If you’re a Google Chrome user, you already know it comes with numerous extensions for almost any application. On the other hand, if you’re not using Google Chrome, what are you waiting for?
As an inbound marketer, Google Chrome’s extensions can save you time and money while increasing your productivity. Heck, it may even allow you to take that vacation you’ve been wanting. Without further ado, here are the top 8 extensions for Chrome.
1) Check My Links
Check My Links is a nifty tool that quickly crawls through your website to find broken links. Yep, it’s that simple. How long has it been since you had your marketing intern check all the links? With Check My Links, this dull task is automated. Plus, you can finally stop frightening your visitors away with embarrassing “404” results. Let’s hear it for customer retention!
2) Mozbar
For inbound marketers, Mozbar is a real time-saver. Researching other websites has never been faster. This simple tool enables inbound marketers to view SEO metrics, review links, and quickly audit websites all from Mozbar’s extension for Chrome. The paid version of this tool also provides inbound marketers with an in-depth analysis of SERP.
3) Ghostery
Ghostery is one of the most useful privacy protection extensions available on Google Chrome. The extension’s supernatural name stems from its ability to provide users with “invisible” web information including tags, bugs, cookies, beacons and more. It also provides insight into different websites’ privacy settings and enables users to control access to information based on personal preferences.
4) Buffer
Keeping track of your content marketing strategy and editorial calendar is simple when you use Buffer. Through this Google Chrome extension, users are able to create and schedule social media posts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. For busy inbound marketers, this tool saves time and automates social media marketing tasks.
5) Evernote Web Clipper
A Chrome extension for Evernote is the Evernote Web Clipper, a useful tool for conducting research and quickly capturing information. Back in the internet’s early days, saving information required printing it out and storing it, or at the very least, copying and pasting information to a document for later reference. Evernote Web Clipper allows users to take a screenshot, highlight on-page text, clip articles, and save entire websites for later use. As a bonus for smaller companies, Evernote’s basic plan and its Web Clipper extension are both free to use.
6) LastPass
LastPass is a free tool that provides web-based password management, purchasing information management, and content storage. With LastPass, teams can securely store user logins, passwords, documents, and company credit card information. This allows companies to streamline the process of logging in to multiple sites and reduces the need to search for payment information at the time of purchase.
7) Boomerang for Gmail
If you’re a Gmail user, Boomerang for Gmail will be your new best friend. As an inbound marketer, Boomerang for Gmail allows you to create emails now, and then schedule delivery at a later time. Once your chosen date and time arrives, the program automatically sends the scheduled message to your recipient. Using this extension can help you ensure that your email messages are seen by the right people at the right time.
8) SoundGecko
For the busiest inbound marketers, SoundGecko is a must. With this tool, users send text, web, RSS feeds, and nearly anything that can be read aloud to SoundGecko, which then processes the information and reads it aloud to you. Using SoundGecko allows inbound marketers to catch up on their favorite articles and blogs from any device while driving or exercising.
What’s your favorite time-saving web tool?
* Images courtesy of the Google Chrome Web Store
