As I mentioned earlier in the week, I’ve just put the finishing touches to My Music Artists International, which (well, is not quite finished) is operating in stealth mode for the next week or two. Last night I was able to mark the launch of My Music PR, another string to my ever increasing musical bow.

The fun thing about it is, a lot of the collaborative work on the project in terms of preparing press releases, contact lists etc. is being facilitated through Google Docs.

Why?

• We’ve got Google accounts already
• It’s free
• It’s very easy
• A number of us can update and maintain documents / spreadsheets simultaneously
• Platform independent and accessible from anywhere with a web connection

If those aren’t reasons enough for you to try it out, then I don’t know what is.

In the office / coffee shop / library / studio / sitting room (wherever I’m working from) we’ve got different operating systems, different versions of Microsoft Word or Apple Pages going. There’s lots of emailing back and forth to make sure everyone has the same document but there comes a point when you have to say “enough”.

The solution? Logging into Google Docs, setting up a new spreadsheet to work on and inviting everyone in to work on it.

Any documents or spreadsheets you’ve emailed to your Google account as well can also be opened within Google Docs, saved and exported again for working locally. Why we didn’t go this route for collaborative work before I’ll never know.

Give it a go by visiting Google Docs homepage.

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