Build your own Welcome Mat (Sumome) to increase email signups

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1 pointdhruvkar2 comments

I never thought of this as a welcome mat, bur rather an overly aggressive gatekeeper or ticket taker trying to bully me.

I don't even get a chance to see the site before they demand I sign up for eternal spam.

it's meant to be used for specific offers/courses/etc., that is supposed to provide value to the visitor.

I agree that it can be extremely irritating when it's not relevant. But the times it was relevant, I was happy it popped up, because I definitely wouldn't have dug through their site to sign up, and then would have missed out on something valuable to me.

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