Do you feel like this when you open your emails?
Do you feel like this when you open your email inbox?
Are you met with just a few emails from close contacts, prospects and business partners?
Or does your email inbox have so many unread messages in it that it actually takes you a huge chunk of your valuable time to sort through them, read any important ones and delete the spammy, salesy junk messages?
Time for an Inbox Clearout!
This is a job I do every so often when I start to have more than about 15-20 unread messages in my inbox.
Unsubscribe!
If you are getting too many newsletter type emails then scroll to the bottom of the ones you no longer read and find the "unsubscribe" button.
Block
Sometimes unsubscribe doesn't work and in some cases it even notifies the sender that you are an active reader which means they send you even more email. In these cases find the "block sender" feature in your email provider to prevent the emails getting through.
Delete
Keep your inbox manageable by reducing the volume of messages in it. I have seen some people with inboxes with over 1000 messages in them! Some are several years old too, When you have finished with an email either delete it or use my final tip.
File
Create files or folders in your inbox. Create a folder for every category of email that you want to keep and move them from your inbox into the appropriate folder ASAP. You will also be able to find it quicker if you need it again.
Spending hours every day sorting through your email is a huge waste of time! Wishing you all an organised and productive week ahead!
Dave
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The email is indeed a problem, but the biggest part of mine is the number of WA messages I receive. I try my best to sort and pick out the ones that really interest me, but there are still far too many.
Not sure how to cut back on those. I've tried changing the guidelines for what I want to look at, but still get too many.
Hi Fran
Unfortunately with WA emails it seems like you either get them all - or get none.
The only way to reduce volume seems to be to reduce your network size.
Dave
Hi Dave. I agree and love your images. I get a lot of sales emails that I just delete before opening new ones when I turn my computer on in the AM. I check the rest to see if I need to read them or not, and delete the jokes, etc. that aren't necssary. Then I read the remainder and store those that I need to refer to later in files. Have a great Sunday.
Hi Carol. If you are deleting emails from the same sender repeatedly then you need to actually open one and hit the unsubscribe link. It'll save time in longer run.
I've been doing that for years, but right now I'm needing to delete jokes and casual stuff friends send me because of time constraints.
I never feel like this.
I hate for any emails to be in my inbox
So I have folders that I use daily to sort out all my incoming mails
Hi Simone
Sounds like you are very well organised indeed!
Saves your precious time for working on important stuff!
Thanks
Dave
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Great tips, Dave!
Jeff
Thanks Jeff. Hope you are keeping well
You're welcome, Dave, and Yes, I am so far! Enjoy your new week!
Jeff