At 77, I am glad to learn anything that will speed up my progress. These add-ons seem to work stupendously and I am very impressed with progress. Indeed, when I started work at age 16 in 1958, everything was done manually, thank you for your efforts.
I love Boomerang. I use it for two cases: 1) When I get an email that I don't want to see now but at a later date. 2) Telling my boss I'm (fake) sick and not coming in. Instead of forcing myself to wake up really early saying I woke up sick, I'll schedule an email to be sent at said early time, while I actually peacefully sleep away lol
Thank you for making us aware of these excellent add-ons. I do not have them at the moment but I will be downloading them very shortly as they will be saving me a great deal of time. Also, text expander will be excellent for summarising routine visits to customers where very often, the conversation is broadly similar, Great work. I found a good number of tips put in your TH-cam channel to be potentially very useful. Thank you
Question about Assistant.to: what if you email someone a handful of options and they are taking a few days to choose. Meanwhile, you are eagerly awaiting their selection so that you can know how you will be filling up those remaining unchosen time slots. Let's say you end up needing to utilize one of those unchosen time slots for another event before the first person chooses--does this automatically update in the first email you sent or do you have to manually send the first person another email saying, "abc time slot will no longer work for me, please do not choose that one."
Great question. The receiver of your email will be notified that that spot is no longer available if they choose that particular time slot. Since Assistant.to connects to your calendar, it will never double book time slots.
I find your video's very helpful. I am coming from the outlook world and am learning what I can for G:Mail. I have to admit that I am not a big fan but I'm trying. Question that I have is there a way that you can change the subject in an email and High-lite it? I was able to do this in outlook and it really made finding things like paid bills easy.
Question for Auto Text Expander: How to manage if the shortcut key is part of another word that should be written as it is and I dont want to expand that?
Thanks for your videos! They are super helpful. I actually had no idea that gmail has a snooze button. I wish that gmail had an option to do some of the features that I used within outlook. For example, when an email was sent only to me, or from a certain person, I could color code it. This made things easier for me to navigate through emails that were the most important. Does anyone know if gmail has any similar feature?
If you add an event to your calendar after sending someone an Assistant.to meeting invite and that meeting invite gets scheduled at the same time as your event, will you get an alert of some kind that warns you of two overlapping events?
Assistant.to syncs with your calendar so it will prevent double-bookings. i.e. if the receiver selects a time slot that is no longer available, they will receive such a message.
I would recommend creating these types of emails in Google Docs and then copying and pasting it into your Gmail message. All of the formattings should carry over properly.
??If you use assistant to set up times for a meeting - and you are sending to 2 different people for 2 different meetings but you sen dthe same times to both . onces one person selects a time will it then block off the time for the person who got to the email last and wants the same time as the first?
Thank you for your video. I really find them enjoyable and informative. They are very easy to view and a positive entrance to software that I never knew existed. I tried assisstant.to. It would be a great extension for me to use every day. Unfortunately, when I tried to login I was in a continuous loop. I could not get past the login screen. Contacted Marshall at Customer Support at Cirrus Insight . After several emails he suggested that we "E meet" using assistant.to. Got his email with his available time but could not select a time because I was just looping around the link. Before and after, I contacted Marshall, I uninstalled and reinstalled assistant.to and got the same thing. I gave up. If I had so much trouble with the extension and no resolution, I was not able to share this extension with others. not sure if I am the only one with this problem. I've given up.
I'm sorry to hear about your experience with this extension. I haven't heard about such a loop problem before but I hope that it can be resolved for you soon.
AtAssist: other online calender tools always present an up to date availability; does atassist present a static choice of time? If something else gets scheduled over the original times offered before the receiver selects a time, then what?
The video is exhaustingly lengthy. Given that only 3 features are covered, the video can be easily shortened to couple of minutes. Otherwise the video is great and I thank you for the initiative. Thank you :-)
Hi, It was very informative video. I am not able to find the link from where I can download assistant.to extension. I went to their website but didnt find it. Can you help please :)
Hello great video quick question any apps you know that would automatically show the CC and BCC and expand those fields in gmail compose box? Gmelius used to offer it but they took it away and Boomerang does not offer that feature Just trying to save a few clicks with every email if at all possible Looking forward to your reply
Why is there no 'resend' button? Outlook has a resend capability, but resending an email in its original form requires opening 3 windows, and several mouse clicks. Why does no one support a one-click 'resend'?
@@Simpletivity thank you. I have installed the Boomerang app. I dont think that the pause option for gmail is a good option (for me). But i'll find out if it works for me.
What about the security? Installing boomerang from their website, isn't it a security risk? It asks for access of read / write emails. And emails can have sensitive information. How safe is it, to enable a third-party to be able to read all your emails?
Great question. It's true, that most add-ons will require full access to your email account. I recommend doing your research, read reviews, and decide if you wish to grant this type of access.
Problem with printer in my Mac book pro and my g-mail. When I try to print in any of my g-mails, the printer window come up and in the left side said “Loading preview... and nothing happens!!! What I do wrong...
GOOD DAY IM HAVING A HAD TIME WITH MY GMAIL PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THERE NOT ECEIVING MY EMAILS THERE NOT ABLE 2SEND ME EMAIL THERE TELLING ME THERE EMAILS ARE GOING BACK @ THEM IM FRENCH SO IM HOPING @ GET HELP FIX MY PROBLEM I WAS TYING @ DELETE IT AND START OVER AGAIN I DONT KNOW HOW2
Thanks for letting me know. I've updated the link and here it is as well: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-text-expander-2-for/oclakfhhfnbdmmlgncmfnndhlofgnmpm
Seriously? Who KNOWS when anybody else reads their email? (Not to mention, who in the world has a set time when they read their email.........and doesn't even look at their inbox any other time?) It's fine to promote REAL, usable features......but don't be making up incredible, other-worldly stuff!
This tool is handy if you want an email, for example, to go out on Wednesday... but your drafting your email on Monday (maybe you're going to be out of the office on Wednesday). Say for a one day sale on Wednesday... or you're spacing your emails out so the don't get them all on one day... or you want them to get a reminder email about an event for Thursday.
What are your favorite add-ons for Gmail? Share them in the comments and perhaps I can feature it in a future video!
Thanks for sharing, Kat.
@@Simpletivity Thanks.
The techniques are great but your screens are blurred and hard to read.
The auto text expander plug in amazing. Great thanks to you!
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At 77, I am glad to learn anything that will speed up my progress. These add-ons seem to work stupendously and I am very impressed with progress. Indeed, when I started work at age 16 in 1958, everything was done manually, thank you for your efforts.
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
I love Boomerang. I use it for two cases:
1) When I get an email that I don't want to see now but at a later date.
2) Telling my boss I'm (fake) sick and not coming in. Instead of forcing myself to wake up really early saying I woke up sick, I'll schedule an email to be sent at said early time, while I actually peacefully sleep away lol
lol
Thank you for making us aware of these excellent add-ons. I do not have them at the moment but I will be downloading them very shortly as they will be saving me a great deal of time. Also, text expander will be excellent for summarising routine visits to customers where very often, the conversation is broadly similar, Great work. I found a good number of tips put in your TH-cam channel to be potentially very useful. Thank you
You are very welcome, Richard. I'm so glad that you are enjoying my content!
1. Boomerang
2. Assistant.to
3. Text Expander
I was just thinking about a functionality that Auto Text Expander can do. Thanks for making me aware of it
You're welcome, John.
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I attempted to utilize your suggested add-ons. No longer available at the sites you list or in Google Store. Great tutorial anyway.
This helped me out. Now, everything moves faster. Nice.
I absolutely loved the Boomerang, makes my life easy!!!
The Auto Text Expander is marvelous ....Zillin Thanks
I was looking for productivity tools these few days and found three of your videos and they were all very helpful! Thx for your contents! :)
You are very welcome, Shia. So glad that you found my videos helpful!
The Boomerang is the best
I really want to be a VA. Thank you so much for your very helpful videos. So simplified but I am learning a lot.
At.last.so.many.years.a.go.remember.these.//you.are.a.free.person.i.am.so.happy.because.in.your.freedom.you.choose.me.to.be.your.friend(now.real.family.thanks.again.and.again
this guy sounds exactly like Khan Academy Guy lol
@Simpletivity Could you please update the Add-Ons links, only the first link works now 🤷♂️🍻
Awesome! Tks so much for create and share this content. I just jumped in, and already using 2 from this video tips!
So glad you enjoyed this, Wagner. Thanks for watching!
Wonderful teaching.
Glad you think so!
Man is gmail kicking ass
very interesting
Thanks
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching!
This video is so helpful! These are the best tips, THANK YOU!
You're so welcome!
Incredible information, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Question about Assistant.to: what if you email someone a handful of options and they are taking a few days to choose. Meanwhile, you are eagerly awaiting their selection so that you can know how you will be filling up those remaining unchosen time slots. Let's say you end up needing to utilize one of those unchosen time slots for another event before the first person chooses--does this automatically update in the first email you sent or do you have to manually send the first person another email saying, "abc time slot will no longer work for me, please do not choose that one."
Great question. The receiver of your email will be notified that that spot is no longer available if they choose that particular time slot. Since Assistant.to connects to your calendar, it will never double book time slots.
Great ones
I find your video's very helpful. I am coming from the outlook world and am learning what I can for G:Mail. I have to admit that I am not a big fan but I'm trying. Question that I have is there a way that you can change the subject in an email and High-lite it? I was able to do this in outlook and it really made finding things like paid bills easy.
I was just doing this research re gmail vs outlook - really like the tools ActiveInbox and Sortd. Check them out!
good vedio to watch. I learned something new today.. thanks
You're very welcome!
Thank you, Scott. Very useful tips.
You're most welcome, Umberto. Thanks watching and subscrbing!
Great videos. Thanks for sharing your tips!
You're most welcome, May. Thanks for watching!
These look to be very handy tools...thanks!
You're very welcome, Serena. Thanks for watching!
Great add-ons. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! , Thank you so much for create and share this content.
Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for sharing
Another great add-on is Beefree gmail templates.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Question for Auto Text Expander: How to manage if the shortcut key is part of another word that should be written as it is and I dont want to expand that?
Thanks for your videos! They are super helpful. I actually had no idea that gmail has a snooze button. I wish that gmail had an option to do some of the features that I used within outlook. For example, when an email was sent only to me, or from a certain person, I could color code it. This made things easier for me to navigate through emails that were the most important. Does anyone know if gmail has any similar feature?
You can achieve this by applying a label rule for these types of emails. See this video for more details: th-cam.com/video/CuTJRvjYzlQ/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU!!!
You are very welcome!
Awsome video ... I’m subscribed now lol
Thanks for subscribing!
Loved auto text expander . Good for me as I am lazy one
Thanks for sharing.
WOW! Please share more such tips!!
Will do. Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback!
Nice video!
Can you change labels on an iPad if you don’t have a desk top.?
Really good your tips, thank you for thise.
I AM NEW TO THIS YOUTUE . YES I AM A GMAIL PERSON.
Glad to have you here. Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
You are very welcome, Kira.
If you add an event to your calendar after sending someone an Assistant.to meeting invite and that meeting invite gets scheduled at the same time as your event, will you get an alert of some kind that warns you of two overlapping events?
Assistant.to syncs with your calendar so it will prevent double-bookings. i.e. if the receiver selects a time slot that is no longer available, they will receive such a message.
Thank you for a most useful and informative video. I would like to compose emails as if I were using a word processor. Do you have a recommendation?
Thanks for watching and your question, Avrum. What types of features from a word processor are you wanting to use with your email?
Beyond that which is available in Mail for Mac & Gmail: Spacing, tables & their properties, text boxes & other graphics ... ...
I would recommend creating these types of emails in Google Docs and then copying and pasting it into your Gmail message. All of the formattings should carry over properly.
Yes
??If you use assistant to set up times for a meeting - and you are sending to 2 different people for 2 different meetings but you sen dthe same times to both . onces one person selects a time will it then block off the time for the person who got to the email last and wants the same time as the first?
Boomerang is not available in the GSuite Market Place.
Yes it is. Here is the direct link: gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/boomerang_for_gmail_gadget/773508626168
Appreciate your reply including the link to Boomerang.
Thank you for your video. I really find them enjoyable and informative. They are very easy to view and a positive entrance to software that I never knew existed.
I tried assisstant.to. It would be a great extension for me to use every day. Unfortunately, when I tried to login I was in a continuous loop. I could not get past the login screen. Contacted Marshall
at Customer Support
at Cirrus Insight
. After several emails he suggested that we "E meet" using assistant.to. Got his email with his available time but could not select a time because I was just looping around the link. Before and after, I contacted Marshall, I uninstalled and reinstalled assistant.to and got the same thing. I gave up. If I had so much trouble with the extension and no resolution, I was not able to share this extension with others. not sure if I am the only one with this problem. I've given up.
I'm sorry to hear about your experience with this extension. I haven't heard about such a loop problem before but I hope that it can be resolved for you soon.
It was solved ?
AtAssist: other online calender tools always present an up to date availability; does atassist present a static choice of time? If something else gets scheduled over the original times offered before the receiver selects a time, then what?
The video is exhaustingly lengthy. Given that only 3 features are covered, the video can be easily shortened to couple of minutes. Otherwise the video is great and I thank you for the initiative. Thank you :-)
Great video it 's very informative ! by the way I like your email signature , how do you set it
you really awesome on GMail operation 😁😂👌✌
Thanks so much, Sadik.
Hi, It was very informative video. I am not able to find the link from where I can download assistant.to extension. I went to their website but didnt find it. Can you help please :)
Assistant.to has since been acquired. But you can still get this functionality from the following website: www.cirrusinsight.com/
Hello great video quick question any apps you know that would automatically show the CC and BCC and expand those fields in gmail compose box?
Gmelius used to offer it but they took it away and Boomerang does not offer that feature
Just trying to save a few clicks with every email if at all possible
Looking forward to your reply
please tell us where to get the link for 3-gmail add on? thanks.
super and thnx ...@-@
You very welcome! Thanks for watching, Alex.
Boomerang: if original email sent with an attachment, will the reply lose the attachment? I have the same issue in Outlook when running cleanup.
Why is there no 'resend' button? Outlook has a resend capability, but resending an email in its original form requires opening 3 windows, and several mouse clicks. Why does no one support a one-click 'resend'?
Should mention you have to pay for Assistant
How can I find the boomerang and assistant.to addons? Are they also available for free gmail accounts? Are they available in The Netherlands?
You can get Boomerang here: www.boomeranggmail.com/
Unfortunately, Assistant.to is no longer available.
@@Simpletivity thank you. I have installed the Boomerang app. I dont think that the pause option for gmail is a good option (for me). But i'll find out if it works for me.
What about the security? Installing boomerang from their website, isn't it a security risk? It asks for access of read / write emails. And emails can have sensitive information.
How safe is it, to enable a third-party to be able to read all your emails?
Great question. It's true, that most add-ons will require full access to your email account. I recommend doing your research, read reviews, and decide if you wish to grant this type of access.
That.is.the.main.problem.specialy.security.or.hacker.
Problem with printer in my Mac book pro and my g-mail. When I try to print in any of my g-mails, the printer window come up and in the left side said “Loading preview... and nothing happens!!! What I do wrong...
I still don't see just standard basic email template, without the document look.
HOW DO I PUT IN MY APPOINTMENTS .????? AND ALSO HOW DO I SET UP A CHART TO PAY PEOPLE ON THE SORT ON MY GMAIL ACCOUNT????
You can add your events directly to the calendar on the side. As for a chart, you may want to check-out Google Sheets.
I’m still not happy with Gmail.... my client uses it. But I’m so used to outlook
Thanks for sharing.
How you download the actual add ons to your gmail?
Sir, where can I get boomerang set up. Kindly help.
GOOD DAY IM HAVING A HAD TIME WITH MY GMAIL PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THERE NOT ECEIVING MY EMAILS THERE NOT ABLE 2SEND ME EMAIL THERE TELLING ME THERE EMAILS ARE GOING BACK @ THEM IM FRENCH SO IM HOPING @ GET HELP FIX MY PROBLEM I WAS TYING @ DELETE IT AND START OVER AGAIN I DONT KNOW HOW2
Ok I see access to site has been limited by site owner. No problem thanks for your video anyway
It is too difficult for me to apply it
I.will.be.back.again.(or.open.gmail.account)with.in.few.days.(soon)My.dear.also.thanks.for.everyone.including.gmail.memberd
The link to the auto texter gives an error
Thanks for letting me know. I've updated the link and here it is as well: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-text-expander-2-for/oclakfhhfnbdmmlgncmfnndhlofgnmpm
Can we earn?
I lost my account, I want to make another! Thanks !
Ok
And what about NOT using gmail?
2 of the 3 suggestions don't exist any more
TLDH
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Seriously? Who KNOWS when anybody else reads their email? (Not to mention, who in the world has a set time when they read their email.........and doesn't even look at their inbox any other time?) It's fine to promote REAL, usable features......but don't be making up incredible, other-worldly stuff!
😉
This tool is handy if you want an email, for example, to go out on Wednesday... but your drafting your email on Monday (maybe you're going to be out of the office on Wednesday). Say for a one day sale on Wednesday... or you're spacing your emails out so the don't get them all on one day... or you want them to get a reminder email about an event for Thursday.
Is assistant.to free or paid, when I go to google add on, I get no matching results, I must be doing something wrong
Sorry, Paul. But Assistant.io has since been discontinued since this video was published.