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Using Opt-In Forms Easy Opt-In Script Opt-In Preferences View Codes

What are Custom Forms?

Custom Forms allow you to create a variety of online forms, name and eMail opt-in boxes, "name-squeeze" forms, online questionnaires and additional your visitors can fill in to provide you more information about them in exchange, perhaps, for your free newsletter or other offer of value.

You can use one of our system-generated forms or you can create your own forms for total integration into your site. Use this utility in conjunction with our Pop-Up Wiz tool to make custom opt-in pop ups on your site and seriously ramp up your opt-in rates!

This step-by-step wizard will generate your form HTML for you to easily cut-and-paste into your webpages, and edit with your favorite web editor such as Dreamweaver, FrontPage, GoLive, etc. The options you choose in this wizard only affect your custom form HTML. Your account setup preferences will remain unchanged.

The secret to wealth and running a business on the Internet is growing a large list of names and eMail addresses of prospects and clients who one day come to trust you and who eventually buy that which you have to sell them (i.e., solutions to their problems/needs/wants) ...

But, how do you build a database of prospects (you can eventually sell to) if you don't ask for people's names and eMail addresses. Further, how do you provide a way for visitors to your web site to give you their name and eMail address? Answer: You create an "opt-in form" using the Custom Forms tool we provide with our shopping cart system.

But, just asking for their name and eMail address isn't enough sometimes. To truly succeed on the Internet, you have to dig deeper; and really get to know your prospect/clients' needs. To do that, you could create a questionnaire with our Custom Forms tool we provide with our shopping cart system. This would allow you to ask your prospect/customer any number of questions relating to their situation; hopefully, helping them to answer/explain what it is in detail they're really looking for at your web site.

You can't sell to people anything if you don't know what they really want. So, ask them!

Sample uses for Custom Forms ...

There are a number of reasons to use "custom forms" ...

Create an Opt-In Box on your site to collect the names and eMail addresses of people who visit your web site. You might offer them a free report, eBook, newsletter or other special offer to encourage your visitors to give you their name and eMail address.

Create a Name Squeeze Page on your web site. Simply, before you allow anyone to enter your web site or a specific page on your web site, you might insert a "name squeeze" opt-in box on the page first asking people to give you their name and eMail address. In many cases, this is a quick way of building your list.

Create a Questionnaire on your web site. Would you like to run a survey? You can create specific questions (use our Custom Fields option) you can ask people who visit your web site. The results are stored within the client details of every person who completes your questionnaire.

Create a Contact Form on your Contact Page of your web site. Wow, here's a neat idea. Why not have a contact form on your web page that ties into your shopping cart account. You can attach an autoresponder to the form which would eMail that person (submitting the form) saying something like: "Thank you for contacting us. We have received your inquiry successfully and will be following up with you soon. If you have any other questions, please feel free to visit our FAQ page or call our offices ... Again, thank you for contacting us. Kind regards, ..." Wow, now that's professional and you can imagine how confident your visitor must feel that you responded to them in such a professional manner.

Create a Customized Regisration Page on your web site to sell registrations to a tele-seminar or live in-person seminar. That's right, you could create a customized form that collects the personal information of someone registering for one of your free tele-seminars or other event (that doesn't require a transaction of money). A very useful technique indeed. You can then attach an autoresponder to that customized "registration" form that provides details on how to either access the tele-seminar call or location information about the (free) live event you're inviting people to attend when they register with you at your web site.

Wow, the ideas just keep flowing! What ideas do you have when it comes to creating custom surveys, collecting information from your customers and/or creating online registration forms for free events? Think big!

Can you create Custom Fields inside Custom Forms?

Yes you can. Suppose you wanted to ask your visitors a specific question? You can do just that! You can even create a customized questionnaire with those custom fields. Then, when people fill in your questionnaire, the information gets stored in their personal details record for reference at any time by you or your staff.

How do you get started with Custom Forms? What’s the FIRST STEP you need to take?

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Well, the first thing you should do is to become familiar with the list of menu links to see what options you have when it comes to creating custom forms. Click on the Hands-On Video above to get an overview of what each of these links represent and then, click on any one of the Hands-On Videos below to see each link function performed in detail.

Create Form

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This link option allows you to create an unlimited number of custom forms to be used on your web site.

Custom Fields

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Here's where you can create up to 10 different custom fields to be included in your custom form. These fields can have additional selections added on to them allowing you to create very detailed and power custom forms to be used on your web site.

Tell-a-Friend

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As they say, "word-of-mouth" marketing is one of the strongest and most cost-effective forms of marketing a company can utilize to "get the word out" about their company, web site, affiliate program, products and/or services. If you'd like to put a tell-a-friend feature on your web site, you can do it quickly and easily with ours right here.

Opt-In-Forms

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As they say, word-of-mouth advertising is one of the strongest and most cost-effective forms of marketing a company can utilize to "get the word out" about their company, web site, affiliate program, products and/or services. If you'd like to put a tell-a-friend feature on your web site, you can do it quickly and easily with ours right here.

Easy Opt-In Script

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Use this page to configure those opt-in forms hosted on our servers by the shopping cart system. You can also use the Custom Forms section to create the same (or similar) custom opt-in forms.

Opt-In Preferences

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For your Web Forms, you may add a personalized verification message. Within moments of a new web form submission (join/contact form), a notice will be sent to the new leads asking them to verify that they are the owner of the eMail address requesting to be placed on your mailing list. Those leads may click the confirmation URL to verify their request. They will then be immediately sent the autoresponse (autoresponder message you set up) and then added to your mailing list.

View Codes

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When you need quick access to certain shopping cart URL's, such as:

• Refer a Friend link ...
• Add to Cart link ...
• Quick Add to Cart link ...
• Check Out/View Cart link ...
• Order Form link ...
• Contact Us/Questionnaire Form link ...
• Join Our Mailing List link ...
• Tell a Friend About Our Site link ...
• Affiliate Signup link ...
• Affiliate Signup link ...

... look no further than the "View Codes" section. It has it all!

What is often overlooked but would be useful to know?

Where it concerns custom fields, you're only allowed to create a maximum of 10 custom fields. This means, if you wanted to create more custom fields (beyond 10), you can't. You would have to remove one (or more) custom fields to make room for the others you wish to use.

You can always customize the look and feel of your custom forms by copying the code we generate for you and pasting it into a web design program (like Dreamweaver, Frontpage, etc.). You don't have to just settle with the look and feel of the forms we generate for you.

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If you want, you can change the size of the fonts and field boxes to your liking. Then, simply copy and paste the modified form into your web design, upload it to your web server and test the form.