Managing Your Usernames and Passwords Without Buying Expensive Software

Jun 29
11:11

2008

Jeffrey Tang

Jeffrey Tang

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There's a fundamental preparation you need to get your self equipped with before you embark on this exciting journey. I've seen way many beginners started out their journey, half way through their journey, got stuck and became frustrated and soon enough giving it all up.

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So you intend to start your online business?

But wait...!

There's a fundamental preparation you need to get your self equipped with before you embark on this exciting journey. I've seen way many beginners started out their journey,Managing Your Usernames and Passwords Without Buying Expensive Software Articles half way through their journey, got stuck and became frustrated and soon enough giving it all up.

Yes, the very basic thing that can stop your journey is simply your ability to manage your online usernames (some times is called login ID) and passwords. Can you imagine trying to login to your email, but you have forgotten the password, worst still, you do not have the hint on how to retrieve it back? Sounds familiar?

Now, the fact is most people out there do not have a proper system put in place in managing their username and passwords. Most beginners fail to realize that as they embark in internet marketing, they will come across more and more website requiring them to create their unique username and password. Many people try to simply memorize these information which proof to be an impossible task as the amount of information becomes larger and larger.

Some people have the habit to record these information such as web addresses, usernames and passwords on a piece of paper, sticky notes, some where in the pages of their note pad, books, which scattered around here and there, which does not sound so bad in the beginning, but the real test comes when they are trying to login to a certain website, and when they try to look for that very piece of information which they have jotted down some where, it takes them ages to find if ever it can be found ! Once again, this approach does not work as the end result has clearly revealed.

So the key here is getting this information well organized, so that it can be accessed easily and yet the security part of it is not being compromised.

The Solution

A cheap (in fact this is free) and easy way to get your password well managed is by putting these information on a spread sheet such as Microsoft Excel. Data such as date, web site address, email, user ID, passwords etc shall be recorded each time they are created. You may choose to save the spread sheet with password protection feature so that only you have the authority to view its content, hence avoiding your sensitive data from being stolen.

Having a good system in place for managing your usernames and passwords will save you from lots of frustration days.