The last thing I do with the new opt-in pages is to test them by ‘opting in’ to each one. This is a little annoying because I have to create three new free Gmail accounts and opt-in an email on each of the three opt-in pages.
Interestingly, I had some issues with Gmail this time because it didn’t like that I created three new Gmail accounts quickly. It had me verify each account via a cell phone code, and I had to use three different phone numbers, which was frustrating. I did not have this problem when creating new Gmail accounts in the past.
Doing this took me another 30-45 minutes.
The whole process from start to finish (creating the opt-in page, linking it to my domain, and testing it) took somewhere between 2-2.5 hours.
And now, the big question is: Will the new opt-in pages provide better results than the old ones? I will test this in April and share the results next month. Stay tuned!