• Home
  • Contact
  • DJ Gear Discount

The Nerdy DJ

DJ Tips, DJ Gear Reviews, and DJ How-To Guides.

Boomerang is your own email assistant

By DJ Forge

Recently I started using Gmail plugin Boomerang to make my email inbox a bit more powerful.  You see, boomerang allows me to do a couple of things that I’ve always needed my email to do, namely delayed sending and re-sending to my inbox.

One of the things that has always been frustrating to me is sending a reply to a booking inquiry and not hearing back from the person making the inquiry.  If I was on top of my network the way I should be then I would email a followup to that person.  But who can keep track these days especially with all the email blasts that are constantly being pushed to our inboxes?  Now I don’t have to remember to do it because Boomerang includes a feature that will send the original message back to your inbox if you don’t get a reply.  It’s like a constant reminder for follow up!

It also allows me to seem more like a human and less like a vampire by hiding behind delayed sending.  I type most of my email very late at night, sometimes after gigs.  Depending on who I’m sending the messages to I may not want a 4am timestamp on the email.  This comes in handy especially if you’re sending email to other DJs who wake up late.  By the time your DJ friend wakes up at 1-2pm their email inbox is cluttered and they are probably doing a bulk delete section or only looking for the THE most important emails.  You can make sure you skip the clutter by delaying your sending until the next afternoon, so it arrives after they are awake.  Zing!

In a way, boomerang is like having an assistant for my inbox and has quickly become a must have tool for me.  Here’s a video so you can see it in action:

Filed Under: Business Related, Social Media Tips Tagged With: boomerang, gmail

About DJ Forge

Nerd To The Max. Coffee Lover. Tech Dude. 2x Thre3style Champ in NC. Follow Me + Visit My Site

Copyright © 2025 · Daily Dish Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

The Nerdy DJ

The Nerdy DJ is a website for working DJs, by working DJs. We share common experiences that are relatable., as well as equipment and software reviews.