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How to easily track email leads - hacxx - 11-20-2018
For years i have been ticking in a serverless way to capture emails. I found that this is not possible and in any case it will require some elements to be hosted on a server. After overthinking this issue i come up with two solutions, the first don't require any hosting and the second only require a free hosting plan. So i will enter in detail next...
Solution 1:
The solution 1 is quite simple and i have used in a few projects that i have develop. The solution basically takes advantage of bitly api and a xml/ajax request to create a new bitly link that record the url formation. Adding the email as a variable following the actual url will record the user email in bitly control panel.
Solution 2:
The solution 2 requires hosting of a *.html file with the code from StatCounter. StatCounter is the leader in web statistics. In this solution we create a form where the user enters there email and hit the button that forward the form details to a hidden iframe window that calls the *.html file. The form must be GET to log the information because POST do not pass the parameters in the url.
Here it is the 2 solutions to save an email, does anyone have any aditional ideas to save emails?
RE: How to easily track email leads - mothered - 11-21-2018
With the second solution, clever using the StatCounter and the hidden IFrame.
The GET method to submit a HTTP request makes sense.
I'll look Into this In detail, thank you.
RE: How to easily track email leads - hacxx - 11-21-2018
I'm using the second solution on the site in my signature and it works well. Saving not just the email but also the combo box info.