The nice thing about storing everything online is that data is automatically backed up each time the user logs in on any of the synced devices (mobile phone, desktop, laptop, etc.).    You can run Evernote on virtually any device you have; your office computer, your iPhone/iPad, Android, Mac, and Blackberry.

Notes

With Evernote you can create simple text notes, save snapshots, clip web pages, and in some cases, take audio notes.  Store your to-do list, meeting notes, or ideas in Evernote and they are now available to you on any device you use.

Organization

The most beneficial element of Evernote is it’s organizational system.   You start with a notebook.  Much like a filing system, your notebook becomes a place where you store notes.  So, if you use Evernote to work with your clients.  First, Create a notebook for the client.  Then create and store all of your notes for that client in one place.  Conducting research for your client?  Store Web Clips to web pages, copy or drag PDF documents to store them in your notebook; also photos and images.  In addition, Evernote contains several other different ways to categorize information, by using Tags, Note Titles and Notebooks.

Web clipper

Evernote also offers an alternative to “bookmarking” web pages.  Instead of just saving the web address, the Evernote web clipper add on for Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari allows the user to save the HTML on the web page as a note with just the click of a button (Web clipper installs automatically for IE when the user downloads Evernote for Windows, and automatically when Mac users download Evernote for OS X).

Screenshots

The Windows version of Evernote provides a feature that can be used to clip portions of your screen and save them to a note. 

Sharing Notebooks

Evernote allows you to share your notebooks with family, friends or clients.  You can share notebooks both publicly or privately.  You can share a notebook via Twitter and Facebook, by emailing the note, or sending the user a link.

Web

With Evernote, you can access your notes from any computer that has Internet capabilities. The interface is very similar to that of the desktop version, and should not be troublesome to those that have already used the desktop version of the product.  One neat feature of Evernote Web is that the user can share notebooks with either individuals or the whole world. Using the “Sharing” function, the user can specify which individuals to send the notebook to, or create a URL that is posted for everyone to see.

Conclusion