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3-Step Email Trick I Use To Stay Productive

pete — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:18:02 +0000

As a small business, we wear multiple hats for various components of our business. So, it’s imperative we stay productive and efficient. I recently came up with this little trick to maximize my email management.

The Problem

The problem I was running into was this: How do I filtering through my email to get to the ones I need to respond to quickly so I can stay productive, and ignore or put aside the ones that are either spam, personal (and thus can wait) or low priority. And my solution, albeit rather low tech, has really helped me stay focused – quite a feat for me.

The Solution

First, I created a new email account specifically for to-dos. Only I know about this email address. That way, as I go through my emails, I do one of 3 things: 1) Delete it if it’s spam, 2) Respond to it if it takes less than 2 minutes, or 3) Forward it to my ‘action oriented’ email account I set up.

The next thing I did was create a folder in my email application specifically and only for my action oriented emails. I named it “action.” (I’m on a mac, so I use Mail – but you can easily do this in Outlook or Gmail, too).

Lastly, I created a ‘rule’ that basically said, “Any email that is sent to [name of action oriented email address you set up], move to “action” folder. That way, I can spend 5-10 minutes once in the morning going through my email and filter them down to the ones that need immediate attention.

Bonus Tip

One other thing I did that really helped make this trick a success was to name my email account something other than my name first. For example, I did NOT call it “petesToDos@whatever.com.” Instead I named it, “actionItemsForPete@whatever.com” so that as I start to punch in the email address either on my computer OR on my mobile device, it automatically pulls the email address up in 2 letters entered. If you name it your name first, then it’ll pull up your other email addresses, too and you’ll have to constantly pick between the 2 of them. This allows me to forward emails to my action oriented email account in 2-3 clicks (on my mobile phone) max.

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