Publish Date: March 26th, 2020
Written by Gary Cox
Blog Category: Personal Productivity, Webinars
5-D’s of Email Management
Delete it: Most emails will never need to be referenced again, so why let it get in the way of other emails you want to find?
Designate it: Assign the email to a category so it can easily be searched for in the future.
Delegate it: Your time is important, and you likely have a strong team to work with. See if the task is better suited for someone else.
Do it: If the task is going to be two minutes or less, just do it. If you’ve already opened and read the email, you might as well follow through.
Defer it:
Longer than 2 minutes: Task list.
Longer than 15 minutes: Calendar
Searching tips:
Search Folders: To search by categories, unread email, email flagged for follow-up, etc.
Search Bar: Use search syntax to narrow your search such as “subject:”, “from:”, “to:”, “date:”, “AND”, and “OR”.
Rule Ideas:
Display a desktop alert if the email is from someone important (boss, spouse, etc.) – otherwise hide.
Set automatic replies to send to certain individuals.
Print email if it has a certain word/phrase in the subject line (e.g., “new order”)
Inbox “0” shortcuts:
Clean up – Folders: To delete all redundant emails
Create a Rule: Move all read emails out of inbox
CTRL+A: To select all emails in your inbox and move/archive/delete/etc