The Question of Asking Questions

Compare these 2 pop-ups side by side:

They’re exactly the same – except for the headline.
Which one do you think converts better over at TimGrahl.com?
I’ll tell you soon.
But to attempt to answer that question, we need to think through this:

Should you ask questions in your copy?
Should you “get personal” or establish familiarity in your copy?
What happens when a button does or doesn’t reflect a headline? (take a look at the opt-out button above to see what i mean)

Should you ask questions in your copy?
Questions are tricky things.
The words you use

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Choices, Consequences and the Reason Every Pop-Up Box Needs 2 Buttons: Opt In, and Opt Out

Check out our list growth over the last 18 months:

The graph starts in October 2013. Ticks along quietly for about a year. And then, as of October 2014, starts to swing up noticeably.
We went from daily sign-ups in the double digits… to daily sign-ups in the triple digits.
In this post, we’ll tell you exactly what changed.
Let’s start with where we were coming from.
(Hint: It’s probably where you’re coming from.)
We’d Been Using All the Tried, Tested and True Tricks to Get Signups… To Meh Results
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