The document discusses various free tech tools that can be used for marketing, organization, collaboration, and as alternatives to paid software. It provides information on tools for slideshows, stock images, surveys, bookmarks, web notebooks, screen capturing, file transfers, and document creation. Collaboration tools like Google Docs, Zoho, and SpringNote are presented as alternatives for sharing information without repetitive emails. The top three tools someone will use and how they will use them are requested at the end.

1. Free Tech Tools Exposed Jennifer Reissaus, MAS Advertising Specialties Alliance CAS – 1.5 pts Tuesday, June 8, 2010 8:00 – 9:15 AM

2. Free Tech Tools Exposed

3. Free Tech Tools Exposed

4. Free Tech Tools Exposed Content will be available for download.

5. Free Tech Tools Exposed Overview Marketing Organization Doing / Seeing Stuff Alternatives to Big Software Collaboration Tools

6. Free Tech Tools Exposed Marketing Organization Doing / Seeing Stuff Alternatives to Big Software Collaboration Tools

7. Marketing - Slideshows

8. Slideshare

9. Slideshare

10. Slideshare

11. Slideshare

12. Slideshare

13. Slideshare

14. Slideshare

15. Slideshare PowerPoint presentations, OpenOffice files, Word documents, Adobe PDF Portfolios and Keynote (for Mac users Stored online; share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar . www.slideshare.net

16. Slideshows How could you use slideshows? Customer specific marketing ideas Case study collection What’s new from Promotions East 2010 ???

17. Marketing – Stock Images

18. crestock

19. crestock Read this!

20. crestock www.crestock.com

21. iStockphoto

22. iStockphoto

23. iStockphoto

24. iStockphoto Read this!

25. iStockphoto

26. iStockphoto www.istockphoto.com

27. Marketing - Surveys

28. Surveys - Zoomerang

29. Zoomerang

30. Zoomerang

31. Zoomerang zoomerang.com

32. Surveys - SurveyMonkey

33. SurveyMonkey

34. SurveyMonkey surveymonkey.com

35. Marketing - Surveys How can you use surveys? - Vote on golf tourney prizes - Choose apparel styles - ????

36. Free Tech Tools Exposed Marketing Organization Doing / Seeing Stuff Alternatives to Big Software Collaboration Tools

37. Organization – Bookmark in the Cloud “ The term cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on the cloud drawing used to depict the Internet in computer network diagrams as an abstraction of the underlying infrastructure it represents.” - www.wikipedia.org Cloud = Internet = Online In the Cloud????

38. Organization – Bookmark in the Cloud del.icio.us OR www.delicious.com

39. delicious Plays nice with Firefox ……

40. delicious

41. delicious Right Click to see the dialog box

42. delicious

43. delicious

44. delicious Tags, not folders In the cloud – access anywhere

45. Organization – Web Notebooks / Clippers

46. Zoho Notebook Clip portions of web screens or entire screens Text & Images Organize into notebooks Sections within notebooks Stored in the Cloud

47. Zoho Notebook

48. Zoho Notebook

49. Zoho Notebook

50. Zoho Notebook

51. Zoho Notebook notebook.zoho.com

52. Evernote

53. Evernote

54. Evernote

55. Evernote Sync between online / desktop / mobile device Free iPod/iPhone App Android now available

56. Evernote www.evernote.com

57. Organization – Web Notebooks / Clippers How can you use Web Notebooks? - Collect information on clients / prospects - Collect information on upcoming events - ????

58. Organization – Email Email – use the filters! “ Filter” or “Organize” or “Rules” Automatically send emails to folders (or tag) based on sender, subject, etc.

59. Organization - Email Email – view by Thread / Conversation Topic - Read entire thread before commenting - Keep track of the conversation

60. Organization - Email Before

61. Organization - Email After

62. Organization - Email How to (MS Outlook):

63. Free Tech Tools Exposed Marketing Organization Doing / Seeing Stuff Alternatives to Big Software Collaboration Tools

64. Doing / Seeing – Viewing Embroidery Files

65. Wilcom TrueSizer

66. Wilcom TrueSizer – Simulated Sewout

67. Wilcom TrueSizer – Slow Redraw

68. Wilcom TrueSizer www.wilcom.com.au/PRODUCTS/ TrueSizer.aspx Must register at embroiderystartup.com to download

69. Pulse Ambassador www.pulsemicro.com/ ambassadordownload

70. Doing / Seeing – Transferring Large Files

71. Transferring Large Files File Transfer / Share File Sync Online Backup – Free to 2GB Version History Premium plans available www.dropbox.com

72. Transferring Large Files FREE – Send files up to 100MB ea Premium plans available www.yousendit.com

73. Transferring Large Files FREE – 1GB storage, Send files up to 25MB ea. Premium plans available www.box.net

74. Doing / Seeing – Screen Capture OLD WAY PrintScreen – Copies full screen image to clipboard. (Then paste to image editing tool to crop, crop, recopy, insert into document.) Alt-Printscreen – Copies active window image to clipboard. Right-click on image – Download image as saved file. Insert file into document.

75. Doing / Seeing – Screen Capture NEW WAY Snippy – - Draw around exact portion of screen needed – automatically copies to clipboard (then paste into document.) - Press shift to draw rectangle instead of free-form. - www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/ to download & install

76. Snippy

77. Snippy

78. Doing / Seeing - Desktop Recorder Used for the Wilcom slow redraw slide CamStudio 2.0 www.camstudio.org - website link in software HELP file is incorrect.

79. Doing / Seeing - Creating PDF Files Installs as a printer

80. CutePDF

81. CutePDF

82. CutePDF

83. CutePDF

84. CutePDF Universally-readable format CutePDF.com

85. Doing / Seeing Viewing EPS Files promote.3m.com/eps_viewer/index.jsp

86. Doing / Seeing Shortening URLs http://ppai.org/NR/rdonlyres/50D28EED-E869-47EC-8563-4E1DC4DF3A0D/0/DimensionalMailings.pdf

87. Doing / Seeing Shortening URLs

88. TinyURL

89. TinyURL

90. TinyURL

91. bit.ly

92. bit.ly

93. bit.ly Reports Click Traffic

94. Doing / Seeing Identifying Fonts

95. Doing / Seeing Identifying Fonts

96. Doing / Seeing Identifying Fonts

97. Free Tech Tools Exposed Marketing Organization Doing / Seeing Stuff Alternatives to Big Software Collaboration Tools

98. Alternatives to MS Office

99. Alternatives to MS Office - OpenOffice Word Powerpoint Excel Access Publisher

100. OpenOffice Opens Microsoft Office files Save as Microsoft Office files Windows, Linux, Mac version www.OpenOffice.org

101. Alternatives to MS Office - Google Docs More than a search tool…..

102. Google Docs

103. Google Docs

104. Google Docs Word Powerpoint Excel

105. Alternatives to MS Office – Zoho

106. Zoho Outlook Powerpoint Excel Project Word Access

107. Zoho Many apps to explore! Zoho.com

108. Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop

109. Photoshop Alternatives – The GIMP The GNU Image Manipulation Program Closest free alt. to Photoshop Windows, Unix, Mac www.gimp.org Great tutorials

110. Photoshop Alternatives – The GIMP

111. Photoshop Alternatives – paint.net Another close alt. to Photoshop Windows www.getpaint.net Great tutorials

112. Photoshop Alternatives –paint.net

113. Photoshop Alternatives – Photoshop.com Store, edit images in the Cloud Online version of Photoshop Express Limited functionality Windows, Unix, Mac www.photoshop.com

114. Alternatives to Adobe Illustrator

115. Illustrator Alternatives – Inkscape Opens SVG, SVGZ (gzipped SVG), PDF, and AI files Other file types with assistance (EPS, CDR, CGM, SK1) Save as SVG, SVGZ, PDF, Postscript/EPS/EPSi, AI www.inkscape.org wiki.inkscape.org

116. Inkscape

117. Illustrator Alternatives – Raven Online create / edit aviary.com/tools/raven

118. Raven

119. Raven

120. Free Tech Tools Exposed Marketing Organization Doing / Seeing Stuff Alternatives to Big Software Collaboration Tools

121. Collaboration Tools

122. Collaboration Tools Why? Keeps everyone informed. Easier for the client – no repetitive e-mails, everything is in one place. If a client project – distributor gets insight into decision makers & decision process.

123. Collaboration Tools – Zoho Collaboration integrated into many Apps www.zoho.com

124. Collaboration Tools – Google docs / wave wave.google.com Google labs app

125. Collaboration Tools – SpringNote springnote.com

126. Collaboration Tools How would you use a collaboration tool? Develop client’s brochure content / wording / design Design promotional campaign – timelines, content, responsibilities ?????

127. Free Tech Tools Exposed Top 3 you will use & How you will use them

128. Free Tech Tools Exposed Where do I find this stuff?

129. lifehacker

130. lifehacker

131. lifehacker

132. lifehacker

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134. lifehacker

135. lifehacker

136. lifehacker

137. lifehacker Read the comments!

138. lifehacker

139. lifehacker

140. lifehacker

141. lifehacker

142. lifehacker lifehacker.com

143. dogpile

144. dogpile

145. dogpile

146. dogpile dogpile.com

147. Kim Komando

148. Kim Komando

149. Kim Komando komando.com

150. Where to get this presentation tinyurl.com/TechToolsPE2010

151. Free Tech Tools Exposed Questions?

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