Docstoc.com is an online service that allows you to upload documents to their servers and share them online with others. Current formats that they support are .doc, .pdf, .txt, .ppt, and .xls. So, if you have a spreadsheet, PDF or Word document you'd like to share, set up your free account at Docstoc.com and you'll find that the process is quite easy.
You might also find some documents up there for public sharing that could be useful to you. Some of the documents and forms I found in their popular downloads included:
- Intellectual Property Development and Transfer Agreement
- Web Site Design Consultation Agreement
- How to Write a Mission Statement
- Bloggers Handbook
- NDA - Non Disclosure Agreement
- Replication Rights Form
- Excel Formulas Help
These are shared freely, and many are in formats that will allow you to modify them to suit your needs. I am using this service to embed PDF and MS Word documents from local government into my blog. The town sends me their minutes and other town planning documents as email attachments, and I upload to Docstoc. Once they're up on the server, the service provides the code to embed the document in the blog. I can't place that kind of code in these articles, so here's a link to a screen shot of how a doc looks embedded. The two right arrows in the upper right corner allow the viewer to view the document full screen size or to print it out. They can also download it.
Another use for real estate professionals might be the "private" option. You can make documents private, sharing them only with those you provide with the private URL address. If you had a contract document in PDF format, and the client couldn't get it or open it as an email attachment, you could place it up on Docstoc and have them download it from there. Then you could take it down just to save their servers and for security and privacy reasons.
If you have the need to share documents over the Web,or if you want to embed them in a website or blog, give Docstoc a look. It's free and very useful.
