This Google Docs Trick Just Changed the Way We Collaborate

As a productivity nerd, every once in a while I come across a new feature that makes me want to do a little happy dance. Well, this week I came across a trick in Google that had me dancing all week!

Did you know that you can TAG PEOPLE in the comments of Google collaboration tools like Docs, Sheets, etc.? This tip might not seem pretty mind-blowing at first, but give it a try and I think you'll be hooked. 

We've seen the biggest help in our blogging process. As we're getting the Corgibytes content marketing up to speed, we're realizing that getting a good post out is an incredibly collaborative process. Before, we would constantly share links back and forth through chat, email, or a task management system. The challenge was it was tough to keep track of all the comments and changes this way. 

Now, when we want to get initial feedback from someone on our team, we use the tagging feature. All you have to do is type a + sign and then the email of the person you want to tag. When you do this, Google will email the person you tagged a link to the document and the comment. Check out a conversation where Don did this to let me know he wanted feedback on his blog outline. 

We've found this to be a great way to collaborate, especially in the ideation stage on a remote team. It keeps things asynchronous, which is important for maintaining a culture of flexibility and autonomy like we have at Corgibytes. 

How about you? What's your favorite productivity tip? Had you heard of this one before? Have you used it? If so, what are your thoughts? Let's keep the conversation going in the comments.