{"id":4142,"date":"2015-07-09T17:27:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T07:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.staging.tired-sense.flywheelsites.com\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2016-01-24T17:35:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T07:35:15","slug":"why-you-should-use-popups-on-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undullify.com\/why-you-should-use-popups-on-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Use Popups On Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People generally hate popups, finding them irritating at the best of times and downright disruptive at worst.<\/p>\n
For anyone who owns or manages a website though, popups are a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n
Whilst they can be annoying, they have also been proven to work<\/strong> over<\/a> and over<\/a>\u00a0and over again<\/a>.<\/p>\n So what\u2019s a confused website owner to do?<\/p>\n The trick is to use popups at the right time and place, along with\u00a0choosing the right message.<\/b><\/p>\n Now we will go through all the different types of popups, the pros and cons of each, plus where, when, and how each could be used to convert highly without scaring away your visitors.<\/p>\n Time-based popups are set so they are displayed after a visitor has been on your page for a certain amount of time.<\/p>\n Pros:<\/strong> It also reduces the annoyance factor of having a confronting popup shown as soon as you load up a page.<\/p>\n Cons:<\/strong>Time-Based<\/b><\/h3>\n
\nUsing time-based popups is a good way to reduce bounce rates as you can set for your popup to be displayed after a longer time (say 60 seconds), to make sure your popup is only shown to someone who has engaged with your site for a little while.<\/p>\n
\nTime-based popups will take some trial and error – plus a good look at your analytics – to figure out the optimal popup display time.<\/p>\n