We spend lots of time in our Inbox and Gmail is my (as well as many others) favorite email service. I'm sharing 13 ideas, ranging from features to 3rd party add-ons, that will boost your email processing, thus your productivity. Let me know which features and add-ons you love the most and use them every day, or as I call it, your Gmail Empowering Mix (GEM).

1. Empower Your Gmail
13 Features & Add-Ons That Will Make
Your Email Productivity Go Wild
(Suggested Combinations Shown: OR, &, +)

2. Hack Gmail Layout
Preview Pane OR Gmelius
(Labs feature) http://gmelius.com/
Allows you to read mail
next to the list of Removes Ads & offers
conversations. you nice UI feature.
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3. Hack Gmail Tasks
Management
+
Starred To-Do & Taskforce
matteoduo.com/starred-to-do taskforceapp.com
Convert emails into
Know what your most
tasks with a click, sets
important tasks are by
due date & share
simply looking at your
activity with co-
Inbox.
workers.
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4. Hack Gmail Signature
Canned Response OR WiseStamp
(Labs feature) wisestamp.com
Customize your
Save several templates
signature with recent
to use as different
Tweets, links to your
signatures accordingly
social network profiles
to your email needs.
and more.
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5. Hack Gmail Search
Search Operators & CloudMagic
support.google.com cloudmagic.com
Advanced search Search across Gmail,
operators are query Facebook, Twitter,
words or symbols that Dropbox, Evernote, etc.
perform special actions through one simple
in Gmail search. search box.
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6. Hack Gmail Contacts
Rapportive & Scrubly
rapportive.com scrubly.com
Get more information
about your email
Remove duplicate
contacts like Social
contacts, merge them,
profiles and related
resolve contact conflicts.
updates, right inside
your inbox.
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7. Hack Gmail Messages
Undo Send + Create a document + Boomerang
(Labs feature) (Labs feature) boomeranggmail.com/
Get your emails back, Create a Google Schedule emails to be
even if you pushed the Document from within sent later and help you
“Send” button. any email. with follow-ups.
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8. My Gmail Empowering
Mix
(aka GEM)
Undo Send Rapportive
Starred To-Do Boomerang
Canned Response Gmelius
Search Operators
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9. What’s Your GEM?
Tell Me On Twitter By Using #empowergmail
or
In The Comments Below.
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10. Thank You!
This presentation has been created
by Matteo Duò,
Digital Communication Specialist
& Writer.
Contact Me:
Let Me Know How matteoduo.com
Any Of These Tools matteo@matteoduo.com
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