How I Use Evernote to Keep Track of Nearly Everything

One of my favorite organizational tools is a free program called Evernote.  It’s simple,  powerful and free. Here’s why I use it on a daily basis.

• When I see an good blog post, read an article I want to save, or come across anything I want to save, it goes into Evernote.
• All of my notes are synced across my iPhone, iPad, an app on my computer and a website accessible from anywhere.
• The search feature is powerful – it searches inside PDFs and recognizes handwriting.  I can find stuff fast from any device.
• When I’ve got a dry erase board full of meeting notes, I simply snap a picture with my phone and email it directly to Evernote.
• You can tag things and put them in notebooks (like folders).  I have notebooks for blog ideas, blog posts, meeting notes, personal files and sermon stories.
• I use a document scanner to scan bills, statements and artwork from my kids and save it all in that home folder.
• I actually pay $5 a month for the premium version which allows me to store PDFs, Word document and other files.
• I use a keyboard shortcut on the web to paste stuff into Evernote all the time.
• I created an Evernote email address, so I can forward articles, emails, pictures or anything into Evernote from my email program.  Super easy.
• Once a week, I go through everything I clipped to add tags and put in the proper folders.  It’s a great time to review what I clipped.

Brett Kelly has written an unofficial guide to Evernote and it’s fantastic.  I highly recommend that you download this eBook and go through it.  It’s well-worth your time and it will help you make the most of Evernote.