{"id":1980,"date":"2014-04-10T06:22:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T11:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2014-12-18T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T20:24:40","slug":"how-to-schedule-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/?p=1980","title":{"rendered":"How to schedule email in Gmail (it&#8217;s like Buffer for your inbox)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2122\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GIVEAWAY.png\" alt=\"GIVEAWAY\" width=\"835\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GIVEAWAY.png 835w, https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GIVEAWAY-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2122\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GIVEAWAY.png\" alt=\"GIVEAWAY\" width=\"835\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GIVEAWAY.png 835w, https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GIVEAWAY-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>My brain works on it&#8217;s own schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I&#8217;m awake at 4:00 am and I think of an email I want to send a client. The problem is, I know if I send it then the chances of it being answered are extremely low.<\/p>\n<p>It will get buried in the mornings email.<\/p>\n<p>But if I wait until the optimal time I will forget to send it.<\/p>\n<p>What to do? What to do?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I kept noticing this issue over and over again.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I needed to send an email to remind the wife to get groceries on her way home, but it was 8am.<\/li>\n<li>I needed to send a cold email to a potential client, but it was 11pm.<\/li>\n<li>I wanted to followup on a quote, but it&#8217;s only been 2 hours since I sent the quote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then it occurred to me&#8230;&#8221;What if I could schedule my email to send later!?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Enter Google&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2103\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-email.png\" alt=\"schedule-email\" width=\"799\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-email.png 799w, https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-email-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2103\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-email.png\" alt=\"schedule-email\" width=\"799\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-email.png 799w, https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-email-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>That is when I ran across <a href=\"https:\/\/rightinbox.com\" target=\"_blank\">RIght Inbox<\/a>. It&#8217;s a lightweight Chrome extension that allows you to schedule your emails to send at anytime.<\/p>\n<p>It adds a little button at the bottom of your compose window in Gmail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2087\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sendlater-150x55.png\" alt=\"sendlater\" width=\"150\" height=\"55\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2087\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sendlater-150x55.png\" alt=\"sendlater\" width=\"150\" height=\"55\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>Using it is simple:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Write your email<\/li>\n<li>Press &#8216;Send later&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Choose your time<\/li>\n<li>Done<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Then it is sent to the Draft&#8217;s folder. Once the time comes for the email to be delivered it sends automatically.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been using it for over a year now and Iam a massive fan.<\/p>\n<h2>Best time of day to send an email<\/h2>\n<p>Ton&#8217;s of research and testing has been done to see what time of day is the best to send emails. Buffer wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bufferapp.com\/best-time-to-tweet-post-to-facebook-send-emails-publish-blogposts\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> about this recently that discovered there is no single magic time.<\/p>\n<p>However, based on the type of email you are sending and the person you are sending it to, you can optimize your sending time to increase you response rate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2088\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule.png\" alt=\"schedule\" width=\"579\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule.png 579w, https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2088\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule.png\" alt=\"schedule\" width=\"579\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule.png 579w, https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/schedule-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d recommend clicking over and reading their entire <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bufferapp.com\/best-time-to-tweet-post-to-facebook-send-emails-publish-blogposts\" target=\"_blank\">post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What does it look like in action?<\/h2>\n<p>For more details on how to install it and exactly how it works, I recorded a short video for you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UWFnOZWDFi0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Get one year for free<\/h2>\n<p><del>I chatted with the Daniel Larsson, the owner of Right Inbox, and he offered to give one Videofruit reader a free year subscription to his product.\u00a0<\/del><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PS: Do you use an email management tool? 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