Posts Tagged ‘email overload’

Climbing the email mountain [GQ India]

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

bg-headerSahil Parikh wrote a guest post for GQ India on managing email and using the new Google Priority Inbox…

We were nearing the finishing line and we could taste success. The champagne was in the fridge. Then a few days later it hit us. We’d lost out on the client because of an email that we missed about deadlines. One measly message meant we missed out on a project that could have thrown us into the big league.

So it’s unsurprising that until last week, I would go through all my emails in the constant fear that I would miss something critical amid the mountain of spam. With the advent of smart phones, emails that were once considered work are now mixed with articles stored for reference, grocery lists, new conference notices and desperate salesmen promising first place in search listings.

Read the entire article on the GQ India.

#Simpli5 Twitter Chats on Business Productivity

Friday, March 26th, 2010

We have started a Twitter Chat on Business Productivity every Thursdays with the #simpli5 tag. Yesterday was the first such chat on the topic of Email Overload. It was very interesting to discuss how other people are managing their emails, their tips and tricks!

sahilparikh:
I normally check my mail only a few times in the day. Reply to the most important first. Don’t treat emails as your tasklist #simpli5
guglanisam: Whenever I find my self sending same reply to many mails I create “canned response” (gmail feature). It works like magic #simpli5
deskaway: Interesting article on how to manage an overwhelmed Inbox http://ow.ly/1qKbm #simpli5
priyankawriting: have not used Gmail filters or folders option.. maybe thats why my inbox feels unorganized :p #simpli5
mrjain: @priyankawriting I use filters and anything in my inbox is automatically my to-do list #simpli5
raghavsoni: @sahilparikh I create filters 2 mark all imp. mails related 2 clients to folders like - Action(Immediate) , Someday (At ease) #simpli5

Read the entire transcript!

These chats will be happening every Thursday, to know about the topic and other notifications please follow @simpli5! See you there!