“You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” —Peter Drucker You probably have no idea how much time you spend on email. That’s because you almost certainly don’t track it. If you’re a boss or an employee, that’s time you’re wasting on a task that’s known to ruin productivity. If you’re a freelancer or contractor, it’s […]
How to Get a Response From Anyone (5 Tips for Cold Emails)
Cold email isn’t just for salespeople. You may not have considered it, but cold email is a tool that can work for anyone—including you. To be clear, when we say “cold email,” we’re not talking about mass emailing a list of strangers. We’re talking about reaching out to one person with a message crafted […]
A Beginner’s Guide to the Cloud (for Small Business)
What is “the cloud” anyway? And how can it help you? We know the “cloud” can seem complicated. And we talk to a lot of small business owners who say “they’re not great with technology.” In this article, we’re going to show you the basics. How the cloud works, why it’s important, and how […]
Do You Want a Personal Copy of Your Emails?
When you have emails in your inbox that you need to save together as a personal copy like: Emails from the IRS Changing jobs Emails from a customer for archiving Whatever it is, here’s how to safely save your emails with just one click. New Tool: Save My Emails Save My Emails is the latest […]
7 Stats that Prove Texts Should Be Part of Your Business
Holding an open house? A recruiting event? A one-day sales event? Send your invite emails as you normally would. But for your VIPs, send a text as well. 7 Stats That Prove You Should Use Texts in Your Business Why use text messages in your business? Because, while the average open rate of emails […]
How to Use Video for the Easter Holidays
We’re celebrating both Easter and Passover this week at cloudHQ. As we often do, we’re busy creating holiday messages for friends, family, and important clients. Our CMO Naomi, in particular, has a tradition of sending emails to friends and family this time of year. This year, however, she’s not writing emails. She’s recording videos […]
How to Save Email Receipts to Excel or PDF for Tax Season
Let’s say you need to download your Amazon receipts for tax purposes. You could individually print each email to a PDF, a process that could take hours. Or you could save hours or days by using the newly upgraded Save Email to PDF Chrome extension, one of our best free Gmail productivity tools. Here’s […]
Calendar Scheduler Throwdown (Calendly vs. Mixmax vs. Meeting Scheduler)
If you’re a salesperson, realtor, recruiter, or anyone who regularly schedules meetings with people outside your company, you need an appointment scheduler. If you’re unfamiliar, an appointment scheduler is a tool that lets other people choose a meeting time with you based on available times from your calendar. Appointment schedulers eliminate back and forth […]
5 Dreadful Email Mistakes To Avoid
A tech-company executive once told us how much he hated his email. “You know,” he told us, “I wish I could just blow up my inbox. People’s emails are terrible, and they all want something from me.” From our conversations with hundreds of CEOs and executives over the years, we can tell you he’s […]