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Oct 14, 2005 5:16 pm |
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Just One Page Tool |
Kurt Schweitzer
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All,
I'm working on a little tool that would provide visitors with limited access to certain pages on my website. They would be able to access any restricted page, but only one of them. If they try to access additional pages they would instead be presented with a form that encourages them to sign up for my newsletter.
Once they sign up for the newsletter they would be able to access all of the pages.
This acts like a membership site, except:
1) An anonymous visitor will be able to access ANY page without signing in. They will only be required to sign in if they wish to go to a second page.
2) This will be completely transparent to search engines, so that ALL of the pages can be indexed and used as entry points into the site.
My question to the group is how to word the sign-up form. It will be a surprise to the visitor (they will be expecting to go to an informative page, but will be presented with the form instead) so it should probably be somewhat apologetic, but at the same time persuasive. I'm thinking something like "We're glad you're finding our website useful. Please give us your email address so that we can inform you of new information, as well as allowing you access to the page you requested." The form would then request their name and email address. Once it was submitted they'd be able to roam the site at will.
If they don't provide the information, they won't be able to access the additional pages. (No, this is not a "hacker proof" arrangement. I'm not really trying to protect the information - I'm trying to "strongly encourage" them to give me their email address.)
Any wordsmiths out there who can help me be "stubbornly persuasive"?
Kurt Schweitzer Sound and Loving Care (http://soundandlovingcare.com) - helping family caregivers of dementia patients keep their loved ones happy at home.Private Reply to Kurt Schweitzer (new win) |
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