Two Resources That Help Me Immensely in My Offline Business

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Hello,

I was just thinking today about how these two resources help me with my business, but I don't know how many people have heard of them or used them. The first is free, and the second was free until a few days ago. I think now it's a few dollars a month, but you can still test it for free.

They are both very useful in my day to day dealings, especially since I practically live in my inbox. They both are meant to be integrated with gMail, which I use for both my personal and business email accounts. My business address is @ my domain, but I manage it through gMail.

The first is called Rapportive - Rapportive

It basically links your gmail account to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, so when you load an email, it gives you a photo of the person you are conversing with, and their most recent tweets and posts. It also shows all recent email conversations with them.

It also allows you to connect with them with a single click on these sites, plus you add notes about then that only you can see. They appear every time you load an email conversation with them, which is very helpful! The photo is nice, since I can put a face to the name, and if I meet someone for lunch (which I do quite often when prospecting), I can recognize them easily.


The second is called Boomerang - Scheduled sending and email reminders | Boomerang for Gmail

I've only used this for a few months, but I don't think I could live without it. When I respond to an email, it immediately goes out of my mind. If someone emails me about a potential web design project, and I respond with some questions, it's very easy to forget about it if they don't respond. I can set Boomerang to reply to the message, making it unread, and putting it at the top of my inbox after a specified time, if I haven't received a response.

This has put me so on top of things when it comes to following up. If a potential client hasn't responded to my email two days ago, now I know, and I can immediately respond. This has driven my conversion rate way up! Business owners are busy, and they can forget to respond to my emails. Boomerang makes sure that I don't forget too.

Another great feature of Boomerang is mail scheduling. Though I do this full time, I do a lot of work at night as well. Many times, I want first contact emails to be sent during business hours. I used to compose emails in Notepad in the evening, and then try to remember to paste them and send them during the day. Now, I just schedule them in Boomerang.


So there you go. I hope these resources help people as much as they help me, especially those of you running on offline business.

Robert
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  • Profile picture of the author TimD
    Originally Posted by robd1302 View Post

    Hello,



    The second is called Boomerang - Scheduled sending and email reminders | Boomerang for Gmail

    I've only used this for a few months, but I don't think I could live without it. When I respond to an email, it immediately goes out of my mind. If someone emails me about a potential web design project, and I respond with some questions, it's very easy to forget about it if they don't respond. I can set Boomerang to reply to the message, making it unread, and putting it at the top of my inbox after a specified time, if I haven't received a response.

    This has put me so on top of things when it comes to following up. If a potential client hasn't responded to my email two days ago, now I know, and I can immediately respond. This has driven my conversion rate way up! Business owners are busy, and they can forget to respond to my emails. Boomerang makes sure that I don't forget too.


    Robert
    This is tremendous Robert Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Danielm
    Boomerang sounds cool, I'll have to check that out since I use google apps for my domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author allegrity
    If I wasn't using Thunderbird, I would definitely look into these plugins they seem very useful. Time to look for alternatives!
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