Many lists are available if you are looking for Google Chrome extensions that can make your life easier. I kid you not, there is even a list of Google Chrome extensions that can make your Netflix experience much better, including flipping the screen sideways for when you are binge-watching in bed. From the lists of Hammad Baig and Vasudha Veeranna, I have taken the 20 extensions that I feel make an entrepreneur’s life much better. You can find them in Chrome’s web store.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 1: Grammarly
I love Grammarly. It automatically checks every aspect of your writing, including grammar, spelling, and other common issues. The extension for Chrome reaches into some of the sites you use on a daily basis and it gives you advice instantly on your email or blog post as you write it. I can also recommend the plugin for MS Word!
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 2: Ginger
Just like Grammarly, Ginger helps you spell-check and suggests a correction for errors.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 3: Bit.ly
The Bit.ly Chrome extension is best for shortening, measuring, and optimizing links. It helps you customize links for your business and also keep track of which social strategies are working better in terms of engagement and reach.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 4: Unshorten.link
Link shorteners offer a simple solution to long URL’s but they can be quite a security risk. Unshorten.link provides you an in-between page when you click on those shortened URL’s and showcases you where you are redirected to.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 5: Momentum
The typical New Tab page of Chrome is not much to like about. Momentum helps create a useful New Tab page. It shows tasks, schedules, weathers, background images, and quotes.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 6: Noisli
Ambient music helps you focus on work or studies and keeps the mind calm and clear. Noisli offers you ambient sounds for that reason.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 7: StayFocused
StayFocused helps you be at your best while working. It operates on a self-restriction basis and puts a stop to your habits of spending time on addictive sites. The extension has a time-limit setter and allows you to only access the site for a limited bit of time.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 8: Strict Workflow
Have you been spending too much time on social networks and are you thinking of trimming it down? Strict Workflow works like the Pomodoro technique and offers a 25-minute counter where all those time-consuming apps are blocked. At the end of each counter, you will have a 5-minute break after which the counter starts back again.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 9: Adblock Plus
Getting annoyed by ads and pop-ups every time you open a new tab or site? Adblock Plus offers a clean feel of the web pages you intend to visit.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 10: The Great Suspender
Google Chrome seems to have a high power usage and a tendency to crash out. A simple answer is The Great Suspender, which suspends the tabs that are not in use and decreases the usage of RAM.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 11: Save to Pocket
Save to Pocket helps you store web content for offline access. This app lets you save a website or such content to your Pocket so that you can read it on your Smartphone or Tablet PC later.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 12: Readability
Readability turns articles present on websites into a convenient form and offers a Read now or Read Later option.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 13: Print Friendly & PDF
Printing a web page can be very difficult with ads coming into your print profile. Print Friendly & PDF helps to print the user-friendly pages without any cluttering junk and ads.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur -14: Mozbar
Mozbar provides a great deal of actionable information like on-page insights, domain authority, and link metrics. You can also apply search filters like search engine, city, country etc.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 15: Buzz Sumo
BuzzSumo gives you useful insight into the social media presence of any post or page. You can get an overview of the content’s performance including Facebook engagements and Twitter shares.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 16: Zest
Zest lets you recommend your content to a tribe of marketers. It also helps you identify thought-leadership articles, videos, and podcasts from other marketers. The content is manually sorted and filtered by Zest, making it a repository of quality content.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 17: Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot helps you take screenshots and allows you to edit them with effects like blur and annotations.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 18: Screencastify
This is a simple video screen capture application that allows the user to record all the activities of the screen including audio and more.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 19: Soapbox
Soapbox enables you to record smooth videos. It offers easy transitions that make creating amazing videos super easy. It even offers split screen, full-body, face-specific, and multiple webcam feed features.
Google Chrome extensions for the entrepreneur – 20: Followr
Followr is not like other bots trying to acquire a social media following. It searches for related tweets every 30 minutes. The more you use your Twitter account, the more followers you get. It scores high on relevance and is, therefore, a powerful tool to use.
I hope these extensions make your life a bit easier.