Archive for the 'Form Builder How-To' Category

FormSpring is an easy to use form builder but sometimes you need some help. Here you will be able to find tips and tricks in building online forms that work for your organization. Whether it is the building a basic contact form or creating a complex order form you can find all the resources you need.

How to Add Field Variables to Confirmation & Notification E-Mails

The default notification e-mail is great, as it includes the submitted data for all form fields, but sometimes you might not want to e-mail all of that info to everyone.  Say you send out two notification e-mails for your order form.  One goes to sales so that they can log contact details of the submitter and contact them in the future.  The other e-mail goes to receiving and needs to contain more details about the order than what sales needs.  You can create two different custom e-mails, one containing just the submitted contact details that goes to sales and the second that contains the contact and order info that goes to receiving.

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How to Use the Rich Text Editor

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On custom e-mails, description area fields and sections, FormSpring has a rich text editor that you can use to enhance your forms.  Often people ask us how to insert pictures, links, videos, etc. into their form, and the rich text editor is the way to do this.

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The Customer is Engaging…Now What?

We wrap up our 5 Day blog series with a look at what do with your customer once you have collected their information. This is written by Jason Gallic of Email Center Pro. Learn more about Jason and Email Center Pro below this post.

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Online Surveys That Convert

Today’s Post in our 5 Day Series is about Online Surveys That Convert, written by Kevin Makice of Hanapin Marketing. More about Kevin can be found below today’s post.

Creating an effective online survey is a difficult proposition. Most people on the Internet are already saturated with information and requests to interact. Getting a sufficient number of quality responses requires some forethought. Here are ten things to keep in mind when constructing a web survey.

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Creating Smart Order Forms

Today’s post in our “Online Forms That Convert” series is from James Paden of Xemion. More information about James can be found at the bottom of this post.

When creating online order forms, whether for a large corporation, a small business or a non-profit, there are three questions your visitors will always ask:

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Forms to use on PPC and SEO Landing Pages, how to design web forms that convert

Today’s post in our “Online Forms That Convert” series is by Joe Kerschbaum, a member of the PPC Hero team. More information about Joe can be found at the bottom of this post.

The contact form on your PPC and SEO landing page can make or break your conversation rate. The messaging on your landing page can be clear, concise and benefit-driven. The design can be attractive, simple and conversion focused. But if the contact form on this beautiful landing page is not strategically crafted to suite your core audience, you’re probably leaving money on the table.

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Building Good Web Forms

In our first post in our five day series for Online Forms that Convert, we want to revisit the basics of building good web forms. Throughout this series we will be talking about different types of forms like contact forms, surveys, and order forms, but today we will be talking about form building in general.

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Using the Unique Submission ID

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As you may or may not know, every submission to a FormSpring form is given a unique submission ID.  This number is saved to the database, and you can view it by going to the Data tab of your form and then clicking on an individual submission.

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Calculating Total, Tax & Shipping On Your Forms

For the last two weeks, I’ve been blogging about creating some basic order forms with FormSpring.  We’ve covered both single item and multi-item forms.  This week, I thought I’d go back to a single item form, but this time show how to calculate tax, shipping, and a total, all on the form, instead of on the payment integration page.

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Spice Up Your Confirmation Emails

There is a big piece of real estate that many people aren’t using when it comes to their online forms – the confirmation email. With FormSpring you can quickly send anyone who submits a form a confirmation email.

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