Daily Time Saver Using Firefox Bookmarks

Posted by James in Affiliate, How To, Video

Many people ask me for tips on how to stay organized. This is one trick many seasoned internet marketers still don’t know. You can arrange your bookmarks in the popular browser Firefox into folders and open the contents of each folder all at once using “open all in tabs’.

Two years ago…
I needed to have a systematized way to batch my tasks so i grouped my bookmark folders into groups such as: affiliate carts, check daily, forums, social accounts, linking etc…. This allows me to get in and get out fast with one click. It works well for any tasks you do often and avoids the need to install any extra firefox add ons or automation devices.

Handy RSS reader
My mac with firefox also has a RSS reader menu across the browser and I use that for Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Forum and Newswatch updates just by hovering. Well worth checking out!

Video demonstration

(You can enlarge the video if you like. This is my first attempt at using screenflow). Please comment below if this has helped.

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14 Comments

Wavatar Gary Bloomer

27. Jun, 2009

Hi James,

I’ve been using a Mac for a long time and at first, I resisted the switch to OSX. But now, there’s no way I could go back. The open all tabs tip you’ve shown here is incredibly simple, yet astonishingly productive! Thanks again for sharing.

And … well, thanks again for everything from earlier in the week.

Kind regards,

Gary B

P.S. I can’t help wondering if your video made with iShowU?

Wavatar James

27. Jun, 2009

@gary,

I wont switch back. This is the subject of my next post!!!

I do have ishowu HD but still got my training wheels on. This video was taken with screenflow which is great but I realize the screen is tiny. you can enlarge the screen but it is a little blurry. I have a higher quality in .mov format but worried about explorer users not being able to see it.

I converted it to FLV format for universal view ability…

Wavatar Professional Sales

27. Jun, 2009

Hi James, I’ve been getting your emails for a while now and love your work. You’re in Australia right? It’s great to hear a familiar accent. (I’m in melbourne).

I love Firefox and use this tip all the time, it’s a great time saver for posting articles to many article sites, or update links on social network sites… I even use it to create backlinks from directory services too.

Speaking of backlinks… are you interested in doing a link exchange?

Chris

Wavatar Jan Roos

27. Jun, 2009

Thanks for sharing James. I have been doing this for a while now and it sure makes everything faster and easier to manage. I actually worked with people who ued to write down all their links and logins etc. Crazy

Wavatar Ken

27. Jun, 2009

Hi James – thanks for the tip. The screenflow video seems Ok in size, etc to me . I also right clicked on the video and switched to fullscreen. This also worked well.

Wavatar Lillea Woodlyns

27. Jun, 2009

Super! I love Firefox and am a bookmark Queen so I’ll be sure
to try this out. :)

PS I love the leafy background on your desktop!

Wavatar James

27. Jun, 2009

Thanks Chris,

Looks like you scored one :) Blog comments are still a good way top generate links regardless of follow or not. Some search engines ignore no follow.

Also you get qualified traffic. One way links are vest these days for traffic. (Webasters ignore reciprocal link requests.)

Try social sites too like Squidoo for links – they work great.

Wavatar Myles

27. Jun, 2009

Glad your liking the Mac. I have been using Mac since they first launched, Unlike many though, I am platform independent. I go from Mac to PC everyday and I am at a point where I notice no difference between the two. Neither crashes, both work great, both run the same programs.

Want to save more time, but your folder into the Bookmarks Menu bar. Works even better with RSS, Everything is right there, front and centre. http://screencast.com/t/MGRkVMkEkKZ

I save even more time by using XMarks, to sync my Mac and PC, and Laptop bookmarks on all 3 systems. And Gmail to ensure I always have access to every email no matter where I am.

Nice and simple. Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest a la Occam’s Razor.

Got to put this to work.

Wavatar James

28. Jun, 2009

Thanks @Myles – There is always stuff we can learn – thank goodness people share the great ideas!!!

Wavatar Jeff

15. Jul, 2009

Thanks for that James,
I do something very similar with Safari and I love it.
I have been sticking to Safari on my Mac as I did not know Firefox does it. I use Firefox on my PC, so having the two the same will be great.

Wavatar Alex Newell

28. Jul, 2009

First attempt? – damn good if you ask me. I love little efficiency things like this.

I use ff most of the time but Iike safari too and I’ve started to load blogs, twitter etc into the top sites display

Seems to work well

Wavatar James

28. Jul, 2009

@Alex I like Safari for Screen shots because it makes things look beautiful! I’ll see what else it does. Thx

Wavatar Stephen

10. Aug, 2009

Thanks James. As well I use imacros firefox addon.
Damn that mac looks sexy.

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