Post-it notes for the web

Perhaps you have seen ”post-it-notes” when reaching a web site, used by internet marketeers to draw your attention.

Yes they can be annoying, but if well executed with a compelling call to action, they can be efffective in encouraging your website visitor to pay attention and direct them where you would like them to go.

The key is to find a way that is non-intrusive but impactful.  You can set the “post-it” so that you don’t annoy your visitor for example alloing them to get rid of the “post-ot” or only having it appear once.

There are two key products available:

Instant Attention – which also has a free service is a monthly subscription service

Focus Generator – brought to us by internet marketeer Armand Morin

They both enable you to create unique, photo-realistic pop-ups that resemble “Post-It” notes.

You can customise the pop-ups with text and trigger them to appear when a page first loads.  These pop-ups can not be blocked by conventional software because they are actually part of your web page – you generate a bit of HTML code and add it to your website or blog.. 

This means you message is guaranteed to be seen.  Simply copy a few files to your web host and add one line to your web page.

You can use these pop-ups to:

 In fact the opportunities are endless.