THE DOORMAT HACK YOUR OWN WELCOME MAT OPT–IN BOX – Brad Hussey

 

Sometimes coding a custom solution is a better route than paying good money for a service to do it for you.

SumoMe has an entire suite of amazing tools to build your email list. In particular, I’ve had great success with the “Welcome Mat” — an opt-in box that slides down from the top of the browser, covers the entire screen and asks the visitor to provide their email address (usually in exchange for a resource, download, or incentive of some sort). Annoying? Perhaps. Effective? Ummm, YES!

The problem? Unless you dish out $20 every month for the Pro version of Welcome Mat, you’re going to have very limited functionality — in particular, you’ll have to manually download a CSV file of the subscribers collected by Welcome Mat, which you’ll then have to manually import into your email service provider for those subscribers to receive their “incentive” you promised when they originally subscribed. This is an excellent way to, let’s just say it, piss off your new subscribers!

What if somebody promised you a free tool in exchange for your email, but you never ended up receiving that free tool until a week (or a month) later when that somebody remembered to import your email into their mailing list? You’d be annoyed, and you’d no longer want that free tool, because they’ve lost your trust.

The solution? You can either pay $20 every month for Welcome Mat Pro in order to automatically add your subscribers to your email service provider… OR you can roll up your sleeves, down some espresso, and build your own version to do exactly what you want!

In this Byte-Sized Tutorial, we will rapidly plan and build our very own custom “DoorMat” in HTML, CSS and jQuery.

A highly skilled professional, Brad Hussey is a passionate and experienced web designer, developer, blogger and digital entrepreneur. Hailing from North Of The Wall (Yellowknife, Canada), Brad made the trek to the Wet Coast (Vancouver, Canada) to educate and equip himself with the necessary skills to become a spearhead in his trade of solving problems on the web, crafting design solutions, and speaking in code.

Brad’s determination and love for what he does has landed him in some pretty interesting places with some neat people. He’s had the privilege of working with, and providing solutions for, numerous businesses, big & small, across the Americas.

Brad builds custom websites, and provides design solutions for a wide-array of clientele at his company, Brightside Studios. He regularly blogs about passive income, living your life to the fullest, and provides premium quality web design tutorials and courses for tens of thousands of amazing people desiring to master the craft.

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Join Brad and adventure into his world of web design, web development, speaking in code and cracking jokes. You won’t regret it!

What are people saying about Brad?

“[Brad is] the BEST coding instructor on the planet. Brad has a passion for teaching and he does it with joy. He pours his heart into his lessons and makes you feel at ease. It’s just like having your best buddy having a chat with you – only this time, you are learning valuable skills. He’s the type of guy who is passionate about transforming people’s lives through his lessons. He’s not after the money. He truly wants you to succeed. Three hearty cheers to Brad – the best coding instructor on planet Earth.”

— Cicero, a Student of Brad’s

“…These videos are well created, concise, fast-paced, easy to follow, and just funny enough to keep you chuckling as you’re slamming out lines of code. I’ve taken 3 courses from this instructor. Whenever I have questions he is right there with a simple solution or a helpful suggestion to keep me going forward with the course work.”

— Brennan, a Student of Brad’s

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COURSE CURRICULUM

Let’s build the “DoorMat”!
StartDoorMat v1.0 — Hack it together as fast as possible! (19:18)
StartDoorMat v2.0 — Refine the code (6:20)
StartDoorMat v2.1 — Scroll to Removev