I want a better way to manage lists of contacts within gmail.<p>Problem: I have different groups of friends (as do you) based on what they do, how we're related, where we've met, etc. I enjoy sending articles to these people based on their interest. I reach out to them to get advice relative to their domain expertise. I get in contact with them when traveling to their city to get to together. Lists of these people may look like this:<p>Atlanta natives,
Georgia Tech alums,
Consulting folks,
Entrepreneurs,
Budding Entrepreneurs,
BD Guys/Gals,
CTO/VP of Engr,
SXSW (Meet at SXSW),
VCs/Angels,
Customers,
etc..<p>Managing this through Gmail Contacts is a pain and I have given up. Generally I remember some of these lists of people (note: they don't usually include that many - maybe 10-15 each). But a lot of times I end up going through a chunk of my list to jolt my memory on whom I need to ping about something.<p>Solution: I want a simple chrome/gmail extension that allows me to enter an individuals email address and quickly tag them into a couple lists. Then as a MVP, let me quickly bring up the tag, see the people in it and copy their email addresses into the To/CC/BCC box.<p>Want to look at an app that did a kick ass job of bringing in a simple solution to Gmail: Taskforceapp.com. Something like that would make me happy.<p>Bonus: reminding me to ping people every x months. Etacts did this and I loved it...but that's gone.<p>How much would I pay? Definitely $20/month to start.
You're looking for a Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) with a Gmail extention (or a mailing list tool that's almost a CRM)<p>Something like <a href="https://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?productListingId=2533+17854168373705313802" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?pr...</a><p>or
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Hmm maybe Im not understanding what you are asking for, but doesn't gmail do this via contact groups? I checked my account and it really does exist<p><a href="http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30970" rel="nofollow">http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30970</a><p>This is a pain and not really within gmail. I create google groups for each group and add the emails from my contact list to the google group. Sending an email to the group sends to all. This is hacky and not very scalable, but if you just have a few groups it works ok.<p>This is also not within gmail, but let's you send via gmail. If you sync your gmail contacts to outlook you can then create groups, outbound emails will obviously go through gmail
Hi there.<p>Xobni for Gmail is in Beta right now and although it does not do exactly what you are asking, Xobni does have a recommendation engine that does help to solve this pain point. Once you start an email to someone, Xobni will identify and recommend the people you often email with that person - so, although there is no specific list you can select, Xobni takes a lot of the guesswork out for you.<p>If you are interested in getting into the Xobni for Gmail beta, go here - <a href="http://www.xobni.com/waitinglist/gmailbeta/" rel="nofollow">http://www.xobni.com/waitinglist/gmailbeta/</a> and enter the following media code for priority access: XOBNI-BRITTON
I think the new startup Tout (toutapp.com) is working to develop something like this.<p>HN discussion here: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2361409" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2361409</a><p>In the current iteration, it seeks to fill the middle ground between an email client and a full-blown email marketing application.<p>I'm sure Gmail integration is a natural addition to the product over the next few months...
Hi Vladik - I'm working on a product that is somewhat related to this. Could I email you about it? Or shoot me an email: justin.burdett AT gmail.com<p>Not sure if we're going to directly solve your problem at the start, but I'd love your input.
You may want to take a look at "Don't forget Bob" in gmail labs. Once you pick some email recipients, Gmail suggests more people you might want to include based on the groups of people you email most often.
I like nudgemail.com for the contact reminders/nudges and a new service called Receivd for managing lists of people and sharing files/content with those lists.
I'd also like such a plugin / browser extension. For the time being I use contact groups. When I type the name of a group gmail expands the email addresses.