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columnist and Real Estate Coach, Bernice
Ross, offers suggestions to help your business run more smoothly using these simple,
cost effective web tools.
"Evernote
and Dropbox are the two relatively
new tools that I use constantly." writes Ross.
 "Evernote allows me to take notes anywhere on
my smart phone or iPad. It then syncs those notes so they appear on all my
devices, including my laptop." This free tool allows you to capture web
pages, pdf's, images and audio and with Evernote you can search by keyword,
even if it's a handwritten note!
Dropbox is
an online file sharing site that syncs your files, allows multiple users to
access these files and offers 2GB of online storage for free.
"Dropbox saves me tremendous amounts of time by
avoiding the hassle of downloading and uploading files." says Ross. "For agents
uploading videos and other large files, this system is terrific time-saver."
Both Evernote and Dropbox have free apps for
all the popular mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android.
Ross also suggests looking into these five other
great web tools, as well:
1.
Join Me: Is
a faster, easier alternative to GoToMeeting
or WebEx for those times when
you need to collaborate with someone else.
You sign up to share your screen with another person, send them the link
and work together.
"Another great feature of Join.me
is that you can also hand off control to the person with whom you are sharing."
says Ross, "For example, assume that you have a new software program and you're
having issues with it. Your assistant has figured out how to use it, but you
also need to know. Your assistant can screen-share with you. You can give her
control and she could actually install the program and demo it for you. This
can be a huge time-saver that eliminates a considerable amount of frustration
as well."
2.
Zosh.com
"If you own an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad, you can save yourself and your
clients time with this great little tool." says Ross. "Suppose that your clients forgot to initial
one of the pages of a disclosure statement and the lender can't fund their loan
without a signature. If they have Zosh, all you have to do is send them the
document. They then initial it using the Zosh application and send it back."
3.
LucyPhone.com
is a free online service that calls customer service for you and then calls you
back when a live person answers. Talk
about a time saver!
4.
WPTouchPro
is an inexpensive plug-in for WordPress that
creates mobile and tablet optimized versions of your websites by
automatically detecting supported devices such as iPhones, iPads, Android,
Blackberry and more.
5.
1Password and Last Pass
Ross asks, "Are you tired of trying to remember all those passwords for all the
sites you visit? Have you taken to storing them on a sheet of paper or in your
address book?" Both 1Password.com
and LastPass.com can help you create
strong, unique passwords and even offer fill-in services with secure password
storage for Apple Products, Windows and mobile phones.
1Password works with DropBox to
sync your password information on all your devices.
"Each of these applications is relatively
inexpensive," writes Ross, "and makes it a lot easier to conduct your business
to save you plenty of time."
Read the
full story at Inman News.
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Posted on March 28, 2011 12:56:09 by  IPTV.Boyz
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