Every Friday I share one of my favourite finds of the week — a website, tool or an app that has impressed me.
My Friday Favourite this week is Evernote – Take Notes Anywhere.
What is it?
Evernote is an app that allows you to take notes anywhere, and retrieve them from any device.
How can it help me?
I’ve used Evernote since 2008 to capture anything and everything that I might need to refer back to, including:-
- Handwritten meeting notes (Evernote allows you to scan these in via the mobile app)
- Meeting agendas
- Receipts
- Conference guides
- eBooks and White papers
- Voice recordings (from Zoom and Braintoss — a voice-based to-do capture tool)
- Voicemail recordings
- Birthday, Christmas and Thank You cards
- Contracts and agreements
- Emails
- Ideas and Brainstorms
- Manuals for household appliances and gadgets
- Email newsletters
- Web-Pages
- Printed flyers and vouchers
- Photographs
… plus much more.
Basically, Evernote has become my second brain. It helps me turn physical items (such as handwritten notes, receipts and photos) into digital items that take up no physical space, and are easy to retrieve.
The beauty of Evernote is it’s search capabilities. You can store items by folder and sub-folder, use a naming convention, tags, or a combination of all of these. The Premium version of the app also has the ability to search text within PDF files.
People have been flabbergasted that I’ve recalled items from years ago, thanks to a quick search of my Evernote.
You can also forward emails directly into Evernote. Been sent an agenda list for a meeting? Get it out of your email inbox and into Evernote, where you can pull it up when the meeting takes place.
Evernote is super powerful!
How much does it cost?
Evernote is free for the basic plan.
Evernote Premium costs from £4.99/month.
Evernote Business costs from £10.99/month.
How can I get it?
Visit the Evernote homepage to get started.
You can download Evernote for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
You can also follow @Evernote on Twitter, or visit the Evernote Facebook page.
Thanks to Evernote expert Stacey Harmon for reminding me to write this Friday Favourite about Evernote!
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Richard Tubb is one of the best-known experts within the global IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) community. He launched and sold his own MSP business before creating a leading MSP media and consultancy practice. Richard helps IT business owner’s take back control by freeing up their time and building a business that can run without them. He’s the author of the book “The IT Business Owner’s Survival Guide” and writer of the award-winning blog www.tubblog.co.uk
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