Gmail productivity hacks to make you a power user!
Emails are most certainly the cornerstones of your overall online communication. Whether it is to pitch new clients, tracking existing ones or maintaining staffs, emails are essential to manage all of them. In short, emails are too important that people are vying to get a place in each other’s inbox.
So it is for sure that you are using it all day, everyday but are you sure you are gaining the most of it? Behind it’s extremely simple Interface, Gmail saves several useful features for you to improve your productivity. For Gmail users, there is an endless stream of Gmail hacks and extensions that makes it the best of all. Here in this article I am going to explain some of them one by one so just have a look:
Bring your friends and mails all along!
Suppose you just opened up another gmail account and want your old contacts into this new one. In Gmail you can do it with just few clicks. Head to settings -> my account and go to the Import section. Here choose “Import mail and contacts link” and you’ll be now able to import your stuff from popular email providers like Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail etc.
De-clutter your inbox and stay organized!
Gmail allows you to store your emails in separate folders. This feature is useful when you do not want to delete your mails but to remove clutter from your inbox. To create folders for your mails first go to the “Settings” and click on the “Labels” to create a new label. Now name your folder in the text box asking for label name.
To store emails in your newly created folder, simply select the email and then click on the folder icon and select the folder you want to move that email.
Useful Gmail Browser extensions!
Gmail Offline: This Google Chrome Browser allows you to access your inbox even when you don’t have internet access.
Boomerang: With this extension you can schedule your emails and follow up on them with minimum fluster. It is supported by Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
Checker plus for Gmail: This chrome extension is to notify you when you get a new mail. You can even delete that email without opening it into Gmail.
So these are some of my Gmail hacks that I use to save some time for me and for increased productivity. What’s yours?
Feel free to drop any of your question in the comment box below.
