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<\/a><\/p>\nThe best things in life are free, and these tools are no exception. Each one is either free forever or comes with a free trial. You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n
Optimize your inbox<\/b><\/h3>\n
From Inbox Zero to Folder-palooza, everyone has her own method of managing his or her emails. Regardless of your preference for dealing with your messages, these four apps are style-agnostic and will save you lots of time and frustration. I promise.<\/p>\n
Boomerang<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nI love using Boomerang even more than I love saying<\/i> \u201cBoomerang,\u201d and that\u2019s a lot! This plugin has changed my entire email behavior. It\u2019s a genius tool that adds a \u201cSend Later\u201d button to your messages, allowing you to schedule your emails to go out at a chosen time in the future. It also lets you \u201cBoomerang\u201d messages\u2014directing your emails back to your inbox under specific sets of circumstances. It\u2019s a great tool to use for new business or press pitches if you want to be reminded about something, i.e. someone hasn\u2019t replied to your email after three days. Try it. It just might change your life (or at least your inbox).<\/p>\n
Cost: Free (basic plan) – $14.99\/month (professional plan)<\/p>\n
Compatibility: Gmail, Google Apps, and Outlook.com<\/p>\n
Unroll.me<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s no fun waking up in the morning to 18 newsletters in your inbox. It\u2019s even worse to get bombarded with 23 more while you\u2019re trying to get work done during the day. Unroll.me offers a genius solution to this issue: the free plugin aggregates all of your subscriptions into one daily digest. It also makes unsubscribing from lists a breeze.<\/p>\n
Cost: Free<\/p>\n
Compatibility: Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, Outlook.com, and iCloud.<\/p>\n
Contact Monkey<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\u201cRead Receipts\u201d (remember those?) are so 2005. Here\u2019s a dirty little secret: I hide tracking tickets in almost every email I send. That means I can tell when, where, and for how long people look at my messages, which links they click, and whether they share the emails with other people.\u00a0 I can even turn on real-time notifications. The best part? It\u2019s undetectable to everyone, but computer wizards (who I luckily rarely email).<\/p>\n
Cost: Free (100 messages\/month) – $15\/month (Salesforce.com integration edition)<\/p>\n
Compatibility: Gmail, Google Apps, and Outlook.com<\/p>\n
Rapportive<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nHave you ever spent more than two minutes trying to guess <\/i>the email address of someone you want to connect with? With Rapportive, you\u2019ll never have to again. This deceptively simple tool replaces the ads in Gmail with a social profile that feeds in the information from the person you\u2019re typing an email to. It\u2019s great for keeping up with the people in your network, but its superpower is making it easy to guess email addresses. Once you hit the right combination, a profile will automatically populate on the side. It will always solve your \u201cIs it first.last@awesomecompany<\/a>.com or first_last@awesomecompany.com<\/a>?\u201d dilemma.<\/p>\nCost: Free<\/p>\n
Compatibility: Gmail and Google Apps<\/p>\n
Side note:<\/i> If you\u2019re using anything but Google Apps to run your email, you should immediately stop doing so. Using Outlook because \u201ccompanies use Outlook, right?\u201d is an awful reason. Google Apps is super powerful and has dozens of awesome plugins that will make you love email. Make the switch.<\/p>\nFrom 0 to stalker in 60 seconds<\/b><\/h3>\n
Much like being a spy or a secret agent, being a successful entrepreneur involves keeping tabs on lots of people at all times. These are my two favorite tools for doing just that, without having to resort to creepy (or illegal!) measures.<\/p>\n
Mention<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nMention is everything you wish Google Alerts could be. It monitors mentions (get it?) of keywords on the web and social media and gives you real-time alerts when people are talking. You can sort by channel (blogs, news sites, socials, etc.), collaborate with your team, and even sync your social accounts to respond to social chatter instantly. There is seamless integration between a desktop program, mobile app, and Chrome plugin. Whether you\u2019re tracking your own company or spying on your competitors, you\u2019ll never <\/i>go back to Google Alerts after trying Mention.<\/p>\n
Cost: Free plan (Basic, 100 mentions\/month) – $29.99\/month (100K mentions\/month)<\/p>\n
Newsle<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nNewsle brings you \u201cnews about your people.\u201d When you join the site, you can import your Facebook friends and LinkedIn contacts. Newsle then keeps track of web articles about you, your connections, and other people you might care about (like celebrities and politicians). You can get weekly digests of stories or have them delivered to your inbox as they happen. It makes it easy to send your clients emails like, \u201cCongrats on the awesome promotion!,\u201d or \u201cGood luck with this week\u2019s launch!\u201d Bonus: It ranks your friends from \u201cMost Famous\u201d to \u201cLeast Famous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cost: Free<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no fun waking up in the morning to 18 newsletters in your inbox. It\u2019s even worse to get bombarded with 23 more while you\u2019re trying to get work done during the day. Unroll.me offers a genius solution to this issue: the free plugin aggregates all of your subscriptions into one daily digest. It also makes unsubscribing from lists a breeze.<\/p>\n
Cost: Free<\/p>\n
Compatibility: Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, Outlook.com, and iCloud.<\/p>\n
Contact Monkey<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\u201cRead Receipts\u201d (remember those?) are so 2005. Here\u2019s a dirty little secret: I hide tracking tickets in almost every email I send. That means I can tell when, where, and for how long people look at my messages, which links they click, and whether they share the emails with other people.\u00a0 I can even turn on real-time notifications. The best part? It\u2019s undetectable to everyone, but computer wizards (who I luckily rarely email).<\/p>\n
Cost: Free (100 messages\/month) – $15\/month (Salesforce.com integration edition)<\/p>\n
Compatibility: Gmail, Google Apps, and Outlook.com<\/p>\n
Rapportive<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nHave you ever spent more than two minutes trying to guess <\/i>the email address of someone you want to connect with? With Rapportive, you\u2019ll never have to again. This deceptively simple tool replaces the ads in Gmail with a social profile that feeds in the information from the person you\u2019re typing an email to. It\u2019s great for keeping up with the people in your network, but its superpower is making it easy to guess email addresses. Once you hit the right combination, a profile will automatically populate on the side. It will always solve your \u201cIs it first.last@awesomecompany<\/a>.com or first_last@awesomecompany.com<\/a>?\u201d dilemma.<\/p>\nCost: Free<\/p>\n
Compatibility: Gmail and Google Apps<\/p>\n
Side note:<\/i> If you\u2019re using anything but Google Apps to run your email, you should immediately stop doing so. Using Outlook because \u201ccompanies use Outlook, right?\u201d is an awful reason. Google Apps is super powerful and has dozens of awesome plugins that will make you love email. Make the switch.<\/p>\nFrom 0 to stalker in 60 seconds<\/b><\/h3>\n
Much like being a spy or a secret agent, being a successful entrepreneur involves keeping tabs on lots of people at all times. These are my two favorite tools for doing just that, without having to resort to creepy (or illegal!) measures.<\/p>\n
Mention<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nMention is everything you wish Google Alerts could be. It monitors mentions (get it?) of keywords on the web and social media and gives you real-time alerts when people are talking. You can sort by channel (blogs, news sites, socials, etc.), collaborate with your team, and even sync your social accounts to respond to social chatter instantly. There is seamless integration between a desktop program, mobile app, and Chrome plugin. Whether you\u2019re tracking your own company or spying on your competitors, you\u2019ll never <\/i>go back to Google Alerts after trying Mention.<\/p>\n
Cost: Free plan (Basic, 100 mentions\/month) – $29.99\/month (100K mentions\/month)<\/p>\n
Newsle<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nNewsle brings you \u201cnews about your people.\u201d When you join the site, you can import your Facebook friends and LinkedIn contacts. Newsle then keeps track of web articles about you, your connections, and other people you might care about (like celebrities and politicians). You can get weekly digests of stories or have them delivered to your inbox as they happen. It makes it easy to send your clients emails like, \u201cCongrats on the awesome promotion!,\u201d or \u201cGood luck with this week\u2019s launch!\u201d Bonus: It ranks your friends from \u201cMost Famous\u201d to \u201cLeast Famous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cost: Free<\/p>\n
Have you ever spent more than two minutes trying to guess <\/i>the email address of someone you want to connect with? With Rapportive, you\u2019ll never have to again. This deceptively simple tool replaces the ads in Gmail with a social profile that feeds in the information from the person you\u2019re typing an email to. It\u2019s great for keeping up with the people in your network, but its superpower is making it easy to guess email addresses. Once you hit the right combination, a profile will automatically populate on the side. It will always solve your \u201cIs it first.last@awesomecompany<\/a>.com or first_last@awesomecompany.com<\/a>?\u201d dilemma.<\/p>\n Cost: Free<\/p>\n Compatibility: Gmail and Google Apps<\/p>\n Side note:<\/i> If you\u2019re using anything but Google Apps to run your email, you should immediately stop doing so. Using Outlook because \u201ccompanies use Outlook, right?\u201d is an awful reason. Google Apps is super powerful and has dozens of awesome plugins that will make you love email. Make the switch.<\/p>\n Much like being a spy or a secret agent, being a successful entrepreneur involves keeping tabs on lots of people at all times. These are my two favorite tools for doing just that, without having to resort to creepy (or illegal!) measures.<\/p>\n Mention is everything you wish Google Alerts could be. It monitors mentions (get it?) of keywords on the web and social media and gives you real-time alerts when people are talking. You can sort by channel (blogs, news sites, socials, etc.), collaborate with your team, and even sync your social accounts to respond to social chatter instantly. There is seamless integration between a desktop program, mobile app, and Chrome plugin. Whether you\u2019re tracking your own company or spying on your competitors, you\u2019ll never <\/i>go back to Google Alerts after trying Mention.<\/p>\n Cost: Free plan (Basic, 100 mentions\/month) – $29.99\/month (100K mentions\/month)<\/p>\n Newsle brings you \u201cnews about your people.\u201d When you join the site, you can import your Facebook friends and LinkedIn contacts. Newsle then keeps track of web articles about you, your connections, and other people you might care about (like celebrities and politicians). You can get weekly digests of stories or have them delivered to your inbox as they happen. It makes it easy to send your clients emails like, \u201cCongrats on the awesome promotion!,\u201d or \u201cGood luck with this week\u2019s launch!\u201d Bonus: It ranks your friends from \u201cMost Famous\u201d to \u201cLeast Famous.\u201d<\/p>\n Cost: Free<\/p>\nFrom 0 to stalker in 60 seconds<\/b><\/h3>\n
Mention<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Newsle<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n