When you first get into real estate, one of the first things you’ll do is get your company email address and begin to send and receive email between your family, friends, and new contacts; informing them of your start into a lucrative real estate career.
The email service you end up choosing to manage your email is one decision that seems small up front, but think about the long term consequences. If you choose an email service you end up hating, you’ll then have to endure the tedious process of transferring all your email (literally forwarding them all) to your new service.
Why not just start with the best? GMail, in my opinion, is the best email service out there hands down; and I’m not the only one of thinks that. Don Reisinger over at CNet recently wrote an article on why he thinks GMail is the best email service out there.
Here’s his five main points:
- Spam
Initially, you probably won’t get spam, but over time the amount of spam you can accumulate can get tremendous. Thankfully, GMail does a great job of filtering most of that spam. - Google Apps
When someone sends you an attachment in Word, Powerpoint, or even a PDF – you no longer have to even download it! You can view it right in your browser using Google Apps. - Filters
Filters in GMail are like rules for Outlook, only 100x better. Filters are super easy to create, and can help you organize your email in a snap. - Advertisements
I’m with Don on this one too. If you’ve used any other email service out there (Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc.), then you’ve seen the huge ads that can appear and totally ruin the experience. In GMail, the ads are minimal and are never images. Text ads are organized in areas that aren’t obtrusive to you, which is wonderful. - Conversations
When I first started using GMail, the conversations were pretty neat. Now, I feel I can’t live without them. Any email that has the same subject can form a conversation, which then enables you to see the history of an email at a glance. I know I’m not the only one that hates scrolling through tons of email history using the old method.
So there you have it! Why haven’t you given GMail a shot?
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7 Comments on "The Best Email Service"
Ditto. I started using my broker’s email. Then I set up my own with my own domain. And after some breakdowns service disruptions I knew I needed reliability #1 to not negatively impact my business. Then I learned of all the great tools such as tagging, groups, previous conversations and incredible search capabilities to find that missing email not to mention unlimited storage. It’s great that they are continually improving it such as video chat, etc.
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GMail is great, you might also consider Google Apps. That way you can use your own domain name with GMail’s email service.
It’s a little intimidating hearing that you have to setup your DNS server’s MX records to point to Google, but most web hosts can point you in the right direction in just a few minutes and many will do it for you if you give them Google’s instructions.
I really love Gmail because it is much faster to use. I am using it for almost 9 months now.
Yeah it is much faster than yahoo and I love it!
I am using only gmail since my friend sent me an invitation ))
Greetings from Spain.
that’s absolutely right
Gmail is the best, also if someone gives you an .EXE file it won’t allowed, that’s preventing some virus also
great post here
Thank you for your help!