Whats the best way to ask visitors for their email?

[I Sold Grandma]

Whats the best way to ask visitors for their email?

I mean visitors to your web site who may want to subscribe to an email alert type thing

What wording?

What software?

I am using word press for the site

Thanks for your help dudes and please excuse my ignorance in this subject

[Johnn]

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02...press-plugins/

http://shiftthis.net/wordpress-newsletter-plugin/

The second one is not free.

Good luck!

[I Sold Grandma]

Originally Posted by Johnn

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02...press-plugins/

http://shiftthis.net/wordpress-newsletter-plugin/

The second one is not free.

Good luck!

Thank you Johnn for your kindness and generosity in sharing your knowledge

[Johnn]

No problem. That is why we are here: to help each others.

[copper]

Offer something (has perceived value, but, almost zero cost) for free.
It could be ebook which somehow related to your site.

"Sign up and get FREE ~~~~"

[myst woman]

I get a lot of registrations from visitors off my Joomla sites and Coppermine galleries.

[harleyx]

Give them whatever they came for. Whatever they arrived to your webpage for, offer it to them... via email. Make it as easy and straightforward as possible. One form input for an email address, one submit button with a call to action phrase "Send me <whatever I came here for>".

A surprising number of people will drop in their email address without hesitation for something they want, even if it's just a bit of information they could get by hitting back and doing another google search.

To find out what your visitors are coming to your website looking for, look at your webstats and see what search engine terms they're using to find it.

[gingeman]

could try feedburner also.