Do you ever wake up in the morning and feel like
biting the heads off nails? My dad got up every
morning with a big smile and some encouraging
words. This was every day, seven days a week,
fifty two weeks a year.
One morning I asked him how he could possibly be
in such a good mood every morning. His response
was " It takes just as much energy to be pleasant
as it does to be grumpy."
I have tried to use that formula in my life and
90% of the time, I carry it off.
This morning however is one that has been very
difficult to practice that policy. I am normally
an early riser. This morning was no different.
I fired up my computer and after getting online,
I started bringing in my mail as I usually do. I
went to do my other morning chores, starting a
fire, putting on my wife's water for tea,
pampering the cat, all of the normal things.
I returned to find an unusually large number of
emails. I started browsing through them to find
that I had at least fifty copies of the same offer.
Now don't get me wrong, I think traffic generating
programs are great. I also think Mark Joyner is a
bright young man with some good ideas. I am also
sure that his latest brainstorm will also bring
him a great deal of publicity.
If you possibly escaped the email barrage
announcing his latest venture, it is a website
pop-under program. There are already a few of them
around. but Mark has added a new wrinkle or two.
My problem is not with the ingenuity of the
program. I enjoy seeing people come up with new
twists to programs that already exist. My problem
is the direction that marketing is taking.
There are now pop-ups, pop-under, exit programs
and some other things that I am not sure even have
names.
I visited a site yesterday that greeted me with a
pop-up when I arrived. I went to check out another
page on the same site and saw the flash as I
exited the page, the first pop-under. I was
greeted by a pop-up on the second page of the
website as well.
Even though I wanted more information about what
the person was offering, I left. I was greeted by
another pop-up which I assume came from some kind
of exit exchange program. When I deleted this page
I saw another flash indicating another pop-under
from the person's website that I had been
redirected to through the exit exchange.
Confused? It's beyond confusion. I want traffic
as much as anyone else but the direction of
marketing is quite irritating to be honest.
Will Mark Joyner's new pop-under program be a
success? Probably. Will there be mass numbers
using it? If my email this morning is any
indication, yes.
When pop-ups first came on the scene, people
talked about how irritating they were. Yet, they
have proved to be a very effective marketing tool.
I was a sceptic for quite a while but when I
finally caved and started using one, the results
were amazing.
Though I don't use one, I have talked to many who
use the exit exchanges with great success as well.
I am sure the pop-under pages will be no different.
I do think that some are pushing the envelope too
far. Using one of these tools can prove to be
quite effective but I think people will tire of
the websites that have multiple windows popping up.
Which type of program is most effective? I have no
idea. Should you be using one or more of these
traffic programs? I think they probably all have
their up side but this is one of those situations
where I think less is better.
About the Author
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