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The Best Email Tools for Small Businesses

LaurenAbraham

Whether you’re sending out emails to potential er, we think the free version alone is still like your subject length to help improve
clients, current clients, or just to your co- extremely helpful! the overall quality of your email. The
workers, being able to see if and when your How it Works only downside is that in order to access
email was viewed is a game changer. This can the “advanced features,” you have to
tell you when it’s appropriate to follow up! In Let’s say you were writing an email to a upgrade to their Pro or Premium plans.
case you haven’t heard, there are read receipts client or a potential partner, and realize Another great thing about Boomerang is
available for email, and we’ve put a list together it’s 4:45pm and the workday is almost their reminder feature! This feature al-
of three of our fave email extensions: over. Instead of leaving your email in lows emails to reappear in your inbox if
drafts, which you’ll more than likely
Boomerang forget about, you can a certain amount of days have passed
Boomerang is a super schedule the email to and there’s no response. It can get hard
helpful extension for be sent at a later to keep track of all the emails you sent
Gmail users. It allows you time. and who has responded or who hasn’t,
to send an email at a later Boomerang offers a so if you’re someone who sends out a lot
time, receive follow up few different options of emails each day, this feature is super
reminders, and even helps for you such as send- helpful!
you to craft the perfect ing it tomorrow Although we use Boomerang for Gmail,
email! Just as the name morning or tomor- they also offer other products such as
states, a little boomerang row afternoon, and Boomerang for Outlook, Boomerang
icon will appear in the you also have the Calendar, and inbox pause.
right-hand corner of your ability to customize
browser once it’s been when the email is To read the full article
installed. Boomerang is sent! Plus, when click here.
offered as a free exten- writing an email to that potential partner
sion, but you have the ability to upgrade (which or client, Boomerang Responsible
gives you access to additional benefits). Howev- (which is a built in feature) rates things