If you are like me, you try to automate anything you can in order to boost productivity. One great tool I’ve recently been playing with is the iMacros add-on for Firefox, which is also available for Internet Explorer if you prefer IE.

It’s a free download that plugs in to your browser and allows you to record things you do in the browser and replay them anytime you like. You can even set the “macros” to loop as many times as you want if you have a task that needs to be repeated over and over again.

The sky really is the limit in uses for this tool.  Here are a few ideas for boosting productivity, all potentially requiring only a single click:

• Pull up your favorite lender websites each morning, login and go to your preferred rate sheets.
• Pull up your personal website/blog and login to view your daily statistics.
• Pull up webmail (if you use webmail), login and go to your inbox.
• Post an ad on Craigslist.
• Run a search on your county assesor’s website for ARMs that will convert soon.  It’s even possible to set up a macro to extract data and prepare a list for you.

Have you tried this yet?  If not, here’s a nice tutorial for getting started.

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