{"id":1560,"date":"2012-09-23T10:23:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umstrategies.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2012-10-01T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T23:21:30","slug":"hybrid-connect-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/umstrategies.com\/hybrid-connect-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid Connect Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
With such a huge range of WordPress plugins to help build your mailing list, you might wonder what Hybrid Connect has to offer that makes it different to all the other similar plugins.<\/p>\n
Over the last few years I’ve used a number of popular plugins to handle email opt-in forms, popups, popunders etc, but I’ve settled on using Hybrid Connect<\/a> for all my sites.<\/p>\n You’ve probably already noticed that I use Hybrid Connect forms in various locations and designs on this website.<\/p>\n To find out how I came to the decision to use\u00a0 Hybrid Connect exclusively on all my sites (and for clients), read on…….<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Official Website:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/hybrid-connect.com<\/a><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0 IM Impact – Shane Melaugh & Paul McCarthy<\/p>\n Price<\/strong>: $39 for Single Site, $57 for Multi Site and $127 for Professional License<\/p>\n Guarantee<\/strong>: 30 day money back guarantee<\/p>\n[\/framed_box]\n <\/p>\n For those of you that prefer the visual medium, the video below gives a good summary of using Hybrid Connect.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n I’m not going to bore you with all the features of Hybrid Connect, as it does a lot of the stuff most other similar plugins do.\u00a0\u00a0 Instead, I’m going to cover the features that I considered to be major factors in my decision to purchase Hybrid Connect.<\/p>\n Firstly, the main selling point of Hybrid Connect is its ability to show an opt-in form with either the traditional email address sign up, or Facebook connect, depending on whether the visitor is logged into Facebook or not.<\/p>\n Note that this hybrid feature is entirely optional.\u00a0\u00a0 On one of my client websites, I turned off the Facebook option as their target audience weren’t big Facebook users.<\/p>\n You have complete control over how you want Hybrid Connect to operate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While my web design skills are OK, anything that makes the task easier is most welcome.<\/p>\n Hybrid Connect comes with a range of pre-designed templates that you can use as your starting point for building your forms.<\/p>\n The screenshot below shows a small selection of the various templates.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once you have chosen your template, you can edit the text and images.<\/p>\n To get the form looking exactly how you want, there is an extensive list of customization options that you can tweak.\u00a0\u00a0 If I was being nitpicking, I’d say that the customization options might be a little overwhelming for some people and it would be nice to see a basic\/advanced settings for customizing.<\/p>\n The screenshot below gives you an idea of the types of elements you can change.<\/p>\nHybrid Connect Summary<\/h2>\n[framed_box width=”90%” bgColor=”#EAFFF8″ rounded=”true”]\n
Video Review<\/h2>\n
Hybrid Connect Features<\/h2>\n
Facebook Sign Up<\/h3>\n
Form Designer and Customization<\/h3>\n