Small Business Tech Tips

One of the best business tools around is the simple diagram or chart – nothing makes it easier to communicate a new process, structure or idea than a simple picture.

But creating those diagrams or charts isn’t so easy.  I’ve always found the complexity and cost of Microsoft Visio overwhelming.  I know that Visio has a lot of fans – those people that live and breathe it all day long because their job is to create one diagram after another – but for those of us that only need to create a diagram every once in a while, Visio is a little much.

A new online service called Gliffy makes creating and sharing diagrams easy.

Gliffy is 100% online, so it’s easy for anyone to access the service to create, share, and collaborate on diagrams – no matter what operating system they are working from. My first thought when finding the service was that it surely must be difficult to create all of the details of a good diagram using a web browser, but Gliffy makes the process simple and intuitive for even a total rookie – something I feel Visio has never accomplished.

This quick video shows you just how easy it is to create a new diagram:

The best way to see the power of Gliffy is to jump in and give it a try yourself. Gliffy is free to use for up to 5 diagrams, and inexpensive to purchase access to after that – give it a shot here.

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Tags: creating diagrams, creating flowcharts, online diagrams, online flowcharts, organizational charts, small business technology

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