The Shift Blog

Redesigning Your Workflow for Productivity

Productivity apps are some of the most powerful tools modern companies have. Used well, apps can streamline a company's workflow and speed up the pace of business. There is the temptation to add more and more apps until every step in a process has been automated, and you hardly need human intervention at all. The market has responded to this pressure, and now there are more apps to boost your productivity than ever before. Thousands, in fact, and more are always being developed. This can lead to overload.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 14 Mar, 2019

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How to Get Grammarly for Chrome

One of Grammarly's biggest benefits is its number of integrations. One of its most popular applications - its Chrome extension - is now even in its Beta phase for Google Docs. It's also really simple to start using...

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 21 Feb, 2019

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How to Get Google Drive on Mac, Windows, and Linux

Google Drive might be the best invention since sliced bread, but do you know what's even better? Having Google Drive in the palm of your hand.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 15 Feb, 2019

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5 Ways to Add GIFs to Your Emails

The GIF is an interesting part of our how we’ve come to express ourselves. Equally captivating and relatable, GIFs—which is short for Graphics Interchange Format—make our conversations far more entertaining than basic text. The reason for this has everything to do with the way GIFs can more closely convey our feelings, ideas, humor, situations, etc.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 08 Feb, 2019

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Your Guide to Custom Slack Commands

Did you know that you can customize just about everything with Slack? Slash commands included...

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 29 Jan, 2019

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New Year, New Goals & 120 New Apps To Help!

We’re hitting the ground running this year with 120 new apps and updates, now available in Shift!  

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 24 Jan, 2019

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A Quick Guide to Shift Keyboard Shortcuts

Whether you’re already a productivity—or just learning the tricks of the trade— pro, there’s something so satisfying about navigating between accounts, zooming in and out, switching views, and all the rest,  all the while keeping your hands on the keyboard.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 23 Jan, 2019

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How to Login to Multiple Survey Monkey Accounts

Survey Monkey is the bomb. It has been for more than fifteen years. But what about when a team plan is too expensive to consider? Hello, multiple accounts.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 23 Jan, 2019

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Productivity Tips for Remote Workers

Remote work is the way of the future. As a remote worker myself, I may be a bit biased. Still, objectively, the world seems to be moving in that direction - at the very least, flexible and distributed working arrangements seem to be more and more common.

Alex Birkett

Senior Growth Marketing Manager - Hubspot - 18 Jan, 2019

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How to Make the Switch to G Suite

Aahhh, 2019…finally. For many businesses, this will be the year of real-deal productivity and priority. The start of this new season of business growth will have everything to do with equipping our workplaces and teams with the best tools and technologies for getting (and keeping) the ball rolling. For many brands, this translates to making some much-needed moves away from outdated, unfulfilling tools and into more viable alternatives. And from what we’ve seen and heard so far, corporations and small businesses are increasingly making the switch to G Suite – and it’s paying off.  

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 11 Jan, 2019

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