Using RoboForm Passcards for Faster Sweepstakes Entries

If you think RoboForm is just a form-filler like Google's AutoFill, then you probably haven't tried the Passcard feature. Here's how you can use RoboForm's Passcards to enter sweepstakes faster & easier.

[Full Disclosure: RoboForm is one of our sponsors for the SweepsGoat contest, and we also have an affiliate agreement with them. That said, I liked RoboForm Pro enough that I bought it myself (and paid regular price for it) -- and for me to buy software is saying something!]

• Step 1: Install & configure RoboForm. Create an Identity, filling in all the relevant info (name, address, phone, birthdate, etc). Since I'm primarily using RoboForm to enter sweeps, I play it safe & don't include credit card numbers, etc. in my Identity.
• Step 2: When you visit a sweepstakes, use that Identity to fill the sweepstakes form.

Note: This is all I thought RoboForm did at first. And if this is all you used RoboForm for, you'd probably still see an improvement over other form fillers -- more fields and better pattern recognition make for a lot faster sweeps entries. But we're just getting started!

• Step 3: Make any needed corrections to the sweepstakes form that RoboForm auto-filled. You know, check the box that says you've read the rules, un-check the subscription box, that sort of thing. Then, if it's a sweepstakes you'll be coming back to (dailies, weeklies, etc.), use RoboForm's "Save" button to save the form. This saves every field on that form to a "Passcard" that you can use when you enter that sweepstakes next time.
• Step 4: The next time you visit that sweepstakes, use RoboForm's saved Passcard to fill all the form fields. Since it saved all the changes you made to the form, you don't have to proofread it every time. Just hit submit to enter the sweepstakes.

It's that easy. You only have to study the form the first time. After that, you know everything's right, so you can just submit it. It makes entering sweepstakes a breeze!

Here's a couple of extra tricks:

• The AutoFill option is handy -- it'll automatically fill your forms with saved Passcard info as soon as you load the page. But I only enable AutoFill when I'm ready to enter sweeps. I disable it when I'm just browsing the internet to avoid accidentally filling out forms I don't mean to.

  By default, the controls to enable & disable autofill are a little hard to get to. If you want to switch that setting back & forth more easily, go into "RoboForm -> Options -> AutoFill" and select the "Show Enable/Disable AutoFill command in main menu" option. This adds an "Enable/Disable AutoFill" command to the RoboForm menu on your toolbar.
  



• When you have a form just like you like it, you can hold down "Alt" while clicking the submit button. This saves the form to a Passcard and submits your form.
  


• Depending on your machine, having too many Passcards may cause things to slow down. Keep your list of Passcards smaller by routinely clearing them out. The way I keep track of mine is to name the Passcard with the expiration date plus the sweepstakes name -- e.g., "081507 MalibuLights." At the end of the month, it's easy to go in, sort them by name, & delete all the outdated Passcards at the top. (Keep in mind, though, that you may not want to delete generic forms that are always the same -- for example, I use one generic Passcard to enter all the various Redbook sweepstakes.)

RoboForm's Passcards speed up sweepstakes entries significantly. Hopefully these tips will help you enter faster and win more. Good luck!

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