without the customer having to add extra words on the address or irritating them by making them view the opt-in page every time.

      Thanks again. Really appreciate you taking the time to reply.

      Bill
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      • Profile picture of the author tomw
        Originally Posted by justbill View Post

        Thomas,

        Thanks very much for explaining that to me. I greatly appreciate it.

        The PHP route looks to be the best option. I have no idea about PHP but I have just invested in xsitepro so I am sure that the program will help me to do what you suggest.

        I am absolutely delighted that this feature exists as it was giving me some concern on how I was going to keep the address simple without the customer having to add extra words on the address or irritating them by making them view the opt-in page every time.

        Thanks again. Really appreciate you taking the time to reply.

        Bill
        Thanks for the thanks...no problem. It's why we're *all* here.

        Remember, if you're ever having any kind of problem like this, the likelihood is that you will not be the first. Not by a long way. One of the great things about the internet and a community like this is that the solutions are already out there.

        Good luck with the site.

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  • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
    I'll just post a code I use for my OTO, this require that you have a mysql table called oto (or something else) with the fields "visit" and "ip" in them (change the name of the table in the script if you want). Can't post the code somehow.. I don't know why I even edited it and posted some guidelines as to how to install it but no..
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    P.S. Apologies, because I'm not in any way shape or form what you might call "technical" or I would do it for you. I know what to do but not the ins and outs of doing it. There are hundreds of amazing guys here that I'm sure could help you out.

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    • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
      Originally Posted by tomw View Post

      P.S. Apologies, because I'm not in any way shape or form what you might call "technical" or I would do it for you. I know what to do but not the ins and outs of doing it. There are hundreds of amazing guys here that I'm sure could help you out.

      Thomas
      I can do it but, when I try posting the php script here in code /code boxes it won't post
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      • Profile picture of the author justbill
        Hi Thomas

        No need to apologise. I certainly wasn't expecting you to do at all. Just giving me the information was more than enough and I really appreciate you doing that. Thank you so much.

        Ragnar, sorry you are having problems with the scipt. Don't put yourself out. Now that I know that it can be done I can do a bit of research and try to find the script myself.

        Thanks to both of you!

        Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
    post the code in a google doc -- then post the link to that doc here (?)
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Will Bontrager (willmaster.com) used to have an article on his site that explained exactly what you are trying to do. The bit of script would

      1) drop a cookie on first visit
      2) alter that cookie on subscribing or visiting a set number of times.

      So the first time you visit, you see the original squeeze page. Later visits would add some type of reminder to subscribe, since they didn't on the last visit. Once the person subscribes, or reaches the limit, they see the normal sales letter.

      I've been using Will's scripts for years, and they're very good. Support is excellent and prices very fair. If nothing else, signing up for his newsletter gets you access to a large library of his articles and some other goodies. I'll quit now, before this sounds like a pitch...
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      • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
        http://www.terescue.com/code.txt for the php script I made and a short installation guide, forgot to put that you need to create a table named something (oto if you don't want to edit anything) and add the fields ip visit and id.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Carl Kelly
    Remember: recording the IP address only (as opposed to pushing out a cookie) won't ensure that you're seeing the same visitor. That means many visitors could potentially miss your squeeze page completely.
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    • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
      Originally Posted by faxinator View Post

      Remember: recording the IP address only (as opposed to pushing out a cookie) won't ensure that you're seeing the same visitor. That means many visitors could potentially miss your squeeze page completely.
      true, but there are always people that delete cookies after sessions etc.. I would edit it to do it with a cookie but I don't have the time right now.
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      • Profile picture of the author justbill
        John and Ragnar

        Thank you very much for your suggestions and especially for the script Ragnar.

        I really appreciate you going to all of that trouble.

        Best wishes

        Bill
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