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Thrive Leads Review: 1,124 New Email Subscribers In 60 Days

June 25, 2015 by Robbie 48 Comments

Thrive Leads functionality
Functionality

Most powerful all-in-one list building tool I've ever used

Thrive Leads ease of use
Ease of use

Easy to build and test a range of opt-in forms

Thrive Leads pricing
Price

A one-off fee of $59...no monthly recurring fees

Thrive Leads customer support
Support

Documentation and a responsive support team

Pros for Thrive Leads

Favorite Thrive Leads Features

  • 7 different opt-in forms 
  • Target forms to specific pages
  • A/B test different form types
  • Set form triggers (incl. exit intent)
  • Fast loading and mobile-responsive 
  • Animate forms to draw attention
  • Paste forms anywhere on your site with shortcodes
  • Multi-step opt-in forms
  • Full library of pre-built templates 
  • Supports all major email providers
  • Make any page element trigger a form with two-step shortcodes

Summary: Thrive Leads is the most powerful all-in-one list builder plugin I've ever used. Period. I use the plugin for all my personal websites and client projects. It helped me double my opt-in rate and collect 1,124 emails in 60 days...

Thrive Leads analytics 1124 emails in 60 days

In this review/ tutorial I'm going to show you step-by-step how to use each of Thrive Leads' features to grow your email list FASTER than ever before.

You'll Learn:

  • How to get 1,124 emails in 60 days
  • How to get 12.24% opt-in rates
  • How to build lead magnets in 13 seconds 
  • The simple A/B test that increased conversions 91.06%
  • 3 "dead-simple" tactics that will INSTANTLY accelerate the growth of your list
  • How to turn readers into revenue in minutes
  • How to set up and optimize every feature of the tool
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • ​Form types
  • Lead Groups
  • Pre-built templates
  • Customizations
  • Triggers and display frequency
  • Form animations
  • Target forms to specific posts/ pages
  • Display forms anywhere with shortcodes
  • Two-step opt-in forms
  • Multi-step opt-in forms
  • A/B testing
  • Analysis and reporting

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Thrive Leads Optin Forms

The Thrive Leads plugin allows you to create every type of opt-in form imaginable:

  • Lightbox - a popup that overlay your content
  • Slide-In - Slides into the content and sits on the edge of the screen
  • Ribbon - long horizontal form displayed across top or bottom of your screen
  • Widget - appear in any widget-enabled area, including the sidebar and footer
  • Post Footer - form appears at the bottom of your content
  • In Content - automatically insert opt-in forms inside your content
  • Screen Filler - form occupies the entire screen
  • Multi-step - ask a question/ add additional layer of interaction

And, place them anywhere on your site with ease.

The opt-in forms can be broken out into 3 categories:

1. Lead Groups
2. Shortcodes
3. Two-step opt-in forms

Let's walk through each one...

​1. Lead Groups
Thrive Leads groups

In Thrive Leads, you can organize all the forms you want to display automatically on the site into different Lead Groups. 

Within each Lead Group, you can create and edit multiple opt-in forms at once, set them to appear in multiple places, and set up A/B tests. 

Above, you can see I've organized my lead groups based on the different lead magnets offered on the blog. 

When you click on the Lead Group all the available form types will display underneath:

Thrive Leads groups

You can add as many different forms to the lead group and instantly see how well each form type is performing based on conversion rate and number of emails collected.

For example, my content promotion ebook Lead Group has collected 888 email addresses in 60 days using the ribbon, lightbox, widget and post footer opt-in forms.

Thrive Leads content promotion ebook analytics

And I can see the popup lightbox captured 716 emails, converting at 5.45%.

​Let's take a closer look at the different opt-in forms available inside the Lead Groups. 

Note: There is a short video at the end of this section showing you step-by-step how to use Lead Groups to create forms and target them to specific content on your site. Click here to skip to the video. 

Lightbox Popups

Thrive Leads makes it easy to deploy and test light box popup forms across your site.

As the popup displays - overlaying the content - the rest of the site is darkened. This helps the form stand out. 

There are many different templates to choose from (more on that later).

Thrive Leads content promotion ebook lightbox

You can set the following triggers for lightbox popups:

  • Show on page load (straight away)
  • Show when the user scrolls to a specific part of the content
  • Show when the user scrolls to a percentage of the way down the content
  • Show after a certain period of time
  • On exit (wait till the reader is about to leave)
  • Show when the user clicks an element
Thrive Leads form triggers

Thrive Leads also allows you to set device-specific triggers. Since you can't capture exit intent (when someone is about to leave your site) through mouse movements on mobile, you'll need to set a timer trigger for mobile users, or just disable the pop up for them altogether.

Thrive Leads form trigger exit intent mobile

Tip: Go to the Audience >> Mobile >> Overview report in Google Analytics and look at the average session duration for mobile devices. Use that number for your mobile trigger time. It will be skewed by bounce rate, but it's a good place to start.

Emails Collected: 716
Average conversion rate: 5.45%

Ribbon
Thrive Leads ribbon

The header ribbon is a slim bar that appears at the top of the page and stays there as the reader scrolls down. This keeps the opt-in form front and center at all times.

You have the option to display ribbon forms:

  • On page load
  • After a certain period of time
  • When user reaches the end of the content
Thrive Leads ribbon form triggers

You can also control whether the ribbon displays at the top or bottom of the page:

Display ribbon on top or bottom of page

Emails collected: 66
Average conversion rate: 1.05%

Slide-In
Thrive Leads slide-in form

Maybe when you started blogging, you said to yourself "I'm not installing any annoying popup boxes!"

While they can work insanely well, sometimes they just piss people off. 

If you find yourself in that boat and are looking for a less aggressive list building approach, or if you want to be extra aggressive by using two different sign up reminders on the same page, there is a solution. 

The Slide-In is the more considerate older brother of the popup lightbox. Instead of having a popup display after a certain period of time, you can use the Slide-In form to slide in from a corner of the page (typically the bottom right) only after a visitor has read through a certain amount of the post. 

Thrive leads slide-in form trigger

This way you're making sure the reader is actually interested in your content before asking them to opt-in for more, and that you're not immediately turning them off.

Alternatively, if you want to be more aggressive with your list building you can show a popup and a slide-in form on the same post. Set the popup to display shortly after page load and the slide-in form to show when the reader reaches the end of the post.

The slide-in form has the same display options available as the Lightbox popup, plus you control the position it slides into the page:

Display Thrive Leads ribbon opt-in form on top or bottom of post
Sidebar Opt-In

Add a sidebar opt-in widget to relevant pages: 

Thrive Leads widget
Thrive Leads widget
Thrive Leads widget for semrush playbook

Sidebar widgets are a great way to immediately draw attention to your lead magnet. 

Emails collected: 60
Average conversion rate: 1.09%

Post Footer

Automatically add opt-in forms to the bottom of your content. 

Thrive Leads post-footer opt-in form

Again, if a visitor reads all the way to the end of the post they likely enjoyed it, and will want more. This is the perfect time to ask for their email address.

The post footer is a great way to promote content upgrades. 

A content upgrade is a lead magnet specifically related to the content a user is reading. 

Note: You can also use Shortcodes to achieve the same result, with greater placement control (keep reading).

Set the form to trigger on page load or when the reader enters the viewport:

Thrive Leads footer form placement

Emails collected: 28 (only using on one post - shortcodes for the others)
Average conversion rate: 0.53%

In Content

Automatically insert opt-in forms inside your content, without having to manually go in and add shortcodes to each post or page:

Thrive leads in-content opt-in forms

Simply open the form settings and configure where you want the form to display on the page:

Thrive leads in-content placement

And set which pages you want the form to display on. 

In-content opt-in form targeting

In this example, an opt-in form will be placed after two paragraphs in each post/page selected in the targeting section. 

Screen Filler Lightbox
Thrive leads screen filler lightbox

This is a lightbox that fills the entire page. It's a very aggressive list building strategy that could annoy some people. As a result, it's default frequency is set to display every 7 days.

How to set lead groups and opt-in forms:

A short video showing you how easy it is to set up forms with Lead Groups:

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Thrive Leads comes with a full Library of pre-built templates

Thrive Leads template gallery

Thrive Leads offers a full library of pre-built opt-in templates - grouped by design.

This makes it easy to keep all the different opt-in forms looking consistent across your site.

For example, you can add a lightbox which looks like this:

Semrush lightbox popup

And then quickly add an opt-in widget with the same design:

Thrive Leads widget for semrush playbook

To choose an opt-in template, go to the form editor menu and select "choose opt-in template" from the dropdown:

Choose Thrive Leads opt-in template

You'll have the option to choose a standard pre-built template from the library:

Thrive leads opt-in template library

Or, one of the multi-step options:

Thrive leads multi-step opt-in form library

All forms are easily customized using Thrive Leads' built-in drag-and-drop editor:

Note: Thrive Leads is adding new template designs and features almost every week. 

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How to customize opt-in forms in minutes (with zero code)

Once you've selected an opt-in template you'll be taken to the Thrive Leads form editor - one of the most powerful features of the plugin. 

The editor gives you access to all the page elements and editing capabilities provided by the Thrive Content Builder plugin.

Basically, you can add, remove or customize any form element with ease.

Here are just a few of the elements you can customize using the drag-and-drop editor:

  • Buttons
  • Credit card icons
  • Star ratings
  • Countdown timers
  • Responsive video
  • Testimonials
  • Icons
  • Images
  • Pricing tables
  • Column layouts
  • Guarantee boxes
  • Styled lists
  • Quote shares
  • Google Map embeds
  • Timed content reveals

...and more. 

Thrive Leads form editor
Thrive Leads form editor
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Drag and drop form elements, adjust text, font size, color, alignment, margins/padding and add custom CSS.

Thrive Leads form editor

Click on the element and use Thrive Leads' WYSWIG editor to customize. You can also save your favorite colors. 

Thrive Leads form editor
How to customize forms:

A short showing you the full power of the Thrive Leads form editor:

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Triggers, display frequency and animation

Thrive Leads offers a variety of different form triggers, including:

  • ​Show on page load
  • Show when the user reaches the end of the content
  • Show when a user scrolls to a specific part of the content
  • Show when the user scrolls to specific percentage down the content
  • Show when a user clicks an element
  • Show when the user is about to exit the page (exit intent)
  • Show after a certain period of time:
Thrive Leads form triggers
Thrive Leads time-based trigger

Slide the bar left or right to control how many seconds after page load the form displays. 

Thrive leads edit forms

You can set form triggers by clicking the edit button next to the form and hitting the link underneath "Trigger":

Note: All Thrive Leads' forms are mobile responsive (look good on all devices) and can be set to lazy load (load after the content has finished loading) which keeps your site running fast. 

In the main dashboard, you'll find this new option in the top right corner:​

Thrive leads lazy loading
Frequency

The last thing you want to do is annoy your readers by bombarding them with the same opt-in forms every time they open a new page on your site. 

There is a way to make sure this doesn't happen...

Thrive Leads allows you to set the display frequency for each form - how much time needs to pass before the same visitor will be shown the same form again. 

Click the link under "Display" and slide the bar to how many days you want it to be until your readers see the opt-in form again. 

Thrive Leads display frequency
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Interestingly, after a LOT of A/B testing I've found that more aggressive display frequencies consistently produce higher conversion rates.

I currently have my forms set to a display frequency of "0" days - the form will be displayed all the time. 

Be sure to run a/b tests (shown below) to find the best display frequency for your site. 

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Animations

Besides trigger and display frequency settings, you can also customize the animation settings of lightbox opt-in forms.

Animations are configured within the event manager. 

Thrive Leads event manager

The event manager allows you to do 2 different things:

Thrive Leads event manager settings

1. Animate the entrance/ mouse over/ click of an item
2. Create lightboxes that trigger on click/mousover/screen entry

Form animations are a great way to quickly capture the reader's attention.

Here's an example of a call-to-action button with an animated screen entry (reload the page if your missed it):

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This function can help you create scrolling effects that capture the attention of the readers as they are scrolling through your content. 

To open animation settings, go to ​the lightbox forms' individual page - either in 2 Step Lighboxes or inside a Lead Group and click the "edit" button.

Under the "Animation" tab you can see the text in blue (in this example it is "Zoom in"). Click the link to open the "animation settings" window:

Thrive leads animation

There are several animation options:

  • Instant
  • Zoom in
  • Zoom out
  • Rotational
  • Slide in from top
  • Slide in from bottom
  • Slide in from left
  • Slide in from right

After you select an animation setting you'll be shown a live preview. This is exactly how the lightbox will appear on the site. 

Thrive leads rotational animation
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Target opt-in forms to specific posts and pages

This is another powerful feature of the Thrives Leads plugin. 

A few of the major lead generation tools out there have this feature. However, none are as robust as Thrive Leads.

It allows you to select which specific pages/posts you want to target/exclude with the opt-in form.

In-content opt-in form targeting

There is a long list of targeting options, including:

  • Posts
  • Pages
  • Categories
  • Post/page types
  • Blog index
  • 404 error page
  • Front page

And the ability to only show forms on desktop or mobile devices. This can help improve user experience.

These advanced targeting capabilities makes it easy to launch content upgrades (a content-specific lead magnet).

For example, I created a lead group for my SEMrush playbook and targeted it to this review and this expert roundup:

Since both posts featured the SEMrush tool I knew readers would most likely be interested in reading my Ultimate SEMrush playbook:

Semrush lightbox popup

By providing an ultra-targeted (and relevant) offer to my readers I was able to get a 7.05% conversion rate and collect 166 new email subscribers in 11 days!

And, I did it with a content upgrade that took me less than 2 minutes to create: 

Pro Tip:

Creating content upgrades doesn't have to be complex or time-consuming. In fact, I created the SEMrush playbook in seconds.

Here's how:

I simply took this SEMrush review I wrote last year and turned it into a PDF using the free Print Friendly & PDF chrome extension:

Print Friendly and PDF chrome extension

Open the post you want to convert to PDF and click the green chrome extension icon:

And click the "PDF" button to convert the post:

All the links will pass from the post into the PDF. This is very helpful if you plan on promoting affiliate products/services in the PDFs. 

Content upgrades convert so well I'm building out one for each post on my site.

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Insert forms anywhere with Thrive Leads shortcodes

Sometimes the best way to capture a reader's email address is to place opt-in forms within the content. Here is a live example:



Thrive Leads provides shortcodes you can paste anywhere on your site and immediately have an opt-in form display. No coding or technical skills required.

This way, readers are given the opportunity to opt-in to your email list as they are reading. This strategy is perfect for placing content upgrades throughout posts and embedding sign up forms on high traffic pages.

The shortcodes are located below the Lead Groups section in the main dashboard:

Thrive Leads shortcodes dashboard

Copy and paste the shortcode where you want it to appear on the post/page. You can add as many shortcode opt-in forms as you like and quickly see which ones are converting the best.

Content Locks

Content Locks are a new feature of Thrive Leads. 

Wrap a shortcode around any block of content to gate it with an opt-in form. 

Here is a short video that will show you how to use this feature:

Edit the shortcode forms the same you do with the Lead Groups. 

Emails collected: 113
Average opt-in rate: 0.93%

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Two-Step Opt-in forms

A two-step opt-in form is different from the other form types covered above. 

Two-step opt-in forms are located under the shortcodes section on the main dashboard:

Two-step opt-in forms

You can use two-step shortcodes to make any page element an opt-in form. 

For example, in this post I use a two-step opt-in forms to make a button click trigger a popup to display.

When the reader clicks the button this popup displays:

Two step opt-in form popup

Here is a live example (click the button below):

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Similarly, you can make text links trigger a lightbox. 

Copy your two-step shortcode and wrap it around the text you want to trigger the form:

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Pretty cool, huh?!

You can add two-step opt-in forms anywhere in your content by simply wrapping a shortcode around the page element you want to have trigger the form. 

The psychology here is that people are more likely to click a button or a link than enter their email address. After they have clicked a link they have subconsciously committed themselves to the process and are more likely to complete it by entering their email address. 

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Multi-Step Forms

Multi-step forms add an additional layer of interaction to pull the reader into the opt-in process.

They are designed to get more subscribers by posing a question or additional layer of interaction the user cannot resist to engage with.

It works by displaying an offer to the reader and asking them if they want to take advantage of it or not. 

If the reader clicks yes the sign up form will display:

Thrive Leads multi step form

If the reader clicks no the form will disappear.

Ask your readers a question that aligns with a pain point. By clicking the button, the reader is indirectly communicating a need for the solution your lead magnet/offer provides. In this case, a way to get more people to visit their site. 

Thrive Leads provides several pre-built mult-step templates to get you started:

Thrive Leads multi step optin form

Monetize traffic with multi-step popups

You can also use multi-step popups to promote affiliate products and monetize your blog traffic. 

There are a number of ways you can do this. I like to use multi-step exit intent popups to promote affiliates. For example, when a user's mouse movement indicates they are about to leave my recommended tools page they will see this exit intent popup:

Thrive Leads exit intent popup

If the reader clicks yes they will see a popup with a call-to-action linking to the Thrive Leads sales page:

If they purchase Thrive Leads I get a commission on the sale. 

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Double conversion rates with A/B testing

Having the ability to quickly build, deploy and target your opt-in forms is great, but what really matters is how well they convert. 

A/B testing is a simple way to compare two versions of your opt-in form to see which one converts better.

Thrive Leads provides the best A/B testing engine I've ever seen in a WordPress plugin.

You can A/B test different form designs against each other:

And identify which form triggers deliver the highest conversion rate:

Thrive leads ab test options

You can set up these tests in seconds. 

Open your "Lead Group" and click to edit the form you want to A/B test. Next, hit the "clone" button to make a copy of the form:

Clone Thrive Leads form

Then, choose which element you want to A/B test:

  • Trigger
  • Display frequency
  • Animation
  • Form design

In this example, I want to set up an A/B test on the form trigger to see if the form converts better when triggered 10 seconds after page load or on exit.

So, I'll click the "Trigger" link and select "show when the user is about to exit the page":

Thrive Leads exit intent trigger

Then, hit "Start A/B Test" and give it a name. You can also select the option to have the winner chosen automatically based off a few predefined conditions:

Thrive leads ab test different form triggers

Here is an example of how a simple trigger a/b test almost doubled my email opt-in rate:

You can see the form set to display immediately on page load had a 6.75% conversion rate vs. the exit intent at 3.54%:

Thrive leads ab test exit vs immediate

That's a 91% increase and an extra 56 subscribers over a two week period.

But, it gets even better...

Thrive Leads provides a feature I've never seen in any other list building plugin...

The ability to test different opt-in form types against each other. 

Test different opt-in forms against each other

For example, I might want to run a test to see if slide-in forms convert better than popups.

So, I'd just click "Test types of forms against each other" and then select the form types to test:

AB test different form types against each other with Thrive Leads

In this short video tutorial I'll show you how to set up and deploy A/B tests and reveal the simple trigger test that increase my opt-in rate 91!

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Integrates with all major email service providers

Thrive Leads form integrations

Thrive Leads connects to all the major email service providers.

Up until recently you could only connect to autoresponder services by pasting the HTML code of the signup forms generated within those services.

Now users can connect forms to their email service provider with a single click via API connection (much easier).

UPDATE (5.20.2015):

Thrive Leads now provides an API connection for most of the major email service providers. 

  • Aweber
  • Mailchimp
  • GetResponse (this is the one I use)
  • Ontraport
  • ActiveCampaign
  • iContact

Don't worry, connecting your form is easy. 

First, open the form editor and click on the input fields and select "connect services":

Connecting Thrive Leads via API connection to major email service providers

Next, choose your email service provider and the list you want to connect the form to:

That's it! The form is connected to your autoresponder and you're ready to start engaging with your list 🙂

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Analysis and reporting

Outside of the standard Lead Group and A/B testing dashboards, Thrive Leads also makes it easy to view number of signups, conversion rates, lead referral and comparison reports over specific time periods:

Conversion Report

Thrive leads conversions report

Conversion Rate Report

Thrive leads conversion rate report

Conversion Source Report

Thrive leads referral source report

Another cool reporting feature provides the ability to view the actual emails, lead groups and referral sources for each conversion:

Should you invest in Thrive Leads?

Thrive Leads is the most powerful all-in-one list building plugin I've ever used.  

The tool makes it easy to set up and A/B test every type of opt-in form imaginable - lightbox popups, widgets, slide-ins, in-content, screen fillers, post-footer and ribbons.

Shortcodes make it possible to add opt-in forms anywhere on your site, while two-step forms allow you to make practically any page element trigger a lightbox.  

A range of form triggers - including exit intent - and display frequency settings give you complete control over when and how often people see certain forms. 

A built-in integration with Thrive Content Builder's drag-and-drop editor makes it easy to customize forms and add over 30 different page elements. If you don't want to worry about design, select a template from a full library of pre-built opt-in templates. 

It’s easy to get started with a/b testing and you can even test different opt-in form types against each other – that’s a first for list building plugins.

The tool provides advanced targeting options so you can make your opt-in forms and lead magnets extremely relevant to the content your audience is reading (content upgrades) - this will drastically increase your email signup rates. 

Thrive Leads provides simple reporting dashboards that make it easy to identify which form types and a/b test versions are performing the best.

If you're serious about building your list, I highly recommend you get a copy of Thrive Leads. 

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Comments

  1. Abdul says

    June 25, 2015 at 6:11 pm

    WOW Robbie,
    You nailed it with this thrive leads review.I am also using thrive leads on my blog and i know how great this plugin is.But as i said,you just nailed it.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      June 26, 2015 at 12:06 am

      Thanks Abdul! It’s a great tool.

      Reply
  2. Paul McCarthy says

    June 26, 2015 at 12:47 am

    Wow – this has to be the most comprehensive review I’ve ever seen for any of our products! How logn did it take you to put this together?

    Awesome review, thanks Robbie – we’ll be sure to share it!

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      June 26, 2015 at 2:56 pm

      Awesome, thanks Paul 🙂 Fantastic tool! Is there any chance you would promote the review on the Thrive Themes blog?

      This review took me 30+ hours to piece together (over the course of a month).

      Reply
  3. Paul McCarthy says

    June 26, 2015 at 12:49 am

    Oh, and in case anyone is wondering:- 4513 words(!)

    Reply
  4. Leandro says

    June 26, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    Hi Robbie,

    Thank you for this awesome guide, I was thinking of installing it on my blog and now after your guide I’ll go ahead!

    It looks way more powerfull (and less expensive) than sumome.

    Thank you for sharing your wisdom : ))

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      June 26, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      Thanks Leandro!

      Thrive Leads is a great tool. Let me know if you have any questions along the way.

      Reply
  5. Charissa says

    July 9, 2015 at 5:06 am

    Hi Robbie,

    Thank you for this detailed description of everything in Thrive Leads! I will be referring to this post often as I learn how to use all the features on the Thrive Leads I just purchased.

    You mentioned being able to use Thrive Leads for targeted content upgrades. I understand how to place the lead box on different pages, but how do you send each different upgrade to the subscribers on the various targeted opt-ins?

    That is the one piece of the puzzle which is missing for me and if you can point me in the right direction, I will be one happy camper!

    Mail Chimp is the email subscriber that I use.

    Thanks for your help!

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      July 9, 2015 at 2:49 pm

      Hey Charissa,

      Let me know if you have any questions along the way.

      As for the delivery of the upgrades, you’ll need to create separate lists within Mailchimp and connect them to the appropriate content upgrade. At least, this is how I do it within GetResponse.

      Thanks.

      Reply
      • Charissa says

        July 9, 2015 at 6:27 pm

        Thank you for your quick response. When you create different lists within, do you merge the lists into one newsletter list?

        Reply
        • Robbie says

          July 10, 2015 at 1:52 am

          Charissa,

          I’ll build a targeted autoresponder off each lead magnet. Right now, I’m working on building out mini sales funnels for each too.

          Once people move through the autoresponder I’ll move them into a broadcast list.

          Reply
  6. Allan Francisco says

    July 22, 2015 at 2:19 pm

    Hey Robbie,

    It’s probably my first visit to your blog and this review of thrive leads have inspired me, to be honest I’ve never came across this wonderful product but i must try it as I’ve been struggling really hard to boost my email list to a larger extent.

    Thanks a lot.

    -Allan

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      July 22, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      Hey Allan,

      Glad you found the article helpful! Thrive Leads is a fantastic tool. I’ve collected close to 2,000 emails with it in the last few months. So much versatility. You can pretty much execute every major list building tactic with it. Follow the review and you’ll be off to a strong start 🙂

      Let me know if you have any questions.

      Reply
  7. Theodore Nwangene says

    August 10, 2015 at 3:27 am

    This is a very wonderful review Robbie,
    I’ve really heard and read a lot of wonderful and impressive reviews about this Thrive.

    I don’t think I’ve seen any other theme or product that is as sophisticated as Thrive.

    Both Thrive leads, Thrive content builder and their themes seems to be a no brainier and I’m thinking of buying the whole package.

    Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      August 10, 2015 at 3:32 am

      Theodore,

      I’m using Thrive Leads AND Thrive Content Builder on all my websites now. An absolute game changer if you want to grow your email list and quickly deploy and test landing pages. Be sure to download my Thrive Leads review ebook and get the 3-step list building strategy that is getting me 620+ new subscribers a month.

      Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers!

      Reply
      • Theodore Nwangene says

        September 27, 2015 at 7:56 pm

        Thanks for the feedback Robbie,
        Will download the playbook away and will also purchase Thrive Content Builder later when i get money.

        Thanks once again.

        Reply
        • Robbie says

          October 6, 2015 at 3:41 pm

          Cheers Theodore! Let me know if you have any questions about the tool.

          Reply
  8. Danny M says

    August 18, 2015 at 2:10 am

    Hi Robbie,
    Great post and walk-through! Also, I wanted to thank you for the “how-to SumoMe” section of your
    other post https://www.robbierichards.com/email/grow-your-email-list/
    As I commit to getting my blog up and to 1,000 subscribers this year, I will definitely be turning to your articles for advice.
    Thanks,
    Danny

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      August 19, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      Great, thanks Danny! Let me know if you have any questions along the way. Both Sumome and Thrive Leads are fantastic tools for list building. This Sumome guest post will provide more guidance http://sumome.com/stories/more-email-signups if you choose to follow that path.

      Reply
  9. Julian says

    September 5, 2015 at 4:22 am

    I just finished uploading the plugin.

    It’s freakin awesome!

    Now I won’t need a bunch of plugins for my list building. 😀

    Thanks for the review, Robbie.

    Cheers,
    Julian

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      September 15, 2015 at 11:56 pm

      Sweet! Thrive Leads is a powerful tool for sure. So much functionality. Let me know if you have questions along the way.

      Reply
  10. Damian says

    September 14, 2015 at 6:32 am

    WOW Robbie, This is a very wonderful review.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      September 15, 2015 at 11:51 pm

      Cheers Damian! Let me know if you have any questions about Thrive Leads.

      Reply
  11. Siddaiah says

    September 18, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    Hi Robbie,

    I am using Aweber lightbox to collect the emails, conversions are ok, but I am not satisfied with them after reading this Thrive leads information its looking wonderful to display multiple lightboxes in single page, I will try this service to improve my subscribers, thank you very much for showing the way to collect the emails in a descriptive manners.

    See you soon with another article.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      September 24, 2015 at 12:10 am

      Awesome, thanks Siddaiah! Thrive Leads packs a powerful list building punch for sure. Let me know if you have any questions about the tool.

      Reply
  12. Rhonda says

    November 26, 2015 at 2:19 am

    Hi, I optin for the free thrive playbook but didn’t bet the email for confirmation, can you please send it.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      November 26, 2015 at 5:10 pm

      Hey Rhonda,

      I just emailed a copy.

      Reply
  13. Giovanni Bagayas says

    January 16, 2016 at 1:55 pm

    Hi Robie,

    I have no automated email responder where will the new optin contact goes? where can I see them whenever somebody optin?

    Best,
    Gio

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      January 19, 2016 at 1:08 am

      Giovanni, I highly recommend signing up for a free Mailchimp account and creating a list. You won’t have automation on the free account, but you’ll be able to collect emails and build a list. Free up to 2,000 emails. Also, in Thrive Leads they have a feature called Asset Delivery that you can use to deliver lead gen assets without redirecting to a custom thank you page.

      Reply
  14. Fred Bartholomai says

    April 4, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    Robbie,

    Great Review. You have put together a comprehensive review and actionable items
    for using thrive themes. I am making my go to reference for incorporating thrive themes as part of my marketing.

    One question, actually a request: since you came out this this review back in June 2015 and it is now April 2016 – How about an update covering some of the latest features that thrive themes
    has release since then ? I know it is a lot of work. But you do a great job in your guide. Thought I would ask.

    Regards,

    Fred B

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      April 8, 2016 at 3:47 pm

      Hey Fred, glad to hear the review is going to good use 🙂 I’m actually in the middle of updating several posts on the blog. The Thrive Leads review will be one of those getting a face lift 🙂

      Reply
  15. joe says

    May 10, 2016 at 10:53 pm

    The thriveleads lightbox looks funky on mobile. Try looking at this post on your mobile

    Reply
  16. Ezequiel says

    June 8, 2016 at 8:32 pm

    Hi Robbie

    Thanks for your review.

    I’ve recently purchased Thrive Leads but seems that doesnt work with my current theme which is Schema.

    I see that you’re using Thrive Leads with Genesis Framework.

    What do you think about this combination? Is it working fine for you?

    Thanks

    Ezequiel

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      June 9, 2016 at 4:49 am

      Hi Ezequiel,

      Thrive Leads works great with Genesis 🙂 I’d give the guys at Thrive a shout out and let them TL is not working with your theme.

      Reply
  17. Todd says

    June 30, 2016 at 2:38 am

    I’m guessing a big caveat is you actually have to be getting traffic to your site?
    I have friends who like Thrive and those who like the other one.
    Very thorough as always.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      July 17, 2016 at 8:51 pm

      Absolutely, Todd! Traffic is a big prerequisite 🙂

      Reply
  18. Marcelo says

    September 18, 2016 at 2:56 am

    Hi Robbie, what a great post. I want to ask you a favor.
    My skills are basic.
    I have my free ebook in PDF format which I upload to “Media”.
    Then I create a form in content using thrive leads.
    My question: how can I do in order when a person become a subscriber receive immediately an email in his email account?
    I have the URL of the ebook in PDF; I have the form and I have the mail service.
    Could you help me how to solve this puzzle? Please explain me “for dummies”.
    Thanks a lot
    Marcelo

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      September 28, 2016 at 12:54 pm

      Hey Marcelo, what email service provider are you using? You’ll need to create a dedicated campaign that triggers a custom thank you or welcome page. I recommend you have double opt-in set up too.

      Let me know what service you are using and I’ll point you in the right direction 🙂

      Reply
  19. Eduardo says

    September 25, 2016 at 2:07 am

    Hello Robbie, good tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

    Your current overlay non-pop-up with a big photo of you (built within the page) that appears immediatlty when a user arrives to your site was built on Thrive Leads too?

    Thank you in advance,

    Eduardo.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      September 28, 2016 at 12:47 pm

      Hey Eduardo, glad you enjoyed the post. Actually, that one is made with the Sumome Welcome Mat. I’ve been testing a couple of the different form types. Everything else on my site is Thrive. They have an form type called “scroll Mat” which is identical to the Welcome Mat.

      Reply
  20. Alicia Thibadeau says

    October 7, 2016 at 2:19 am

    Wow, this is one awesome tutorial, I just starting using the thrive and couldn’t for the life of it figure out how to really use all of it LOL!

    I’m really glad I found your blog post as it’s been a really big help. I’m going to go peruse your other blog posts now 🙂

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      October 11, 2016 at 12:00 am

      Awesome, thanks Alicia! Glad you enjoyed the post. Thrive Leads is an AWESOME tool 🙂

      Reply
  21. mp3kpop says

    February 20, 2017 at 7:22 am

    Hi Robbie, what a great post. I want to ask you a favor.
    My skills are basic.
    I have my free ebook in PDF format which I upload to “Media”.
    Then I create a form in content using thrive leads.
    My question: how can I do in order when a person become a subscriber receive immediately an email in his email acc

    Wow, this is one awesome tutorial, I just starting using the thrive and couldn’t for the life of it figure out how to really use all of it LOL!

    I’m really glad I found

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      February 22, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      You’ll set up the delivery email inside your email service provider (Mailchimp, GetResponse etc). Then, once you connect the email service to your Thrive form it should start triggering the email on form completion.

      Reply
  22. mp3z says

    February 20, 2017 at 7:22 am

    Thanks for your review.

    I’ve recently purchased Thrive Leads but seems that doesnt work with my current theme which is Schema.

    I see that you’re using Thrive Leads with Genesis Framework.

    What do you think about this combination? Is it working fine for you?
    I’m guessing a big caveat is you actually have to be getting traffic to your site?
    I have friends who like Thrive and those who like the other one.
    Very thorough as always.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      February 22, 2017 at 1:21 pm

      I love Thrive! Use it on all my sites now. Not sure why it isn’t working on your Schema theme. As long as it is WordPress it should be fine. I’d contact their support forum. They are super responsive.

      It works great with Genesis.

      Reply
  23. hapedot says

    February 20, 2017 at 7:23 am

    Giovanni, I highly recommend signing up for a free Mailchimp account and creating a list. You won’t have automation on the free account, but you’ll be able to collect emails and build a list. Free up to 2,000 emails. Also, in Thrive Leads they have a feature called Asset Delivery that you can use to deliver lead gen assets without redirecting to a custom thank you page

    Great Review. You have put together a comprehensive review and actionable items
    for using thrive themes. I am making my go to reference for incorporating thrive themes as part of my marketing.

    One question, actually a request: since you came out this this review back in June 2015 and it is now April 2016 – How about an update covering some of the latest features that thrive themes
    has release since then ? I know it is a lot of work. But you do a great job in your guide. Thought I would ask.

    Reply
    • Robbie says

      February 22, 2017 at 1:20 pm

      Thanks for the input, Hapedot! I haven’t used the asset delivery functionality because I want all my subscribers to be double opted in. That function (at least when I looked at it) did not encourage that process. But, still handy nonetheless.

      I plan to update a bunch of my content in the coming months as part of a content relaunch experiment I want to run. So, keep any eye out 🙂

      Reply

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