Getting the Most out of Google Accounts and Services PART 1

I know you all have heard of Google accounts and Gmail.com. But what most people don't realize is its power to help with brainstorming ideas, collaborating, and developing for business startups. I'm going to show you how to get the most out of what Google has to offer in order to aid you in online business creation.

First, if you don't have a Gmail or Google account, sign up here or here.
Then be sure to have your potential business partner(s) do the same. You can add them to your contact list for easy access.






Google has a cool service called Google Docs and Spreadsheets, it used to be the online application Writely. Once you are logged onto your Google account, go to Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Next, click on New Document. As you can see it is your basic word processor. Now you can start adding info. Maybe write some business name ideas, site outlines, possible domains or whatever.
Now here's the cool part. Click on the blue Collaborate tab on the top right of the document. You can choose to add collaborators(able to edit doc) or viewers(unable to edit doc) by simply typing in their Google Accounts. Make sure that the people you are sending to are currently online. Once they receive the message, then can navigate to the document as well and begin working on it with you. You will notice that on the document, another blue tab labeled Discuss has been added. Click this tab. Here you will be able to chat back and forth, exchanging ideas with your partner. If the document you are working on is an article or some type of press release, Google makes it easy to publish it straight to your blog. The last blue tab, labeled Publish, allows you to publish the document to a blog, or to a website.

Check back later when we talk about more services Google has to offer to teen entrepreneurs and startups!