Smart Bars

Most blogs I read nowadays have some kind of smart bar set up on them.

The above example is from Hello Bar, a free tool that you can use to set up fixed smart bars that display at the top of your webpage.

I really like smart bars because they're relatively non-intrusive and tend to convert fairly well, especially if you're actually offering something within them.

The smart bar that you see at the bottom of my website often converts at around 2%, which isn't bad considering the amount of effort it takes to set up and the minimal impact it has on user experience.

If you want to take this to the next level, you can use a tool like IntroBar that allows you to show smart bars with tailored offers depending on which website the user came to yours from.