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Email Evolved.. with Sharein
What is easier than copy and paste? Sharein’s new service is.
Sharein makes sharing links and content to your friends, family and customers, even easier.
Imagine if you find something cool on the internet that you want to share with your friends through
email.. what do you do?
Typically the steps involved would include,
Step 1: Copy the URL from your browser
Step 2: Open your email client
Step 3: Create a new message
Step 4: Select your recipients
Step 5: Enter your title
Step 6: Paste the URL from the browser
Step 7: Enter your description
Step 8: Send your email
With Sharein, it’s much faster and simpler to do the same thing!
You just click on the Sharein bookmarklet in your browser.. the Sharein window pops-up, pulling in
the title and the description for you.. then you click <Send>.
And that’s it!
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It’s very simple and very streamlined. Sharein also allows you to share via Twitter and Facebook.
This guide will show you how to use Sharein.
Install the Bookmarklet
Log into Sharein, then click on Try Now,
Next, drag the green <Share> button to your browser’s toolbar,
The Sharein bookmarklet will now be displayed in your toolbar,
Import Your Contacts
The next thing you will need to do is import your email contacts so that you can easily share your
discoveries.
Click on Contacts,
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Now click on <Add Contacts>,
You can either add contacts manually by adding their email addresses one-by-one in the Add
Contacts field.. or you can import them,
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As I am importing my GMail contacts, I need to grant access,
Done! Your contacts have now been imported,
Of those imported contacts, select the ones that you want to add to Sharein,
When you have selected those contacts that you want to add to Sharein, scroll to the bottom of the
page and click <Ad