{"id":199,"date":"2015-05-16T20:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T03:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lornas.wpengine.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2015-05-16T20:33:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T03:33:25","slug":"optinmonster-vs-sumome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/2015\/05\/optinmonster-vs-sumome\/","title":{"rendered":"OptinMonster vs SumoMe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Everyone who has a website wants (needs) to build an email list. Including myself.<\/strong><\/p>\n First I used Gravity Forms to create a form on the sidebar. I haven’t given it enough time to see if it would convert. But at this point nobody has used the form. Plus I don’t like how much space on the sidebar it takes up.<\/p>\n I’ve noticed for a few years or more the proliferation of popup windows on popular blogs\/sites for collecting emails. Everyone hates popups; or so they say. Popups do work and those who say they hate them just close the popups. If you have stuff people want they will signup.<\/p>\n I’m changing my tune\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of email marketing \/ lead generation popup plugins. This isn’t a complete review of both plugins as I have not purchased OptinMonster. Most of my opinions are based on the sales\/features page of each plugin.<\/p>\n OptinMonster is a very popular Lead Generation plugin and I have seen it used across many sites. \u00a0I am not using it currently nor have I used it yet.<\/p>\n SumoMe is another product that I came across recently on another blog I was reading. I clicked on it and decided to check it out for 1 main reason. It\u00a0is free with advanced features costing money.<\/p>\n This is not a complete review of each plugin because I have not purchased OptinMonster.<\/p>\n What I like about SumoMe<\/strong><\/p>\n What I don’t like about SumoMe<\/strong><\/p>\n To get ALL the features you could be spending $100 per month ($1200 per year). One thing that does bother me more than anything is to remove the SumoMe branding you have to spend $100 a month. The branding might not be a huge issue as I think it’s only dashboard branding not site visitor branding. I don’t know if the $100 a month fee is for 1 site or many sites (think developer license)<\/p>\n What I like about OptinMonster<\/strong><\/p>\n What I don’t like about OptinMonster<\/strong><\/p>\n No free option. Really this isn’t a big deal but I had to put something here. But also it is important. What if you had a brand new site and wanted to at day 1 collect visitor emails. If you used this one you have to spend money upfront.<\/p>\n What email list service do I use currently?<\/strong><\/p>\n I use MailChimp <\/a>because of it’s low startup costs of FREE<\/p>\n Which one should you choose?<\/strong><\/p>\n I can’t tell you which one. This a decision that you have to make based on who will be using the plugin.\u00a0Choose what works for you. But you can’t go wrong with either one.<\/p>\n If I had a zero budget to start I would choose SumoMe.<\/p>\n Where to find SumoMe and OptinMonster (non affiliate links)<\/p>\n http:\/\/sumome.com\/pricing<\/a> –\u00a0https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/sumome<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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