One of the added benefits of docstoc, is that users can store all their documents privately online for free. Upload your word, excel, powerpoint, and pdf files to docstoc, mark the documents private, and easily access your important documents anytime, anywhere.

There are two ways to make documents private on docstoc.

1.) After upload go to your profile and check the box to mark a document private.
2.) At the time of upload, select the private drop down box for those documents you want stored privately

Documents that are stored privately, can not be accessed through the keyword search or categories on docstoc. Those documents will remain hidden from the rest of the community. However you can still access those documents from your profile, and share the link to the document with people you want to provide access.

Private storage on docstoc is great for:
1.) Having easy access to important files, you can preview or download, anywhere you have internet acess
2.) Sharing large files such as a presentations or business plans. Instead of trying to email a 10 MGB file, upload the doc to docstoc and simply email url of the document.
3.) Keeping backup copies of your files online in case of emergency. Also try creating your own directory of folders from your “my documents” on docstoc, and drag and drop your private files into your own customized directory of online folders.

And stay tuned for our new and improved “My Documents” on docstoc, more to come….

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Documents that you upload and share on docstoc, quickly get indexed at the top of search engines. Take a look at some the sample keyword searches for documents on docstoc and how they place on Google.

Executive Summary Template – Page 1 Google
LLC Company Agreement – Page 1 Google
Star Trek Spec Script – Page 1 Google
Business Documents – Page 1 Google
Business Masters – Page 1 Google
NDA Template – Page 1 Google
Agreement to Sell Business – Page 1 Google

In order to ensure that your document gets ranked as high as possible, follow the steps below.

1.) Make sure the title of the document corresponds to the search term/phrase you want to ranks for
2.) Add descriptive tags that include the search term/phrase
3.) Place the document in the appropriate category
4.) Add a description that has your key terms or phrase
5.) Make sure the content inside the documents includes the search terms/phrase as much as possible
6.) Promote Your Document. The more views your document gets the higher it will rank in search engines
(try importing all your contacts and emailing them the link to the document on docstoc to help is spread virally)

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Every document you upload on docstoc provides you with an opportunity to promote yourself and your business. It’s a fantastic way to generate business leads for free. Take a look at the sample document/profile below.

Click Here to See the Full Document Display Page

1.) Make sure to register and complete your profile
2.) Include your web address and fill out the “about me section�
3.) Users will contact you directly from each of the document display pages

Thousands of unique visitors will see your documents. And each of those visits could turn into a business lead, referral to your website, or valuable self promotion. Plus, all the documents you upload get indexed at the top of search engines.

See how docstoc can help you and your business today – try uploading some documents

And if you’ve already got business leads by uploading documents, please share your story with us.

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Docstoc recently released our new multi-tabbed pop-ups (the good kind) that users can access from each of the document display pages.

Now from a single call out bar, you’ll be able to email documents to friends, add tags and change categories to other users documents, rate and review documents, add a document to your personal folders on docstoc, and get the embed code for a document.

Email Documents - now you can import all your contacts from gmail, hotmail, yahoo, aol (and many more), save the in your docstoc address book, to easily send documents you find on docstoc to all your contacts

Add Tags / Change Categories - we rely on our community to help properly index all of our documents to make them easier for you to find. Add tags to another users documents or change the category they put it in. You can set your preferences to automatically allow other users to edit this or to require your approval first. Check out your my settings page.

Rate / Review a Document - We’ve combined the rating and review process so that you can see in all the reviews both what comments users leave about a document and how they rate it.

Add Document to Folder - you can save any document to your “my documents” on your docstoc profile. You can drag and drop documents in-between folders and right click on a document title (from the profile page) to edit, remove, or delete a document.

Embed Documents in Other Websites and Blogs - grab the embed code for any document on docstoc (docs you upload and docs you find interesting) and embed them (like you would a youtube video) in MySpace, Blogs, Websites or anywhere on the web. This is a great feature when you want to share presentations, scanned documents, or legal complaints (just to name a few).

Do you have any suggestions on how we can make these features even better? Email our community manager Kat - and read more about her below.

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What’s up, John here again to introduce you all to another of our Docstoc team members: Kathrien. Many of you already know Kathrien as she’s our friendly community manager who has spent the last few months dedicated to interacting with docsters to make sure we’re providing the best user experience possible. Without further adieu…

Kathrien, for those who don’t know you, can you tell us a little about what you do at Docstoc?
I’m the Community manager here at Docstoc, so my job is to just get the word out about new features on the site, e-mail new users and existing members of the Docstoc community, in addition to performing quality control on the documents. I’m also the resident grocery shopper of the office. Lol. We like string cheese here and Diet coke here.

What’s a way that you see Docstoc making life easier for you?
Well, I remember when I moved into my first apartment and had a roommate, and we’d always fight over stupid stuff. If we had a formal agreement about certain issues, than we probably wouldn’t have fought as much. On docstoc, there’s a ton of free contracts, business templates, and notes for college or law school. Anything from Landlord agreements to “Dating at work� agreements. Its pretty cool.

What’s your favorite Docstoc feature?
My favorite docstoc feature is probably being able to see the number of views each doc has. Obviously, you gravitate towards the documents with a ton of views to see what the fuss is about. Also, for those who want to promote themselves or their business, they can immediately see which pieces of their content are getting more views, so they can upload more similar content, thus increasing traffic to their site, blog, or business.

Thanks Kat! You can see Kathrien’s docster profile and add her as a friend here. She’s going to be keeping us updated on what’s going on in the Docstoc community as well as around the office, so keep your eyes peeled.

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Here is one of our very own docs as featured. It includes a host of ideas on how to use docstoc to help promote yourself, your business and your content. In order to fully take advantage of these features:

1) Complete Your Profile
2.) Upload Some More Docs
3.) Use Our Embed Documents Feature

Enjoy. And if you want to request one of your documents to be featured in our blog, send an email to info@docstoc.com with the link to your document.

click on the “docstoc” logo below in the embeded object to go to the document display page for this doc

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We’ve introduced a new display for documents. You can now select between two different layouts when you upload documents.

Document Display that Focuses On the Profile
(generate business leads, and connect with other professionals)

Document Display that Focuses on the Content
(widescreen view for documents)

Each document you upload will:
• Promote yourself and your work
• Drive more traffic to your blog or website
• Get leads for new business by advertising your documents
• Get thoughtful reviews for each document, with our new document review system
• Establish yourself as an expert in a particular topic or category on docstoc

To fully take advantage of these new benefits:
1. Update Your Profile and write your “about me� section to effectively promote yourself and your expertise/business.
2. Upload your documents (remember, you can also upload all your documents privately and use docstoc for your own personal online file storage)

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You can now subscribe to our RSS feeds for any category or sub category. Have the most recent documents uploaded to a specific category automatically sent to the feed of your choice each day.

Click Here to see our full list of categories.

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We’ve decided to make our own Docstoc Blog a more prominent feature on our site. Click on the Blogs Tab in the Navigation Bar and you’ll land on our blog page. You can still find and share your own blog on our site. For our part, the Docstoc Blog will focus on:

1.) Product and feature announcements geared towards improving your user expereince
2.) Featuring compelling users and content on the site
3.) Giving all our users a window into our experiences (challenges and triumphs) as a growing start up
4.) Covering a variety of topical legal and business issues for professionals

Stay tuned, a lot more content is on its way to come…

Jason
CEO, Docstoc.com

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Happy Holidays to all of you in our docstoc community. Thanks to all of you for uploading your documents, updating your profiles, and leaving comments, reviews, and ratings. And so, without further ado, here are the winners for “Best Document� for the past week.

Wednesday December 5th - memaw- Jill Kapraun: Contract for in Home Daycare

Thursday December 6th- DarretKing- Darret King: Evaluating Family Budget

Friday December 7th –ivfworld: IVF Study Papers

Saturday December 8th - bamafun- Alisha Wright: Business Card Template Personalize and Print

Monday December 10th - Newcreature52- Steve Herr: Springboard for Survival

Tuesday December 11th - Longboat- Terry H Hill: How Do You Differentiate Yourself from Your Competitors

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We’re Giving Away a $50 Amazon Gift Certificate Every Day (until Christmas Eve) to the User that Uploads the Best Quality Document Each Day.

The contest starts Wednesday, December 5th, 2007, and goes through Sunday December 23rd. Winners will be notified daily by email and announced each week on the Docstoc Blog. Winning users and documents will also be featured on docstoc.

For a full list of contest rules CLICK HERE.

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The following document charts the traffic of each of the companies that presented at the TechCrunch40 Conference. This review was conducted as of November 24th, 2007.

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Muhammad Saleem won the iPod Touch for the week 3 contest. As of Sunday November 18 th at 11:59pm.

Mu was a strong competitor in our week two competition, and then came out blazing in week 3. He uploaded a variety of helpful educational materials including numerous classic literature which you can now find on docstoc.

Here is a brief blurb about Muhammad:

I recently finished my A.B. degree in Economics along with a Minor in Slavic Languages and Literature (with a focus on Russian) from the University of Chicago. i spend most of my free time on various social bookmarking and networking sites, and writing about social media and socially driven content. I am also a social media marketing consultant, working with Advantage Consultant Services.

Having been an international student for 4 years, during which I traveled outside the states multiple times, and now working in the states as a foreigner, I have had to deal with official government documentation a lot, especially with respect to travel, employment, and taxes. In that respect, Docstoc is a godsend for anyone looking for one, comprehensive, and easy-to-use resource for all legal documents and more.

Congrats Muhammad, you did a great job. You can visit his profile by Clicking Here.

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Farhan Khan won the iPod Touch for the week 2 contest. As of Sunday November1th at 11:59pm, Farhan had come out of nowhere and uploaded thousands of documents.

Farhan made a strong comeback after being barely etched out by Ryan in week 1, and uploaded thousands of quality legal documents (which are still in the process of being converted).

Here is a brief blurb about Farhan:
“I am a software engineer, completed my MS in Computer Science this year from UTA. I like working on new technologies and keep myself busy by experimenting various stuff on the web. Whenever I am not programming, me and my wife like to visit places for sight seeing and go out for bowling, and ofcourse Doctsoc-ing is one of the latest hobbies.”

Congrats Farhan, you did a great job. You can visit Farhan’s profile by Clicking Here.

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