As a business-to-business provider for print and web media, SMS wants to help your company succeed through marketing promotions. At the same time, if we can share any tips we’ve learned along the way that might help your company communicate more effectively, all the better.
One of these is a free service from Google called Google Docs. Maybe you’ve heard of it; maybe you haven’t. We learned about it last December, and it has proved to be an immense help in tracking internal and external communications.
The problem we were facing is one common to many companies: shared spreadsheets that only one user can modify at a time. Whether you’re tracking detailed project timelines, proof approvals or internal assignments, having to wait your turn to modify a spreadsheet can become annoying.
Google Docs has virtually eliminated that problem for us. It allows you to upload Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents from your desktop (2003 or 2007 files), download documents back to your desktop, securely store the files online, choose who can access the documents, limit access, set notification rules, and edit from anywhere. And the best part is, multiple people can work in the document simultaneously, and it will save all changes in real time.
As with any free service, there can be a drawback. I can think of two times within the last nine months when the service “froze” or would not allow me to access files. My remedy for that has been to regularly save my documents back to our server.
To learn more, search for “Google Docs” in your Google browser. You can even take a tour and recommend new features.
SMS is always looking for ways to grow business – yours and ours. If you’ve discovered a helpful service you’d like to share with us, let us know. We want to listen and learn about new tools and technologies available so that we can ultimately provide our clients with a better product.
Kristen Hogrefe, September 10, 2009
For more information about SMS, visit www.growwithsms.com/ or email info@growwithsms.com
One of these is a free service from Google called Google Docs. Maybe you’ve heard of it; maybe you haven’t. We learned about it last December, and it has proved to be an immense help in tracking internal and external communications.
The problem we were facing is one common to many companies: shared spreadsheets that only one user can modify at a time. Whether you’re tracking detailed project timelines, proof approvals or internal assignments, having to wait your turn to modify a spreadsheet can become annoying.
Google Docs has virtually eliminated that problem for us. It allows you to upload Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents from your desktop (2003 or 2007 files), download documents back to your desktop, securely store the files online, choose who can access the documents, limit access, set notification rules, and edit from anywhere. And the best part is, multiple people can work in the document simultaneously, and it will save all changes in real time.
As with any free service, there can be a drawback. I can think of two times within the last nine months when the service “froze” or would not allow me to access files. My remedy for that has been to regularly save my documents back to our server.
To learn more, search for “Google Docs” in your Google browser. You can even take a tour and recommend new features.
SMS is always looking for ways to grow business – yours and ours. If you’ve discovered a helpful service you’d like to share with us, let us know. We want to listen and learn about new tools and technologies available so that we can ultimately provide our clients with a better product.
Kristen Hogrefe, September 10, 2009
For more information about SMS, visit www.growwithsms.com/ or email info@growwithsms.com
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