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	<title>Comments on: Confirmed Opt-In: Help Your Subscribers Confirm</title>
	<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm</link>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Justin Premick</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37286</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin Premick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37286</guid>
		<description>Guido,

Thanks for the clarification. I'll look into whether it's feasible to incorporate something like that into the web form wizard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guido,</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification. I&#8217;ll look into whether it&#8217;s feasible to incorporate something like that into the web form wizard.</p>
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		<title>By: Guido Mueller</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37284</link>
		<dc:creator>Guido Mueller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37284</guid>
		<description>Justin

First, great to get an answer. I'm positive surprised that you guy's control all posts. Great.

Perhaps I didn't express myself well.

It's not the entire page which I was talking about. This will remain unique for each of us, just like it was.

I'm talking about a link to a small size pop up browser window with all the White-list information's which I have to put now manually in each and every thank you page I build.

So I thought if you could provide a link where a visitor at MY thank you page can click to get all white-list info's, in stead of that I have to make a mile long thank you page with all those info's on it, would simplify the work of all webmaster a lot. 

As example take the Google webmaster page, where you click on a link to solve a problem. A new, half page browser window pop's up with a pre-written explanation and at the end you can quote if this was helpful or not. Get the Info and close the window, that's it.

This idea could be incorporated as a AWeber client feature.

So again, it's NOT the thank you page I'm talking about, only the white list info's which are always the same, time consuming to copy + paste and make my thank you page a mile long page.

Take a look into this, that's easy to make and would help a lot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin</p>
<p>First, great to get an answer. I&#8217;m positive surprised that you guy&#8217;s control all posts. Great.</p>
<p>Perhaps I didn&#8217;t express myself well.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not the entire page which I was talking about. This will remain unique for each of us, just like it was.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m talking about a link to a small size pop up browser window with all the White-list information&#8217;s which I have to put now manually in each and every thank you page I build.</p>
<p>So I thought if you could provide a link where a visitor at MY thank you page can click to get all white-list info&#8217;s, in stead of that I have to make a mile long thank you page with all those info&#8217;s on it, would simplify the work of all webmaster a lot. </p>
<p>As example take the Google webmaster page, where you click on a link to solve a problem. A new, half page browser window pop&#8217;s up with a pre-written explanation and at the end you can quote if this was helpful or not. Get the Info and close the window, that&#8217;s it.</p>
<p>This idea could be incorporated as a AWeber client feature.</p>
<p>So again, it&#8217;s NOT the thank you page I&#8217;m talking about, only the white list info&#8217;s which are always the same, time consuming to copy + paste and make my thank you page a mile long page.</p>
<p>Take a look into this, that&#8217;s easy to make and would help a lot.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Premick</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37281</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin Premick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37281</guid>
		<description>G,

I'm afraid I don't see the value of a generic &#34;how to confirm&#34; page.

First of all, the:

* &#34;from&#34; address
* confirm message subject
* confirm message body

will be different for each of our customers. So any generic &#34;how to confirm&#34; page would not have your specific from line/subject/body

If you intend to show a subscriber exactly what to look for in his/her inbox to confirm, why would you want to give them generic instructions that don't tell them those things?

Secondly, wouldn't you prefer to keep your new subscribers on your website, instead of sending them to a third-party one (ours) to see those instructions?

Seems to me that the increased confirm rate you may see by helping visitors identify your specific confirm email in their inbox is well worth the time it would take you to copy/paste those instructions and insert the specific details of your confirm message.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>G,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m afraid I don&#8217;t see the value of a generic &quot;how to confirm&quot; page.</p>
<p>First of all, the:</p>
<p>* &quot;from&quot; address<br />
* confirm message subject<br />
* confirm message body</p>
<p>will be different for each of our customers. So any generic &quot;how to confirm&quot; page would not have your specific from line/subject/body</p>
<p>If you intend to show a subscriber exactly what to look for in his/her inbox to confirm, why would you want to give them generic instructions that don&#8217;t tell them those things?</p>
<p>Secondly, wouldn&#8217;t you prefer to keep your new subscribers on your website, instead of sending them to a third-party one (ours) to see those instructions?</p>
<p>Seems to me that the increased confirm rate you may see by helping visitors identify your specific confirm email in their inbox is well worth the time it would take you to copy/paste those instructions and insert the specific details of your confirm message.</p>
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		<title>By: G</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37252</link>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-37252</guid>
		<description>I'm not sure if someone from AWeber will get this. But I have a suggestion.

Why AWeber can't offer a default page about
&#34;how to verify with following email services&#34;

And give us a link to point to where a small pop up browser window would appear which explains how to do it in all available email services ?

Just like AWeber has their default &#34;thank you&#34; page and &#34;already subscribed&#34; page, this would be a default &#34;How To Verify&#34; page.

Stupid idea ?

I had this idea when I made my last thank you page and copy and past ALL the information form here. Tedious task.

So why not having a link for a default AWeber How To page ? The small browser window could even have as option a affiliate link to AWeber included - How's about that.

Would make things easier and leave space to offer some at our customized thank you pages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure if someone from AWeber will get this. But I have a suggestion.</p>
<p>Why AWeber can&#8217;t offer a default page about<br />
&quot;how to verify with following email services&quot;</p>
<p>And give us a link to point to where a small pop up browser window would appear which explains how to do it in all available email services ?</p>
<p>Just like AWeber has their default &quot;thank you&quot; page and &quot;already subscribed&quot; page, this would be a default &quot;How To Verify&quot; page.</p>
<p>Stupid idea ?</p>
<p>I had this idea when I made my last thank you page and copy and past ALL the information form here. Tedious task.</p>
<p>So why not having a link for a default AWeber How To page ? The small browser window could even have as option a affiliate link to AWeber included - How&#8217;s about that.</p>
<p>Would make things easier and leave space to offer some at our customized thank you pages.</p>
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		<title>By: Stacey Reiman</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-11986</link>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Reiman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-11986</guid>
		<description>The audio is a great idea. I don't know if it's effective yet, but here's my updated confirm page w/ a short audio blurb using a small flash player.

http://www.musicalspanish.com/download/_confirm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The audio is a great idea. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s effective yet, but here&#8217;s my updated confirm page w/ a short audio blurb using a small flash player.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.musicalspanish.com/download/_confirm" rel="nofollow">http://www.musicalspanish.com/download/_confirm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bob Gatchel</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-11832</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob Gatchel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-11832</guid>
		<description>I think the most important and effective way to raise your opt ins and have fewer &#34;unverifieds&#34; is to REALLY give clear instructions on your opt in forms etc.  And I mean REALLY clear.  Painfully clear!

We have one site where we say you have to opt in.  You WILL get an email.  You MUST click on the verification and ONLY THEN will you get your download.  And in that one case we also show them what the sample email will be AND advise them to watch for the verifcation and the address.  YES IT IS A PAIN to say that over and over, but our experience showed that we literally cut our &#34;unverified&#34; by 30 percent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the most important and effective way to raise your opt ins and have fewer &quot;unverifieds&quot; is to REALLY give clear instructions on your opt in forms etc.  And I mean REALLY clear.  Painfully clear!</p>
<p>We have one site where we say you have to opt in.  You WILL get an email.  You MUST click on the verification and ONLY THEN will you get your download.  And in that one case we also show them what the sample email will be AND advise them to watch for the verifcation and the address.  YES IT IS A PAIN to say that over and over, but our experience showed that we literally cut our &quot;unverified&quot; by 30 percent.</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; Case Study: Marketing an Entertainment Newsletter - AWeber Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1693</link>
		<dc:creator>&#187; Case Study: Marketing an Entertainment Newsletter - AWeber Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1693</guid>
		<description>[...] (Click to See Full-Size)This page provided plenty of information, but not all of that information was necessarily important to someone filling out the web form. A lot of it talked about whitelisting and spam folders — things that while important to us as senders, aren&#8217;t the subscriber&#8217;s first concern. He just wants his sample! [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] (Click to See Full-Size)This page provided plenty of information, but not all of that information was necessarily important to someone filling out the web form. A lot of it talked about whitelisting and spam folders — things that while important to us as senders, aren&#8217;t the subscriber&#8217;s first concern. He just wants his sample! [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; How to Tie a Download to Your Opt-In Form - AWeber Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1481</link>
		<dc:creator>&#187; How to Tie a Download to Your Opt-In Form - AWeber Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1481</guid>
		<description>[...] You may want to refer to our pointers on helping subscribers verify. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] You may want to refer to our pointers on helping subscribers verify. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Pedro Avalos</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1377</link>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Avalos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1377</guid>
		<description>Yes, it happened to me with on my current subscriber.

The first time she got my verified opt-in email she forwarded it ot me asking why she had to click on the confirmation link.

Anybody could think she is a dummy, but she is not, she is a very powerful lawyer in her country but a really, really newbie in internet.

So I had to kindly explanied to her how she was going to receive the
benefits of being in my list on a regular basis.

Even so, she didn't click on the confirmation link.

So, because we were already exchanging emails regular by regular means,
I told her again to click on the confirmation link and if she didn't like my installments there will be always one link to unsubscribe at the bottom of each email.

She finally did it and now she is a very good subscriber and customer.

Interesting, ah!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it happened to me with on my current subscriber.</p>
<p>The first time she got my verified opt-in email she forwarded it ot me asking why she had to click on the confirmation link.</p>
<p>Anybody could think she is a dummy, but she is not, she is a very powerful lawyer in her country but a really, really newbie in internet.</p>
<p>So I had to kindly explanied to her how she was going to receive the<br />
benefits of being in my list on a regular basis.</p>
<p>Even so, she didn&#8217;t click on the confirmation link.</p>
<p>So, because we were already exchanging emails regular by regular means,<br />
I told her again to click on the confirmation link and if she didn&#8217;t like my installments there will be always one link to unsubscribe at the bottom of each email.</p>
<p>She finally did it and now she is a very good subscriber and customer.</p>
<p>Interesting, ah!</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; List Size Vs. List Quality - AWeber Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1287</link>
		<dc:creator>&#187; List Size Vs. List Quality - AWeber Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/helping-your-subscribers-verify.htm#comment-1287</guid>
		<description>[...] Of course, there are things you can do to maximize your confirmation rate. But the fear that any address may not confirm seems to shut off the creativity of even some of the most innovative marketers. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Of course, there are things you can do to maximize your confirmation rate. But the fear that any address may not confirm seems to shut off the creativity of even some of the most innovative marketers. [&#8230;]</p>
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