Business Digital Seminar | Cross Center Grand Opening Week
BDN Maine Events - Bangor Daily News
Friday, September 13, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)
Bangor, ME
Session One | 8am | Tools to increase your productivity:
There are a wide variety of apps and online tools to help businesses, organizations, and individuals streamline their communication, share information, and get things done. In this session, we will explore some of the top picks that you can use to increase your productivity and make your life easier.
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Dream Local Digital | BDN Digital Seminars | Productivity Tools
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2. Helpful Tools to
Increase Productivity
and Share Your Online Assets
brought to you by:
Aimee Bermudez, Dream Local Digital
Bangor, Maine September 13, 2013
6. Task Current
• What the tool does: Tips and
advice about productivity, financial
management, food, marketing, or
whatever interests you. You can
post or read others posts.
• How does it help me? Tips and
advice at the tips of your fingers.
Start up conversation.
• Top benefit: They do all the work,
your content is yours, and they link
to social networks.
• Cost: Free
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): iphone and ipad.
7. Todoist
• What the tool does: Personal task
manager
• How does it help me? Organizes your
to-do list, accessible from your
computer or mobile phone.
• Top benefit: Ability to access, update,
and synchronize tasks from your smart
phone. Color coded tasks.
• Cost: Free - $29 per year
• Platform (web based, ios, android):
Chrome, Firefox, Mobile, Outlook, and
Mac
8. Google Calendar
• What the tool does: A
calendar app to organize your
tasks and sync your schedule
with coworkers.
• How does it help me?
Tracks all your appointments,
tasks, and due dates in an easy
on line application.
• Top benefit: The ability to
sync with your mobile phone.
Share your schedule with
coworkers. Alerts via email.
• Cost: Free
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based, Pc, mac,
and mobile devices.
9. Google Keep or Evernote
• What does the tool do: Keep
track of
thoughts, ideas, pictures, notes,
etc. right on Google Drive (for
GoogleKeep, Evernote it is
within Evernote)
• How will it help me? Save
information, pictures, notes on
any device from anywhere so
never forget anything again!
• Top Benefits: Everything you
add is automatically synched to
all your devices
• Cost: Free
• Platform:
Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android
10. Trello• What the tool does: all in one
calendar, to-do
list, organizer, project
management
• How will it help me?
Checklists, files, photo’s, real
time collaboration, with
everything all in one place
• Top Benefit: all information is
automatically backed up so it
will never be lost, collaborate
in real time with members of a
project, keeping all important
documents in one spot
• Cost: Free
• Platform:
Mac, PC, Android, iPhone, iPad
11. TeuxDeux
• What the tool does: The idea
was to build a bare-bones, but
visually compelling and highly
usable to-do app: Use the
browser-based TeuxDeux at
work/home and then take your
to-dos on the road with the
iPhone app.
• How will it help me? Getting
things done with recurring
lists, rollover of unfinished
tasks, and custom lists
• Top Benefit: Custom lists and
the ability to customize list to
your schedule
• Cost: $2-$3/mo.
• Platform: PC, Mac, iPhone
12. Springpad
• What the tool does: an
easy way to keep track of
interests, schedules, to-do’s
from anywhere.
• How will it help me?
organization, note
taking, to-do lists, and
mobility
• Top benefit: the ability to
access your lists, synch with
Google tasks, follow friends
on Springpad
• Cost: Free
• Platform:
iPhone, iPad, Android, Web
13. LastPass
• What the tool does: LastPass is a
secure password manager that will
sync with all your devices
• How will it help me? With a click
of the mouse, your password will
be securely saved for you through
a cloud based single sign on.
• Top benefit: Supported by all
major platforms, allows for sharing
through a secure shared password
repository so you will never lose
another password again.
• Cost: Free (upgradeable for a cost
of $14-$24/year)
• Platform: Mac, Windows
14. Trusted I.D.
• What the tool does: Identity
Protection
• How does it help me? They
search through millions of
public and private data bases
to locate personal, financial,
and credit information to
locate any threats of identity
theft.
• Top benefit: Identity threat
score and credit lock to third
parties.
• Cost: Starting at $10.42 per
month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based
15. File This Fetch
• What the tool does: Online
storage of your personal
files.
• How does it help me?
Safely stores digital copies
of important documents, is
eco friendly, less clutter,
and easy to locate.
• Top benefit: Paperless files,
instantly organized.
• Cost: $2 per month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): PC, beta
16. Carbonite
• What the tool does: Online
Data Back Up.
• How does it help me?
Instantly backs up your
work on your computer
after software installation.
• Top benefit: Restores lost
information with ease.
• Cost: $299 - $599 per year.
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, iphone,
ipad, android, and
blackberry.
18. FreshBooks
• What the tool does: Online
Invoicing and Accounting.
• How does it help me?
Easily create invoices, track
payments, and payments
online.
• Top benefit: Synching with
online payment apps
(paypal), track accounts
payable and receivable,
generate financial reports,
and all your info is backed
up at their data center.
• Cost: Free - $39.95
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, iphone
19. Quick Books Online
• What the tool does: Online
Accounting Software
• How does it help me? All
your data is back up, pay
employees, banking, invoicing,
report generation and much
more.
• Top benefit: No software to
download, completely online,
free support, and the ability to
import contacts and financial
data.
• Cost: $12.95 – $63.16 per
month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, iphone,
ipad, android, and blackberry.
21. Zoho
• What the tool does: Online
collaboration, business, and
productivity applications.
• How does it help me??
Centrally locates files, projects,
contacts, and much more from
a web based platform
• Top benefit: Accessibility!
Your whole team can access
any file, get contact info, and
collaborate from anywhere.
• Cost:$20 - $80 per month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, android
22. Basecamp
• What the tool does:
Centrally locates company data
in one place online.
• How does it help me? All
your businesses projects are
available to your employees
anytime, anywhere.
• Top benefit: Provides a
platform for collaboration, file
sharing, discussions, and
decisions.
• Cost: $20 - $150 per month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, and
android
24. Google Docs
• What the tool does: Create,
share, and collaborate with
documents on the web.
• How does it help me?
Documents, spreadsheets,
presentations and forms can
easily be shared from a secure
place on the web.
• Top benefit: Easy
collaboration.
• Cost: Free
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based, iOS, and
android.
25. Slide Share
• What the tool does: Online
application to share
documents, professional
videos, and presentations
online.
• How does it help me?
Upload presentations for
public or private use, embed
on blogs and websites, share
on Twitter and Facebook to get
your videos out there.
• Top benefit: Synching with
social network sites.
• Cost: Free - $249 per month.
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): PC, Mac, mobile
devices
26. Dropbox
• What the tool does:
Intergrates all your documents,
pictures, and videos with all
your devices.
• How does it help me? You
can download documents,
pictures, and videos to and
they will automatically be
saved to all the computers and
phones you use or straight to
Dropbox.
• Top benefit: All your docs,
photos, and videos at your
fingertips and easy sharing.
• Cost: Free
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): PC, Mac, android,
and iphone.
27. You Send It- Now Hightail
• What the tool does: Cloud
based file sharing
• How does it help me? You
can send files and share
folders from anywhere,
anytime. Gives you the ability
to sign documents onling.
• Top benefit: The ability to
“sign” documents online, cloud
storage, and the ability to
share large files.
• Cost: Free - $14.99 per month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): cloud based,
android, iphone, Mac, or PC.
29. Gmail
• What the tool does: Online
email application.
• How does it help me?
Access your email from any
computer or mobile device
anywhere, anytime. Imports
your contact lists from several
different address books. Less
spam and tons of storage.
• Top benefit: Being able to
access your email from any
device and the ability to
import email contacts easily.
• Cost: Free
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, mobile.
30. MailChimp
• What the tool does: Online
Email Newsletters
• How does it help me? Using
pre-designed templates makes
developing email newsletters
easy. You can sync with your
customer data base, email
contacts, and CRM’s.
• Top benefit: Easy and eye-
catching newsletters to engage
your customers. Track your
results.
• Cost: Free - $240 per month.
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, iphone,
and android.
31. Constant Contact
• What the tool does:
Provides email and event
marketing, social media and
buy local campaigns, and
customer surveys.
• How does it help me?
Helps to keep you in touch
with your customers and alert
them to upcoming events or
sales.
• Top benefit: Customer
contact and personal training.
• Cost: Free - $99.95 (up to
10,000 fans)
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Pc, Mac, and
android
32. Sparrow
• What the tool does: An
email application for Mac’s and
iphone.
• How does it help me?
Driven by Gmail, it syncs to all
your Facebook contacts, offers
DropBox and cloud
capabilities, tailored inboxes.
• Top benefit: File sharing
(dropbox), synching with
Facebook contacts.
• Cost: $9.99
• Platform: Mac and iphone.
34. Sprout Social
• What the tool does: Social
Media Management.
• How does it help me?
Monitors your companies
online presence (Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)
• Top benefit: Publish and
schedule updates, monitor
your brand and your
competitors, and connect with
target markets.
• Cost: $39 - $899 per month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based, iOS, and
android
35. Hootsuite
• What the tool does: Social
Media Management.
• How does it help me?
Allows you to manage all your
social media from one spot,
offers analytics, allows for
organization wide
participation, and message
management.
• Top benefit: Anytime
publishing, monitoring, and
mobile apps.
• Cost: Free – request pricing
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based, iOS,
android, and blackberry.
36. Postling
• What the tool does:
Monitors your social media
postings and allows you to
post to any account anytime.
• How does it help me?
Allows you to respond and
comment on posts made by
people on your social
platforms.
• Top benefit: Daily recaps of
postings on your social media
accounts.
• Cost: $1 - $5 per month
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based, iphone
37. Tweetdeck (by Twitter)
• What the tool does:
Organizes your Twitter account
• How does it help me?
Custom arrange your feeds,
filter out unwanted feeds,
schedule your tweets, and get
notification on new feeds.
• Top benefit: Ability to
manage multiple accounts and
synchronize from different
computers.
• Cost: Free
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): Safari, Chrome, and
Firefox, iOS, Chrome App
39. Google Analytics
• What the tool does: Tools to
analyze your web presents.
• How does it help me? To
gain insight into how your
customers are receiving your
social media content, what
they are saying about you, and
how they engage with you.
• Top benefit: Allows you to
track only the information your
are interested in.
• Cost: Free
• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based, iOS, and
android
40. Aimee Bermudez, Dream Local Digital
aimee@dreamlocal.com
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www.dreamlocal.com
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