Whether you're one of those people who stash your receipts in a shoebox and wait until April 14 to sort out your taxes, or you simply get inundated with business cards when you go to a tradeshow, Shoeboxed can help convert the paper in your life into searchable online data. I wrote about a similar company called Pixily back in November, but Shoeboxed has much better pricing for a very similar result. Shoeboxed is like having your own personal assistant for as little as $10/month. They won't get you coffee and answer your phone, but Shoeboxed also won't be surfing YouTube on your dime either. You mail them your receipts and business cards, they do all the tedious work of scanning papers in and making them useful.
Key features I like about Shoeboxed:
- Free catchup service to help you get all the old stuff scanned
- Convert reciepts to data ready for import into Quicken or MS Money
- Business card scanning with conversion into files you can add to your Outlook contacts, Gmail contacts or other PIM software.
- Shoeboxed offers to either send back the paper versions or shred them for you
- Upload or email an unlimited number of reciepts to add to your data
- Backup CD containing all digital files is an option
If you're like me and acquire a bunch of business cards but then never follow-up because tracking them down is a hassle, Shoeboxed will start making you more productive instantly. And filing your paperwork will leave you more time to manage your life and your business.
If you sign up for an Shoeboxed annual account, you can save an additional 10% by ordering by February 28, 2009.
