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Popup Domination Wordpress Plugin is an Exciting List Building Experiment

by Hesham on July 26, 2010 in  Wordpress
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Popup Domination

Since the first time I saw it on a blog of one of my friend, I immediately fall in love with it, and told my self “THIS WILL WORK”! I had an exiting experience with the new Popup Domination plugin that speed up the process of list building like magic, I have got my first 9 subscribers in a few hours and still counting!

I didn’t even think about it more than one minute, I got the Popup Domination plugin and it’s up and running, probably you have seen it today when you visited our blog, and I even customize it to fit our Thesis Skin which gives it a very unique look and feel than any other popup you have seen before on any other blog, I have taken advantage of one of it’s four themes to create our own!

I just know that price will increase soon, so.. don’t miss this chance, only 50 customers will get it at the low price of $47 , I have sold it to 5 clients today, and I am not the only one who actually promote it, there are so many others, and chance will not wait for ever!

Get your copy of Popup Domination plugin

Click here to see how I made money from Popup Domination?

It’s very exiting, and if you know me well, then you know that I always to discover new techniques and implement them LIVE on this blog and see the REAL reaction of our blog visitors, that’s what gives me the ability to tell an exciting and true story each time I blog!

popup domination wordpress plugin

So, I am going today to share with you not only one list building plugin, but I have more interesting experiment to share about:

  • Two awesome WordPress plugins help you to build your email list
  • Two ways of building your email list and FAST!

Then you decide which one to go for, and how you will use it the best way that match your own needs!

But first, I want to let you know that I am using Aweber, a cool mailing list service that everybody knows about it! Check it out! And give it a try for only one dollar for the first month! I am sure you will not let it go!

Call it Shady ways! Who Cares?

I usually don’t hide anything, simply because I don’t have anything to hide! An I almost share everything I am learning and it’s part of my own experience, and probably this is why my blog readers never stop coming back unless someone is taking it personal lol!

I am using a very nice and simple plugin called Aweber WordPress Plugin, it connect two sensitive parts of your blog to your email list directly, these parts are your:

  • Registration form
  • Comment form

So, basically the Aweber WordPress Plugin allows you to automatically send an invitation and subscribe new members when they register to your blog, or add a new comment, this is very useful for blogs that open for guest blogging, as you might want to subscribe all your guest bloggers as you need a fast way to let them know about your blog news and updates, so there is no problem with that at all, just go a head and require them to subscribe with no worries, everybody is happy!

But, talking about enabling the plugin in your comment section is a little dangerous thing, because you can tick the check-box in the plugin features to subscribe everyone comment on your blog (this is what I did) and most of your blog commenters will actually not read, not even notice what the heck you put under your comment form, and because people are “too lazy to read” then problems happen, and some will complain about that, specially if you are trying to sell something for them, this will annoy the majority of your subscribers! They will just forget your goods and remember the bads, well.. this is how people are!

So, let me share with you what I got by using this list building technique, you can see the results from my Aweber account, I have got 441 subscribers in only 2 months, and with no work at all more than enabling the Aweber WordPress Plugin:

aweber stats

Someone might call it a “shady technique”, I must say that this technique works just fine if you use it on the right time, but probably in the long term it’s not the best way, as you can get into a mail list problems that you really don’t need!

Plz, put in mind that I am experimenting these techniques live, jut like anything thing else I am experimenting to find out the right way to do things by my own, and my main reason is to develop new ideas for my blog to write about, and share with you what’s really working by approve it to you!

I was expecting more feedback and maybe some bloody reaction, but I was shocked because this technique seems to be working! I actually got one single feedback and 2 complains out of 401 subscribers! But because I really care and it’s my main target to create a safe place, I won’t bother my readers, and this is why I didn’t use this list in a serious way! I am going only to send one single email to let them know that I am closing this list for ever!

Don’t Try this Technique at Home!

Put in your mind that my case could be different than yours, I know my blog authority and I am sure I am not hurting my blog or reputation! but I am not sure about you!

So.. from my own experience, no one will recommend it and I also don’t recommend it! And this is why I un-ticked the check-box and give people more freedom to choose whither they want to subscribe or not! (I have done this based on feedback from the community)

Build your Email List the Right Way

I am sure that everyone of you want to build his own list and FAST! Some of you give free stuff to do it and some others find some other ways, and this is pretty cool!

But what I see and it’s not working is to place your “Mail list sign-up” ugly form on your sidebar and/or below the content area, and wait for months till your list meets a few convinced subscribers! I must say it’s not the very best way, and it will take so long till you reach your very first 100 subscribers! I have done this for a whole month and got only 2 subscribers! Probably because I wasn’t giving away anything, or maybe because my form was not attracting anyone to sign-up (it was not working!).

How Popup Domination Changed Everything?!

I worked yesterday night till 5 AM in the morning of today, I didn’t want to sleep before setting up Popup Domination Wordpress Plugin, and make everything fine, and I created a brand new email list to connect it to the plugin, then I activated the plugin and sent to sleep! I don’t sleep that much, so I wakeup around 11 AM, I check my Aweber account to see who jumped in the list, I got 9 subscribers, yes this is just amazing!

It Works with All Major Email List Services

any email list service

They already put 4 different themes, but the good guys of Popup Domination plugin are committing to releasing monthly template packs, for FREE! and I don’t have any doubt about that, but for me I prefer to create my own look and feel, it was based on one of the already available themes and took me just 5 minutes to customize it! This means the Popup Domination plugin will witness a big improvements all the time, and it has a brilliant future indeed!

popup domination themes

Try PopUp Domination Today Risk Free!

Get your money back if you don’t like, but I am sure you won’t need that option, you will just love it! you will not waste your $47 , and you will start taking advantage of Popup Domination plugin compound effect to increase your websites opt-ins, mailing lists and sales!

Get your copy of Popup Domination plugin

I will share with you some stats latter when there is a chance!

{ 121 comments… read them below or add one }

1 John Hoff (1 comments) August 31, 2010 at 7:39 pm

This is an awesome plugin. I installed it and immediately noticed an optin rate increase. But I must admit I wasn’t using a pop up before, but still.
John Hoff´s last blog ..1 Awesome Way To Find Products To Make Money On Your BlogMy ComLuv Profile

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2 Hesham (2694 comments) August 31, 2010 at 7:41 pm

I agree, it’s awesome plugin John, I love it and I am getting a good number of subscribers everyday, something from 15 – 25

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3 Prasenjit from SEO Tips @
(1 comments)
August 28, 2010 at 1:53 pm

Hi Kharim,

What version of Blogussion are you using and what version of Thesis are you using?

I tried Thesis 1.8 + Blogussion 1.0.4 on my local machine and it seems to break.

Cheers.
Prasenjit @ SEO Tips´s last blog ..8 First Step SEO Ranking Factors for BloggersMy ComLuv Profile

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4 Kharim from WebMaster-Success.com @
(10 comments)
August 29, 2010 at 7:19 pm

I have the latest Version of everything, Thesis 1.8, Blogussion 1.0.4 and PopUp Domination Version 0.9.6.

I discovered this yesterday after upgrading to the latest Thesis. After installing Thesis, I checked my blog without the Blogussion and I saw that my Pop Up Domination was working. After activation my Blogussion I don’t see it popping up anymore.

So the problem lies withing the Blogussion script.
Kharim @ WebMaster-Success.com´s last blog ..10 Cool Ways To Get Blog Post IdeasMy ComLuv Profile

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5 Prasenjit from Make Money Online @
(2 comments)
August 29, 2010 at 10:20 pm

Ok then it seems that PopupDomination is not compatible with Thesis 1.8 and Blogussion 1.0.4, the problem being the Blogussion theme.

In that case I guess you have to wait for Alex to come up with an update for Blogussion.

Thanks,
Prasenjit.
Prasenjit @ Make Money Online´s last blog ..8 First Step SEO Ranking Factors for BloggersMy ComLuv Profile

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6 Kharim @
(51 comments)
August 31, 2010 at 1:31 pm

I already emailed him and no reply :(
Kharim´s last blog ..5 Ways To Respect Your Blog ReadersMy ComLuv Profile

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7 Prasenjit from Make Money Online @
(2 comments)
August 28, 2010 at 11:49 am

Hi Hesham,

What is the latest version of PopUpDomination plugin and please let me know if it is fully compatible with WP3.0.1.

Thanks,
Prasenjit.
Prasenjit @ Make Money Online´s last blog ..6 Must Know Internet Marketing StrategiesMy ComLuv Profile

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8 Hesham (2694 comments) August 28, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Hi Prasenjit
Latest version I am using now Version 0.9.6,

Popup domination plugin was created after the plugin was created actually after WP WP3.0.1 version, so.. Yes it’s compatible with WP3.0.1

I have at the moment 430 subscribers to my email list, this means I was able to get around 100 subscribers every week, but of course it will depends on your blog traffic and whither you are giving something valuable for free to your blog readers or not! (in my case, I am not giving anything special more than site updates, and I am using it to communicate with my readers)

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9 Cher @
(1 comments)
August 28, 2010 at 7:26 am

popup domination $47? friend got it for 27?
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10 Hesham (2694 comments) August 28, 2010 at 11:38 am

I got it earlier when price was $37 , now popup domination price increased from $37 to $47 , and it will increase again!

Thank you for the remind, I have updated the post!

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11 Hung | JVPRIME @
(33 comments)
August 19, 2010 at 11:22 am

When we use aweber, we have an option to put opt-in form that inline or popover.
The options of Popup Domination are Awesome but it’s not working with thesis version 1.8 beta2 and beta4.
Hung | JVPRIME´s last blog ..Why you SHOULD become a member and use comment luvMy ComLuv Profile

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12 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 19, 2010 at 7:41 pm

Ah! glad to hear you could fix the problem!

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13 Hung | JVPRIME @
(33 comments)
August 20, 2010 at 3:00 am

The problem could not be fixed since i am using thesis beta 4 with bloggussion. Just know the reason.
Anyway, we have option to use lightbox or popover from Aweber.
Hung | JVPRIME´s last blog ..How To Use Popup Domination WordPress PluginMy ComLuv Profile

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14 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 20, 2010 at 9:31 am

Have you contacted the support?

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15 Hung | JVPRIME @
(33 comments)
August 20, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Not yet
My theme will change next few days with new design and that will work
Hung | JVPRIME´s last blog ..New Digg InvitationMy ComLuv Profile

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16 Cher Pearce (1 comments) August 19, 2010 at 6:01 am

Hi Hesham..

Wondering if you can offer any advice at all.. or tell me if you have had the same issues..
I’ve got pop up dominator & installed.. seleceted that I am using aweber and tehn put in the RAW html code in the box..

The pop up appears.. you fill in your details and then it takes you to a new web page that has the aweber webform on it. The details that get put into the actual pop up dont get added to the list at all..

And well the second page?! Lets be honest I really dont want that there! LOL

If you’ve got any advice I’d appreciate it, I know you’re not support etc lol.. but it’d be mega helpful!

Many thanks
Cher
Cher Pearce´s last blog ..Are you getting your 5 a dayMy ComLuv Profile

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17 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 19, 2010 at 7:52 pm

The popup look good on your blog, I can see the lists and the photo, I have just subscribed to your list to see what’s happening, but I didn’t get a confirmation email!

There must be something you are missing in the setup process! I suggest you check all tabs in the settings!

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18 Cher Pearce from yournetbiz (1 comments) August 20, 2010 at 5:13 am

Hey Hesham,

It turned out that i needed a different version. All sorted now, thanks for getting back to me, appreciate it :)
Cher Pearce @ yournetbiz´s last blog ..Are you getting your 5 a dayMy ComLuv Profile

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19 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 20, 2010 at 9:30 am

Glad to hear that, have a good weekend!

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20 Marco Ayuso @
(1 comments)
August 7, 2010 at 1:16 pm

Hi Hesham! Thank you for reviewing this plugin, it’s fantastic, the thing is that I can’t make it work with Thesis. Would it be too much to ask how you made it work?

Greetings from Mexico,

Thanks!
Marco Ayuso
Marco Ayuso´s last blog ..Frase de la Semana: 5 de julio, 2010My ComLuv Profile

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21 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 7, 2010 at 2:08 pm

Hey Marco!

I really didn’t do anything special to make it work with Thesis, just followed the normal instruction that comes with the plugin! so… I am not sure how I can help!

A good idea is to contact Popup Domination support, send them an email, let them know about the problem, they will help for sure! (also before doing that, plz recheck the configurations, maybe you didn’t hit the button on the right where it says: “PopUp Domination is Inactive. Turn on!”) in the plugin settings page!

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22 Marco Ayuso from Atracción de Clientes @
(1 comments)
August 7, 2010 at 2:15 pm

Hey! Thanks for your reply. I had already contacted them and they said it probably had to do with Thesis and that I had to call a function, and I think my thesis skin had also something wrong with the footer, but I managed to make it work calling it right before the HTML and everything looks fine.

Thanks again!
Marco
Marco Ayuso @ Atracción de Clientes´s last blog ..Frase de la Semana: 5 de julio, 2010My ComLuv Profile

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23 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 7, 2010 at 2:22 pm

No problem Amigo :)

Yeah, I was thinking of this also, I already have the Blogussion skin, but I didn’t have the chance to look into it to see how it works, so I prefer not to give a solution without knowledge!

By the way, the Blogussion skin looks so good on your blog, it’s the best set of colors in my opinion (the Gray), I prefer it more than the blue and the other orange, green colors!

Greetings from Texas :)

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24 Hung | JVPRIME @
(33 comments)
August 19, 2010 at 6:15 pm

Finally, i know the reason that Popup domination may not work if
-we use thesis 1.8 beta 2 or beta 4 with bloggusion 1.04
Hung | JVPRIME´s last blog ..How To Use Popup Domination WordPress PluginMy ComLuv Profile

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25 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 19, 2010 at 7:20 pm

I am interested to know! would you plz share in a comment? is it working good on your blog now?!

26 Hung | JVPRIME @
(33 comments)
August 20, 2010 at 3:11 am

I mean that it’s not working if i use thesis version 1.8 beta2 or 4 with bloggussion (1.04).
I don’t know why because i am not a coder.
Sorry for above comment make confuse
Hung | JVPRIME´s last blog ..How To Use Popup Domination WordPress PluginMy ComLuv Profile

27 Kharim from WebMaster-Success.com @
(10 comments)
August 28, 2010 at 1:24 pm

About the Blogussion and Pop-Up Domination, it’s not working on my blog :(
Kharim @ WebMaster-Success.com´s last blog ..How To Install WordPress On Hostgator In 5 Minutes – VideoMy ComLuv Profile

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28 Hesham (2694 comments) August 28, 2010 at 1:28 pm

I am so sorry for that! I think you should contact support!

29 Kharim from WebMaster-Success.com @
(10 comments)
August 28, 2010 at 1:42 pm

It’s the Blogussion theme. I just upgraded to the latest thesis theme and I realize it shows on it without the Blogussoin theme and when I installed the Blogussoin back on it, it does not pop up :(

I contacted Alex for some help
Kharim @ WebMaster-Success.com´s last blog ..10 Cool Ways To Get Blog Post IdeasMy ComLuv Profile

30 Sachin from seo delhi (26 comments) August 5, 2010 at 5:42 am

Popup Domination wordpress plugin is most Excellent idea For list building. :) ;)
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31 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 7, 2010 at 2:04 pm

Now you know ;)

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32 Baker (2 comments) August 3, 2010 at 9:50 pm

awesome. I was looking for something like this. Thanks for sharing.

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33 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 10:04 pm

Thank you Baker, I got your email and replied to you!

I really appreciate you renew your subscription to our news letter!

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34 Andi Faizal (1 comments) August 3, 2010 at 9:22 pm

Let me check it first. But for sure I’m not really like a popup thing. But anyway thanks for the information. Good luck for you.
Regards.
Andi Faizal´s last blog ..Increase Search Engine Rank And Dominate OnlineMy ComLuv Profile

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35 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 9:31 pm

You don’t have to buy what you don’t like, but some times what we don’t like is what actually works!

I remember I didn’t like to go to school.. but I had to ;)

Anyways, thank you Andi!

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36 Karthikeyan @
(4 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 8:23 pm

After Reading your mail when i landed on famous bloggers i found the popup, its good and u have also designed it in a better way! But sure i will give it a try to this plugin in upcoming days! Thanks for Sharing Bro!
Karthikeyan´s last blog ..15 Most Popular Twitter Clients [InfoGraphic]My ComLuv Profile

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37 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 8:28 pm

Check out my latest post, it has my stats! Also Popup Domination price will increase in a few! it’s only for the first 50 customers to buy it at the low price! I hope you can be one of them!

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38 Paul Novak @
(4 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 8:11 pm

“Call it Shady ways! Who Cares?”

Uh, credible site owners?

No thanks. Think I’ll let my subscription run out and stick to sites that add something of value.

Good luck with it.

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39 Charles @
(60 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 6:51 pm

LOL, you’re email scared the bejesus out of me. I thought something had happened at Famous Bloggers, turns out I was right. Something good happened. I signed up already.

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40 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 8:30 pm

Thank you so much Charles! yes it’s as you said it.. good thing is happening, glad you take it in a good way!

I really appreciate what that you have resubscribed!

And.. Thumps up buddy!

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41 Praz from Make Money Online @
(7 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 10:06 am

Is it worth the price? There’s been a lot of discussion about this plugin.

Thanks,
Praz.
Praz@Make Money Online´s last blog ..How to Profit from Internet MarketingMy ComLuv Profile

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42 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 6:08 pm

Popup Domination plugin worth it’s price indeed! I knew today that it’s price will increase in a few day! it’s you chance to get at at the low price today!

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43 Praz from Make Money Online @
(7 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 7:59 pm

But to what extent is it customizable?
Praz@Make Money Online´s last blog ..How to Start Blogging – A Beginners Guide to Making BlogsMy ComLuv Profile

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44 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 8:33 pm

It’s fully customizable, all what you see on the popup image! fields, and come with 4 different themes you can switch between them with one click! and several colors.. also you will receive a PSD files for themes like the ones I got Today!

Also Popup Domination price will increase in a few! it’s only for the first 50 customers to buy it at the low price!

You can always get your money back if you didn’t like it!

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45 Praz from Make Money Online @
(7 comments)
August 4, 2010 at 9:55 am

Cool. But from the reader’s perspective, is it a good idea to have popups? whats your take on popups?
Praz@Make Money Online´s last blog ..How to Start Blogging – A Beginners Guide to Making BlogsMy ComLuv Profile

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46 Justin Germino @
(67 comments)
August 1, 2010 at 11:36 pm

This looks pretty good and I am glad it integrates with mailchimp, I just don’t have the extra blog earnings to spend on this plugin right now and will seek a free way of achieving the same result if I can.
Justin Germino´s last blog ..Your Blog is a Big DealMy ComLuv Profile

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47 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 2, 2010 at 8:29 am

Actually they are amazing! they have just send me some useful bonus video and the SD files that has themes designs which is so cool!

I am going to share some stats soon, and I would love it if you share any free way or some tips if you got good results!

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48 Justin Germino @
(67 comments)
August 2, 2010 at 9:11 am

I tried to test the Maxblogpress last night but using the mailchimp code seemed to mess up the popup. I am still experimenting, and will let you know if I find any free alternative. I doubt anything will match this product though for free.
Justin Germino´s last blog ..Review of Abbyy Finereader OCR SoftwareMy ComLuv Profile

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49 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 2, 2010 at 7:34 pm

Thank you for the feedback! Let’s see what Kim have for us!

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50 Kimberly Castleberry from Social Media for Beginners @
(1 comments)
August 2, 2010 at 7:53 pm

I’ve been doing a review of some plugins myself, but one of my Tribe Syndication mates recently coded this up:

This is his blog: http://cliftonhatfield.com/
On the right hand side, if it doesnt pop up when you arrive you will see “Clifton’s Lightbox Plugin” click here to see it in action.

Its a free download after you opt in. It is more coding-focused CSS/HTML wise, not as WYSIWYG as PD is, but that makes it more flexible. Its the first one I’ve seen that easily handles a video.

Let me know what you think!
Kimberly
Kimberly Castleberry@Social Media for Beginners´s last blog ..Tribe’epedia – Building A Tribe Syndication Index – Community Style!My ComLuv Profile

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51 Kimberly Castleberry @
(4 comments)
August 2, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Hesham, may I reply with a link to a site that isn’t mine and would require him to opt in to get the plugin? Its free but it is sorta promotional (I’m not affiliated).
Kimberly
Kimberly Castleberry´s last blog ..Tribe’epedia – Building A Tribe Syndication Index – Community Style!My ComLuv Profile

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52 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 2, 2010 at 7:32 pm

feel free!

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53 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 3, 2010 at 8:34 pm

Check out my recent post, I have published my aweber stats and more!

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54 Jorge R (1 comments) August 1, 2010 at 9:17 am

This plugin will definitely help anyone boost their list building… I’m wondering whether it can be used on multiple sites or only on one… I need something like it

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55 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
August 1, 2010 at 1:27 pm

I think you can use it on all your blogs as there is nothing mentioned about this issue!

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56 Yasser Khan @
(2 comments)
July 30, 2010 at 11:18 am

Great valuable content! Recently started my blog and was looking for killer ways to build lists, and I got the answer here!
Yasser Khan´s last blog ..Why People Buy?My ComLuv Profile

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57 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 30, 2010 at 12:27 pm

I am going to show my weber stats after probably one week, and from what I see so far I suggest Popup Domination plugin, it will help build your list and also save your time!

thank you Yasser for stepping by!

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58 Kimberly Castleberry @
(4 comments)
July 29, 2010 at 3:59 am

Hesham, is this the first time FamousBloggers has had a popup box? I’m curious if you’re able to compare those numbers to another popup tool? For example, aweber now has lightbox popups built in although they arent nearly as sexy as the the popup domination plugin. Adding a popup almost always increase optins but it would be interesting to know how much of the increase is due to having a new poup and how much is due to this particular one being worth the extra $40. Your thoughts?
Kimberly
Kimberly Castleberry´s last blog ..Top 10 Must Have WordPress PluginsMy ComLuv Profile

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59 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 29, 2010 at 11:24 pm

Yes it’s the first time (good question by the way!) I actually can compare the Popup Domination plugin with Aweber pop-up, but as you said it looks more sexy, but with some effort you can make any form looks he way you exactly want it to be, personally I don’t prefer drag & drop, it’s limiting the creativity! and I prefer working with CSS , but I think that also can be done with Aweber lightbox but it’s a lot of headache as you have to keep the form popping all the time to be able to see it and test it! that means you have to move to a test site or something!

Anyways, I have created a lightbox using aweber and I am enabling it right now, I tuned off the popup domination plugin, and I am going to check how Aweber popup will perform in the coming 2 or 3 days!

I will then let you know!

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60 Kimberly Castleberry @
(4 comments)
July 29, 2010 at 11:34 pm

Where you’re PD popup is sexy, that aweber version is ugly as sin! *giggles* We may have to take that into account to compare the two. However, your right, if the Aweber box isn’t easy to style, its really a lost cause for the average blogger.

I’m currently playing with the popin thats built into subscriber magnet which I just finished beta testing for maxblogpress. Even without their popin or their stealth subscribe (similar to what your aweber plugin has but works for almost any double optin list) I doubled my optins. I know once I put the additional tools in play Il’l do even better than that.

Cant wait to see these results!
Kimberly
Kimberly Castleberry´s last blog ..Top 10 Must Have WordPress PluginsMy ComLuv Profile

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61 Chase Brumfield @
(56 comments)
July 28, 2010 at 1:52 pm

This plugin is a great plugin created by Michael Dunlop. I’ve had the same experience as the author of the article (increased sign ups). I ran into a technical difficult when they first launched it and their support staff helped me almost immediately.

It was well worth the money to me…

I was a little worried since I wasn’t in the “make money online” or “blogging” niche that it would work out that well, but it seems to be doing great so far. It’s nice to spend money on a product that actually performs like it says it will.

Give. Get. Give.
Chase Brumfield

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62 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 28, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Hey Chase, I 100% agree with you, and I hope the performance of the plugin will stay up for ever :) I am getting great results and completely in love with it!

Thank you for stepping by!

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63 Onibalusi Bamidele @
(162 comments)
July 28, 2010 at 5:09 am

Wow! Really great post and Killer review Hesham,

I was also using popup domination and I am getting around 8 subscribers every day.

The plugin is really awesome and effective :)

Thanks a lot for the great post,
-Onibalusi
Onibalusi Bamidele´s last blog ..The Ultimate SEO Guide to Dominating The Search Engine RankingsMy ComLuv Profile

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64 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 28, 2010 at 5:31 am

This is great, glad to know it’s working for you, and I am actually seeing a very good reviews for it allover!

I had 46 new subscribers now and this is only the second day, I will share some sates in a week or so!

thank you for stepping by Onibalusi, more success to you buddy!

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65 Kimi from Wordpress Video Tutorial @
(1 comments)
July 28, 2010 at 12:41 am

Hey, Hesham

It’s really great popup and really looking nice, and i am sure that’s really great way to build or increase the subsriber.

At the moment i am using wp great box. It’s also not bad.

To be honest though, i personally do not like to use popups, because i dont like whenever i visit a site and it shows a popup.

Only my two cents, good luck with it! ;)
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66 Hesham @
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July 28, 2010 at 5:34 am

Don’t worry, it will not bother you each time you visit the blog, it’s only set to show once a week, and maybe next time you will find something new on the pop-up as it’s for me a promotional tool before it’s for building an email list!

I am like you, I don’t like pop-ups but using it with care hopefully will make everyone happy ;)

I really appreciate your honest opinion!

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67 Dennis Edell from Direct Sales Marketing @
(246 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 4:13 pm

Why close the list?
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68 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 4:21 pm

To be honest I don’t want to feel guilty on anything I do :)

And I want to thank you for the nice feedback, you was the only one who actually send me a feedback email! I really appreciate that!

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69 Dennis Edell from Direct Sales Marketing @
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July 28, 2010 at 9:24 am

No problem my friend. ;)

I wouldn’t delete the list, I’d just untick the box, as you’ve done. :) Up to you of course.

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70 Julius Kuhn-Regnier @
(312 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 3:06 pm

Awesome Hesham. The subscription box looks great. Usually I do mind the subscription pop ups but this one is way nicer looking than all of the others.

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71 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 3:10 pm

I agree that the look and feel is so important! and with the Popup Domination plugin you actually have more than one theme that you can switch between them at any time with one simple click! this is a big option that I see!

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72 Gina Jennings @
(3 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Nice!

Pop-up Dominator seems nicer-looking and cheaper than this other subscriber product that was 5 times more expensive and uglier.

I’m gonna think about this.
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73 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 2:27 pm

The guys behind the Popup Domination plugins are so cool! creative!

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74 Gina @
(13 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 2:50 pm

And you say it works best with Aweber plugin?
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75 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 3:06 pm

Aweber plugin is something else, mainly used on your comment form, and registration for! is has no relationship with Popup Domination plugin!

I am using Aweber and both plugins are working fine fine with Aweber!

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76 Laura Davis from Checking Accounts @
(54 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 1:50 pm

I don’t think email list building is a particularly shady way of building up your traffic and your profits while you’re at it ;) I’m glad you’re so open about your traffic and things like that. It makes you a more trustworthy site!
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77 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 2:26 pm

I really don’t mind to share this info, this help me to avoid negative reviews from other jealous bloggers, specially when I talk about my own mistakes lol!

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78 Paul from Sytek MN Directory @
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July 27, 2010 at 10:36 am

This is awesome Hesham, we can really make use of this plugin as long as we make sure this doesn’t turn out to be a hassle for the viewers. And congratulations to the increased number of subscribers.. Thanks!

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79 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:18 pm

Thanks Paul, it’s a nice plugin and working great so far!

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80 DiTesco @
(170 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 7:58 am

I think that this is a good alternative to signing up for newsletters, instead of having that “dangerous” tick under your comment box. Like you said, many people don’t bother even looking at it and this way it won’t hurt anyone ;-)

Now, maybe and just maybe, is there a way to activate the pop-up upon exit? If this is possible then I think that it is a much better form of being less intrusive than the other one. Although it may work, I am curious to know how the “retention” factor will perform.

Finally, I do agree. Building a list is important for online business and everyone should have one, preferably form an opt-in which is exactly what you are doing as people will perceive that it is coming from you and thus are compelled to give it a peek, lol
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81 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:17 pm

Yes my friend ;) and I already have 30 subscribers now which is so cool!

And… yeah.. this is brilliant idea, probably I will report it to the creators of the plugin, it would be nice if they add it as a new feature! although I think probably people will find it more annoying in some levels if it happens more than once, so this is something to use with care!

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82 Shaukat Ameen (7 comments) July 27, 2010 at 6:16 am

You have shared this plug-in right on time.

This company (I provide writing services to) is actually planning on converting their blog visitors into subscribers : )

I think I should share it with them.

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83 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:12 pm

Plz do, I highly recommend it!

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84 Dean Saliba @
(23 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 6:10 am

I’m not so sure.

On the one hand I agree that it does increase your sign-ups, but then again I absolutely hate it when you are reading a blog post and the pop-up box shows up as you’re just getting into the article!
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85 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:12 pm

Yes, I agree.. this is why I set to pop-up to pop up after “as I remember” 3 or 5 seconds which means you are not actually started readying anything yet, and you can change the time even to make 0 seconds! it will not popup while reading!

Also this will pop up only once every week.. so.. no big deal (I think)

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86 Gerlaine Talk @
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July 27, 2010 at 3:15 am

My question is what makes this plugin different from adding the Aweber pop-up widget to your site?
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87 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:09 pm

It’s a big difference because first of all the look and feel, and then the new features added like adding extra information in an easy way from your WordPress dashboard, plus editing is so simple and fast process!

Also for me, I think it’s great because I am a designer after all and I can play better using the pop-up theme rather than drag & drop which I don’t really prefer it!

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88 Gerlaine Talk @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:22 pm

So you are saying that the difference is in the ease of changing your pop up from your Wordpress?
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89 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:29 pm

Yes, and much more than that! you can find more information on their site! They say exactly what this plugin dose!

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90 Nabeel from Create Your First Website @
(71 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 3:03 am

Hi,

I already read a review of popup domination on TechnShare. Popup domination looks really useful. I have also noticed it on more blogs now, including entrepreneurs-journey and Robb Sutton’s blog.

Kindest,
Nabeel

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91 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 3:08 am

Nabeel, it’s really nice to see it working, I had 21 subscribers on the first day, this means I will get some rest after a happy working day :)

Thank you for stepping by!

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92 Gary David from Build Your List Fast (5 comments) July 27, 2010 at 4:10 am

That was an awesome stats. 21 new subscribers on the first day! Question though, since I’m seeing a lot about PopUp domination being plugged in to blogs to increase the opt-in rate, is it also applicable to squeeze pages?

Thanks

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93 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:06 pm

It’s a Wordpress plugin, so if you have your squeeze running on a Wordpress platform then this is how it will work! but it won’t work on HTML platform!

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94 Cindy from The Game of Life @
(21 comments)
July 27, 2010 at 12:03 am

Pop Domination Plugin… the name plugin alone sounds like its ready to conquer :) I have seen this working on other sites. The one on Famous Bloggers has a nice touch.
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95 Hesham @
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July 27, 2010 at 12:14 am

lol well… in conquered 17 subscribers so far, and also we still on the first day lol! It do something like plug subscribers to the email list directly lol!

OK.. ok.. that’s enough now, we really don’t need to bother the subscriber anymore, so maybe they will not plug themselves to the plugin ;)

Thank you for stepping by Cindy!

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96 Jakes (53 comments) July 26, 2010 at 10:57 pm

Hi Hesham,
You have a nice review there. I was a bait of that Popup plugin. LOL. It is a nice way to boost the subscriber count. You seems to be trying out something on your blog each day. That survey popup at the bottom of the blog too was cool. But completing the survey was a bit of a lengthy procedure.

And, thanks for publishing my post. You really made it beautiful with that cool pic n all
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97 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 11:10 pm

The survey is actually not part of FB blog at all, it’s from Technorati advertising system that I signed up to it like one week ago or something, I have earned nothing to mention :)

But I am just trying it, and I will write about it soon because I actually don’t like it, or maybe still I don’t understand it, but the relevancy of ads is as you can see in the blog footer some times, they display “baby diapers” ads and burger sandwiches some times lol! and their reports sucks.. I just don’t like it!

Yeah! I liked that photo because it goes with the soul of your post, very nice! and thank you a lot for writing it for FB!

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98 Jakes (53 comments) July 26, 2010 at 11:16 pm

Ya, it did showed some advertising nature. It was asking about my mobile, television set and whether I plan to buy some gadget in future and all. But I really liked it because the design was simple and the processing of each step was quite fast.
Jakes´s last blog ..Integrate twitter into wordpress commentsMy ComLuv Profile

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99 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 11:19 pm

Nice feedback ;)

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100 Ileane from Basic Blog Tips @
(10 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 10:34 pm

Hi Hesham, I’ve seen this pop-up around and I’m sure it works to build a list. But I have a question from the readers point of view. Does this plugin show the pop-up the first time someone comes to your blog? I think so, but I can’t figure out how people can decided to subscribe to a blog if they haven’t read any of the content yet?

I know this plugin works, but I always want to laugh when I see it!

Let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks.
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101 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 10:59 pm

Hi Ileane,

The plugin will show the pop-up on the first time someone visit the blog, then it’s actually not important that he/she will subscribe immediate, but at least this plugin grab the attention and stuck into the mind of a person when he/she is reading, then it’s the content of the blog, I think if they spend a few minutes reading something interesting then they likely will remember the pop-up and will try to find a way to subscribe which is the form on the sidebar for example! (This is how I imagine it!)

So.. it’s a good reminder! and as I was telling Mark in my reply to him, this pop-up can be used in several ways! so .. for example if I have anew e-book or a good offer, I will show it on the popup and I will visitors to signup to get the e-book! probably not all of them will do it, but after taking a tour on the blog, they may think of it!

But, I agree with you that what makes sens is visitors will not subscribe on the first visit, but what I can say? they actually do subscribe from the very first visit!

For example, people who subscribe to blog feed, the certainty do it from the very first visit, or How you explain that I got around 10 feed subscribers almost everyday?! and ufff.. when I write a bloody awesome article and this happen once I got about 70 subscribers in one day!

Do you think all of them visited our blog before? I doubt it!

Some one like you probably will not subscribe, because simply you are my friend and you visit me from time to time, and if not.. you actually know my news from social media or other blogs! (but it’s going to be better if you do subscribe, you never know what you are missing some times! ;)

And by the way, I am planning to build an awesome weekly newsletter, if I can not make it pro.. then I will forget about it lol!

That was my thoughts… and … That was a good question Ileane, I actually didn’t think of it!

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102 Ileane from Basic Blog Tips @
(10 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 11:35 pm

Yes, I did subscribe! You’re right I don’t want to miss anything that goes on here.
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103 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 11:40 pm

There is a lot of awesome stuff coming! and I really want everybody to be involved! I will send you an invitation for the Club soon ;)

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104 Colleen from Kennewick Homes @
(119 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 10:23 pm

I’ve seen this pop-up on several blogs I comment on. Now I know the name of it! I might consider this for our blog. Nice Hesham!
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105 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 10:38 pm

All gurus will say that building a list is a must! and I read today an article at webpronews.com talking about “A new report from Econsultancy suggests that email still beats social networks when it comes to marketing for e-commerce!”

So.. well. ok! that’s what I am trying to do!

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106 Colleen from Kennewick Homes @
(119 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 11:00 pm

Nice! We are in the same boat, but in a different niche. We live or die on the number of folks who have registered to receive updates for their particular home search.
Colleen@Kennewick Homes´s last blog ..New Tri Cities Washington Listings Today July 26- 2010My ComLuv Profile

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107 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 11:21 pm

We are certainly on the same page, and I think almost all online businesses has to follow same strategies, but we just play in different areas!

My wishes for success goes to you!

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108 Ryan Biddulph @
(21 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 10:10 pm

Very cool product Hesham, thanks for sharing.

I am usually not a big fan of pop-up forms but this one seems better looking than most and doesn’t seem to be as “aggressive” a pop-up, if you know what I mean.

Ryan Biddulph
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109 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 10:30 pm

Actually me to, I am not a big fan of popups , especially those who pop all the time and every time you visit a site!

It’s not aggressive because you will not face it every time you visit the site, so ina week or two will not be that bad!

Thank you Ryan for stepping by and sharing your opinion!

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110 Aaron @
(28 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 9:55 pm

Wow Hesham. That popup domination plugin looks cool. I will definitely have to check it out. Let us know how it works over the next few weeks and you might have a referral :)
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111 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 10:28 pm

It’s actually super cool, I some times head to the preview page, or use my other laptop just to see it lol!

Sure Aaron, I will give some stats as soon as I can!

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112 David Hobson from Make Money With Adsense @
(1 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 9:20 pm

Its a great little plugin for building your list. I have an Aweber account might have to implement the plugin now.

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113 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 9:28 pm

That’s exactly what I did! I got now 14 subscribers at the first day… still counting !

Let’s see what will happen at the end of the month!

Good luck David, and thank you for stepping by!

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114 Dev - Technshare.com (18 comments) July 26, 2010 at 7:19 pm

Hey Hesham,

Nice Review. I’m already using Pop up Domination Plugin and it’s really working awesome. I love the design.

Thanks for sharing.

~Dev
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115 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 9:08 pm

Hey Dev, yes buddy.. I have seen it on your blog yesterday as well!.. awesome!

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116 Mark Thompson @
(3 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 5:42 pm

I just purchased the plugin thanks to your review!

I have seen these opt-in forms on a few sites and was curious how they performed. Personally I think they are a little obtrusive, but I am willing to give it a shot.

Thanks,
mark

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117 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 5:59 pm

That’s cool Mark, I hope you find it useful!

I agree with you that it’s a little obtrusive, and it’s not a good idea to popup every time a visitor landed on the site! but this absolutely is a responsibility of the owner of the site! so.. for me I find the default option which displays the popup every 7 days ideal at the mean time, and maybe latter I will reduce times the popup shows!

Another thing that I think is good about this plugin, which is the customizable features that allow you to edit the form in an easy way from you dashboard, you can use the text fields to set a different message (let’s say) every week, and highlight some important news, offers or promote your own products, so every time the pop shows doesn’t have the same message!

There are a lot of useful tools, but we have to find how to use them, and the most important thing is to find the time to actually use them ;)

I hope all will be good with you!

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118 lawmacs @
(235 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 5:06 pm

This looks wonderful hesham the template suits your blog thanks for the heads up brother
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119 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 5:40 pm

Thanks Lawmacs, it need little more work, I will do it on the first chance, and probably I can give some feedback for the creators of the plugin!

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120 Thomas Sinfield @
(9 comments)
July 26, 2010 at 4:06 pm

It is definitely an awesome plugin and glad you are seeing amazing results so far! I love the design of your popup and how you styled it to suit your current design. I would consider changing the font colour of the text above the left site of your popup. The white is just a little hard to read on the gray.

Love to see a follow up post in about a week to see how it is still going.

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121 Hesham @
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July 26, 2010 at 4:10 pm

Hey Tom! You are right, I still need to tweak some text colors and stuff, I was really tired yesterday, so I will continue the work latter :)

Thank you so much for leading me to this awesome plugin, I must admit that I have seen it for the first time on your blog!

I will do a follow up for sure!

Thank you for stepping by!

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