{"id":139,"date":"2019-07-09T04:17:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T04:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campaigndonut.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2024-05-19T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T17:48:13","slug":"social-proof-notification-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campaigndonut.com\/social-proof-notification-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Proof Notification Popups \u2014 A Roundup of Best Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Social proof notification popups are being used on more and more websites as part an increase in growth marketing tactics. Maybe you’ve called them social proof ads or social proof marketing messages \u2014 regardless of what you call them, brands are using them and in great abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ve seen these notifications across popular SaaS and e-commerce websites informing you that other individuals just like you are engaging with the service or product that you’re currently viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We use social proof notifications for Campaign Donut as a way to get our free resources and upcoming events in front of new visitors who may not be aware of what we make available. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Social proof notifications are a great way to get specific information in front of users who are not familiar with your brand \u2014 WHILE creating trust between you and new users.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Learning how to use and integrate social proof notifications throughout your website is pretty straightforward and is something that nearly anyone can do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honestly, the hardest part of using social proof notifications is finding a service that meets your needs and your budget. There are all sorts of social proof apps and social proof softwares available, but which is right for you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re in luck… helping you find a service that meets your needs and budget is what this post is all about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Make Marketing Popup Notifications Work for You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The great thing about nearly every social proof app we include in our round up is that the notifications look good right out of the gate. You don’t need to make any changes or customizations to your notifications to have them look good on your website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, each service provider does a good job providing starting text for your notification. Maybe you’ll make a small tweak to the wording here or add a title there, but for the most part, you’re ready to publish within minutes of creating your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, most people will want to go beyond using everything straight out of the box \u2014 you will, no doubt, want to make language and design changes to better integrate the marketing popups into your brand. So, in order to make social proof marketing work for you, here are a few suggestions regarding design, language, and integrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Your Social Proof Popups to Be On Brand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are three elements to nearly every social proof notification: color, icon, and shape. Keeping these three elements consistent across all your social proof marketing popups is essential to finding success with social proof notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customizing Colors for Your Notifications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In regards to injecting color into your design, each social proof app will have different elements you can change color for. For instance, in the screenshot below we have customized the color for the name title and the Prove Source branding. The message text and the time stamp text is not editable.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Prove Source allows you to customize the color of the name and the Prove Source branding.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Take a look at a social proof example from a different service \u2014 instead of being able to customize the count and the text separately, all the text shares the same color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using the influence Bulk Activity live count notifications, all text shares the same color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When choosing colors for your notifications it is important that all the colors be consistent across all notifications. Stick to a specific combination of colors \u2014 one primary, one accent, and one font color. Using different shades of colors throughout all your designs will lower brand consistency which in turn diminishes trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selecting Icons and Images for Your Notification<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Not all, but many social proof softwares will allow you to upload icons to your notifications. The default image is often a map or generic avatar \u2014 uploading icons allow you to inject your brand into the design and tighten up the overall brand experience on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As great as being able to upload icons and images is, it can go sideways really quickly if the designs do not compliment the brand as a whole and are mismatched from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Campaign Donut we chose to have a set of custom icons created and we used those icons for our notifications to maintain consistency with our overall brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Should you choose to use your own icons and graphics on your notifications, use a family of images that are visually consistent with each other.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you do not yet have a set of icons that you rely on for your brand, here are several places you can find large families of icons that will work for your brand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n