Friday, July 30, 2010

wordpress-pluginToday i have been testing the Faster Opt In Plugin which is a free plugin that allows you to build your list with an attractive pop up (as you may have seen on the home page of this site).

The only prerequisite is that you have an active Aweber (or other  email marketing solution) account.

The actual plugin has a number of configuration options:

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525px-X_mark.svgWhilst reading the Affiliate Window blog i noticed a post with the above title and a link to a poll on the A4U forum. It appears that affiliates are consciously deciding not to use video banners and are opting instead to continue with both static and flash.

The poll conducted at A4U appears to have concluded that there are many reasons affiliates do not want to use these, however at no point does anyone mention the fear of being viewed as  ‘selling out’. I create and run my sites for a specific audience and am very conscious about my advertising- it is only this week that i have added any form of advertising to this site  and am still not 100% sure that i will keep it! I am worried that subconciously my readers will not trust my reviews and feel that i am only here for profit. Even without advertising i would still be writing my drivel.

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