October 19th, 2009

SEVEN WEB APPLICATIONS THAT I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT

Guest post from Absolute Presence

Deskaway
I have to admit, I was a faithful Basecamp user for about 4 years. In my opinion it offered the best web project management solution on the web. After reading many reviews and testing many online project management services I decided to try Deskaway, and I am glad I did.

The customer service, prices and features is excellent. I can manage multiple projects, and training my client to use it has been very easy. Check out the 10 reasons why you should switch to Deskaway.

Google Apps

What did we do before Google? From GMail, Docs, Reader,and Bookmarks, you name it Google has a solution. It seems kind of scary that a company that can compete on so many levels. The Google suite of apps is truly a lifesaver. What would we do without the big G?
GoTo Meeting
This is an application that I use to schedule demos, trainings, and for tech support. I love it because it is a truly cross platform service and I rarely have any trouble. It’s easy to conduct on-the-fly or scheduled presentations with a prospective customer, perform live demonstrations in real time, collaborate on documents with your colleagues and provide training to customers and employees.

iContact
If you have a business like me you want to send email newsletters, there are so many companies to choose from. I have tried almost all of them, and I have found that iContact based out of Durham, North Carolina, has a great feature set at an affordable price. At one level all the email services can start to look similar, but the customer service and response time of iContact makes them a clear winner in my book.

Log Me In
About a year ago when I started my new job I had a dilemma, the television server kept crashing and I didn’t want to run down to the station to fix it. And to make matters worse when they installed the TV server it was running Microsoft Vista (major fail). A friend told me about Log Me In, I have told my colleagues, and we all are raving fans. I use the pro version of this software which allows me to login from anywhere 24/7 to make changes and better yet, I can even use the app on my iPhone.

Mobile Me

This is a service from Apple that integrates well if you are a Mac user, and even PC users can back up and upload files to Mobile Me. It can get rather expensive, but I use it for hosting files and backups. iDisk makes it easy to store and share files online so you can access them anytime from any computer, or even from your iPhone. iDisk also lets you share files that are too big to email.

You Send It
Let’s face it, the more we work, the larger our file sizes become. Most corporate email accounts limit 5MB sending and other services like GMail have a 25MB sending limit. This is where You Send It comes in. It is a rock solid application that has various plugins that work from applications. You can even set up a drop box for people to send you large files.

What are the web applications that you can’t live without? Or the applications that if you didn’t use it would make your workflow more difficult?

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