I have all my emails in the primary tab and can now start giving attention to them. The New Blog Post emails are the most and I will start there.
Since yesterday I have 119 unread emails in my inbox. It is not all from WA, but most are.
My "New Blog Post" Rules
I only select 10 new blog post emails to read per day. I wish I could read more, but it is not possible.
In the past, I have always scanned the emails and selected only posts that looked interesting or could be helpful, but I have changed this. There are so many to choose from and it was taking too long. I will show you shortly what I do.
Isolating the New Blog Posts
I use the Gmail Search filter to isolate only the new blog posts. Here is how you do it.
- Select the dropdown next to the search
- Select "Inbox". Initially, it shows "All Mail"
- Type"new blog post" in this section
- Click"Search"
All emails with the words "new blog post" will be isolated.
I have 70 New Blog Post emails of the 119 emails.
Selecting My Posts to Read
From this list, I will now select 10 posts to read. How do I do that quickly?
From 70 posts I will read 1 out of every 7 posts. For every 1 post I will read, I will select 6 to delete. After selecting the posts I want to delete, I press delete (the bin). See the screen below.
It takes a few seconds for the posts to be removed. Sometimes I just press delete again to get a quicker response.
These are the new blog posts I have left to read.
With this method of selection, I do not give any preference to specific posts and people. Everyone has an equal chance to get their posts read by me.
I stay in this window and does not leave it. As you read and reply to these posts, new posts will appear. I just ignore them.
Reading the new posts takes the longest. When I am finished, I will delete everything in this window.
Returning to the primary folder, I now have 49 unread emails left. This is more manageable.
New People to Follow
While reading the new blog posts, I will scroll through the comments and search for people I am not following. I will then follow these members, because I know they are active and reading blog posts.
I only do this with new blog posts. Not anywhere else.
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