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Automation Using RoboForm

If you don't have RoboForm yet, I strongly suggest getting it. Not only does it store and keep your passwords to all your sites, it also has a powerful "form fill" option, and can use different "identities". (I'll call these IDs)

What this means for us is we can set up an ID for specific type of sites. We can also create IDs for different linking campaigns.

For example, vBulletin is a popular forum software that offers profile pages and often personal blogs for members. We can set Roboform up to automatically fill in almost all the needed info to register on any vBulletin, with just a click.

 

This is a real time saver. And time is money.

 

Also, we may want to use different "personal" info for different campaigns.

For resources that use the same software/scripts, such as vBulletin, I have included "custom fields" that you just need to copy/paste into Roboform, so that they are customized for each of the major software platforms.

Again, this is down when there are multiple sites using the same software.

Another great thing about Roboform is that you can "clone" IDs. Let's say you have an ID set up for vBulletin to promo your "dog training" site. You want to use vBulletin again, but this time you want to promo your "auto repair" niche. You just clone the first vBulletin ID, make some minor modifications, and you're set to go.

I'll post the Roboform specifics for each software platform on that particular "info" page. Here, I'll give a general "how to".

Note that Roboform works with Internet Explored and Firefox. I even have it working with AOL.

 

General Directions - Creating Different Indenities

Download and install Roboform here. You can upgrade through the Roboform tool bar. You will need to upgrade to use multiple profiles.

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You can order directly here.

Once installed, restart your browser. You should see a new Roboform toolbar added to the top of your browser. If not, right click on a black area atop your browser window. A drop down menu should appear listing all your toolbars. Activate Roboform.

Go to:
RoboForm => Identities => New  (See image below)

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A window will pop up:

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  1. Enter a short name that describes this ID. It is important to keep this name short because whatever you name it will appear in the Roboform toolbar. We want to conserve space.

  2. I named mine "vbull".

  3. Select your country.

  4. Click "OK".

 
Notice two things:

First, a button was added to the Roboform tool bar called "vbull"., circled in red in the image below. We'll configure this ID to work with vBulletin. Anytime we visit a vBulletin forum to register, we just need to click this single button (after we've filled out the proper info).

As we add more IDs, more buttons will be added to the toolbar, which is why we want to keep the names short and conserve toolbar space.

Tip: You can right-click on the Roboform toolbar and choose to remove the graphic icons, and just keep the text. This is will save room as you add more and more IDs.

Second, you should see a pop-up window that lets us enter the info Roboform will use to fill out the forms on our registration pages, in this example vBulletin registration pages.

 

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There's a lot of stuff Roboform lets us enter...But for our purposes here, we don't need to fill in all the blanks.

But, we don't want to get lazy, either. This isn't the time. If we fill out all the forms into Roboform, we'll be able to use this info over and over, just by clicking our "vbull" button on our Roboform toolbar.

This is a huge time-saver and the difference between filling out a couple of profiles per hour instead of 2 to 3 times that number.

It's also the difference between the noobs and the pros.

I'll get into the specifics for each software platform on the corresponding "Info" page. 

 

A final note:

Even though for our usage here we don't need to fill out all the credit card info, it's good to use Roboform for this purpose, as it encrypts your info for your privacy and protection as it sends it over the Net. It also helps protect you from spyware and keyboard trackers.

Just set up another ID for the purpose of using your credit card.

 

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