Have you noticed how many Google applications are in my list of the best 28 free online marketing tools? Their model of giving away
such services for free and then making money off the adverts is simply brilliant, and I think we could all learn a lesson by watching
how they do this.
Google Docs is one of my favourite online tools, and it really does make my life so much easier. It’s basically a place to store your
documents online, with the added benefit that you and others can edit files at the same time.
You don’t end up with lots of different versions of the same file flying around, and you don’t have to download your file each time
you want to open it. In short, it’s brilliant and once again it’s 100% free.
To give you an idea of one of the ways that I use this tool, I have a checklist of activities that my customer support manager performs
each day. After each task she ticks a box showing it’s been done for the day, and I can quickly login and check that we’re upto date and on top of things.
In the past I had to download the file before checking, and we ended up with out of sync versions, so this way is much easier for
everyone.
I can also check my spreadsheets on the move, and there are lots of other powerful features. Can you tell how much I love Google
Docs yet?! If you’ve not already using it then check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below.
