Adding a bit on in regards to the previous post, but didn’t want to disrupt the kickass Vince Lombardi post about basics
I’ve been “dabbling” in Internet Marketing since 2006. In one for or another, mostly not doing well with it, due to lack of focused effort. But that’s a solid almost 16 years.
I hear all the time from other marketers “THIS is what’s working right now…” blah blah.
One thing I absolutely fucking HATE on websites is popups, or popovers or whatthefuckEVER they’re called now.
You search something in your favorite search engine…find a promising result…click and start reading a damn good article about it.
Get past the fold, and BAM…a fucking full-page goddamn piece of shit image pops up…“Sign up for our newsletter! It’s FUH-REE”
Those things fucking PISS. ME. THE. FUCK. OFF.
I’ve told my business partner (also into IM) that I hate those and I will never use them.
“But they are working like gangbusters right now.”
Me: “Working? They’re annoying as fuck.”
“It isn’t about you…”
We’ve argued about that and similar things on and off over the years.
But I reiterate, I will NEVER use them… because I find them disgusting and offensive lol. I can’t tell you how many websites I used to frequent. USED TO. Stopped because of popups/popovers which they implemented “because that’s what’s converting right now.”
It isn’t even a principle thing for me. I just hate them.
Rant over. I think?