Download - 10 Ways to Make Your Inbox More Productive
10 ways to make your Inbox more productive As voted by the users of boxUno.com
* boxUno is a unified inbox that combines email with SMS, Google Chat, Facebook Chat, Video Chat, Facebook Posts, Tweets, and LinkedIn
* We asked our users what features in an email inbox made them most productive. Enjoy!
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* Send shorter replies if necessary but get email tasks off your plate
* Steve Jobs often responded within a few minutes
* But, 84% of his emails had only one word! (“No”)
1. Respond to emails quickly
boxUno has a small “To Do” pane at top of inbox to keep track of email tasks and other To Do’s.
2. Integrate email & your To Do’s
Mailbox App allows you to “Snooze” mails
* Use filters to skip the inbox for all mails that aren’t absolutely necessary (Outlook allows over 100 rules and Gmail has filters)
* Gmail’s new “Social” and “Promotions” tabs also help clear the clutter from your inbox
3. Reduce clutter BEFORE it hits the inbox
* Use a provider that lets you post from email to other forms of communication: SMS, social networks, etc.
* boxUno lets you post directly to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn from your inbox
4. Integrate email with other parts of your life
In boxUno, Compose to 7 different message type: email, chat, SMS, video chat, Facebook status, Tweet, LinkedIn status
* Like Excel, the fastest way to get things done is with your fingertips!
* Gmail has about 30 keyboard shortcuts! * Cheat sheet here: http://gizmodo.com/5995218/a-‐cheat-‐sheet-‐of-‐every-‐single-‐gmail-‐keyboard-‐shortcut
5. Learn email keyboard shortcuts
* Gmail & Outlook allow you to Drag mails to other folders
* boxUno allows you to Drag mails to select them
* Our research suggests this makes you 55% faster at sorting through emails
6. Use Drag & Drop when possible
Drag and drop selection from boxUno
* Don’t be a pack rat about email subscriptions. (If you haven’t read a newsletter in 6 months, unsubscribe.)
* If you need help, try UnrollMe (www.unroll.me)
7. Use Unsubscribe!
* Gmail was the first to introduce message threading
* Reduces message count significantly
* AOL’s AltoMail not growing largely because does not thread messages
8. Use message threading
Gmail Inbox message threading
* Outlook is best at integrating calendar with your email
* Gmail has removed a direct link to Google Calendar. (Bad!)
* Now requires 3 clicks to get to your calendar from Gmail and is hard to find
9. Integrate your calendar
* Many mobile mail apps now allow you to add multiple email accounts
* boxUno allows you to integrate Facebook chat, Gmail chat, and SMS in one inbox.
* Gmail allows you to forward other email accounts into one inbox
10. Aggregate as many accounts as possible in one inbox
boxUno combined Gmail and Facebook chat list