10 Gmail Productivity Tips that Changed My Life!
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Gmail rolled out a bunch of cool new things recently and also optimized some of their existing features, so let’s go over some mind blowing tips every Gmail user should know!
First of all, I wish someone taught me that you could create your very own custom Gmail signature in Google Docs (and just paste it over). Speaking of Google Docs, thanks to the Smart Chip feature you can start a email draft in Docs, share with others to review, then port into Gmail directly.
You can now also set an expiration date for emails by toggling on Confidential Mode, and for emails you can’t seem to unsubscribe from, you just need to create a filter with some of the key words from that series of spam!
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00:00 Create a Custom Gmail Signature
01:24 Compose Gmail Draft from Google Docs
02:07 Briskine Gmail Extension
03:40 Block All Spam Emails
04:35 Edit Gmail Title before Forwarding
05:11 Enable Confidential Mode in Gmail
05:49 Enable New Gmail View
06:16 Clear Text Formatting in Gmail
07:01 Change Default Snooze Times
07:44 Know When to Use Snooze in Gmail
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Will any of these tips change the way you use Gmail? 😁
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Create a Custom Gmail Signature
01:24 Compose Gmail Draft from Google Docs
02:07 Briskine Gmail Extension
03:40 Block All Spam Emails
04:35 Edit Gmail Title before Forwarding
05:11 Enable Confidential Mode in Gmail
05:49 Enable New Gmail View
06:16 Clear Text Formatting in Gmail
07:01 Change Default Snooze Times
07:44 Know When to Use Snooze in Gmail
"Enable New Gmail View"
Thanks for that! 🙂
@@_fabiojacinto you’re welcome!!
Compose Gmail Draft from Google Docs? You bet! Awesome video as always, Jeff!
Yes! I stayed up late to set up my email exactly as you explained in the inbox zero video. Love all these tips too!
@@haronysierra It's a super cool little trick! Thanks Harony!
Every time I think that I've mastered Gmail, Jeff swoops in and takes us to school! Love the videos! :D
Dam, now the bar is even higher 🥲
Looking SWOLE Jeff! 💪😃. Great Video once again with great tips! Keep up The great work!
Hahaha thank you! All that bench press paying off 😂
Just found you, you have dispensed more helpful tips in the last 8 minutes than I have read all year when talking about gmail. Thank you.
Hi Stephanie! Glad we found each other 😂. Thanks so much for the kind words 😁. I had to leave your channel page because I got hungry...
Jeff has been my single source of productivity learning for the past few months. His videos aren't just useful, they've helped me actually get work done faster. I love you Jeff. Keep going.
And hopefully for the next few years right Richard 😜
@@JeffSu For sure!
I’m on vacation and still watching your videos, this is because your vids are one of the best on TH-cam.
I'm glad to hear this video is now part of your vacation 😂
I believe this is your 7th Gmail related video, and you keep surprising from the star to the end. I can’t believe the Keep workaround, such a productivity rockstar
I can't believe it's the 7th video I made around Gmail already 😂, I guess it never gets old. Yea the Keep setting workaround is both cool and weird, because you'd think there would be a setting in gmail directly for the snooze time haha
*_Hello, Jeff. I'm glad I ran across your (this) video from TH-cam's recommendations/algorithm. I love the way you present with lots of enthusiasm. I was planning just to add this to my "what to watch next" playlist but instead eventually finishing the whole video. Great presentation and great content. Learned a lot today. Instant sub._*
Woohoooo thank you for the kind words Mark!! 😁
Oh snap! 🤯 All that time you can make an email signature in Google Docs? Dumbfounded 😄 Thanks for these tips, Jeff!
No problem Aurelius! Send me your next signature on WhatsApp 😂, I'd love to see it!
Hey Jeff! Thank you for creating such a simple, and amazing channel. As a full time college student, and business owner...things can get crazy hectic. Your channel has helped my productivity, and organization.
Super glad to hear it Amanda, thanks for letting me know 😁
As always your video was full of awesome tips. Thank you so much for all that you share. I have mutiple email accounts and am happy to say after your inbox zero video I am always at inbox zero in all of them! Thank you Jeff! Can't wait for the next video.
Wow achieving inbox zero across multiple accounts is no small feat, congrats Monica! 😁
You amaze me everyday by your editing techniques. Love it buddy!
Thank you Deepak! A lot of practice 😂
Hey Jeff, I cannot believe your videos never popped up on my feed before! Looking at a new subscriber here and loving the pro tips you provide. Keep this valuable content coming 👊🏽
You need to blame the TH-cam algorithm!!! But I'm glad you are here now my friend 😁
Once again, a great video Jeff. Snoozing emails can often be quicker than adding the email to a task management system and assigning a follow-up date etc.
That's a great point Darius! I should have mentioned that in my video 😂
Jeff, all I can say is wow. Delivery and information was top class. Keep being amazing.
Thank you so much Abi! I'm so glad you think so, thanks for making my morning 😁
Dude out here with the super useful videos! Thanks Jeff!
Anything for my viewers Ren 😏
This is exactly what we needed!! Thanks Jeff, Gmail is so much easier to use now :)
That's exactly what I was hoping to hear Jaden 😁😁
For 3weeks now, I've started using inbox zero for my work email following your tutorial and it's such a game changer. My workflow heavily utilises Follow up and Awaiting labels and it's such a breeze to digest those now.
And tips in this video is definitely going in my toolbox as well. Thanks
One request though, if you can make video on how to write cold emails
That's AWESOME to hear Nova!! Congrats!
Cold emails is definitely an interesting topic and it depends on what objective of the cold email (e.g. job search vs. landing clients)
@@JeffSu Thanks. I will try to be better in cold emails by following the objective more closely
I see a Jeff Su video, I click on it. I watch it, it's useful and great. Cheers Jeff.
Simple 3 step process, love it Rudi 😂
Thanks for your tips, bro. They're always appreciated.
And I'm always appreciate of amazing viewers like yourself 😁
This is gold, thank you for sharing this tips !
You're very welcome! Glad you found this helpful Naresh 😁
Thanks Jeff for the Briskine tip 🙏😊
You're very very welcome 😁
so incredibly useful, thank you!
Glad to hear it Melody! Thank you 😁
Intro of the year! GG Jeff!
Hahaha thank you Ludovic 😁
As you said you love us, we love you too. Thanks for those awesome Tips Jeff!
Awww that's so nice of you to say 😁
Thank you, Jeff! That's so good!
Thanks 😁
The one problem with email drafting is when you transfer the email to Gmail, your email signature isn't applied. Don't know why Google has missed this.
Wow that's a great point James, I didn't even notice! We should tell the Gmail team 😂
Super Helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Glad to hear it Dan!!
The reformat function just blew my mind. Thanks Jeff!
Remember to use it next time Raymond 😁
Great content Jeff, thanks. Very Helpful
Glad to hear it 😁
@@JeffSu and of course, a sub earned
Excellent video! And funny too. Thank you!
Glad to hear it!! 😁
Thanks for this tutorial, Master!
You're very welcome young padawan 😂
You’re a true productivity and optimization guru, thank you! 🫡
You're very very welcome Alena 😁
Formatting, snoozing, and signature were cool new features I got to learn, thanks mate
Glad to hear it Saran!! Thanks for letting me know 😁
Loved the new look!!
Haha thank you my friend 😁
This was pretty useful! Thanks
you're very welcome! 😁
Thanks so much for this!
You're very welcome 😁😁
Thank you, Jeff, for sharing these insights and shortcuts with us. This is very helpful :o)
I appreciate that you contribute to our productivity skills by teaching what you have found out.
It helps how you skillfully combine explanations with practically showing the execution. Keep going and all the best wishes to you!
Thanks so much Lee! Glad you've been enjoying these videos 😁
Thanks man for signature filed tips with google docs_You are amazing!
Glad to hear it! 😁
Another great video. Try turning the heating on in your studio. You could hang a wet jacket off those!
🥲 I'm never wearing that hoodie while filming again. I didn't notice how tight it was until afterwards...
Thank you, these tips were great..
Glad to hear it Daniel 😁
Thank you for your sharing this tips.
You're very welcome Anya 😁
6.20am, waiting for my flight in airport (should be working but I am watching Jeff's video instead) - but amazing video as usual! you are amazing Jeff!
Where are you flying to?? I'm flying for the first time in 3.5 years in August hah
@@JeffSu flying to another country in SEA for work. where you going in August?
@@chypher Hong Kong!
AWESOME content!
Great tips! Thanks
You're very welcome 😁
Thank you Jeff! This was awesome! I really appreciate your tips… Almost as much as your humor!
Hahahaha glad to hear it Ian!!
Great tips as always
Thanks Rodney!! 😁
I feel like it has only been a few weeks since I looked at one of your videos... you have blown up! Congratulations.
All because of amazing viewers like yourself Ryan 😁
Useful information.
Thanks for sharing.
No problem!
Nice work. Got a couple of tips out of it. Thank you.
Glad to hear it Scott!! 😁
Thank you!! 🙌
You're welcome Evan 😁😁
I always learn a lot from you
That's what I love to hear Jan 😁
Very Useful!
Glad to hear it!! 😁
Awesome videos. Well done!
Thanks Kevin! 😁
That signature tip is even clutch for Outlook! Thanks, Jeff.
Oh nice! It worked for Outlook as well??
Confidential Mode!!! I had no idea any email setup could ever set an auto post send delete and lock forwarding etc!
It's pretty awesome! What will you be using it for? I rarely use it if I'm being very honest haha
my mind is blown... this is some really awesome tips.
Thanks so much Max! Glad you found this helpful 😁😁
Liked the signature template. Improving my Gmail game. Thanks, Jeff!
Nice! Wish I could see your new signature Jan!
Great video again!
Thanks Jesse! I thought you already commented on this one, but guess not 😂
Whaaaaaaat? I need to leverage this! Thanks Jeff.
No problem 😁
Great video as always and big thanks for the Gmail signature template! 🥰
You're very welcome! Have you created your own yet? 😁
@@JeffSu I didn't have time to get to it today but it's on the planner for first thing tomorrow 😁
@@thecanvanerd Nice! Let me know how it goes!
That Gmail draft is awesome! Great tips! Also, kudos on your desk & studio settings... Looks great!
I might be doing a desk setup video soon! Let me know if that's something you'd be interested in seeing 😁
@@JeffSu totally! I’m actually moving to a new place and I want to have a nice desk setup. So I could use some great ideas!! 💡
I am so glad this vid popped up on my feed, it is super helpful. I subbed and am learning so much from the other videos on your channel to make my life easier. Appreciate you, Jeff!
FYI: @ 6:57 you say "forward-slash" but you put a back-slash on the screen.
I'm glad the video popped up on your feed too 😉
Thanks for the correction! I always confuse those 2!
@@JeffSu I also had trouble deciphering between the 2 until my wife gave me a great tip. Think of the slash | as if you were standing.
-When you lean forward to get a closer look at something, your top half leans / (forward-slash).
-If you want to lean back & relax, your body's top half leans \ (back-slash).
That works for me, hope it helps you also!
@@harm864 🤯 mind. Blown. Thanks for this tip!!!
Jeff your smile makes my day bro…
Hahaha thank you Steven! Glad to hear it 😁
Hi Jeff, I have been bingeing your videos and am finding tremendous value from them. Where did the Gmail Inbox Zero video go?
It's outdated :(
Just fallin Love with your Content 😃and your Acsent is ❤KEEP GOING 💯
Woohooooo welcome!!
Thank you.
My pleasure!
You had me at algebra 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahahaha glad you enjoyed that one!
Dude! This video was OUTSTANDING!!! Thank you very much 🫡
Glad to hear it Alejandro!!! You're very welcome 😁
Great video! I never knew these Gmail features.
Glad to hear it Tristan!! Let me know if you end up using any 😁
@@JeffSu I absolutely enabled some
Already gave me a solution in the first 40seconds, thanks buddy ! 🙏🙏🙏
You're welcome! Which tip did you like the most?
Those biceps 💪 bro 😎🙏🏻
Hahaha thank you Sidd 😁
I was just struggling this week with making a signature that looks good. Thanks!
Must be fate Boris! Did you end up creating something you like?
@@JeffSu sorry for responding so late. I created exactly what I wanted! Other tutorials just showed really clunky ways and third-party apps. Thanks again!
@@boriskardzhiev3085 nice!!!
looks like you put on some muscle bro, good for you. Thanks for the tips as always!
Or just bought an extra small hoodie 😉. Thank you though!! haha
Jeff can I just say aluhv you such helpful tips!
You're very welcome my friend 😁
Thanks again! I This signature thing is great and I didn't know you could paste without formatting, I always pasted and then removed the formatting. No I can do it all in one go. Yes!
Haha glad you found this helpful my friend 😁
bruh thank you 🙌🙌
Nah, thank YOU for being such an amazing viewer Shelton 😁
Thanks for the great information. I find the “drafting emails in google Docs” to be helpful. It seems that the default for this path is to not include a signature. One just needs to remember to add it when you are in the gmail preview window. - Please keep the great tips coming.
That's a great point! Thanks for sharing Ingo!
very helpful
Thank you Harjit 😁
Hey,
I am a huge fan of your work and i really love the new Gmail view.. hoping a separate video soon on that. Btw is there a snooze filter where a particular mail is automatically snoozed by creating a filter for the sender??
Can you give me a specific use case?
@@JeffSu There is a newsletter coming at 8.30 every morning, since it distracts me from work, i want it to be available on my inbox at noon around 1 PM , can't i just set a filter for that sender to snooze mail till 1 PM??
WoW 🤩 awesome
Thank you Igor 😁
@Jeff: Can you please add these in your next video if it's achievable? 1. How to use animated logos in signature? 2. Can we change the text font used for keep? 3. How to use a neat view for emails which have multiple threads or a long ongoing email?
Great ideas, I'll keep those in mind Piyush!
Many thanks Jeff for this very useful video... perhaps one day could you make a video on how to use Google Workspace marketplace ... See U. François
I haven't used that before, I'll look into it François!
You deserved more subcribers than this 🥰
Love your tips
Yea I think so too 😉
Thank you!!
That new Gmail look D: Love it
Me too Rafael!
Rockstar! Thanks
You're very welcome 😁
Best Google TEACHER IN THE GAME ⚡️⚡️❤️👊
Shhhh, the other teachers will get jealous 😂
@@JeffSu hahaha 😝
I am loving your stuff! Thank you! Question - with the @emaildraft portion, why does the email not format how the doucment is formatted?
Because Gmail doesn't have format feature parity with Google Docs unfortunately!
Must give you a like, that was useful video!
Thank you so much my friend, glad you think so!
Oh men, first tip ....PRO
Glad to hear you say that Isaac!!
Feels amazing to be one of the first 6 people watching this 🤭🤭🤭
I feel honored you're one of the first 6!!
Hey Jeff I think you mean backslash not / at 6:56. Other than that, great video as always 👊
Oh that's right!! Thanks for the correction Ryan!
Wait I went back to double check, I think it is CMD+\?
This is lovely... but algebra is important too. :) Thanks, subscribed!
Hahaha no arguments from me there! 😁
I'm on my 5th videos fixing my digital life. God bless you man!! ❤❤❤
Haha let me know how it goes 😁
@@JeffSu it's going very well, spent 5 hours doing stuff and getting streamlined. Definitely would like to find one of your videos that covers some tips on the notes app in Apple - and some tips on how can iPad and MacBook work even more efficiently together 😀 🙏
amazing
Thanks John!
Holy $h!t this is awesome! 🤯
I know right?? Glad to hear you think so as well Susan!
Great content. Any guidance, tips regarding wrapping text around an image in Gmail and having the formatting stick when the email is received?
If the recipient is using Gmail as well it should be ok!
Thank you Jeff, very useful as always. Need your Pro-advice 😊 - is there a simple way to share access to multiple documents linked in one?
I don't think so (yet). I feel like Smart Chips will evolve in the future so that if you share a document with multiple links inside, those files will also be shared automatically
I'm about to change jobs from a Microsoft environment to Google workspace. I have just binged watched your channel and used so many tips!! Thank you!
What's the best project management tool on Google workspace? Similar to Trello and Microsoft planner?
Congrats to coming to the light side 😉. For project management I rely on Gmail, Google Tasks, and Google Sheets 😅
For sure that was more useful than algebra!
Glad you think so Michellee 😁