Using Browser Extensions & Automation Tools to enhance your Productivity
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This document discusses various productivity tools and browser extensions that can help enhance productivity. It begins by noting that there is no single perfect productivity combination and effectiveness depends on individual use. It then profiles over 30 different addons and automation tools that can be used for tasks like managing to-do lists, saving articles and websites, taking screenshots, tracking time, hiding distractions, and automating common business tasks like scheduling social media posts and tracking brands online. The tools covered include Momentum, Any.do, Pocket, OneTab, Pablo, LastPass, and many others. In the end, it welcomes any questions about the presented tools.
Using Browser Extensions & Automation Tools to enhance your Productivity
- 1. Using Addons & Automation tools to enhance productivity Ngnaoussi Elongué Cédric Christian Christian Elongué Consulting www.christianelongue.com hello@christianelongue.com
- 2. Background One of the biggest challenges every person face is how to manage time with projects. There was so much information about different productivity systems and tools it just left me confused. I kept looking for the perfect productivity combination …(and wasted a lot of time trying out tools, using the wrong tools, and just generally being confused and unproductive)
- 3. Guess What? There is no perfect productivity combination So, the effectiveness of each of the tools presented here depends on your use and discipline
- 4. Why Google? According to a recent survey conducted by Stat Counter Global Stats – Google Chrome holds 62.7% of browser market share worldwide. So what is it that Google Chrome is offering its users which other browsers are failing to provide? Well, one answer could be the availability of browser extensions.
- 7. •All the addons and automation tools that are presented here are based on the previous time management principles.
- 8. MOMENTUM – a moment for yourself • Wouldn’t it be nice to be constantly reminded of our daily goals and the work that needs to be done? Momentum does just that with a special inspirational touch. • Every time you open a new tab on your browser, a personal dashboard with an inspirational quote, your to-do list, and weather data shows up. This gives you a moment to reflect on your actual goals and focus on what’s important. • Get Momentum here.
- 9. ANY.DO – always remember what needs to be done • Any.do works as a to-do list, allowing you to write down reminders, meeting agendas, tasks, and notes – even while browsing online. • https://www.any.do/
- 10. POCKET – beat the fear of missing out • How many times have you stopped working, and started reading an interesting article that you accidentally found? • Pocket lets you save all the interesting websites (and articles) in one click, and gives you access to them anytime.
- 11. ONE TAB – avoid cluttering your browser tabs • Users: 1.9 million • Unless you’re using a powerful computer, opening lots of browser tabs will use up a lot of memory and makes your computer slow. • Whenever you find yourself with too many tabs, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs again, you can either restore them individually or all at once. • Get OneTab here. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oneta b/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall
- 12. AdBlocker Ultimate • The add-on removes advertising such as banner ads, videos and pop ups, while also blocking a variety of online tracking tools.
- 13. Pablo • Pablo is a free app designed to help you quickly cobble up artful, social media- friendly captioned images which you can add to social network sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter. • Download Pablo
- 14. LastPass • LastPass is an online password manager and form filler designed to reduce the headache of managing multiple user accounts and passwords, making your browsing experience easier and more secure. • Users: 7.8 million
- 15. HTTPS Everywhere • HTTPS Everywhere helps encrypt your online browsing and communications by rewriting HTTP link requests to HTTPS when within a whitelist of sites that support HTTPS. • Users: 2.1 million
- 16. Click & Clean • The Click&Clean extension for Chrome allows you to clear your cache, URL searches, website cookies, and download history with a single click of a button on your browser toolbar. • Users: 3.4 million
- 17. Ghostery • Ghostery is a powerful privacy extension. Block ads, stop trackers and speed up websites. • Users: 2.7 million
- 18. Bitly • Users: 447 thousand • This extension lets marketers quickly and easily shorten links and share them on social media directly from their browser.
- 19. BuzzSumo • When you're on a web page, click the extension to show metrics such as the number of social shares and backlinks to a piece. • This tool provides an easy way to see how much engagement your content is generating
- 20. Check My Links • Users: 177 thousand • It quickly scans web pages and shows you which links are working properly and which are broken. • With this extension, WACSI can ensure that our website is functioning properly for our visitors. • We can check for broken backlinks to our content on other websites.
- 21. Awesome Screenshot: Screen Video Recorder • Screen Capture full page screenshot. Screen recoder for screencast. Annotate and share to trello/slack etc • . Users: 2 million
- 22. Evernote Web Clipper • Evernote is a note- taking and organization app that can be shared across teams for content collaboration.
- 23. Grammarly Grammarly is my go-to app for reviewing blog posts for proper spelling, grammar, and word use.
- 24. Google Dictionary • Users: 4.6 million • Have you ever come across a word you're not familiar with while doing research online? Instead of Googling it in a separate tab, quickly highlight the word and click on the Google Dictionary extension to get the definition.
- 25. Save to Google Drive • You can save the web contents, images, office content etc directly into the google drive cloud from the chrome browser. • https://chrome.google.com/webs tore/detail/save-to-google- drive/gmbmikajjgmnabiglmofipeaba ddhgne
- 26. Pixlr Editor • If you do not have photoshop and want to edit your photo like a pro then this chrome app is must have for you. It offers the photo editing with layers and visual effect. • https://chrome.google.com/webs tore/detail/pixlr- editor/icmaknaampgiegkcjlimdiidlho pknpk?hl=en
- 27. Clockify • Clockify Time Tracker lets you clock your time for anything you do. If you are doing a project, you can start the work and the timer. Once you finish, stop the timer.
- 28. Hunter: Find email addresses in seconds • With Hunter, the chrome extension you will no more have to search for email addresses on the websites. Hunter can also get you names, phone numbers, job titles, links to people’s social networking profiles and so on. And the best part is that the data it provides comes with public sources.
- 29. Crystal • As a pioneer in Personality AI, Crystal analyzes millions of online data points to accurately identify personality. • Thousands of professionals globally use Crystal to communicate more effectively, write more persuasively, and build trust faster with new people.
- 30. News Feed Eradicator for Facebook • Find yourself spending too much time on Facebook? Eradicate distractions by replacing your entire news feed with an inspiring quote
- 31. Tampermonkey • Tampermonkey is the most popular userscript manager for Google Chrome. • Download.
- 32. PanicButton • PanicButton makes it easier for you to hide all of your tabs at once just by clicking on a button. • They are then saved as bookmarks in a separate folder. • Afterwards, the PanicButton turns green and shows you how many tabs are currently hidden. • Download.
- 33. All-in-One Messenger Use messengers like WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger, Skype and many more in one app!
- 34. Strict Workflow • This extension allows you to enforce a 25 minute period of distraction-free work by blocking a whole host of time wasting websites (the list is customisable). As a reward, you get 5 minutes to blow on the websites of your choice before going back to work. • Download.
- 35. Bonus: Business Automation Hacks • Automating boring tasks can save you countless hours (and nerves!) Automation can be: • enhancing the customer experience • increasing productivity • sharing knowledge • delivering new products
- 36. Social Media Scheduling • To post a link, image or quote to a company’s social media channels throughout a day, marketers can use tools like Hootsuite or Buffer that let you schedule as many social media posts as you’d like, so that your social media feed lives on even when you sleep.
- 37. Track your online brand • Want to know how your brand is perceived online? • Google Alerts and Mention let you automatically monitor your brand or industry keywords and give you instant notifications when your keywords are mentioned.
- 38. Harvest - Bill for the Time Worked • If you work on an hourly basis, use time billing software like Harvest, to have customer-related project hours automatically added to the invoice and sent to a specific client.
- 39. Automated Marketing Campaigns • You can use it to create custom email templates, and every time you get a new lead, they’ll be sent a personalised email.
- 40. The End ! Hope you enjoyed this presentation. Questions are welcome