Leveraging Autoresponders and Pop-Up Windows in Affiliate Marketing

The Power of Repetition in Marketing

Research has shown that a prospect needs to encounter a message up to seven times before making a purchase. This is where autoresponders come in handy. These automated email marketing tools allow you to capture a prospect's name and email address via an opt-in form on your website and send them up to ten personalized follow-up messages about your business.

Capturing Prospects' Information with Pop-Up Windows

A highly effective method of capturing a prospect's name and email address is through a pop-up window that appears when someone navigates away from your first page. For instance, if you're selling a credit repair system, your form could prompt visitors to enter their name and email address to receive "10 free tips by email on how to restore your credit."

Overcoming Challenges with Affiliate Programs

A common challenge arises when promoting an affiliate program that doesn't allow modifications to their self-replicated webpages. The solution is to create a copy of the first page of the self-replicated site, make the necessary modifications, and host it on our servers or a free web host. All links should still direct to our affiliate site to ensure we receive credit for any sales, and the new page should include our pop-up autoresponder form.

Step-by-Step Guide to Integrating Autoresponders and Pop-Up Windows

Here's a detailed guide on how to integrate autoresponders and pop-up windows into your affiliate marketing strategy:

• Visit the first page of your affiliate website.
• Right-click on the page (not on a picture) and select "view source."
• Click on "file" and then "save as."
• Under "file name," type index.html.
• Under "save in," select "C ."
• Click save.
• Go to start, then Run, then Browse.
• Go to C Drive (Under Look In).
• Under "files of type," click "all files."
• Look for index.html.
• Right-click on the index.html and click "view source."
• Install the following JavaScript after the tag in your HTML code. This JavaScript is courtesy of Bravenet.

<script language="JavaScript" for="window" event="onunload()"> 
window.open("http://www.yourdomain.com/popup.html", "myannouncer", "scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,height=220,width=570") 
</script>

• Replace "yourdomain.com" with the domain for your free web host. You can find hundreds of free web hosts at FreeWebSpace.
• Click "File," then "Save as."
• Name the file "index.html ."
• Under save in, choose "C."
• Click "Save."
• Sign up for a free autoresponder account at RealReply.
• Log into your account.
• Go to "On Line Form Manager."
• Go to "Configure Autoresponder."
• Go to "Set Up Re-direct Link."
• Type in the URL of your affiliate website.
• Click your back button twice to go to the autoresponder control panel.
• Click "Get Form Code."
• Leave the name and email fields checked exactly as they are.
• Click generate form code.
• Go to Start, Run, Programs, Accessories then notepad.
• Copy and paste the form code you just generated into notepad.
• Save the file to your C drive as popup.html.
• Upload both popup.html and index.html to your free web host.
• Log back into your autoresponder control panel at RealReply and type in several follow-up email messages about your business.

After completing these steps, visit your free website and open the first page. Click refresh, and you should see your pop-up window appear, prompting prospects for their name and email address.

Troubleshooting Tips

If the images on the free website are blank, insert the following code into the portion of the HTML of the free web page:

<BASE HREF="http://www.youraffiliateurl.com/yourid">

Ensure you replace the URL with the original URL that your affiliate program provided.