{"id":1999,"date":"2013-02-13T03:34:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T03:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ladybassmusic.net\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2021-06-18T21:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:22:38","slug":"music-teachers-helper-blog-boomerang-for-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ladybassmusic.net\/?p=1999","title":{"rendered":"Music Teacher’s Helper Blog – Boomerang for Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"\nI recently started using a plugin for Gmail called Boomerang. This has been a great asset in managing my Inbox. Boomerang allows you to do multiple tasks;
\n\n1) Write an email now and then send it at a later date.
\n\n2) Schedule reminders so you don\u2019t lose track of important emails in your Inbox.
\n\n3) Send reminders if you don\u2019t hear back from someone on an important email.
\n\nThe reminders are very useful when sending emails out to people about any situation that needs to be followed up on within a certain period of time. Usually, that email would slowly get buried in my task list or under a pile of incoming emails. Now if I don\u2019t hear back, Boomerang will \u201cremind\u201d me by sending that email back to the top of my Inbox at a scheduled time. This reminds me to follow up at that scheduled time. That \u201creminder\u201d feature can be turned off if the original email receives a response within a certain period of time.
\n\nOther cool tricks you can do with Boomerang; \u201cfuture send\u201d an email. For example, at the beginning of the month, you can draft all of your emails to wish folks a happy birthday or anniversary. Schedule the email to be sent on their birthday or anniversary. Don\u2019t forget to blind carbon copy yourself in the email so that you get a reminder that the email was sent on that date.You can wish them a happy birthday (without using Facebook) and then the blind carbon copy will remind you of the event.
\n\nAdditionally, future send can be used for sending yourself reminders and planning events if you are thinking ahead. You might be out of the office or your home studio and you have a great idea for a project. However, you aren\u2019t in a position to work on it while you travel. Write the idea out in an email, and then \u201cfuture send\u201d to yourself on the date you are back in your office or home studio when you would best be able to act on it.
\n\nClick here<\/a> for a video overview of Boomerang. Click here<\/a> to install Boomerang.<\/p>\n\nBoomerang has been a very useful tool in managing my Inbox. I hope you find it useful as well.
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