2019 Email Marketing Update
We now use and recommend OptinMonster instead.
If you've been marketing online for any amount of time you already know that the appearance and placement of your email marketing form can make all the difference from a complete bomb (read: no subscribers) all the way up to hundreds if not thousands a month! The problem is that setting up good looking forms isn't really something that most people would describe as “fun” and in many cases it can be tedious at best… Luckily it seems that all of that is about to change with the new OptinSkin Plugin that I discovered today.
I had the task of updating my optin forms across several web pages and decided to see if there was a slightly more simple solution than hand coding each one and to my luck; not only was there a brand new optin plugin for WordPress but it also came from Glen Allsopp who is a very highly respected marketer online. When I saw this I knew I had to try it out and what follows is my OptinSkin review video that goes straight from buying the plugin all the way to actually installing it and setting up my first form in less than 15 minutes!
OptinSkin Review Video
After-note: It's worth mentioning that these are my first impressions of the plugin however I have a lot of experience working with WordPress and custom optin forms so I'd definitely say my impressions count. I have already added the optin skin plugin to the three of my sites that needed updating and will definitely be rolling it out to more of my sites in the near future. Make sure you check it out!
OptinSkin Feature Summary:
- 18 Beautiful Designs
- Easily Customised
- Optional Fade-in Forms
- Reliable Tracking
- Professional Split Testing
Click Here to Check Out OptinSkin Now
Update: I contacted support with a question and feature suggestion and received a response in less than an hour direct from the founder. Great support guys!
2019 Email Marketing Update
We now use and recommend OptinMonster instead.
Hey man, thanks for your review – really helpful. Going to buy this soon, first heard about it at SmartPassiveIncome but found your review much more in depth. Lovely site!
…yep, just bought it. Went through your link too, thanks bro :)
I didn’t see how you direct the signup names and info to your Aweber account
I had a horrible experience with optinskin. The skins are mediocre at best and there were a ton of glitches when editing skins. The split-testing was decent and there were some useful features, but this is not a plugin you’d want to use when there are so many better options. I switched to ThriveLeads. It’s a one-time-payment (like optinskin) and ACTUALLY has beautiful skins that are fully customizable. It also looks like this blog doesn’t use optinskin, so I don’t know why the review is so positive.
Please keep in mind this review was written four years ago when the state of Optin plugins was *very* different. I did in fact use the plugin on many sites for a couple of years, but it is a little dated now. Like you more recently I have switched to ThriveLeads which I would highly recommend and others reading can pick up from http://link4.biz/thriveleads You can also get an Agency membership that lets you use all of their themes and plugins across multiple sites which is great. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Doug and giving me the opportunity to update my opinion in the comments!