How2 Use Apps and Web Programs to Boost Your Productivity
At our Makeover Technology class we reviewed a series of web applications and mobile apps that you can use to boost your productivity and manage your clients. Here’s a list of great programs and the links to where you can get them
| Set up Google Calendar to keep your appointments. | Sign up on http://calendar.google.com, then sync up your smartphone and tablet. |
| Set up Google Docs to create documents, spreadsheets, etc. in the cloud. | Sign up on http://docs.google.com, then get the app. |
| Use Picasa Desktop and Picasa Web to manage your photos. | Sign up on http://picasaweb.google.comThen get the picasa program for your computer at http://picasa.google.com. The Picasa Web is where you store photos online, and Picasa is a program for your computer to manage photos on your desktop.
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| Set up Dropbox to share and backup large files. | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.dropbox.com.
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| Set up Evernote to manage your personal notes. | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.evernote.com. |
| Get Google Maps as your mapping app for your phone. | Download the app from your app store for iPhone. For Android, you already have it. To access online, go to http://maps.google.com. |
| Get the Orchestra app for “to do†lists and reminders. | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.orchestra.com. |
| Get the Card Munch app to scan business cards to your contacts. | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.cardmunch.com.
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| Get the Genius Scan app to scan documents as PDFs. | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.thegrizzlylabs.com. |
| Get Sly Dial to leave voicemail messages without calling people. | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.slydial.com. |
| Realtor.com | Download the app from your app store, then follow the instructions on this video to connect to clients.http://www.realtor.com/collaborate/index.php
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| Open Home Pro | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.openhomepro.com. |
| Magic Plan | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.sensopia.com. |
| Videolicious | Download the app from your app store. For more information go to http://www.videolicious.com. To see a sample video, go to http://video.videolicious.com/e89c9ce5-42af-4f5a-b3a0-eb46e85cda04 |