Email

Mythbusters – 10 BS Facts About Email

I have a love/hate relationship with email. Not my email, mind you, but the concept and execution of email in general. When used correctly, email is a wonderful communication tool. But, much like a good part of the English language, it is rarely used correctly. Today I’m going all MythBusters and blowing up 10 “facts”…

Evolution of Email

Email was the precursor to the Web as we know it today but the Web is a different place today and email has evolved. Have your email habits evolved as well, or are you still stuck in the stone ages? This video is a quick look at the beginning of email and how email has…

Analytics Reports Where You’ll Actually Use Them: Your Inbox

Google Universal Analytics – Delivered to Your Inbox Once you’ve got Dashboards set up in Google Analytics, did you know those can be delivered to you automatically? Yup, you can get all this great data served up to you exactly where you can’t ignore it (okay, are less likely to ignore it), your inbox. This…

A Company Email System is Critical To Your Sanity

Would you have an employee use their home address to receive customer payments? Probably not. Receiving payments is critical to the business. You don’t want payments going anywhere that doesn’t belong to you. Well, that is exactly what happens employees are allowed to use personal email addresses for company business. Business critical activities are happening somewhere you have…

Streamline Your Workflow: Use Gmail as Default Email Handler

If you use Gmail or Google Apps (now officially called Google Apps for Work), it can be really annoying when you try to share a web page and your computer opens Outlook, Live Mail or Mac Mail when you click on an email link. Doesn’t it know that you use Gmail? Well, maybe not. You can…

Send Multiple Emails in Gmail at Once? Streak Does That

It is no secret that I’m a fan of Streak, the CRM that lives inside Gmail. I even did a Video Overview to show off all the great functionality it offers. Those guys over at Streak have been busy adding more nifty features, making an even better tool for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Streak is…

Is Your Business Email Address Hurting Your Brand?

I cringe every time I am handed a business card with a Gmail address on it (don’t even get me started on AOL addresses). A core part of being in business is creating and promoting your business brand. You want potential clients to think of you when they need services like yours. You need them…

The Key(s) to Sending Email Faster

Shortcut keys, hotkeys, keyboard shortcuts – by any name they are one of my favorite hidden gems in any program. One every Windows user is probably familiar with is Ctrl+Alt+Del. However, they are not just for crisis, these key combinations let you keep your hands on the keyboard and navigate your way around any app…

What Powers Your Email?

We all have very specific preferences when it comes to email. What program we use, how we like it arranged, how new email is handled, etc, etc. Typically, once we start using email a specific way, we don’t want to change it. It’s human nature to not like change. It’s why there are still people…

Make Gmail Look Like Outlook

Once upon a time, I was an Outlook-fanatic. I used it for years and years, I knew every setting, every hot key – I was a productivity machine using it to deal with all my email. Then one day, I went to work for a company that didn’t use Outlook. In fact, that company officially…