Wordpress – BlogsGeek https://www.blogsgeek.com Blogging | SEO | How-to Guides Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:03:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 https://www.blogsgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-imageedit_1_4501932147-32x32.png Wordpress – BlogsGeek https://www.blogsgeek.com 32 32 Ultimate WordPress Polls For Your Website In 2021 https://www.blogsgeek.com/wordpress-polls-wpforms/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/wordpress-polls-wpforms/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:56:41 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5397 The New Article

Looking for WordPress polls that can keep you updated with your consumers’ reviews plus help you forecast the results? Luckily for you, WPForms has a Surveys and Polls addon just for this and we are here to tell you all about it. WPForms is a WordPress Plugin that allows you to integrate extra features such as an email newsletter subscription checkbox in your contact form. The easy drag & drop WordPress form builder allows you to create contact forms, online surveys, donation forms, order forms, and other WordPress forms in just a few minutes without writing any code. In this article, we will explain all the details of WPForms Survey and Polls, from how you can create a poll to how you can utilize it for the best results. But before we jump to that, let us tell you how surveys and polls can be beneficial for business. How do Surveys and Polls help your business? Be it a survey or a poll, you will be able to get valuable feedback from your customers via this method than emails and ratings. Keep yourself in the place of your customer. Will you respond to an email sent by site asking for feedback or will you rather answer a poll that pops up when you are on the site? To be honest, many people don’t even check their emails regularly unless it is highly important. And many emails never make it out of spam. So, creating a WordPress poll that contains questions tailored to suit your intent is the best way to gauge public opinion. While a survey is mainly used to gather a large number of statistical data, polls rather come in handy to get a public opinion about a particular product or topic. It is up to you to decide which form will suit your requirements the best. WPForms Surveys and Polls There are many tools that allow you to create polls. But we have found WPForms to be the most effective. From proper analysis to reporting, this tool lets you have the most out of polls and surveys. With WPForms Surveys and Polls addon you can create surveys and polls that not only fulfill your purpose but the results are also organized. You have the full freedom to change the visualization type till you find what sits right with you. WPForms also allows you to place the poll wherever you deem it best. Even when everyone votes their mind, they like to see what the trend is. By enabling the poll results feature, WPForms gives you the choice to let your visitors know the trend. As soon as they submit the poll, the trend for each option becomes visible to them. Now, what good is a survey result if you can’t share it with anyone, say your manager or even the general public? WPForms presents you with three choices for this issue. You can share the results of your survey in the form of PDF or JPG. You can also print it if you want with a single click. And not just the regular old print option other tools offer. WPForms has a wide range of print styles along with graph/visualization styles. You can have a look on this video for more better understanding. We already published a bunch of tutorials related to WPForms features, you can check them from below:   Now that you know how WPForms Survey and Polls addon works, check out the tutorial below to create a poll to drive the best results with minimum effort. How to create WordPress polls for your website Here we have prepared a step-by-step guide for you to create a poll or survey with WPForms. The only thing you need before getting started is a WPForms Pro subscription. You can get it from this link at a discounted price.   STEP 1: Install the WPForms Plugin Log in to your WordPress admin panel and open the Plugin section. Click on add new and search for “WPForms” Once you have installed the plugin, activate it. STEP 2: Activate the Surveys and Polls addon You cannot start creating polls right away after installing the plugin. For this, you need to install the Survey and Polls addon designed especially for the purpose of creating polls. Click on WPForms>>Addons. Install the Surveys and Polls addon from there and activate it to start making polls. STEP 3: Create a Poll form Now that you have the tool to create a poll the next step is how you go about that. To create a poll, go to WPForms and click on Add New. You will get many template options. Click on the Poll Form template. Now you are free to edit a poll in the form editor. STEP 4: Customise your Poll Form WPForms gives you many choices to customize your poll form in a way that best suits your intent. Their intuitive form builder allows you to change the format of your poll to inline, one column, two columns, or three columns. In addition, you can change the image choice style and the visualization type too. STEP 5: Enable Poll Results Now that you have created a poll, all that remains to do is enable poll results and embed the poll form onto your website. This way your visitors can see the trend once they have input their feedback. To display poll results on your website, open Settings and go to Surveys and Polls. Tick the checkbox that says Enable Poll Results. Once you have done this open Confirmation in Settings. Here you can draft a custom message that will appear on the screen confirming that your visitors have filled the poll form. Save the message and see your poll live on your website. Final Words Now you know how to create a poll on your WordPress site. With the help of WPForms addon, you can create surveys and even share the results. Be it a complex survey or a simple poll, you can create one with drag & drop ease. In addition, you get smart survey fields, real-time polls reports, and customizable print styles. And to think that it doesn’t even cost much! WPForms help you focus on each customer individually as it allows you to create personalized survey questions based on user’s previous polls’ replies. With the addition of two new form templates- survey and poll- this tool promise to give you the best results.

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How to Boost Conversions Like Crazy with Coupon Popups https://www.blogsgeek.com/boost-conversions-with-coupon-popups/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/boost-conversions-with-coupon-popups/#respond Sun, 18 Jul 2021 23:50:53 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5368 The New Article

Looking for ways to boost conversions and maximize sales on your online business and get rid of problems like cart abandonment? Then you have landed at the right place. In this era where online stores are growing at a rapid rate, having only visitors on your site will not help you beat the competition. You need to convert your visitors into buyers. There are various ways you can achieve your goal. A smart and simple way to achieve this is through a coupon popup. In this article, we will tell you how you can boost conversions with popup coupons. What is a Coupon Popup? A coupon popup can be used to boost sales of your e-commerce store. It pops up on the screen and gives visitors that little nudge they need towards making a purchase. Different sites use different coupons ranging from spin the wheel popup to coupon codes. Discount coupons are the most prevalent ways to convert visitors into customers because obviously everyone loves discounts. And when a coupon pops up with a discount code, where you only have to copy-paste the code, there are only a few who shy away from putting it to use. Now it is very necessary to know when and where to put the popup coupons. If popups randomly appear on the screen, it may do more damage than good. Exit-intent coupons are designed with the main purpose of converting even leaving visitors into customers. These also reduce the number of cart abandonments. You can also use popup coupons offering special discounts to visitors who check out your e-store for the first time. This entices them to turn into a customer as it benefits them too. Now that you know how popup coupons can boost your conversions, check out the tutorial to create an eye catchy coupon with minimum effort. How to create coupons using OptinMonster? There are many software that allows you to create coupon popups. But we have found OptinMonster to be the most effective tool. This lead generation software lets you customize your popup in multiple ways. But, before you can start creating amazing coupon popups, You need to have the OptinMonster license to get the coupon popup feature. You can use the below link to get it now at a discounted rate for BlogsGeek readers. Here we have prepared a step-by-step guide for you to create a popup coupon with OptinMonster once you have activated the OptinMonster plugin on your WordPress site-: STEP 1: Create a Campaign Once you log in to your OptinMonster account, you’ll see a ‘Create Campaign’ button on the dashboard. Click on that button and then choose a campaign type. STEP 2: Choose a Template and Theme Once you have picked a campaign type, the next step is to choose a template. Find the template you like and click on the “Use Templates” button. Next, you have to choose a theme for your popup. Rather than going with the standard themes and templates, try to create it such that it matches the vibe of your site and its purpose. OptinMonster has over 30 fully customizable templates, with different layouts and color schemes. It also has the Canvas technology that lets you design your own desired template. STEP 3: Name your Campaign Now that you are done with the template and the theme, you have to enter the name of your campaign. Once you do this, you can choose the website you want to display the popup on. Click on Start Building to customize your popup. STEP 4: Customize your Popup Coupon Once you press the Start Building button you will be transported to the drag and drop campaign builder of OptinMonster. You can pick tools from the left-hand side of the dashboard to customize your popup and see the preview on the right-hand side. OptinMonster allows you to change the headline, add an image, change background colour, add a border, and much more. This enables you to tailor your popup coupon to match your campaign. Once you have customized your popup coupon, click on the Save button in the top right corner of the builder. STEP 5: Set Up Delivery of Your Coupon Code This step ensures that your customers receive their coupons once they hit the submit button. It is quite easy to send coupons automatically via mail after you have enabled your email service provider integration. OptinMonster also offers the feature of Success view to deliver coupons. You can simply edit the success message to type in the coupon code or redirect visitors to a new page. STEP 6: Set Display Rule You can now configure the default Display settings or change the Display rules to modify the coupon. Next, you have to choose when will the coupon pop up. OptinMonster allows you to display coupons on a particular page, to specific visitors, at specific times, and in specific locations with geo-targeting. You can set the popups to appear when as soon as the visitors click on your site or you can create exit-intent coupons. These pop up when the visitor is about to exit your site. You can change these settings in the Display Rules tab on your campaign’s dashboard. STEP 7: Preview and Publish your Coupon Code Now that you have customized your coupon and saved the changes, you can go ahead and publish it. Click on the Publish tab and turn on the toggle status to make the campaign live.   If you still have any problems you can watch the step-by-step guide on creating coupon popups. Final Words Now you know the most efficient way to boost conversions on your site and maximize sales. The best part about popup coupons is that they not only boost conversion rates but also help retain existing customers. You can modify your settings so that the popup appears on the screen when you want it. A popup coupon benefits both the customers as well as the site owners. It improves the engagement rate as well as sales. Trends show that an e-commerce store can raise its sales by 85% with the help of popup coupons. So, if you are still not using popup coupons on your site, now is the time to change that. Customize your coupon the way you want and see your conversions spike with minimum effort.

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How To Create Payment Forms For Authorize.net https://www.blogsgeek.com/how-to-create-payment-forms-for-authorize-net/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/how-to-create-payment-forms-for-authorize-net/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2021 01:55:35 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5336 The New Article

Creating payment forms and integrating them with different payment gateways is very easy these days. You don’t need to be a techy guy to do that, all thanks to plugins like WPForms, which makes it super easy to create and integrate Payment Forms with Payment gateways. In today’s guide, I will be sharing how to create payment forms for Authorize.net with WPForms, I have already shared a guide on integrating payment forms with Paypal. This one is going to be all about Authorize.Net and how you can start using it with WPForms to collect one-time and recurring payments securely. I will be using WPForms for creating the payment form and integrating it with Authorize.net, so if you don’t have a WPForms license you can get it from the below link. Create Payment Forms For Authorize.net in 4 Simple Steps Step 1: Install & Activate WPForms Plugin If you have purchased the WPForms Elite license then you just have to install and activate the plugin. Just go to Plugins>>Add New and search WPForms. Click on Install Now and then Activate the plugin. Paste the license key to activate the premium functions. Now, Just Step 2: Activate the Authorize.net Addon Just go to Dashboard >> WPForms >> Addon > Authorize.Net. Click on Activate to enable the Addon.   Step 3: Connect Authorize.Net to Your WordPress Website Now you need to connect your WordPress website with the Authorize.net account so that payments can be processed smoothly. For this, go to WPForms>>Settings and click on the Payment tab. You can configure the currency to your preferred choice. Go to the Authorize.net section of the page. In this section, you will be asked to enter API Login ID and Transaction Key to authorize the connection between your forms and Authorize.Net. You can easily find these details in your Authorize.net account. Login to your Authorize.net account and make sure your account is in Live Mode and not in Test Mode. Now, Go to Settings>>API Credentials and Keys. Copy the details and paste them into the WPForms tab. Now, It will ask you for a Transaction Key. You can get it from the API Credentials and Keys page in the Authorize.net account. In the Obtain option here, select New Transaction Key and then, click the Submit button. It will send a Pin to your email address to verify your identity. Complete that process by verifying the Pin. If you have completed all the above steps carefully then you will see your Transaction Key on your screen. Copy that and paste it in the WPForms Tab and click Save Settings. Your WPForms Account is now successfully connected with your Authorize.net Account.   Step 4: Add Authorize.net to your Payment Form The final step is to integrate your Payment form with your Authorize.net account. For this, you can either create a new payment form  or you can edit your existing Payment forms by clicking the edit form button. Once WPForms builder is open, You can easily add the Authorize.Net field to your form. You can place it anywhere you like. You can easily use the drag and drop feature to edit and place the different fields. Once you are done editing the form, Go to Payments » Authorize.Net and click on the Enable Authorize.Net payments checkbox option. This will enable Authorize.net payments on your WordPress website. Apart from just enabling Authorize.net payment, You need to configure some of the additional settings as well: Enter your Payment description. Select Authorize.Net Payment Receipt. You can select Email to have Authorize.Net send a receipt. Select Name in the Customer Name field. And adjust the remaining settings as you need. Click on Save and exit the form builder. You’re done. You can easily ember the payment form on any of the website pages by using the shortcode or by using the WPForms block in the Gutenberg editor. Done, You can now easily accept payments using Authorize.net.   Final Words Adding payment forms and integrating them with Authorize.net has become so easy after the introduction of Authorize.net Addon by the WPForms team. They have some really awesome addons which makes a lot of integration things quite easy. This post was all about creating payment forms for Authorize.net on a WordPress website. Feel free to drop your comments below if you have used this WPForms Addon.    

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7 Best Contact Forms To Use With Mailchimp https://www.blogsgeek.com/best-contact-forms-to-use-with-mailchimp/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/best-contact-forms-to-use-with-mailchimp/#respond Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:26:28 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5306 The New Article

Are you looking for the best contact forms to use with Mailchimp? then I’ve got some really cool plugins with you to share. I personally love using Mailchimp for my email marketing campaigns for my blog but you also need a form builder to integrate it with Mailchimp and with so many options available it becomes quite confusing to choose the best form builder. Bloggers like me love simple and fast solutions to our problems and that’s why I’ll be helping you in choosing the right contact form to use with Mailchimp. Before going ahead, let’s talk about Mailchimp (in case some of you don’t know about it) What Is Mailchimp? Mailchimp is one of the most popular email marketing tools available online. It is very popular among email marketers who use it to manage their email marketing campaigns and funnels. It is also one of the best email marketing tools for bloggers and internet marketers. Bloggers like me love using Mailchimp for its easy-to-use interface and affordable pricing. It is also beginner-friendly as it offers a free plan to beginners which allows them to send up to 10,000 emails to 2000 subscribers per month. Isn’t it’s amazing? Well, we have enough introduction and now we should learn more about the contacts forms to use with Mailchimp. 7 Best Contact Forms To Use With Mailchimp There are several contact forms available online but I’ve selected only a few of them which I feel are the best and also provide value for money services. WPForms – The Best Form Builder Plugin WPForms is the best form builder plugin available online when we look for WordPress form builders. It offers a very easy-to-use interface to its users, you can create super responsive forms by using the drag and drop feature of WPForms. You can get an idea about them by knowing that it is used by over 4 million-plus websites worldwide. It is not just a form builder plugin but you can also do a lot of other things with the AI-based feature of WPForms. It allows you to create conversational forms, payment forms, quizzes, and surveys as well. You can also reduce form abandonment and increase the number of leads on your contact forms. If you’re reading my blogs for a long time, you must have read a lot of my blogs where I keep suggesting WPForms to create forms online for multiple purposes. You can read some of my related blogs about WPForms from here: 5 Reasons WPForms Is The Best Form Builder How To Turn Website Visitors Into Subscribers Using WPForms? How To Set Up hCaptcha In WPForms? How to Create Online Donation Forms With WPForms? Features of WPForms Drag and drop form builder 100+ form templates Responsive Multi-page forms File uploads Conditional logic Spam protection Captcha Post submissions Surveys and polls Offline forms Much more OptinMonster Another great plugin I’m recommending to you is OptinMonster. OptinMonster is the best lead generation plugin for WordPress. You can use OptinMonster to increase your email subscriber and also to collect more leads using its smart AI features. It offers you to increase your email subscribers via popups, floating bar, sidebar forms, inline forms, and many other ways. There are over 65 pre-designed templates on OptinMonster which you can use for your lead generation forms and campaigns. Features like A/B testing, smart triggers based on geolocation, and user activity on pages can help you increase the lead conversion rate on your website as well. You can easily integrate it with Mailchimp to collect all your leads there. Features of OptinMonster Drag and drop form builder 65+ premade templates Page-level targeting Geolocation targetting Device targetting Integrated A/B testing Mobile-only campaigns Reporting Gravity Forms Gravity Forms is also a very good option when you are looking for a form builder plugin that can be integrated with Mailchimp. It is a very beginner-friendly and reliable form builder. It also allows you to create a variety of forms online and integrate them with 3rd-party applications easily. The pricing is somewhat less when compared with other form builder plugins. The pricing starts at $59/yr. Features of Gravity Forms Using their intuitive visual form editor you can quickly design your WordPress form. Gravity Forms has 30+ ready-to-use form fields. File Upload is available in this form builder. Spam protection with Google ReCaptcha. Formidable Forms Another great Form Builder plugin that I can recommend to you is Formidable Forms,  It’s an advanced form builder plugin for WordPress which can help you convert your ideas into an amazing form. It already has 100+ mobile-friendly form templates which you can use to set up your forms within minutes. They also offer a 14 days money-back guarantee which means if you’re not satisfied you can ask them for a refund. The pricing of Formidable Forms starts from $49.50 per year. Features of Formidable Forms Drag and drop form builder 100+ form templates Advanced forms File uploads Multi-page forms Surveys and polls Ninja Forms Ninja Forms is a very popular form builder which is also a strong competitor of WPForms. It is also used by over 1 million websites worldwide to create forms. You can create contact forms, newsletters, and many more with Ninja Forms. It gives you a drag and drop form builder interface which makes it super easy for you to create some highly responsive forms for your WordPress website. The pricing of its premium version starts from $49.50 per year. Features of Ninja Forms Drag and drop form builder Responsive Conditional logic File uploads Multi-step forms User registration JotForm It is a very easy-to-use contact form plugin that can be integrated with Mailchimp within minutes and work flawlessly. It also gives you an option to integrate your forms with over 100+ applications. Some of the popular integrations of JotForm are Dropbox, ActiveCampaign, MailChimp, PayPal, Stripe, AWeber, Slack, HubSpot, etc The basic price of this form builder starts at  $24 per month. Features of JotForm Create form just by drag and drop. Supports 200 app integration. 10,000+ pre-built free templates. WP Subscribe WP Subscribe is also a very good email subscription plugin that you can integrate with Mailchimp and collect your leads from your WordPress website. It is a fast very responsive email form plugin used on WordPress websites by thousands of bloggers. You can create responsive and beautiful contact forms and embed them on your website, their pricing starts at $29 per year. Features of WP Subscribe No coding skills required. Speed optimized. Comparatively cheaper in price. Display with HTML. Final Words Well, I’ve shared all the most popular form builder plugins which you can integrate with Mailchimp to increase you email subscribers and to manage your leads more efficiently. Among all of them, I’ve been using WPForms on all my websites as well as I recommend it to my clients as well. Tell me in the below comments, which one is the best form builder plugin according to you?    

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How to Get Started with Exit-Intent Popups on OptinMonster https://www.blogsgeek.com/create-exit-intent-popups/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/create-exit-intent-popups/#respond Fri, 14 May 2021 09:53:22 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=4488 The New Article

Do you know about Mobile Exit-Intent? If not, then you are missing something really important if you and your business are in the digital space. There’s no secret that the majority of internet users are mobile users. I think that’s why Google is also giving priority to mobile-friendly websites. Well, we are not going to talk about SEO and mobile-friendliness of websites. I’m going to talk about something which is used by multiple digital marketers and digital business owners to grow, increase and improve their conversions, sales, and leads as well. i.e Exit-Intent technology. Didn’t heard about it? Let’s know then. What is Exit-Intent Technology? Exit-Intent can be defined as the way to understand the action or behavior of a user who opened your website and is going to close the browser windows without doing the final checkout. In simple words, the user will exit your site, and when this happens you can interact with the user with some sort of popup. Marketers use this mobile exit-intent to improve their conversions, they set up a special offer and turn on the exit-intent feature. Whenever the user is about to close the window, they get displayed a special offer which increases the chance of conversion at that point in time. Setting up mobile exit-intent on your website will help you in multiple ways: Increase your affiliate marketing revenue Boost sales Grow your email list Reducing cart abandonment Now, you will be like. How can we do that? So, I will also share how you can start using the mobile exit-intent feature on your website using OptinMonster. What Is OptinMonster? OptinMonster is one of the most popular email list building tools used by hundreds of digital professionals for their businesses. OptinMonster along with the list building feature also offers some advanced options like Monster-Links, Geo-Location Targeting, Floating Bar, Lightbox Pop-up, Countdown Timer, Exit-Intent, etc. It’s a complete tool in itself, we have discussed OptinMonster in detail in our OptinMonster Review. You can have a look at this. You can also create notification bars with OptinMonster. It is very popular for WordPress based website and Woocommerce stores. The only point is that this advanced tool doesn’t have any free version. You need to get their license starting at $9 per month for the base package. Thousands of websites are using OptinMonster for list building and for improving their online conversions. How To Set Up Mobile Exit-Intent With OptinMonster? Before starting, It’s important to mention that the Mobile Exit-Intent feature in OptinMonster is a paid feature. So, You have to spend some bucks to get this amazing tool that businesses all over the world are using. Believe me, This is going to be the best investment in your online business. You will get a lot of value with this tool. Just get the Pro license of OptinMonster using the links below for some special discount. After getting the Pro license,  Just login to your OptinMonster account. Step 1: Now create a new campaign from your OptinMonster dashboard. Step 2: Select campaign type as Popup and then select a popup template that suits your website. You can look up mobile-optimized popup templates to get better results. or You can design a completely new campaign from scratch by choosing the canvas option.   Step 3: Name the campaign and hit the Start Building button to modify the campaign Step 4: You can now easily edit the popup form using the easy to use OptinMonster inbuilt drag-n-drop feature.   Step 5: Once you have done all the configurations, click on the display rules section. Step 6: The next step is to add a new ruleset. You will see a dropdown, now select the exit detected as the preferred rule. Step 7: Now, you have to set the targeted devices. With this feature, you can target certain devices like desktop devices/mobile devices or you can set it all devices. We recommend you to keep it on all devices so that you won’t miss any of your potential customer who’s visiting your website. Step 8: Keep the sensitivity Low or Medium. Once done with all the configurations. You just have to Save the campaign. Your OptinMonster WordPress plugin is integrated with your OptinMonster account and you can manage everything from your WordPress dashboard also. Just enable the popup form from your dashboard and you’re ready to go. Now whenever someone will try to leave your website, the configured campaign will pop up on their device screen. This will be completely automatic. Now, It’s up to you and your popup form that you can convert that website visitor into a lead or not. try to offer something irresistible so that there are higher chances of conversion. Also, make sure your forms are integrated with the email marketing services you use. This way you can easily build up your email lists. With OptinMonster, it will become very easy for you to manage everything. Video Tutorial If you’re still facing issues then you can check out this amazing video guide on how to create exit-intent popups by OptinMonster.    Conclusion I tried to cover everything about Exit-Intent popups and how to set up exit-intent popup on your business website to capture potential clients using OptinMonster. If you’re still facing any issues, feel free to ask us in the comments section below.  

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How to Use Smart Tags in OptinMonster https://www.blogsgeek.com/how-to-use-smart-tags-in-optinmonster/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/how-to-use-smart-tags-in-optinmonster/#respond Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:18:06 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5282 The New Article

Are you a business owner who wants a boost in the growth of their website business? Or are you someone who is using OptinMonster and confused about how to set up smart tags in it? If yes? Then this article will be a complete guide for you to use and set up smart tags in OptinMonster. We will tell you everything about the basics and then the actual process behind ‘how to use Smart tags’.  So, let’s start from the basics What is OptinMonster? OptinMonster is the most popular conversion rate optimization software and it is also a very essential WordPress plugin. It allows us to convert abandoning website visitors into email subscribers and customers. It also helps us to get more email subscribers and sales very quickly. In other words, OptinMonster is an application or plugin which lets us create various types of campaigns, pop-ups, or opt-in forms for our site to generate more leads, sales, and subscribers. It was founded by Syed Balkhi in 2013. And today it is used by over 1,000,000 websites. Features of the OptinMonster- It has a feature called Drag ‘N’ Drop Builder which helps us to create our website without writing any code. It creates a campaign to grab the attention of website visitors. It has multiple form design templates. It has an option to add custom HTML and CSS to forms. It can create unlimited forms for different posts on your site It can clone forms for instant A/B testing Also, the exit-intent to only show popups as visitors are about to leave It has easy integration with all major email marketing services It has an easy and user-friendly native WordPress user interface. And much more…  We have already written a bunch of guides on using features of OptinMonster, You can check it out from here How to Get Started with Exit-Intent Popups on OptinMonster How to Boost Sales with Countdown Timer Popups? How to Create Easy Notification Bars for Your WooCommerce Website? How much does OptinMonster cost? The pricing of OptinMonster depends upon the package you are planning to purchase. Currently, they are offering 4 different packages. Below we have mentioned the details of the plans/packages they are offering- Basic Plan ($9 per month): This plan can only work on one website, with limited features For example 3500 pageviews. Plus Plan ($19 per month): This plan can work for two websites only with 15,000 pageviews. Pro Plan ($29 per month): This plan can be accessible for up to three websites with 50,000 pageviews. Most of the experts opt for this plan that is why this plan is also called “Expert’s Pick”. Growth Plan ($49 per month): This plan can be accessible for up to 5 websites with 250,000 pageviews including every professional feature OptinMonster offers. Also after purchasing if you didn’t like the application over the first 14 days, you can get a full refund of it.  Don’t wait, Get the OptinMonster License now. What are Smart Tags? Smart tags are a small combination of code that can be used to add relevant information like dynamic texts to the campaign. In other words, if you want to show a visitor’s name, day, date, week, etc in the campaign then with the help of smart tags you can easily show them using specially formatted placeholder text.  For example one of the most popular smart tags is {admin_email} which is the default smart tag used in the send to the email address field. Smart tags look like {smart_tags} Some Examples of how Smart Tags look like {{day}}: The current day of the week {{month}}: The current month (e.g. “January”) {{year}}: The current year (e.g. “2019”) {{date}}: The current date {{city}}: The visitor’s city {{state}}: The visitor’s current state if it exists {{postal_code}}: The same as {{zip}} {{country}}: The visitor’s current country {{page_url}}: The URL of the current page {{pages_visited}}: The number of pages the user has visited {{time_on_site}}: The amount of time the user has spent on the site in milliseconds {{campaign_name}}: The name of the current campaign Benefits of using Smart Tags According to a study by Jupiter Research and Annuitas Group, it is found that if a brand uses personalization on its website then it starts getting 20% more sales opportunities and 18x more revenue. And these personalizations can be done by using Smart tags. We have mentioned some other benefits of using Smart tags below- It makes the website visitors attracted towards your offer. The predefined smart tags in campaigns give a personal touch to the website subscribers. It also helps them to understand that they are live campaigns. It gives you better results which can be further used to launch more profitable campaigns. Now, as we have learned much about the basics, let’s get to the actual process. How to Set Up Smart Tags in OptinMonster? The setup of smart tags in OptinMonster is very easy. You can either use predefined smart tags or define your own custom Smart Tags. Below we have mentioned the whole process into 3 simple steps- Step 1- Creating a campaign Open The OptinMonster dashboard and create a campaign (such as opt-in forms). Once we create it, we can add or edit a text element in the campaign builder.  Step 2- Choose predefined Smart Tag To add smart tags, select the { } curly brackets button on the text editor to choose the predefined smart tag. Once you select the { } curly brackets, It will automatically show you smart tags that you can use. Select the one you want and it will be automatically added to the text field editor. (Optional- Define the default value you would like to use for the Smart Tags, in case the tag cannot find the necessary information.) Step 3: Save the changes Once you are finished with all the steps mentioned above, click on the “Save changes”. And once the campaign is live, the smart tags will be replaced with dynamic content. And then it is ready to use. So, this is how we can use or set up smart tags in OptinMonster. Smart Tags are the best way to get things more organized and to boost the growth of your online business. Using these steps can help anyone to boost their revenue and sales. We hope this article was helpful for you. Thank you.    

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How To Automate Your Work With Zapier And WPForms https://www.blogsgeek.com/automate-work-with-zapier-and-wpforms/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/automate-work-with-zapier-and-wpforms/#respond Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:36:06 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5268 The New Article

We are living in an automatic world where you can automate a lot of work. On websites also, there are tons of tasks that require manual attention, time, and energy. But today in this automatic world we can complete those tasks in a fraction of seconds with the help of automatization. Especially for WordPress website owners, we have found a lethal combo that can automate many tasks with ease.  In this blog post, We will be sharing with you about how to automate your work with Zapier and WPForms. But before we learn the actual process, it is important to learn a few things about the two important tools we will be using for it. WPForms WPForms is the most beginner-friendly WordPress drag and drop form plugin. It was founded by Syed Balkhi and Jared Atchison in 2016. It is currently being used by more than 3 million business owners, bloggers, designers, photographers, developers, and other website owners to create custom WordPress forms. We have already shared a lot of guides related to WPForms on our blog in the past. Some of them are: 5 Reasons WPForms Is The Best Form Builder How To Turn Website Visitors Into Subscribers Using WPForms? How To Set Up hCaptcha In WPForms? How to Create Online Donation Forms With WPForms? It is used to create contact forms, opt-in forms, payment, and registration forms, and many other things quickly and easily. Ultimate Features of WPForms It can create an unlimited number of forms. It helps to create the form in a way that it will look equally good on every screen. It has a conditional logic feature, which can be used to build smart dynamic forms for a website. This feature allows us to show or hide any form field based on a specific user segment. WPForms offers built-in spam protection features. It has advanced field types including date and time fields. For quick and easy data management, it gives access to all form field data from the WordPress dashboard. It has multiple form entry submission confirmation options. It has integration with all major email marketing services. Zapier Zapier is a cloud-based software that acts like a bridge moving information between different web applications. Only with a little set-up at the start, one can save hours every week and focus on improving productivity and efficiency in daily operations. This software is very easy to use, with just a few clicks one can easily connect all their applications. It has a process called Zap that has both a trigger and an action.  For example, a trigger could be – a site visitor submitting a contact form. And the action will be – automatically adding that data to a google sheet. Using Zapier, one can connect their WPForms to all major apps, such as Salesforce, FreshBooks, HubSpot, Twilio, Google Contact, QuickBooks, Slack Notification, Trello, or Asana, and many more. It also has a free version for light use which includes 5 single-step Zaps, up to 100 tasks per month. Ultimate Features of Zapier It supports over 3000 applications, so one can automate their business at every level. It gives a 99.9% uptime guarantee with all automation workflow processes. It has pre-made Zap templates with preset triggers and actions. One can use Multi-Step Zaps to automate their multiple tasks with a single trigger. What can WPForms and Zapier do together? The Zapier Addon for WPForms makes it possible for others to integrate a website’s forms with over 2000 web apps. The Zapier and WPForms together can create infinite possibilities for a user to automate, for example- Can create a Lead in Salesforce  Can create invoices on FreshBooks  Can add a customer in QuickBooks Can create a contact in HubSpot Can send text messages using Twilio  Can get a Slack Notification Can add a Google Contact Can make a task in Trello or Asana And many more… Now let’s see the actual process of full automation. Automate Tasks in WordPress Using WPForms & Zapier Here we have simplified the process of automation in WordPress using Zapier and WPForms in 3 simple Steps- Step 1- Installation And Activation Of WPForms From the WordPress dashboard sidebar, go to Plugins » Add New In the top right corner, there is a search bar. Search for “WPForms” The plugins will be displayed below. Now click on “Install Now”, install and activate it. Then go to WPForms » Settings from the WordPress sidebar and paste the WPForms license key. Then press the Connect button, and the WPForms plugin will upgrade to the pro version with all features unlocked.     Step 2- Activating Zapier Addon Zapier is a part of WPForms Pro and you can only get access to it if you are having WPForms Pro. Get WPForms Pro Now at a special discounted rate Now go to WPForms » Settings.  There you’ll find the Integrations tab. Click on it. Scroll down to find Zapier addon. Once you find it, click on it to show more details. It will also show your Zapier API key. Keep this tab open because we will use the Zapier API key in the next step. Step 3- Creating A Zap Whenever one creates a workflow consisting of multiple apps or services that runs with a trigger and results in one or more actions, it’s called a Zap. We need to create a Zap to integrate WPForms with other application(s). First, you’ll need to log into your Zapier account. If there is a possibility that you don’t have an account yet, then you can sign up and create an account for free. Once you’re logged in to your Zapier account, you will find a black + button in the upper left corner.  Click on it. It will open a setup prompt for the new zap. Type any name in it from the upper left corner of the page. Then under Choose App & Event search box, search for “WPForms”. Then click on WPForms to show all the trigger options. There will be multiple triggers under the Choose Trigger Event list. Now you have to select which one you want to use. For example, choose the New Entry Form trigger. Then click the “Continue” button to connect the Zap with WPForms. It will show you a Sign in to WPForms button.  Click on it. It will open an overlay. Where you have to paste your Zapier API key that we found in the WPForms integrations tab in the previous step. Copy the Zapier API code from that tab and paste it in the Zapier tab along with the website link. Click the Yes, Continue button when all the details are filled in. Zapier will then show you a list of all your sites. Select the site you want to use. Then it will ask you to select the contact form from the list. Select what you want. Then click on the Continue button. A new Find Data tab will show up. Click on the Test & Continue button to go to the next part of the configuration. Then Zapier will ask you to fill in the Choose App & Event tab.  Choose any out of the 2000+ applications. Now it’s done. So this is how we can create automation in WordPress with Zapier Addon From WPForms. Wrapping Up In this article, we have tried to explain how to automate your work with Zapier and WPForms, with basic explanations of both the tools. This article will be a complete guide towards automation in WordPress.  

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How To Create an Order Form in WordPress [3 Simple Steps] https://www.blogsgeek.com/create-an-order-form-in-wordpress/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/create-an-order-form-in-wordpress/#respond Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:16:05 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=4492 The New Article

If you’re running a business website on WordPress then you must have to create an order form to get orders from your customers. Well, Creating an order form in WordPress is pretty easy. If you’re someone who’s looking to create a WordPress order form, then we’ll be guiding you today on how to create an Order form in 3 simple steps. With this guide, you’ll be done creating the form in the next 5 minutes using the WPForms Form builder.   What is a WordPress order form? It’s nothing different from a normal form but serves the only purpose of creating orders and collecting payments from your customers on your business website. Order forms are very important if you’re selling out products and services online. Order forms are mostly used by e-commerce store owners or businesses who are selling services online.   How to create a WordPress form in the next 5 minutes? We will use WPForms, which is one of the most popular WordPress form builder used by millions of websites to create forms in WordPress. We’ve already shared many guides related to creating amazing forms with WPForms. In this guide, We will use WPForms to create an order form. Let’s make it simple and start building the form. Installing & Activating WPForms Plugin The first step is to install the WPForms Form Builder plugin from here. You have to buy the WPForms Pro license. You can get  from here. After getting the WPForms pro, Activate the plugin using the license code.     Create & Customize Your Order Form Now go to your wp-admin to create a new form. Here’s how: wp-admin » WPForms » Add New. Now you will get few options, Choose Billing/Order Form from there. The WPForms editor window will have options to customize your order form. Fill up the details and customize it according to your product/services. You can add products/services along with the pricing and can add/remove data fields from the order form. Now, after customizing the complete form. You have to do the notifications settings i.e receiving notifications when someone fills up the form. Just go Settings>Notifications. You have to click on ‘Show Smart Tags’ and choose your email form field to send an order confirmation message to the buyers. Customize other data fields like from name, email, and message to personalize your order form notifications. Save the changes.   Publish Your Order Form You’ve done creating and customizing the order form. It’s time to publish it. Just use the form shortcode anywhere you want to place the order form on your WordPress website. You can add it to a new page, existing page, post as well as you can use it as a widget also.   Conclusion This was a quick guide on creating order forms in WordPress with WPForms plugin. We consider it the best form builder plugin due to the features and options they provide us.  

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How To Quickly Grow Your Email List With Sendinblue and WPForms https://www.blogsgeek.com/grow-email-list-with-sendinblue-and-wpforms/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/grow-email-list-with-sendinblue-and-wpforms/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:20:43 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5240 The New Article

Growing your email list is not easy these days and many of you must be might be looking for ways on how to grow your email list. In this blog post, I will be talking about growing your email list with Sendinblue and WPForms. No, this post is not about theories on how to grow your email list in 1 week, It is going to be about how you can optimize your website to get more email signups on your website with WPForms. I’m an all-time WPForms Fan and I love using it for creating forms on all my WordPress websites. I’ve also shared a lot of guides on WPForms and its add-ons. You can check them out from here: How To Set Up hCaptcha In WPForms How to Create Online Donation Forms With WPForms How To Accept Credit Card Payments With WPForms How To Make Great Conversational Forms Using WPForms WPForms is famous for its amazing addons which provide a lot of options and features to users to add various functions and integrations on their WordPress website forms. One such amazing addon is the Sendinblue Addon. What is Sendinblue Addon? Sendinblue is an amazing email marketing and automation tool used by marketers to build and grow relationship with their customers through email. The WPForms Sendinblue addon lets you organise, manage and grow your email list from your WordPress dashboard. It allows a lot of other features as well. In simple words, You can directly integrate Sendinblue with your WordPress website with this amazing addon by WPForms. Now you must be thinking about who these days uses email marketing? then I would like to tell you the importance of email marketing in business growth. Importance Of Email Marketing Having a good email list of your audience can help you to build a strong readers base to whom you can easily send out updates and posts through emails. An email list can also help you in your Email marketing campaigns. Yes, Email marketing is still one of the best ways to convert users online, and here are some amazing facts about Email marketing. According to Maropost: For every $1 spent, email marketing generates $38 in ROI An email had a median ROI of 122%– more than four times higher than other marketing formats, including social media, direct mail, and paid search. The open rate is highest when companies send two emails per month. Email marketing was the biggest driver of Black Friday transactions, with 25.1% of sales originating from the marketing channel.   With this, Now I’ll be telling you how you can integrate Sendinblue with WPForms to organise and grow your email list. How to connect WPForms and Sendinblue in WordPress First of all, You will need a Sendinblue account which you can create by clicking here Now you have to make sure that you have installed the WPForms Plugin on your WordPress website and you have an active WPForms License.If you don’t have you can get it at a discounted rate from below Then open the WordPress dashboard and click WPForms >>Settings and click on Integrations. Now in the Integrations tab, You have to find the Sendinblue addon and then install and activate the Sendinblue Addon. Once you are done with installing and activating the addon. You will be asked to Add New Account where you have to connect your newly created Sendinblue account in the 1st step. It Will ask you for API Key and Account Nickname. You can find your API Key in your Sendinblue Account. Just login to your Sendinblue account and go to SMTP & API by clicking on the top right corner as in the below image. Copy your API Key and paste it in the WPForms dialogue box and enter the Account Nickname. Now click on Connect to Sendinblue. You can see a green tick indicating that your Sendiblue account is now integrated with your WordPress website. You’re done integrating Sendinblue with WPForms. You can now integrate your WPForms with Sendinblue to collect and grow your email list, You can refer to this guide on adding Sendinblue to WordPress Forms if you find issues doing that.

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4 Tips For Starting Your Own Ecommerce Business https://www.blogsgeek.com/tips-for-starting-ecommerce-business/ https://www.blogsgeek.com/tips-for-starting-ecommerce-business/#respond Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:22:59 +0000 https://www.blogsgeek.com/?p=5223 The New Article

Ecommerce businesses are in-demand because more people prefer to buy items and services they need online to stay healthy and safe during the ‘new normal’ (during the COVID 19 pandemic). So, today is the best time to start your own e-commerce business. Once you’ve mastered the arts and science of e-commerce, you’ll gain promising business benefits.   Our Tips For Starting Your Own Ecommerce Business Check some of the best tips for starting an e-commerce business below.  Work With Ecommerce Experts  As a novice e-commerce entrepreneur, it’s crucial to learn from the experts who know the ins and outs of the business. While you probably have a background in running a physical store or business establishment, e-commerce is still different. The scope of your business expands from local to interstate and has the possibility of conquering national and global levels.   With e-commerce, there are unlimited possibilities. Knowing the right sales and marketing techniques starts by working with e-commerce experts. You may choose to work with one of the most reputable e-commerce agencies in Birmingham to keep you guided in starting your own e-commerce business.     Decide On Your Niche   Every e-commerce platform has a niche, which determines the products you need to sell in your online store. You may find some online stores selling apparel or clothes, gadgets, school supplies, flowers, or home furnishings. While others sell general merchandise to cater to more consumers, choosing a specific line of product can be highly beneficial for startups because of the following reasons:  Start Small: If you’re a risk-taker, you can be aggressive in selling different items. However, if you’re still starting, it’s better to start selling one product line at a time   Make A Name: By choosing a niche for your e-commerce business, you can build a good name and reputation. That is if you don’t want to be one of the generic stores out there.   Branding Strategy: Niche e-commerce business is a great branding strategy. For instance, you can start selling your own products of personalized fine jewelry. Once you’ve already established your e-commerce business, you can introduce another product line, such as personalized fashion accessories.    Create And Run Your Ecommerce Store  This step is one of the most critical aspects of starting an online business. You need to consider many things, such as avoiding common mistakes from choosing a domain name or running an e-commerce website. For instance, it’s crucial to avoid one of the ecommerce mistakes nowadays, ignoring cart abandonment statistics.   Here are some expert tips when creating and running an e-commerce site:  Get A Store Domain Name: The domain name or URL of your store identifies your business name, which is the key to launching a successful e-commerce store. Make sure to renew your domain name every year because it expires after this period by setting a calendar reminder.  Choose An Ecommerce Website Builder: A website builder is a platform to launch your e-commerce or online store. Compare different website builders to find the best for your online business. Before you launch your e-commerce website, be sure to test out your preferred e-commerce website builder.   Customize Ecommerce Template: Customizing your e-commerce template is important in personalizing your store. You can change the color scheme, text size, images, features, and position of products in your store using the admin tool. Also, you can embed social media so users can share your content.    Determine And Comply With Legal And Business Requirements   Regardless if you’re starting or expanding your e-commerce business, it’s essential to keep updated with the latest e-commerce business requirements and legal guidelines. This way, you won’t run into trouble paying hefty fines and tax debt dealing with the Internal Revenue Service or IRS.  Check the following tips to fully comply with all the legal and business requirements of starting an e-commerce business:  Register Your Business: Make sure to register your business name to protect your company from legal consequences and gain tax benefits.  Create Your Online Store’s Name: Your business’s name and e-commerce website’s name don’t need to be similar. However, you can keep them consistent to gain more benefits. Choose a brand name that’s most suitable for your niche.   Obtain Business Licenses And Permits: You can obtain a business license and permits in your state trades and business department. Check to see the types of home business licenses or sales tax licenses you need before operating your commerce business. Obtain an employer identification number (EIN) so you can file business taxes next April and open a business bank account.    Conclusion  It’s vital to decide on your niche, determine your business requirements, and create a good e-commerce website. It would also help to work with e-commerce experts to find out how you can better promote and operate your business. Apply these tips to keep you guided in managing your online business hassle-free.        

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