Five Productivity Tools You Can Use in Gmail
If you’re running an online business, an e-mail account is an important as air is to humans. It is one of the essentials and you can’t function online without it. How else can you communicate with your customers? Today you have several e-mail services to choose from. If your web host is kind enough, it…
If you’re running an online business, an e-mail account is an important as air is to humans. It is one of the essentials and you can’t function online without it. How else can you communicate with your customers? Today you have several e-mail services to choose from. If your web host is kind enough, it may also provide you with your own. But some of these services are simply cut out to help people like you, who are looking for ways to reduce costs while being able to effectively manage your business. One of these is Gmail.
Ever since it was launched, Gmail has attracted millions of members all over the world. Besides being the brainchild of the all mighty Google, it also offers unlimited storage that you don’t even have to throw away any e-mail. Moreover, it’s packed with productivity tools you can use:
Signature: There are just so many things about your business you couldn’t talk about in your messages and definitely cannot include in your subject line. So you put them in your signature instead. You can use the space to promote your other contact details, such as your mobile phone and even home office address. You can also put up a website link. If you’re using Wisestamp, which allows you to customize signatures, you can integrate that into your Gmail account as well.
Calendar: Gmail’s calendar is probably one of the most organized and efficient productivity tools available online. Besides being able to schedule all your appointments and activities, you can also share them with your team. You can also set up an alarm for each and every one so that you will surely be reminded before hand. Moreover, the calendar can also be displayed right in your inbox.
Documents: Collaboration has never been so easy with Gmail. Word processor and spreadsheet, among others, are very much like those you normally use on your desktop or laptop. You can also upload and download your Gmail documents, as well as grant permission to others to view them.
Groups: Are you constantly looking for the best ways to coordinate with all your staff? You can set up groups, where you can upload files, share images, and initiate discussions.
Domain: So your online business will look more professional, you can choose to create your own domain using Gmail. You simply need to go to Google Apps. There’s no need to set up anything in order to forward e-mails to your Gmail. You’re still using the same e-mail service, except that it appears as a company or corporate e-mail to the recipient.
Published on by Erfan Hettini
About the Author:
Erfan Hettini has been a lifelong entrepreneur; he actually did his first transaction at age seven, when he sold his sandwich in elementary school for a quarter. While in college, Erfan started his first successful business which was a vending company with many more to follow.