A welcome mat is a full screen dynamic overlay that can help you get more newsletter subscribers, eBook downloads, sales to your products, etc.
Did you know? More than 70% of visitors leaving your website will never return unless you convert them into an email subscriber or a customer.
How to Create a Welcome Mat for Your Website
- sign up for an OptinMonster account. It is the best lead generation software in the world and allows you to easily create opt-in forms including welcome mats.
- install and activate the OptinMonster WordPress plugin.
- The plugin connects the OptinMonster app to your website. Once you’ve activated the plugin, click on the OptinMonster menu in your WordPress dashboard to connect your account.
- In your WordPress dashboard, click the ‘Create New Campaign’ button to start creating your welcome mat. This will take you to the OptinMonster website. Next, choose ‘Fullscreen’ for your campaign type and choose a template
- In the campaign Builder, you can make any changes you like. Simply click on any element, and you’ll see that you can edit it in the left-hand pane.
- Next, go to Optin Settings » Fullscreen Background. Click on ‘Background Color’ and set the A (Alpha) value to 100. This ensures that your welcome mat won’t be transparent at all, so none of your site content will show through
- let your welcome mat slide in. You can do this by clicking the ‘Home’ button on the left-hand side then clicking ‘Fullscreen Settings’ and them toggle the ‘Display a Page Slide?’ option on so that it’s green. This means that your welcome mat will slide down from the top of the screen instead of fading into view.
- switch to the ‘Success’ view of your welcome mat. This is what your users will see after they perform the desired action.
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