managing emails

Top 3 Gmail Productivity Tools

Articles for Reprint February 13, 2012

As some of you may be aware, I permanently switched from Outlook (having used it for many years) to Gmail at the end of last year. My main reason was because, as I seem to be doing a lot of traveling lately, I wanted to be able to access my email on the go, especially from [...]

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Gmail: Use Mail Merge to Save Time!

Quick Biz Tip January 19, 2012

Just this week I discovered a really neat tool for helping me to create mail merges using my Gmail account.  It was something I used to do all the time when I used Outlook, but could never quite figure out how to do this with Gmail.  And now that I have, it’s a huge timesaver! [...]

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Top Tips and Tools For Managing Emails

Streamline Your Systems December 12, 2011

Earlier this week a client email me asking, “Do you have 2 separate email accounts, one for business and one for personal. That’s what I have right now, but I am wondering if I should merge my email into one account, my business account. What do you suggest?” This was a great question because I [...]

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Outlook Tip: Create Rules and Folders for Simple Email Management

Articles for Reprint October 13, 2011

Do you get a ton of emails each day? Does it take you nearly all day just to sift through them to find out which ones you need to deal with now, which ones can be dealt with later, or which ones are just junk? If this is you, then read on for some tips [...]

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Gmail Email Management: Create Filters and Labels for Quick and Easy Email Organization

Articles for Reprint October 9, 2011

We all know that email is a huge source of overwhelm for many solopreneurs, and also one of the biggest time drains. However, email is essential to a solopreneur’s success, so you have to find a way of organizing your emails. If organized properly you’ll quickly and easily be able to: Focus on the top priority [...]

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Gmail Tip: Filtering Unread Emails

Streamline Your Systems July 29, 2011

I’m not a huge fan of Gmail and only use it when I’m travelling (I much prefer Outlook to run my business), but these past two weeks I’ve had to rely on Gmail a lot as I’m back in the UK due to a family emergency. So, along with that has come some additional learning [...]

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10 Tips to Beat the Overwhelm and Stay Focused

Articles for Reprint September 22, 2010

Many business owners share with me that one of their biggest problems is information overwhelm which in turn leads to lack of focus, and therefore they don’t actually get stuff done in their business. They’re so busy trying to keep up with all the information that they’re being hit with that they don’t actually get around [...]

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Warning! Don’t Let Your Outlook.pst Folder Get Too Large

General Biz August 12, 2008

Just recently I posted an article about managing your emails, and one of the tips in that article was to run the AutoArchive feature, if your email program supported this.  I also said that you don’t really need to keep emails that are older six months – they just clog up your email program.  However, [...]

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What To Do About Managing Your Emails Before It’s Too Late

Articles for Reprint July 6, 2008

Email management is a major source of overwhelm for many solo business owners; I only have to read my new subscriber notices every day to know this!  When I asked my subscribers what their biggest office headache is email is right up there with the rest of them!  Comments such as: “Emails – yikes!” “Responding [...]

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5 Top Tips for Managing Your Emails

Articles for Reprint February 19, 2007

Technology is a wonderful thing – it allows us to work virtually, from anywhere in the world, and makes our lives easier. However, it can also hinder us, and this is particularly true in the case of emails. Every day we are bombarded with hundreds of emails, only a small percentage of which are necessary. [...]

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