British Columbia, Canada -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/25/2013 -- The goal is to make it as easy as possible for your user to complete your form. More completions equal more leads, more sales and more revenue. When you use logiforms.com web based form builder software, we make it easy to boast conversion rates and create smart forms that work. Read on to learn how making your forms "Smart" can dramatically improve the usability of your forms, resulting in more completions.

Using Smart Defaults

What are Smart Defaults? Smart Defaults are default selections on your form that serve the majority of respondents. Using smart defaults is great way to make your form easier to complete (it's already partially filled out) and to expedite completion. Your customers will thank you for helping them complete your form. A good example is setting the default selected option within a set of radio buttons. Take some time to consider if the initial selection is the right one for the majority of your users.

Bindings & Calculations

Make your forms smarter with bindings & calculations. Don't make the user re-enter their information, use bindings instead to copy values from one field to the next. If you need to total up the cost of an order and add shipping and tax, don't ask the user to do it - use bindings & calculations to do it automatically. With logiforms you can write flexible bindings & calculations to make your forms powerful, smarter and easier to use.

Simplifying Data Entry with Field Masks

If you need to collect data in a specific format, don't just throw up an error message telling the user to reformat their response - do it for them. Using field masks can force the input into a specific format. Logiforms provides a number of field masks so you can collect things like phone numbers and get a consistent format (e.g (206) 384-4671) collected each time.

Hide & Show Fields Conditionally

We've touched on it before but it bears repeating. Use logiforms Conditional logic & Dependencies to only show the relevant fields to your users. Keep your form simple and to the point and remove all the unnecessary clutter with this powerful technique proven to boost completion rates.

Dynamic Field Population

This is a more advanced topic and something specific to logiforms. Dynamic lookup is the process of looking up data from an alternate table and using the results to populate fields on your form. For example, users might enter their account number on your form and then all of their first name, last name, address and similar fields would be automatically populated. Learn more in our Dynamic Data video tutorial.

About Logiforms
Logiforms Software, Inc. gives companies the ability to design and host secure online forms in minutes with zero programming. By using their professional grade form design software, you can rest assured that the powerful, flexible form builder can meet even the most-specific, custom needs. From design to information collection to data analysis, Logiforms adheres to industry best standards resulting in increased conversion rates and satisfied customers.

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Vancouver, BC -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/08/2013 -- Logiforms.com is happy to announce the release of the Publishing & WorkFlows Wizard. The Publishing & WorkFlows wizard makes it possible for anyone to create powerful web applications without every writing a single line of code.

With logiforms you can quickly design and host powerful online forms using our web based form design software. All the data collected is stored in your secure web database. Now you can harness that collected data and use it to create lead exchange portals, Quote Enquiry portals, real estate listings and more. Any of your data can now be published instantly.

It's as simple as selecting the form data you want to publish, choosing a layout and configuring some options. At its simplest use, you can publish data to everyone. You can take it one step further and define a login page complete with a password reminder feature, remember me feature and record level permissions.

Where these tools really get powerful is when you create drill down links to drill down into the data being published and provide more detail or related records. You can even set up edit pages and inline edit controls to allow authenticated users to update records, insert new records and delete records. Combine this with triggers to automate follow ups, send tracking numbers when an order is marked as shipped and more.

Since the launch of these tools, our customers have jumped right in and created some powerful applications. David Beydoin of Mutual Care Insurance built an insurance quote processing portal for his staff to respond to thousands of inquiries a day and he had this to say:

"We were able to build an online quote form and set up a pretty sophisticated backend for our agents to use within days. We're able to assign quotes, mark them as complete and upload an insurance certificate that is then automatically delivered to the customer. Before logiforms, this type of custom programming would have cost us thousands of dollars" – David Beydoin, President Mutual Care Insurance

The Publishing & WorkFlow Tools are a new powerful addition to the logiforms platform. Build Powerful Web Applications without ever writing a single line of code.

About Logiforms
Logiforms Software, Inc. gives companies the ability to design and host secure online forms in minutes with zero programming. By using their professional grade form design software, you can rest assured that the powerful, flexible form builder can meet even the most-specific, custom needs. From design to information collection to data analysis, Logiforms adheres to industry best standards resulting in increased conversion rates and satisfied customers.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

How data collected from an online form versus a paper one makes your business more efficient

Vancouver, BC -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/24/2013 -- While caving to peer pressure is usually advised against, many are following in the footsteps of companies like Google, Microsoft and even President Obama: they're all moving their day-to-day business operations to a paperless system. Many have touted "going paperless" as a corporate priority for years to reduce their carbon footprint and lower costs, but stick with paper for fear of decreased efficiency and time wasted. Does moving operations online really make business more efficient? That depends on the tools you choose.

The Benefits

Like any major shift to your business model, digging out from mounds of paper and moving things online will take some time and energy upfront, but more and more companies are confirming the switch was worth it. The Paperless Project reports that 85 percent of business documents are in paper form. And with 60 percent of an employee's time spent working with documents, it seems a worthy endeavor. Going paperless saves time and hard costs, avoids duplication and other errors and can streamline processes such as billing, accounting and the collection of information, or customer input.

Whether you're collecting information for a lengthy financial information form or running an online store which sells jewelry, customer or client input is a core method of interaction. The successful collection of data often determines an effectual transaction or a failure. For many, much time is spent collecting this information. As such, it makes sense to focus here in the move to paperless.

So, where to start?

Like many cloud- and web-based tools, options for collecting information online using an online form builder, range from free to professional grade. Unless you're a computer programmer with a vast knowledge of HTML, you'll most likely need a custom form to make the transition online effective and efficient. While this can cost a fortune and require quite a bit of time to build, it doesn't have to.

Logiforms Software, Inc. makes the goal of going paperless a reality with its custom, affordable online form builder. By providing an efficient way to collect and manage data, companies who use online forms built by Logiforms:

- Gain employee efficiency by providing them with real-time data as opposed to outdated files,
- Identify information trends quickly and easily by analyzing automatically-stored form data which is secure and web-accessible,
- Quickly and effortlessly build powerful web applications and workflows, generate secure member areas, web-based directories and more without ever writing a single line of code,
- Save on hard costs by decreasing the need for paper forms and print-outs,
- And increase conversion rates by gaining actionable insight into form submission data.

For a free 15-day trial of Logiforms custom form creation software, visit Logiforms website or call (866) 403-8464. Join others who have made the move to paper-free, more efficient business models. This is one instance of peer pressure you won't regret.

About Logiforms Software
Logiforms Software, Inc. gives companies the ability to design and host secure online forms in minutes with zero programming. By using their professional grade form design software, you can rest assured that the powerful, flexible form builder can meet even the most-specific, custom needs. From design to information collection to data analysis, Logiforms adheres to industry best standards resulting in increased conversion rates and satisfied customers.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm