[jQuery] Save $2,195/month and keep bounce traffic

[GoForJacob]

If you're like me, you're always trying to figure out how to convert more of your traffic. After looking at a lot of the KISS websites and Neil Patel's personal site for consultation, I became obsessed with Bounce Exchange, only to be deterred by the $2,195/month price tag (cheapest plan).

Their software is ridiculously advanced, but I threw together a cheaper alternative that functions similarly. Enjoy.

First thing we want to do is declare the function, then set the cookie and check if it exists. Simple as 1-2-3.

function AvoidBounce() {
    jQuery("body").mouseleave(function() {
        if ( jQuery('#avoid-bounce').data('shown') != true ) {
            jQuery('#avoid-bounce').data('shown', true).show();
        }
    });
    
    jQuery('#avoid-bounce .close-campaign').click(function() {
        jQuery('#avoid-bounce').hide();
        return false;
    });
}


jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    var visited = jQuery.cookie('visited');
    if (visited == 'yes') {
        return false;
    } else {
        AvoidBounce();
    }
    jQuery.cookie('visited', 'yes', { expires: 7 });
});

You'll need jQuery.cookie.js, too. Also, I realize the code is ugly. I threw it together in about 30 minutes. I think I'm going to continue to refine this and make it more like Bounce Exchange

 

[Panther28]

Thanks for sharing, how does this differ from the share here:
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...rate-fix-do-you-have-single-page-website.html

Will your one work regardless if you have google analytics or not?

thanks.

 

[GoForJacob]

Thanks for sharing, how does this differ from the share here:
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...rate-fix-do-you-have-single-page-website.html

Will your one work regardless if you have google analytics or not?

thanks.

Hey there Panther,

I wasn't aware of that. The difference is that my script that I just posted is to fire an event when the visitor goes to leave the page. Whether it's to the address bar, back button, etc. the event fires a popup that offers a free PDF if they enter their name and email.

Then we set a cookie to make sure that it does fire every time they visit the site or change a page, so it doesn't become annoying.

Where I factor in affecting bounce rate, is that you'll get a couple more leads than normal. For example, say 1,000 people go to your site. 100 of them want to leave after scanning the page, but when they go to the address bar or to click the back button, they're prompted with an offer to get something in return for their email address and name.

Granted, not all of them will fill it out, but even if 1 or 2 do, that's 1 or 2 more leads than you would have had beforehand.

I hope that was adequate enough.

Thank you!

 

[Panther28]

Ah thats quite good mate, you might want to rename the post to say that its an exit popup script, there is more chance people will be searching for that, and should find your script.

Repped.

 

[oozyluce]

Ah thats quite good mate, you might want to rename the post to say that its an exit popup script, there is more chance people will be searching for that, and should find your script.

Repped.

What he said. I understand that this script has the potential to decrease your bounce rate, but by the title's name i was more expecting a something along an AJAX query hack that would load another page of your website after a simulated click, or something along the line

Your code isn't ugly btw don't underestimate your skills!

 

[GoForJacob]

Thank you both so much! Sadly, I can't seem to change the thread title. Perhaps I waited too long?

@OozyLuce, I appreciate it. I've been programming for roughly 10 years so I feel as though it could be a bit more polished. Haha.

I'll have a working demo on my site tomorrow, as long as the mods wouldn't mind me posting a link. If that would be problematic, I could always put up a dummy site with an example, though. I just believe the one on my site will be better due to the amount of design, testing, and work that's gone into it, so people can really see what can be achieved with this.

 

[Gophering]

Hey OP,

very nice share! You say you'd like to refine the script a little, just a few suggestions if you don't mind.
You don't have to check truth explicitly in JS, so stuff like

if (visited == 'yes')

can be shortened to just

if (visited) {

Same goes for negative truth, it can be written as

if (!jQuery('#avoid-bounce').data('shown')) {

Your onload codeblock could be expressed as

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
var visited = jQuery.cookie('visited');
if (!visited) return false;
AvoidBounce();
jQuery.cookie('visited', 'yes', { expires: 7 });
});

Hope this helps a little.

 

[GoForJacob]

Hey OP,

very nice share! You say you'd like to refine the script a little, just a few suggestions if you don't mind.
You don't have to check truth explicitly in JS, so stuff like



can be shortened to just



Same goes for negative truth, it can be written as



Your onload codeblock could be expressed as



Hope this helps a little.

Very nice contribution! Thank you Gophering. Right now I'm adding mouse tracking and time spent on site to it. After that I'll continue to clean the code a bit.

Again, thank you Gophering!

 

[MrBlue]

Take a look at heatmap.js. You could certainly gleam some insight from that code.

http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/heatmapjs/example-heatmap-mousemove.html

Right now I'm adding mouse tracking and time spent on site to it.!

 

[GoForJacob]

I totally forgot about Heatmap! I'm actually about to launch an SaaS insight company (built entirely on RoR/PostgreSQL/Faye) which I'm thinking about including a confetti or heatmap product in. That could be beneficial. Thank you!

 

[gautamm]

Very nice contribution! Thank you Gophering. Right now I'm adding mouse tracking and time spent on site to it. After that I'll continue to clean the code a bit.

Again, thank you Gophering!

Hi Jacob,

It's great to see you working on this. Are you planning on posting the revised script on this thread? Would love to test and tweak it, if possible.

Regards,
Gautamm

 

[seansteez]

If anyone here is interested in a SaaS product that does this for a third of the cost, please shoot me a DM. I have the perfect solution for you!

 

[GoForJacob]

If anyone here is interested in a SaaS product that does this for a third of the cost, please shoot me a DM. I have the perfect solution for you!

Are you fucking retarded? This says "Save $2,195" and it's a free method.

Go spam somewhere else.

 

[thedorf]

Hey OP I'd like to see the demo you put up - I am having trouble getting the code to do anything.

 

[syedbalkhi]

I'm the founder of OptinMonster a WordPress plugin that allows you to do practically what BounceExchange does for a fraction of a price. Check it out if anyone is interested

 

[jr_sci]

I'm the founder of OptinMonster a WordPress plugin that allows you to do practically what BounceExchange does for a fraction of a price. Check it out if anyone is interested

I am pretty happy with wpleadmagnet with it's 1 time cost.

 

[GoForJacob]

I am pretty happy with wpleadmagnet with it's 1 time cost.

Does it include mouse tracking? BounceExchange is a completely different animal of its own. I've gotten fairly close to reproducing it 100% though.

 

[marketbizpro]

I am watching this closely! Would you post your finished code here?

 

[BloodyNinja]

Does your script require only JQuery and JQueryCookie to run or something else? Thanks

 

[ethiccash]

It looks like you're moving forward. Any idea if you will share or sell the script. Pls PM me as I am interested to run it for my websites.
thx