10 ways to use google docs for small businesses
We are on our way to celebrate our two year business launch anniversary. As I reflect over the last two years, I started thinking about the different tools that we used that helped our business be a success. I quickly realized that we could not have been where we are without the help of Google Docs. Below are some of the ways we and other small businesses use Google Docs
1. Create word processing documents, we used it to write proposals and develop website manuals.
2. Share documents with other people on the same project, this was helpful when people involved on a project were not in the same physical location.
3. Created a document that could be edited by multiple people simultaneously for collaboration purposes. This was very important for us when we were trying to meet a deadline.
4. Divide documents into different folders/labels/projects-always nice to be organized!
5. Share folders with selected people, helpful to make sure there is a consistent way of sorting and organizing documents. You could have folders project based or sorted in what works for your organization.
6. Create forms to collect information from clients- For projects that required specific information, we would create simple forms and use them to gather the information we wanted. Made us look professional and helped us gather the information we needed.
7. Create forms for feedback after completion of projects-Always nice to get feed back in a professional way.
8. Email form or embed form in blog or website for quick responses-love this option!
9. Create presentations with Google presentation tools. Helpful if you don’t have MS Powerpoint.
10. Create spreadsheets using Google Spreadsheets-helped us with managing time spent on each project and amount of money owed by each client!
These are some of the ways we used google docs to help with our business. Do you have any stories to share? Tell us under comments or tweet them to me at @bizincubation !
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Google docs is a great way for easy online collaboration. I grew quite accustomed to using it while working on my MBA, and then began using it for professional purposes.
Recently, I have been spending some time testing Google Wave. I believe Wave will put docs out to pasture once it is fully launched and developers get there hands in it!
Thanks for the comments.. I have recently started using google wave as well.. still trying to get a hang of it but I think you are right, it will be far more powerful than google docs.
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