As your productivity increases, so do the number of tools you use. Trello, Zapier, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, MailChimp, ActiveCampaign, Slack, Buffer, LeadPages, Hootsuite… just to name a few!

Having so many accounts tempts you to use the same password everywhere. How else are you supposed to remember the password for 20-30 different websites?

That is very risky – chances are you will be hacked. And if you get hacked on one account, ALL your other accounts will be compromised.

Don’t take that chance – especially since there is a very simple solution.

Enter: the Password Manager.

Password Management tools let you store passwords securely and let you access them when you need them.

That allows you to use long, scrambled, secure passwords for all your accounts – because you don’t need to remember them yourself, the password manager does that for you.

There are multiple different tools which allow you to store your passwords. Not all of them are secure though, which is the most important criteria for selection.

The two most well known online password managers are 1Password and LastPass.

But since LastPass is free, let’s take a look at that one.

LastPass can store your passwords for you. Your sensitive data is encrypted locally, and stored completely encrypted on their servers. That way you can access your passwords via any computer or phone, you only need access to the internet.

Note that if you want to access your passwords from both your phone AND your computer, you will have to pay for LastPass Premium. You will likely want to have it on both, unfortunately. So it is free, but with a heavy caveat if you decide not to choose premium.

With LastPass’ chrome extension, you are able to seamlessly log into all your accounts – because the extension recognizes username and password fields, and automatically enters your credentials for you!

Bonus Features:

• LastPass can generate passwords for you when you’re creating a new account. The password is stored automatically, you never have to worry about forgetting your passwords again.
• You can store notes as well – including your credit cards  and social security numbers. Stuff you rarely need, but when you do, you’re thankful you have it on hand.
• The ability to share passwords with friends and family. You can even ensure that they don’t see your password, but are able to use it, because it is entered automatically on the website they want to log in to.
• You can access LastPass on your desktop, but you can also download an app – so that you have all your passwords with you at all times.

The amount of time and headache you save is incredible – you’ll notice it when you try LastPass out.