How to improve your email productivity to be more effective at work
- 1. 85 % of people check their email more than eight times a day
- 2. 58% of people leave their email tab opened all day
- 3. 8 AM 12 AM
- 4. 8 AM 12 AM
- 5. Batch your email checks
- 6. Be Concise
- 7. Be Concise ● Use closed questions
- 8. Be Concise “1. Do you confirm job is done ?” “2. Have you received the payment ?”
- 9. Be Concise ● Make several offers and ask for a choice
- 10. Be Concise “I'd like to setup a meeting with you for the next step of the project. Are you available on Thursday at 5PM or Friday at 6PM ?”
- 11. Be Concise ● Use a “if not” logical style
- 12. Be Concise “I'd like to setup a meeting with you for the next step. Are you available on Thursday at 5PM or Friday at 6PM ? If not please give me two dates that suit you”
- 13. Be Concise ● Do Screenshots
- 15. Be Concise ● Use closed questions ● Make several offers and ask for a choice ● Use a if not logical style ● Do Screenshots
- 16. Use Tags IMPORTANT TODO LATER ANSWER END OF WEEK TODAY SOMEDAY TRACKING
- 18. How many mailboxes ? ● PERSONAL ● PROFESSIONAL ● CATCH ALL ● RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- 21. Mozilla Thunderbird ● Send Later
- 22. Mozilla Thunderbird ● Send Later ● Google Calendar
- 23. Mozilla Thunderbird ● Send Later ● Google Calendar ● Google Contacts
- 24. Mozilla Thunderbird ● Send Later ● Google Calendar ● Google Contacts ● Quick Text
- 25. Mozilla Thunderbird ● Send Later ● Google Calendar ● Google Contacts ● Quick Text ● Conversations
- 27. Conclusion ● Batch your work ● Be Concise ● Use tags ● Use several email boxes ● Gather your email boxes under one tool ● Be disciplined