This document discusses various productivity tools and browser extensions that can help enhance productivity. It begins by noting that there is no single perfect productivity combination and effectiveness depends on individual use. It then profiles over 30 different addons and automation tools that can be used for tasks like managing to-do lists, saving articles and websites, taking screenshots, tracking time, hiding distractions, and automating common business tasks like scheduling social media posts and tracking brands online. The tools covered include Momentum, Any.do, Pocket, OneTab, Pablo, LastPass, and many others. In the end, it welcomes any questions about the presented tools.
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Using Browser Extensions & Automation Tools to enhance your Productivity
1. Using Addons &
Automation tools to
enhance productivity
Ngnaoussi Elongué Cédric Christian
Christian Elongué Consulting
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2. Background One of the biggest
challenges every
person face is how to
manage time with
projects.
There was so much
information about
different productivity
systems and tools it
just left me confused.
I kept looking for the
perfect productivity
combination …(and
wasted a lot of time
trying out tools, using
the wrong tools, and
just generally being
confused and
unproductive)
3. Guess What?
There is no perfect productivity
combination
So, the effectiveness of each of the
tools presented here depends on your
use and discipline
4. Why Google?
According to a recent survey conducted
by Stat Counter Global Stats – Google
Chrome holds 62.7% of browser market
share worldwide.
So what is it that Google Chrome is offering
its users which other browsers are failing to
provide?
Well, one answer could be the availability of
browser extensions.
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7. •All the addons and automation
tools that are presented here are
based on the previous time
management principles.
8. MOMENTUM – a moment
for yourself
• Wouldn’t it be nice to be constantly reminded
of our daily goals and the work that needs to be
done? Momentum does just that with a special
inspirational touch.
• Every time you open a new tab on your
browser, a personal dashboard with an
inspirational quote, your to-do list, and weather
data shows up. This gives you a moment to reflect
on your actual goals and focus on what’s
important.
• Get Momentum here.
9. ANY.DO – always remember
what needs to be done
• Any.do works as a to-do list, allowing
you to write down reminders, meeting
agendas, tasks, and notes – even while
browsing online.
• https://www.any.do/
10. POCKET – beat the fear of missing out
• How many times have you stopped
working, and started reading an
interesting article that you
accidentally found?
• Pocket lets you save all the
interesting websites (and articles) in
one click, and gives you access to
them anytime.
11. ONE TAB – avoid cluttering
your browser tabs
• Users: 1.9 million
• Unless you’re using a powerful computer,
opening lots of browser tabs will use up a lot of
memory and makes your computer slow.
• Whenever you find yourself with too many
tabs, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your
tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs
again, you can either restore them individually or
all at once.
• Get OneTab here.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oneta
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12. AdBlocker Ultimate
• The add-on removes advertising such as
banner ads, videos and pop ups, while also
blocking a variety of online tracking tools.
13. Pablo
• Pablo is a free app designed to help you
quickly cobble up artful, social media-
friendly captioned images which you can
add to social network sites like Facebook,
LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter.
• Download Pablo
14. LastPass
• LastPass is an online password manager
and form filler designed to reduce the
headache of managing multiple user
accounts and passwords, making your
browsing experience easier and more
secure.
• Users: 7.8 million
15. HTTPS Everywhere
• HTTPS Everywhere helps encrypt your
online browsing and communications by
rewriting HTTP link requests to HTTPS
when within a whitelist of sites that
support HTTPS.
• Users: 2.1 million
16. Click & Clean
• The Click&Clean extension for Chrome
allows you to clear your cache, URL
searches, website cookies, and download
history with a single click of a button on
your browser toolbar.
• Users: 3.4 million
17. Ghostery
• Ghostery is a powerful privacy
extension. Block ads, stop trackers and
speed up websites.
• Users: 2.7 million
18. Bitly
• Users: 447 thousand
• This extension lets
marketers quickly and easily
shorten links and share them
on social media directly from
their browser.
19. BuzzSumo
• When you're on a web page, click the
extension to show metrics such as the
number of social shares and backlinks to a
piece.
• This tool provides an easy way to see how
much engagement your content is
generating
20. Check My Links
• Users: 177 thousand
• It quickly scans web pages and shows
you which links are working properly and
which are broken.
• With this extension, WACSI can ensure
that our website is functioning properly for
our visitors.
• We can check for broken backlinks to
our content on other websites.
21. Awesome Screenshot:
Screen Video Recorder
• Screen Capture full page
screenshot. Screen recoder for
screencast. Annotate and share to
trello/slack etc
• . Users: 2 million
22. Evernote Web Clipper
• Evernote is a note-
taking and organization
app that can be shared
across teams for content
collaboration.
23. Grammarly
Grammarly is my go-to
app for reviewing blog
posts for proper spelling,
grammar, and word use.
24. Google Dictionary
• Users: 4.6 million
• Have you ever come across a word
you're not familiar with while doing
research online? Instead of Googling
it in a separate tab, quickly highlight
the word and click on the Google
Dictionary extension to get the
definition.
25. Save to Google Drive
• You can save the web contents,
images, office content etc directly
into the google drive cloud from the
chrome browser.
• https://chrome.google.com/webs
tore/detail/save-to-google-
drive/gmbmikajjgmnabiglmofipeaba
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26. Pixlr Editor
• If you do not have photoshop and
want to edit your photo like a pro
then this chrome app is must have
for you. It offers the photo editing
with layers and visual effect.
• https://chrome.google.com/webs
tore/detail/pixlr-
editor/icmaknaampgiegkcjlimdiidlho
pknpk?hl=en
27. Clockify
• Clockify Time Tracker lets you clock
your time for anything you do. If you are
doing a project, you can start the work
and the timer. Once you finish, stop the
timer.
28. Hunter: Find email
addresses in seconds
• With Hunter, the chrome
extension you will no more have to
search for email addresses on the
websites. Hunter can also get you
names, phone numbers, job titles,
links to people’s social networking
profiles and so on. And the best part
is that the data it provides comes
with public sources.
29. Crystal
• As a pioneer in Personality AI,
Crystal analyzes millions of online
data points to accurately identify
personality.
• Thousands of professionals
globally use Crystal to communicate
more effectively, write more
persuasively, and build trust faster
with new people.
30. News Feed Eradicator for
Facebook
• Find yourself spending too much time on
Facebook? Eradicate distractions by
replacing your entire news feed with an
inspiring quote
32. PanicButton
• PanicButton makes it easier for you to
hide all of your tabs at once just by
clicking on a button.
• They are then saved as bookmarks in
a separate folder.
• Afterwards, the PanicButton turns
green and shows you how many tabs are
currently hidden.
• Download.
34. Strict Workflow
• This extension allows you to enforce a
25 minute period of distraction-free work
by blocking a whole host of time wasting
websites (the list is customisable). As a
reward, you get 5 minutes to blow on the
websites of your choice before going back
to work.
• Download.
35. Bonus: Business Automation
Hacks
• Automating boring tasks can save you countless
hours (and nerves!) Automation can be:
• enhancing the customer experience
• increasing productivity
• sharing knowledge
• delivering new products
36. Social Media Scheduling
• To post a link, image or quote to a
company’s social media channels
throughout a day, marketers can use tools
like Hootsuite or Buffer that let you
schedule as many social media posts as
you’d like, so that your social media feed
lives on even when you sleep.
37. Track your online brand
• Want to know how your brand is
perceived online?
• Google Alerts and Mention let you
automatically monitor your brand
or industry keywords and give you
instant notifications when your
keywords are mentioned.
38. Harvest - Bill for the Time
Worked
• If you work on an hourly basis, use time
billing software like Harvest, to have
customer-related project hours
automatically added to the invoice and
sent to a specific client.
39. Automated Marketing
Campaigns
• You can use it to create custom email
templates, and every time you get a new
lead, they’ll be sent a personalised email.
40. The End !
Hope you enjoyed this
presentation.
Questions are welcome