Before PowerInbox, people interacted with emails by hitting reply or forward, or by clicking on URLs to open a webpage, thus leading users away from the email. “All this back-and-forth drains productivity and effectiveness,” says Matt Thazhmon, PowerInbox CEO, in a statement that reemphasizes a point we make at TimeTrade every single day.

We know that “back-and-forth” is one of the least productive things a business professional can engage in, so we thought that creating a PowerInbox “PowerApp” for TimeTrade was a perfect fit.

Take a look at some of the screenshots below for an idea of what TimeTrade’s app for PowerInbox can do for you or your contacts. To take advantage of this capability, your contacts will need to have PowerInbox installed. It’s easy to install (literally two clicks) and you can include it in the scheduling invitations you send to your contacts (example below). That way, not only are you offering them a fast, easy way to schedule time with you, but you’re also giving them a way to be more productive themselves.

See below for an example of an email you might send inviting one of your contacts to schedule time with you. Nothing new except the added call to install PowerInbox. You’ll see, when more of your contacts use PowerInbox, your click through rates increase and more people will book time with you.

When a contact who has PowerInbox installed receives the email, they will be able to interact with TimeTrade right inside the email, without ever having to open a new webpage.

We’ve found a great new tool called Yesware that helps you create and categorize your email templates and track their performance all through Gmail.

We love that the template creation is extremely easy (just compose an email and save it as a template) but what really floats our boat here at TimeTrade is Yesware’s direct integration to Gmail and popular CRM systems such as Salesforce, Highrise, Sugar, PipeJump, etc.We know the power of integration and how the purpose of using tools like this is to make life easier and to streamline processes, so when we come across solutions like Yesware that fit the bill, we are quick to find ways to use them with TimeTrade.

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See a screenshot below of some of the analytic capabilities you can now get with Gmail using Yesware:

You get insights into how your customers and prospects are reacting to your message through the analytics that are viewable right from within Gmail.

Take all this cool functionality and couple it with TimeTrade and you’ve turned your Gmail account into a sales prospecting arsenal.

Check out our video below on how to get set up using TimeTrade and Yesware in no time.