Instead Of Emailing Your Audio . . . Try This!

Terrific free tool lets you send large files
Without email, a website or a high geek factor

[Rob’s note: A special thanks to Peggy Murrah of One Page Web Design for turning me on to the following cool tool].

In our last tip, we spoke about one of the biggest questions I get asked time in, and time out:

Should I email my audio?

(You’d be surprised how many folks think this potential disaster is a good idea!)

But if you shouldn’t email your audio . . . and you don’t want to set up a download page . . . or pay a monthly fee on a streaming service . . .

How can you get your audio to individual clients and customers?

Well there’s a service that allows you to do this simply and easily. One you don't have to be a rocket scientist to use.

Its called Dropload, and if you want to get large audio files to individual clients and customers, its an option that requires a very low geek factor.

And get this:

It won’t cost you a dime!

Simply pop over to Dropload.com and register.

Their web based interface will walk you step-by-step through the process of uploading your audio files to their server. (And you don’t have to know anything about FTP to get it done). Then you simply tell their service which client you want to access the file, along with their email address. They will be sent an email with a link to download the file.

This link will expire in seven days, so you don’t have to worry about folks passing around the link to your audio to all their buddies.

You can also use YouSendIt.com, a similar service that does pretty much the same thing. You Send It's basic service tends to be quicker because you don't have to register with them. They do offer a premium service which gives you a few addtional features like tracking downloads of your files.

Both services protect your files by offering limited downloads (so a nasty customer won't be able to pass the link around to thousands of others) and download links that expire within a specific time period.