Ever heard of Dropbox? File Storage, Syncing, and Sharing comes to you for FREE. We recently stumbled upon this incredible gem and we’re using it in several different ways. I’ll share some examples of those below. You can get a FREE Dropbox account that allows you to store up to 2GB of files. There are also pay accounts available that offer 50GB of storage for $9.99/month and 100GB of storage for $19.99/month. Here’s how we are using this great resource…
Sync
Have you ever been working on your notebook computer while you are out of the office or traveling and realized that the file you need is on your desktop computer. One of the great features of Dropbox is that any files you store in your account are synced to any other computer you set up. This means you’ll have access to your important files on every computer you use. You could even access your files on someone else’s computer if you needed to. There is an iPhone app that allows you to access your Dropbox files as well. We use our account to make sure that we always have access to the important files we need on every computer that we use.
Share
As with many small businesses, we have a need to share many different files both internally between Kevin and me and externally between ourselves and contractors. We make every attempt to utilize our Project Center for file sharing and collaboration, however, because we are limited to a 100MB file upload on the Project Center, Dropbox comes in very handy. We can drop in files of any size as long as long as they don’t exceed the remaining space in our Dropbox. To share a file with someone, it’s really as simple as creating a new shared Dropbox folder, invite people to join the folder so they can access it, and then all you have to do is place files inside the folder.
What does this have to do with Web Presence?
All in all, not a whole lot. However, our clients and prospects are small businesses. We absolutely love building websites for small businesses and helping them develop their Web Presence. But, we also want to make sure that we share resources that might help out our small business clients and prospects. Hopefully, Dropbox is something that can help make life a little easier for you and your small business.
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