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Sunday, November 21, 2004

How To Save Time When Posting Ads Online.


There is a software program that you can download for posting ads that will save you a lot of time.


Dropit takes the drudgery out of filling in Internet forms by letting you drag and drop information into the required fields.


You just type up everything that you may need to put on a classified ad form and open it in the DropIt program. You do this by opening the DropIt list.txt in your Notepad program (or create a new text file) and type in your name, address, phone number, email address, website URL, your ad headings, and all your ads, etc. If you have ads typed up in your word processor just copy and paste them to your DropIt ".txt" file.


DropIt stays on top of your screen and you just highlight the text you need and drag and drop it into the form. You can also choose to copy and paste from DropIt instead of drag and drop.


If you want the DropIt program out of the way temporarily, just push the "Min" button and it will minimize to an icon on the bottom of your screen. When you need it again, just click on the icon to bring it back up.


This is a great time saver! It will cut your ad posting time in half, if not more. Be sure to get a copy of this or a similiar program. You need it!


Another software program that makes placing ads much easier is RoboForm. This program stores all your usernames and passwords. It will pop up whenever you need to login to a site. You click the "Fill Form" button and away you go. Much easier than trying to remember and type in all those passwords and usernames.


It will also fill in web forms that ask for you name, address, email, phone, etc. It's a great time saver. It has no spyware attached and it does not produce pop up ads like Gator does. There's even a converter to migrate your data from Gator to RoboForm.


Now you will be able to place your ads quite quickly. The only thing that might slow you down is waiting for pages to load if you have a dial-up connection. However, there is also software that you can get to speed up your internet.


Check back tomorrow for more online advertising and marketing tips.