Ever wish you could send your BombBomb videos right from your Gmail account — without having to log in to the BombBomb site? With the BombBomb Edge extension, you can!
To get started, follow these step-by-step instructions.
Jump to:- Install the Edge extension
- Send a video
- Record your screen
- Send a video from your video library
- Use Snippets for canned messages
- Track your emails
- Manage your notifications
1. Install the Edge Extension
Step 1: Click this link to go to Microsoft Edge's BombBomb Add-on. Next, click "Get" to download the extension.
Step 2: A pop-up will appear, asking permission to add the extension. Click "Add Extension."
Once the extension has been installed, refresh your Gmail page or log into Gmail. You will see a pop-up window to start a free trial with BombBomb. Click "Sign In" at the bottom of this window. You'll be prompted to log in using your BombBomb credentials — the same login information used to log into your BombBomb account. Then, click "Connect" to activate BombBomb in your Gmail account.
2. Send a video
To send a video email, click the "Compose" button on the left of your screen, as you usually would. In the lower right of your composer box, you will see the BombBomb logo.
When you hover over the BombBomb logo, it will turn to a red record button. To begin recording, click the red circle.
From here, you'll have the choice to change your microphone or video input by clicking on the 'Gear' icon, record yourself by clicking the red circle in the center, or record your screen by clicking the 'Screen Record' icon on the left. (See more on-screen recording below!) From here, BombBomb Plus and Teams subscribers also have the option to turn on the Virtual Backgrounds feature.
Once you're finished recording, you can re-record the video, playback the video, snap a screenshot for your thumbnail image, or embed a Call-to-Action in your video. (Note: If you select a thumbnail, it will override the animated preview.) When you're satisfied with your video, click the "Save" button on the bottom right.
The video will then populate the body of your email. Add your recipients, subject line, and text, and send your video email!
3. Record your screen & camera
If you would like to email a recording of your screen & cam at the same time, you can do that right from Gmail! Open a new email, and click the red circle/BombBomb logo in the lower right of the message.
Then click the Screen Record icon in the lower left of the recorder window.
This will open a permissions page. Click "Open BombBomb Screen Recorder." If you'd like this to open each time without asking for permission, click "Always allow desktop.bombbomb.io to open links of this type in the associated app."
Navigate to the page you'd like to share, and click the red circle button in the lower left corner of your screen. Click the square button to stop recording. From here, you can choose to re-record your video, play it back, or save it. If you save the video, it will automatically insert it into your email. Navigate back to Gmail to edit and send!
4. Send a video from your WorkSpace
If you want to insert an existing video from your BombBomb Workspace, open a new message and hover over the PowerWheel (that's what we call the BombBomb logo/red record button), and click the "Videos" icon.
This will take you to your Video Library. You can search your videos or choose from different labels by clicking on the dropdown next to "All Labels." Click on the video you want to include in your email and click "Insert."
5. Use Snippets for canned messages
Do you find yourself typing out the same email many times? You can create a Snippet (canned response) that you can save and use anytime. To do this, highlight everything you'd like to save as a snippet in an email. You'll see a pink "Save" icon appear. Click this icon.
This will bring up your Snippet in an editing window. Here, you can edit the snippet title, subject line, email body text, etc. When you're finished, click the "Save" button at the bottom. (Note: This won't change the text in your current email.)
When you're ready to use the Snippet, open a new email, hover over the PowerWheel, and click the Snippets icon on the right.
You'll see a window with all of the Snippets you've saved. Click the Plus icon next to the Snippet you'd like to use. This will load the Snippet right into your email!
You have a few other options on this screen:
Use the Snippet icon to create a new snippet.
Use the Heart icon to categorize a Snippet as a favorite. You can sort by your favorites by clicking on the dropdown menu next to "All" and selecting "Favorites."
Use the Gear icon to edit your Snippet.
6. View your video insights
With the Edge extension, you can track any message you send. To turn on tracking for a particular email, hover over the BombBomb icon and click the "insights" option. If the icon is a lighter gray color, the tracking is turned off; if the icon is a darker gray color, the tracking is turned on. This will turn on real-time notifications. It will also show up in your tracking feed in Gmail and your Dashboard tracking section of bombbomb.com.
You can also see your tracking in the tracking bar on the right side of your Gmail account. You will see email opens, video plays, link clicks, likes, and comments. You can collapse or re-open the Tracking bar by clicking the double arrows to the right of "Tracking."
To see all the tracking activity for a video, click "View More Video Stats" or "View All Engagement" underneath that activity. This will take you to the video's tracking page in your BombBomb account.
8. Manage your notifications
To manage your notifications or turn BombBomb off in Gmail, click "BombBomb" in the top left corner of Gmail and select "Options."
Toggle these options on or off:
- Desktop Notifications: Turn pop-up tracking notifications on or off.
- Use BombBomb: This will remove BombBomb from Gmail if you only want to use the Edge extension from your URL bar.
- Display Action Bar: This will remove the Tracking bar from Gmail. (If you've turned off your Tracking bar and would like to turn it back on, right-click on the BombBomb Edge extension in your URL bar, and select "Options.")
- Display PowerWheel: This will remove the PowerWheel from your email compose screen.
- Track Emails Sent: This will default to track each email sent.
- Include BCC Recipients in Tracking: By toggling this off, BombBomb won't count any BCC recipients in your tracking, which means you can better track who views your video.
- Enable Snippet Save when Content Selected: This will make it so that anytime you select content in an email, you can save it as a Snippet.
If you operate multiple Gmail accounts from the BombBomb extension, you will see several of these Options sections. From here, you can control settings for any of your Gmail accounts that use the BombBomb Edge extension.
As always, if you have any other questions, please reach out to our support team at support@bombbomb.com.