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#1 (permalink)   11-16-2010 EAinSpain Contributing Member Company name: hildeandsusanne.net My latest blog post: This Blog has been Closed My latest Twitter: How to Build Influence as a Project Manager | @sco...   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Jerez de la Frontera, Spa Posts: 217 How to manage your inbox effectively I'm sure many of us are very much on top of our emails. However, I have found that with the many email accounts I manage, a system that doesn't let me down helps. Microsoft and other tools don't really help me as the inbox clutter continues. I use a system which I learned about quite some years ago, but it still serves me. I wanted to share it. I would appreciate any comments you might have. I have posted it on my blog, so I attach a link to my blog. http://www.hildeandsusanne.blogspot.com __________________ Hilde www.vbbassociates.com

#2 (permalink)   11-17-2010 Gulf Coast Office Support New Member Company name: Gulf Coast Office Support My latest Twitter: Never give in.. never, never, never, never, in not...   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Franklin, GA Posts: 40 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively I have recently switched to Google Apps for my email management. My inbox is still not empty, but it's a whole lot less of a mess than it was when I was using Outlook! __________________ Jama St. John Gulf Coast Office Support

#3 (permalink)   11-18-2010 Time Retrievers New Member Company name: Time Retrievers   Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 47 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively I use Mac Mail, which works so much better than Outlook! I don't know much yet about online email management options, but I have heard from others that Google Apps is very good.

#4 (permalink)   11-20-2010 BehindTheDeskSolutions Contributing Member Company name: Behind the Desk Solutions My latest Twitter: ?Official? is a great feeling http://t.co/v5oRt3XW   Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 61 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively I like Google mail, but I don't love it. There is a room for improvement for the storage and organization, but I love the portability of it. I just got a professional email address (non google), and I am going to look for something new. __________________ Behind the Desk Solutions - Carrie

#5 (permalink)   11-20-2010 NBVPA New Member Company name: Northern Beaches Virtual PA   Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 25 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively I have recently switched to Google mail and am still getting to grips with it but have had no problems so far. Lisa

#6 (permalink)   11-20-2010 EAinSpain Contributing Member Company name: hildeandsusanne.net My latest blog post: This Blog has been Closed My latest Twitter: How to Build Influence as a Project Manager | @sco...   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Jerez de la Frontera, Spa Posts: 217 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively I see you advise to use Google, but it would still get me the same situation, email overload. That is why I use the system as per my video. __________________ Hilde www.vbbassociates.com

#7 (permalink)   11-29-2010 Amanda1987 Contributing Member Company name: My Virtual Little Helper My latest Twitter: @quaymorris lol well hope its fun :)   Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Lancaster, CA Posts: 164 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively I'm really interested to see if anyone has more input on this because i have been doing research on a better program to use. I am currently using outlook and its a bit clunky. I feel as if there might be a better option out there. I have been looking for something that will help wit client inbox management and calendar management as well. __________________ Amanda Mock My Virtual Little Helper

#8 (permalink)   11-29-2010 Business-Bytes Resident Member Company name: SunRise Virtual Solutions My latest Twitter: Get your free Facebook iframe fan page template ht...   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,043 Blog Entries: 1 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively I am always looking for ways to up my efficiency and this is a great system, Hilde. You gave me something to think about as a way to manage the hundreds of emails I receive each day. I do use Outlook, and have 'rules' set for different clients, but it can get confusing as to what to do first. Adding "Respond" and "Action" folders is a great idea! One question: what is the calendar program you are using? Thank you! __________________ Jules, SunRise Virtual Solutions - WordPress Customization & XHTML/CSS Web Sites

#9 (permalink)   11-30-2010 EAinSpain Contributing Member Company name: hildeandsusanne.net My latest blog post: This Blog has been Closed My latest Twitter: How to Build Influence as a Project Manager | @sco...   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Jerez de la Frontera, Spa Posts: 217 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively Hi Jules, Thanks for the compliment. The system has served me well over the past 10 years. I don't use any special calendar programme. For some of my clients we have Outlook excjamge. For myself and other clients who don't have a preference I use www.myoffice.net which has email, calendar, notes, tasks and a document server __________________ Hilde www.vbbassociates.com

#10 (permalink)   12-03-2010 Just Delegate New Member Company name: Just Delegate Ltd Latest blog post: JUST TO BE CLEAR My latest Twitter: We are cutting the cost of our proofreading servic...   Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 31 Re: How to manage your inbox effectively Hilde, thank you for sharing your email system with us. Your system is so basic yet so effective. Until now I've always worked on a "deal with it when it comes in" basis, but because the VA business is all about time management, I have been thinking about this a lot lately and need to come up with something that will work for me and business. Julie __________________ http://www.just-delegate.co.uk