I am always looking for low-cost ways to do things better, faster, and easier. So here are four of my favorite tools for online marketing.
Fast, Safe Online Signatures
Adding a signature to your sales and opt-in pages has been shown to increase response because it personalizes the message. I used to do it the old fashioned way–sign a piece of paper, scan it, and convert that into an image. But it turned out a little fuzzy and the white block around the signature wouldn’t always blend into tinted backgrounds.
Now I’ve found an easier, better-looking way to add signatures to a web page or any type of digital document–and it’s safer too. Identity thieves are getting so savvy these days that using your real signature may not be a good idea.
But you can use My Live Signature’s free online signature wizard to create one that’s close but not identical in 2 minutes flat.
There are hundreds of handwriting styles to choose from, plus you can choose the ink color and even how crooked you want it to be. It then creates a file you can upload like any other image.
Download Multiple Files with Just One Click
How many times have you gone to a download page for a program or giveaway and groaned at the number of PDF, mp3, and video files there are to download? That’s exactly why Down Them All has to be my single most-used Firefox plug-in.
Using down Them All cuts download times for just a single file almost in half. But even better–if you right-click on the screen it will bring up a box listing everything that’s downloadable on the page. Simply check off the ones you want, hit download, and it does them all in one fell swoop. Awesome!
There’s no cost for the program, but it currently only works with the Firefox browser. Get your download time-saver today.
Fill Out Forms & Log-Ins with One Click
I was going batty trying to keep track of all my log-ins and passwords before I discovered Rob form.
Now, if I create a new log-in for a website, Rob form automatically asks if I want it to remember the information. When you go back to the page later, the name of the site will appear as a button on your browser toolbar–simply click Fill & Submit and you’re in.
You can also enter all your contact information just once–including credit card numbers–and use a different toolbar button to fill out all those profile or order pages…again, with just one click. And as you see on the site, they are quite serious about security.
I couldn’t live without it. For just $30 a year it saves me a ton of time and frustration. So check out Rob form today!
Shorten & Track Your Clicks
A URL shortened is a handy tool for any kind of online marketing. Bud URL though is a shortened plus research tool all in one because it offers extensive tracking of who clicked your link and where both in real-time and over a period of time.
Say you create a Bud URL to a page on your website you can:
- Keep using that one short URL as long as you want, and track the results over time
- Send out links to articles elsewhere on the web and see which topics get the most interest
- Use it along with two or three possible titles for an important blog post and see which gets the most clicks
And the basic account is free, so there’s no excuse for not using Bud URL for your links.
