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Dear Fellow Website Owner,
Smart website owners know that building a mailing list is the key to a successful online business. It doesn't matter if you're a service provider, an affiliate marketer, or an offline business owner with an online presence - your mailing list is your most valuable asset.
But getting people to subscribe is tougher than ever.
You need to drive a lot of traffic, offer better incentives, and above all else, you need an opt-in form that begs to be filled out.
Too bad your mailing list service doesn't provide professional-looking choices.
Sure, you get the cut-and-paste tools, and adding the opt-in box to your site is simple enough, but it still looks like every other website around, and does nothing to set you apart.
You CAN Build a Better Opt-In Form
You actually have a lot of choices to improve the look and feel of your form. The trouble is, they all have a major flaw (or two):
AWeber, Constant Contact, and others offer premade forms, but they're rather...ugly.
Call to action buttons often can't be edited. Does anyone really want to "Subscribe!" any more?
Costly plugins offer lots of options, but they're needlessly complicated to use, and frankly, who needs all those bells and whistles?
Web designers will happily build you a form - for a hefty price. And who is going to edit it when you want to test a headline change?
And let's not forget about placement. With WordPress, you basically have one option...in the sidebar. But...