It’s no secret that Gmail is an absolute powerhouse. Used by a truly overwhelming amount of people, Gmail is, for many people, their primary way of interacting with clients, colleagues, and more.


So, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that Gmail is where many find their productivity begins to suffer. Fortunately, there are many add-ons available from the Google Workspace Marketplace, which can help. Here are six of the best to keep you on track.








First up on this list comes Yet Another Mail Merge. Despite its long name, it’s actually a relatively simple tool to use. This means, in essence, a tool that allows you to quickly and easily send emails en masse.


Yet Another Mail Merge lets you do this with personalized emails. The information is taken directly from your Google Sheets and Gmail itself.

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All you need to do to use the tool is create a template directly in Gmail using its drafting tool. Then, you need to simply create a Google Sheets spreadsheet and fill it with the personalized data that you want to fill in the draft. Names, roles, businesses, etc.


You can send a test email to yourself first to make sure that everything is working correctly, and after that, all you need to do is send out that email to everyone you want.

What’s particularly useful about Yet Another Mail Merge is that it tracks a wide variety of information about the emails that you send. For example, Yet Another Mail Merge tracks how many of your emails’ clients have opened, how many responses you get, how many emails bounce, and more. It then takes that information and inputs it directly into your Google Sheets spreadsheet so that you can keep an eye on it.








Next up is DocuSign. DocuSign is a Gmail add-on which works to take the stress out of digital signatures. Essentially, DocuSign acts as a digital signature control center. All you have to do is install the add-on and create an account that holds your signature and details.


From there, you can quickly and easily sign digital agreements or collect signatures. This add-on also works for Google Drive, so if you have existing documents that you want to sign or have others sign, it works well for that as well.

It is worth noting that DocuSign has somewhat limited features for free users. If you don’t sign up for a premium plan, then you may find yourself limited on how many documents you can ask others to sign, among other things. Though you’ll always be able to sign as much as you need.





If you find yourself regularly interacting with PDFs, then DocHub might be able to cut some of your workloads down.

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DocHub lets you edit, reply, and sign any PDF document in your Gmail inbox without having to exit out to an external program.


All you have to do is open any attachment from Gmail, and from there, you can edit it with DocHub. You can easily create a reply to the email with your edited document attached as well.

DocHub itself has just about any function you could want of it. You’re able to sign, erase text, insert images, text, and more. You can also edit the PDF as a whole by merging documents or restructuring pages.








Next up on this list comes Sortd. Sortd is an all-in-one solution for teams looking to maximize their performance on Gmail. Sortd does this by revolutionizing how you use Gmail. The add-on implements new Trello-style Kanban Boards into Gmail so that you and your team can see joint mailboxes at a glance and prevent emails from getting lost in the commotion.

There is team chat added to email threads, as well as sharing of mailboxes and contacts. Follow-up flags help to keep on top of any emails that are missing replies. If you want to know when your recipients are opening their emails, you can enable that tracking as well.


These additions allow a team to easily see who is working on what without having to worry about more complicated solutions that are less effective.








If you’re the type of person who gets easily distracted and often forgets what it is that they’re trying to accomplish, then Todoist might just be the add-on that finally changes that.

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Todoist is, as you might guess from the name, a to-do list add-on that helps you to manage your emails. It allows you to add emails from your inbox onto the to-do list that Todoist provides so that you know what you need to get done.

Todoist is more than just a basic to-do list, however. The add-on comes with a variety of features that allow you to keep on top of your emails, such as due dates, reminders, and a priority system so that you never end up lost in your own to-do list.








Finally, we have MeisterTask. MeisterTask is an add-on for Gmail which organizes any project you’re working on by turning your emails into tasks for you to complete.

All you have to do is create a MeisterTask account, and from there, any email you open will automatically give you the option to add it as a task to any of your MeisterTask projects.


The subject line automatically becomes the title of the task, while the body becomes the notes. However, this is obviously all up for you to edit if you don’t like it.


Use Gmail Like a Pro

Hopefully, somewhere on this list, you’ve found something that will help you maximize the way that you use Gmail and potentially even reach inbox zero.

Regardless, you can use all of these add-ons to improve your productivity, and if you’re the type of person who feels like they spend half their time replying to emails, then that’s an important thing.


But add-ons are just half the battle. You can accomplish so much more with just the functionality that Gmail natively provides, as long as you know how to use it.









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Jack is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia with a passion for all things tech and all things written. When not writing, Jack enjoys reading, playing video games, and spending time with friends.




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