E-mail Management

How frustrating is an Inbox with 400+ e-mails, and how easy is it to lose the important ones amidst the clutter of the unimportant?

There is always an endless stream of clients to follow up with, prospects to contact, inquiries to address, and relevant articles to read....on and on and on.

I’ve just implemented a new “system” for myself and thought I’d pass it along. I’ve created two new folders in my “Favorites.”

• E-mails to be Answered
• Read and Review

Upon opening my Inbox I immediately begin funneling e-mails into the appropriate “for later review” folders. Remember these new folders are in your “Favorites" folder at the top of your sidebar, and not lost somewhere down the endless list of your “Personal” folders.

This allows me to address quick and important issues immediately without having to dig through all the clutter of an overfull Inbox.

The goal is to save myself time, energy and frustration by keeping my Inbox manageable, plus this system allows me the ability to truly focus on responses and important information I might pass over if handled right away.