Online Collaboration 3 free tools you will need

Online Collaboration 3 free tools you will need

Posted on 01. May, 2010 by in Blogging Elements

Working virtually is the next best thing that happened to us after the Fire and the Wheel. Working seamlessly, across boundaries, round the clock is the new way to work. Have you tried this way of working yet? I know your blogging entails working on the web for yourself. However, I am talking about “’team work” and “collaboration”. Work gets faster online and your daily work is devoid of the usual time wasters like unnecessary breaks, meetings and doing personal chores for your boss. Here are three free tools you can use for online collaboration:

Skype: Often stated, more often used, Skype has proven to be an almost default VoIP system for individual business owners, self-employed professionals and certainly for telecommuters. It not only allows for simple Instant messaging, but also brings in screen sharing, voice calling and file sharing – all of it simultaneously. Anyone with a computer and Internet connection can literally talk to anyone across the world and that’s the first thing your business will need.

Google Documents: It has already been discussed but Google Docs is proving to be indispensible right now with the possibility of collaborating online completely. When I need to collaborate with someone, I just open a spreadsheet and start creating sheets based on the projects we are working on. Any edits done on any page within is reflected and saved immediately. Google Docs has two advantages primarily – live collaboration and independence from computer systems since it is all web-based.

LogMeIn: Often times, you will need to access your co-workers’ computers, or remote servers to getwork done. Since it is a virtual we are talking about, we need to factor in the possibility of seamless location independence and constant travel. If that’s the case, we will need a way to access computers within the network of our workers. One nifty way of doing it is to use LogMeIn and access any computer from anywhere in the world. Remote access is an integral part of online collaboration.

Which of these tools have you used yet? Have you found any of them really good to work with? Are there any more tools you might know about?

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11 Responses to “Online Collaboration 3 free tools you will need”

  1. Alex

    04. May, 2010

    A nice alternative to LogMeIn is Techinline (http://www.techinline.com). Works like a charm with some of my not-so computer literate clients

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  3. Mike J

    04. May, 2010

    @Alex Thanks for the tip on Techinline I will have to check them out.

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  6. Yan Susanto

    13. May, 2010

    Thanks for sharing the LogMeIn tool. As I’m traveling quiet a lot, it’s super useful tool for me to collaborate with my VAs.

    Yan

  7. Maggie Hibma

    14. May, 2010

    Hi Ashwin,

    Thanks so much for including LogMeIn in your roundup of must-have collaboration tools. If you or any of your readers have questions about LogMeIn, you can find me on Facebook or Twitter.

    Maggie Hibma
    Social Media, LogMeIn
    http://www.Twitter.com/LogMeInNews
    http://www.Facebook.com/LogMeIn

  8. Steve

    28. May, 2010

    Hi Ashwin,

    Thanks so much for including LogMeIn in your roundup of must-have collaboration tools. If you or any of your readers have questions about LogMeIn, you can find me on Facebook or Twitter.

    Maggie Hibma
    Social Media, LogMeIn
    http://www.Twitter.com/LogMeInNews
    http://www.Facebook.com/LogMeIn

  9. Ashwin

    11. Jun, 2010

    @Maggie Hi maggie, You are more than welcome. LogmeIn is an incredibly useful tool and I don’t know what I could have done without it.

  10. Rick Hues

    06. Sep, 2010

    There are some free tools out there. Normally, you use a paid one and a free one, for a number of reasons. I use Skyfex (skyfex.com) as a free one.

  11. Holly B

    22. Sep, 2010

    FMYI [for my innovation] is a collaboration site where you store and share information securely with your team. Everyone gets their own social networking-style profile page. People can create additional pages to post messages, files, links, tasks, events, and more for projects, contacts, resources or anything else you need to achieve your goals.

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