staying productive on the road, at home, and everywhere else
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Explore a day in the life of two small business owners as they get their work done using laptops, tablets, and smartphones.This presentation will give you over 20 apps and productivity tips that you can put to use today, whether you're in your car, at the coffee shop, or sitting in front of your desk.TRANSCRIPT
Garrick Chow and Jess Stratton
Staying Productive On the Road, At Home, and Everywhere Else
At the coffee shop...
• Tap the file attachment from your
email, then tap the action icon to
save it to the cloud:
• Dropbox, Google Drive,
Microsoft OneDrive, etc.
Save attachments from your iPhone
• Use the FREE Google Voice service to get
a text transcription, voice recording and
email of your voicemails.
• It works with your cell provider so you can
keep your existing number.
• Get your voicemail on your tablet AND
phone!
Google Voice
voice.google.com
• Free note-taking app for mobile devices
and computers
• Instantly syncs your notes across devices
• Create and save Web clippings
• Intelligent business card scanning with
Premium version
Evernote
evernote.com
• Scan receipts, documents and more from
your mobile phone.
• Scan a compilation of documents and save
them into one PDF, or to Dropbox.
• Makes expense reports easy!
GeniusScan Pocket Scanner
thegrizzlylabs.com
On the road...
• Tell meeting participants that you’re
running late.
• See all possible documents (emails, etc)
related to meetings.
• Get flight information and Google Maps
info right from the calendar entry!
Tempo Smart Calendar
www.tempo.ai
• One app - every instant messaging service!
• Works on your tablet and your phone
• Google Talk, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc.
• All your contacts in every service carry
over!
IM+ Pro
www.plus.im
• Eliminate the “where are you” calls
• Let people see exactly where you are for a
specified amount of time
• Create groups to see everyone
simultaneously
• Free!
Glympse
www.glympse.com
At the office...
• Get your text or table formatted, and
select it.
• Insert > Autotext > New
• Use this for any text you type over and
over again!
Create reusable text with MS Word
• Add custom Autocorrect words to replace
long, commonly used text
• Preferences > AutoCorrect > New
Use Autocorrect for Text Expansion
• Use the Save As menu to save a Word
document as a PDF file.
• Great for contracts, diagrams, screenplays,
anytime you don’t want your data altered.
• This functionality is built into Microsoft
Office, no extra software is needed!
Save a Word document as a PDF
• Lock down social networks for
a specified time!
• For Firefox browser
LeechBlock
• In Acrobat reader, you can easily draw an
“ink” signature with your mouse.
• The signature is stored so you can use it
again and again.
• No more slow downs to print out a
document, sign it, and fax it back!
Ink signing a PDF
• Works in Acrobat Reader for Windows
• Works in Preview on the Mac
Sign PDF with your Webcam
Sign a PDF Document with Your Webcam
Learn how in this Article:
• Professional mailing list service.
• Create your own template or choose from
a large section.
• Free plan allows you to send up to 12,000
emails/month to up to 2,000 people.
• Track stats to see who viewed, what links
they clicked, and more.
Mailchimp
www.mailchimp.com
• Easily create a Twitter widget of
your Tweets to embed on a
website.
Put your Twitter feed on your blog
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