Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2017

A few years ago nonprofit email marketers were thrown for a loop when Gmail implemented a tabbed in-box for various kinds of messages (primary, email and social). However, within the last few months, Gmail has put in additional settings and rules that are having a significant impact on how, or whether, a nonprofit’s email message is making it to a constituent’s in-box at all. Nonprofit Marketing eMail marketing engagement gmail gmail tabs nonprofit email strategy open rates

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SocialFish

APRIL 7, 2014

———– Early this week, Gmail announced they were trialing a new functionality for their promotions tab for desktop. You could just allow the Gmail algorithm to decide on the best image but again, it could pick something that could get cropped.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2013

— As most e-mail marketers are very much aware of by now, on July 22 Gmail released a new tab structure to its inbox. A Gmail user has the option to create more tabs, and to move e-mails into different tabs, including permanently for e-mail from a specific sender.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2011

This is a very funny April Fools Day joke from Google called Gmail Motion. This is a very funny April Fools Day joke from Google called Gmail Motion. The new feature allows users to move in front of their computers to open email, send replies, etc.

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John Haydon

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Remember when Gmail added tabbed inboxes to Gmail ? Note: Inbox is currently invite-only for gmail users (send an email to inbox@google.com for an invite). This will give you an easy way to measure the impact of Inbox, and also tweak your content specifically for gmail users.

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Wild Apricot Blog

MARCH 24, 2010

This is especially likely to happen with GMail users, perhaps because the large storage space, efficient search function and color-coded labels make it easy and practical. Superstars can help you to manage your GMail even more effectively. Hidden away in the experimental Labs section of Google’s GMail is this handy little add-on that gives you just one.( Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Gmail

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Google Gmail down across the world, massive outage (updated) - Computerworld Blogs: "users in Europe and Asia that are also out. I've also tried to log onto Gmail from servers in London, Spain and France without any luck

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Beaconfire Wire

JUNE 26, 2013

Several weeks ago Google announced that a change would soon be coming to Gmail users’ inboxes, this time in the form of tabs which segments emails by categories. If a large segment is Gmail addresses there is a possibility that your deliverability and open rates may see a decrease.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I’ve used a variety of email clients of one sort or another over time, and I have recently just decided to ditch them, and use gmail exclusively. I use Canned Responses to provide HTML signatures when needed, and also forward all of my mail to gmail, then send out mail as other identities. (I’ve I’ve learned how to circumvent that annoying thing of “Sent on behalf of&# in gmail – use the SMTP of the email alias you’re using.).

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Wild Apricot Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Many organizations use Gmail to manage their email, because its generous storage space, ability to use your own domain , and system of tags and filters make it easy to organize email communications. One drawback of Gmail, however — as with any web-based email — is the need for an internet connection to be able to use it. Tags: Gmail General non-profit interest Google Non-profit technology Web 2.0

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Wild Apricot Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2009

GMail Labs to the rescue! Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Non-profit Communications Gmail Auto-complete is a convenient and time-saving email feature, but click too carelessly and auto-complete can be a quick route to email embarrassment. Who among us has not accidentally sent an email to the wrong recipient, at least once? read more ).

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Wild Apricot Blog

JULY 21, 2009

You may have noticed a new link in the left sidebar of your Gmail account recently. Tasks is a relatively new-from-GMail-Labs feature that pulls together Gmail and Google Calendar to help you create and manage “to do” lists. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Google Gmail This isn’t a tool for the true productivity wonk, but it does offer a quick and convenient way to get a task into your calendar from email.

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Idealware

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

I admit that I have a lot going on in both Firefox and Gmail. This morning, trying out a combination of new Google lab s settings for Gmail plus the Getting Things Done Firefox add-in, I suddenly and abruptly got logged out of Gmail. Quite possibly the installation of both together into Gmail clashed and triggered the lock-out out. And sometimes, not seeing my Gmail or Google Calendar tab, I end up opening another. Gmail Beta, Documents Beta, Calendar Beta.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2005

In an earlier post, I mentioned that a drawback of gmail was that it did not support the sending of html emails, although it can display html or RTF content. What is doing is just displaying a currently concealed capability already in the gmail compose page. But be forewarned - as 3rd party add-ons to a beta program, both of these tools may quit working without warning as Google makes changes to gmail

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2007

When Gmail came out a few years ago, I read the raves from other NpTechers. But why can't shift from Outlook to gmail? Exported my contacts from Outlook into Gmail. I had been using Plaxo and am now need to figure out if there is a browser toolbar that works with gmail. Since I use my own domain name, I set up gmail to grab bethkanter.org email from pop server. I switched my treo to grab my gmail email -- and also have Outlook configured to grab gmail email.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2013

Since Gmail released their new inbox structure, there’s been a mix of panic and glee. The Gmail tabs panic reminded me that while I’m a huge fan of change – most folks struggle with change. There’s a lot to learn from Gmail’s tabs. Since Gmail launched the tabs, a number of companies have sent emails with subject line like, Don’t let tabs get between us or Don’t miss a deal. In my mind the launch of Gmail tabs is very telling about our culture.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

For example, panicking over the changes to Gmail Tabs is a moot point if your organization’s emails aren’t optimized for mobile. A whopping 66% of Gmail opens occur on mobile devices, with only 19% opened in a web browser ( Litmus ). The #1 email client for Gmail users is the iPhone’s built-in mail program, with 34% of all Gmail opens. According to Google, there were more than 425 million active Gmail users as of June 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2008

I have not gone back to Outlook and I've become completely accustomed or perhaps dependent on using gmail for GTD because all of the reasons in the video above. So, today's Gmail outage created a horribly unproductive day. while keeping your gmail account unchanged.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Once I started clicking around and adding Gadgets and experimenting with Buzz, Reader, Themes, Maps, Gmail, Google News and hopefully soon Google Voice , it was immediately clear that I was going to start using iGoogle and Gmail much more often. iGoogle Home > Gmail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I’ve been using Gmail for many years. Over time, you train gmail to automatically put the important emails at the top.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2015

EverContact: My main address book is in my Gmail account. Works for both gmail and outlook. Boomerang allows you set reminders for yourself, using gmail, to follow up. Flickr Image: Myles Grant.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

If you use Gmail, Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Salesforce, or Yahoo mail, you’re in the cloud. Matt Goche. Director of Security Consulting. Sungard Availability Services. How can a nonprofit protect the data it holds in the cloud? The vast majority of nonprofits employ cloud computing in some way, but they may not know or think about it. The cloud delivers key advantages for nonprofits, who often possess limited funds, space, and IT staff.

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Mobile Commons

JULY 30, 2013

Gmail’s new layout has email marketers worried about open rates. A recent blog post from the email marketing gurus at MailChimp outlines a potential problem for companies stemming from Gmail’s new tabbed inbox feature. The reason: Gmail’s tabbed browsing automatically filters promotional emails into its own tab. Gmail published their blog post about the tabbed inbox on May 29, which was the 22nd week of 2013.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Here’s how our messages showed up in iOS: And Gmail renders things similarly: This is no small matter. Campaign Monitor found that as of June 2011, iOS and Gmail accounted for up to 23% of email clients.

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SocialFish

JUNE 8, 2011

637,278 why you should switch to Gmail. Subtitled, Reason no. Inbox Influence is a new tool from the Sunlight Foundation that allows you to see the political contributions of the people and organizations that are mentioned in emails you receive.

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Idealware

JULY 18, 2011

But Google Apps’ web-based email system, Gmail , is often regarded as superior in terms of ease of use. By default, Gmail groups together all emails in the same conversation, but this can be disabled. For those who rely on searching their inbox, Gmail’s search is faster and often more accurate than Outlook’s. The web-based nature of Gmail is both a strength and a weakness. On the other hand, Gmail doesn’t offer all the advanced functionality Outlook does.

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NetWits

APRIL 15, 2013

Gmail only displays the first 102KB of your message. Does your nonprofit send mobile-friendly email? You’ve likely heard about the importance of being mobile-friendly to engage constituents. Maybe even that: Mobile email opens are predicted to surpass desktop opens this year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2013

Throughout the Google+ training, a heavy focus is placed on how Google+ is integrated with other Google Products , such as YouTube, Search, Gmail, Images, Places, and Google Mobile. Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: Free (One Time Only – Usually $50).

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Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 24, 2009

One free video conferencing service is Gmail voice and video chat that has been evaluated below by Monica Skinner , who is a San Francisco-based LEED architect , environmental designer, and GreenTech volunteer. My Gmail Voice and Video Chat Experience. Recently, though, a friend who works at Google informed me about Gmail voice and video chat as a user-friendly application.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2013

If your nonprofit uses Gmail, Search, YouTube, Maps, etc., Google’s strategy of making Google+ the thread that links all Google Products together is working.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . The process to get your nonprofit started on Google+ depends upon whether you already have a Google/Gmail account for yourself or your nonprofit. When signing up for Google/Gmail, be sure to use a real first and last name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2008

One of things I did as a last ditch strategy was to email out a group message to various contacts and it seemed to have brought in some last minute contributions. I did the bcc of group emails. However, Google thinks I'm a spammer now and has disabled my email account. I'm not sure how long this will last - I read 24-72 hours. No good deed goes unpunished. I need to figure out a way answer email. In the meantime, I have written on a blackboard 100 times: I will not spam for good.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 9, 2016

After hitting snooze on your mobile phone alarm 3 times you roll over and check your Outlook inbox, your Gmail inbox, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. By now you’ve probably heard—online is a thing. It’s a big thing. As consumers, we are always connected. Does this sound like you?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2014

On a desktop, it’s also visible in your Gmail and Yahoo inbox (and probably others, too). To make emails more mobile-friendly, we’ve heard it’s good to include a link to a web page version of the email.

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Wild Apricot Blog

JANUARY 25, 2008

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . The process to get your nonprofit started on Google+ depends upon whether you already have a Google/Gmail account for yourself or your nonprofit. When signing up for Google/Gmail, be sure to use a real first and last name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

One technique is to schedule your emails using a program like Boomerang for Gmail or if you use Outlook, use the scheduled delivery option.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 2013

Throughout the Google+ training, a heavy focus is placed on how Google+ is integrated with other Google Products , such as YouTube, Search, Gmail, Images, Places, and Google Mobile. Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Spring Webinar Special.

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Frogloop

AUGUST 3, 2012

Check out some of the highlights: The most politically engaged users are on Quora, BuzzFeed, Gmail, and Wikipedia and users lean left.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Throughout the Google+ training, a heavy focus is placed on how Google+ is integrated with other Google Products , such as YouTube, Search, Gmail, Images, Places, and Google Mobile. Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: Free (One Time Only – Usually $50).

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