I was meeting with an agent the other day when I noticed that she has over 4,000 unread emails in her gmail account! (The total number of read and unread emails was staggering!)
When I asked her about it she replied that her email has become almost unusable. Further questioning revealed that her clients know to call or text her if they want to communicate with her.
A few questions from me got answers that scared us both! I asked how would she know if she received an email from someone as a result of her advertising her email address? What if it was a new buyer or seller inquiry? How would she know? She answered that she wouldn’t know and then went on to say that maybe she had already missed some of those inquiries!
Ya think?
Dealing with this problem is where we spent the next few hours. When we were done we had gotten rid of about a quarter of the old emails, but we still have more work to do.
I want to share with you a few videos and sites that you can use to clean up, organize and maintain some email sanity in your own gmail inboxes. The idea behind each of these tips will also work with other email systems if you don’t use gmail. You can do a search on Youtube for your particular email system to find help.
- Wondering, “How do I clean out my Gmail?”? Learn 4 Quick and Easy Gmail Tips to Clean Out Your Inbox that will help you achieve inbox zero freedom! https://youtu.be/Q1C5Ab9n5e8
2. This next guy will show you how to quickly get that overloaded inbox down to a very reasonable level in almost no time! https://youtu.be/ylsNfJgQejQ {Warning: There is some profanity!}
3. Finally, here is a more in depth video on using Filters and Labels to keep your inbox clean and organized going forward:
Using filters and labels in Gmail is a great way to reduce email in your inbox. By creating custom filters, you can have messages avoid your inbox altogether and make managing email so much simpler.
In this video, https://youtu.be/CuTJRvjYzlQ, Scott Friesen shows you three different ways to apply filters in Gmail. He also gives you step-by-step instructions on how to set up filters and labels to help you be more efficient with your inbox.
In case you didn’t like any of these videos there are plenty of others on YouTube to choose from! All you need to do now is to carve out some time to get this done and you can enjoy using gmail again!
