Posted Under: Business, Networking, Online

Frustrated of your congested inbox, receiving & replying countless emails and still missing out on important items. Well, here’s a list of some very basic best practices that can help you manage your inbox efficiently and help you make the most out of this powerful communication tool, your email 🙂

1. First and the foremost, Highly Effective Email Users take action when they receive an email. Whenever they open an email, they take one of these four actions Delete/Archive, Reply, Forward, Set a Reminder/Add to Calendar, based on the content of email. So, remember, if you take care of it right now, you have zero chance of forgetting it.

2. Highly Effective Email Users don’t CC people unnecessarily and don’t “reply all” if the reply is only relevant to one or two of the people on the recipient list.

3. Highly Effective Email Users use mobile email (i-phone, blackberry etc) to handle quick replies and forwards when they’re away from computer.

4. Highly Effective Email Users clean up their inbox regularly. They set up multiple folders to help sort and archive the emails they want to keep.

5. Highly Effective Email Users actively manage their email newsletter subscriptions. They “unsubscribe” from those they’re not interested in anymore.

6. Email can be addictive and interruptive, so Highly Effective Email Users turn their email off and enjoy uninterrupted time to work.

7. Highly Effective Email Users never reply to a spam message. They don’t just delete spam, they mark it as “Spam” so that they don’t have to deal with the same spam again.

Get into the habit of these inbox management best practices and you will manage your time and email communication much better than most others.