Why, a fancy thought caught me offguard some day that 99% of my friends and acquaintances on the mailing list had Gmail Id's only. Not even alternative mailing addresses pertained to the other service providers. It was a small realization that most of us might find a common sense thing. But taking a very topical view of it, Gmail is the most popular and trusted mailing service globally. Including you and me, we all fall back on Gmail as a the premier communication tool, at both personal and professional levels.
So what is the secret behind the service's popularity? We found some answers straight from the user community's heart in a very interactive discussion on Quora. The mind blowing extensions that Gmail offers is what makes it the most sought after service we believe. Here are some of the most fruitful answers that we hope all of you will agree upon:
1. Undo Send
Making grammatical errors, affixing wrong sender id's, wording the mail text wrongly... we've all done this at some point of time. But the trick iis to never get caught by the higher ups and be the scapegoat for the day. All of us want to be saved from undergoing that scanner and that's where Gmail has been the saving grace for most of us. With its "Undo Send" option, the users get a 30 sec time window to undo the sent mail action. For those of you who do have not availed this absolute life-saver option, you can go to Google Labs and download it immediately.
2. Sorting and Reading
What does one want when it comes to having a "clean" mail box? For professionals the most wanted functionality is the mail segregation and organization tool. With a number of web apps available to ease out the task of reading and sorting important mails, Gmail too has upped its game in the field. In the recent sortie of upgrades, Gmail sorts out all your mails into 3 categories - Primary, Social and Promotions. So based on priority one can save umpteen time by concentrating on primary mails and leave the rest for later.
3. Cross Integration
Having a Gmail Id is the most important web task any user has to begin with. This single step allows you to log in and sign up on specific sites that accept only Google Account addresses. Besides that, Gmail integrates well with popular sites like YouTube, Picassa, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter that allows sharing and data storage easily.
4. CRM Integration
Customer Relationship Management or CRMs are model softwares developed to manage a firm's interactions with the clients in terms of both sales and services. Gmail's CRM-app is known as Streak and comes fitted-in seamlessly with your native inbox unlike others like SalesForce, SugarCRM or Zoho.
5. Dual Accounting
Now this is a perfect tool for multi-taskers. To juggle between multiple IDs and keep tabs of all that incoming mail traffic! Trust me Gmail has been a life saver with its access to two Google Accounts on a single browser.
6. YesWare
For those of you who do not explore the vistas of Google Labs, this is a bonus card that is lying dormant still. A tracking tool that allows the sender to know if their mail has been duly received and looked at, at the client end, Yesware is a handy tool for marketers especially who can drive their advertising analytics by drawing upon useful data from here.
7. Got The Wrong Bob? Tool
Another wonder in the Google Labs, "Got The Wrong Bob?" is a handy tool that was introduced in 2009. A little old by modern standards, but this old feature was based on the group of people that one often mailed to. In case, you happen to direct a mail to a wrong sender, it reminded you of the mistake and avoided unnecessary hassles.
8. Geo Locator
What most of us don't know is a very subtle technical aspect of Gmail.With its select filters and customized labels, that help in sorting mails there also is a geo locator feature embedded in the mails that Google Maps easily identifies. For example, if a location has been mentioned in a mail you have received, you can search up the city and local address with a auto-complete search option available to users automatically.
9. Ad Tracker
The various Google tools are integrated into one another and work well undercover. Imagine what happens if you type something you wished to shop in Gmail? And yes I mean Gmail's search bar indeed. There will be a immediate pop up of pertinent product ads on the sidelines for the users to click and check out. Interesting huh?
10. Filters
Spam mails is what one wants be miles away from. Despite the categorization of mails based on purpose and nature, some mails just cannot be send over to spam since they may come from very reliable websites that you subscribe to. In such a case, it is best to create a special seperate filter to unsubscribe such mails. The assurance against spam is 100%.
We just listed a few Gmail features that make it uber-cool. What are the features that make you a happy customer at the end of the day? Leave us a reply in the box below.
For all updates and latest buzz from biz world, stay tuned to E-junkie.
Now this is a perfect tool for multi-taskers. To juggle between multiple IDs and keep tabs of all that incoming mail traffic! Trust me Gmail has been a life saver with its access to two Google Accounts on a single browser.
6. YesWare
For those of you who do not explore the vistas of Google Labs, this is a bonus card that is lying dormant still. A tracking tool that allows the sender to know if their mail has been duly received and looked at, at the client end, Yesware is a handy tool for marketers especially who can drive their advertising analytics by drawing upon useful data from here.
7. Got The Wrong Bob? Tool
Another wonder in the Google Labs, "Got The Wrong Bob?" is a handy tool that was introduced in 2009. A little old by modern standards, but this old feature was based on the group of people that one often mailed to. In case, you happen to direct a mail to a wrong sender, it reminded you of the mistake and avoided unnecessary hassles.
8. Geo Locator
What most of us don't know is a very subtle technical aspect of Gmail.With its select filters and customized labels, that help in sorting mails there also is a geo locator feature embedded in the mails that Google Maps easily identifies. For example, if a location has been mentioned in a mail you have received, you can search up the city and local address with a auto-complete search option available to users automatically.
9. Ad Tracker
The various Google tools are integrated into one another and work well undercover. Imagine what happens if you type something you wished to shop in Gmail? And yes I mean Gmail's search bar indeed. There will be a immediate pop up of pertinent product ads on the sidelines for the users to click and check out. Interesting huh?
10. Filters
Spam mails is what one wants be miles away from. Despite the categorization of mails based on purpose and nature, some mails just cannot be send over to spam since they may come from very reliable websites that you subscribe to. In such a case, it is best to create a special seperate filter to unsubscribe such mails. The assurance against spam is 100%.
We just listed a few Gmail features that make it uber-cool. What are the features that make you a happy customer at the end of the day? Leave us a reply in the box below.
For all updates and latest buzz from biz world, stay tuned to E-junkie.
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