Email Effectiveness: Learning From The Best
In the world of business, Email Effectiveness is not just important, it’s critical. Successful leaders have mastered this skill, turning their inbox into a strategic asset, not a source of stress. The key? Adopting proven strategies and simple tactics that make managing email easier and more efficient.
The Secret to Email Effectiveness: An Efficient System
So what does an efficient email system look like? It’s simple, stress-free and, best of all, manageable from a smartphone. High-performing business leaders use streamlined processes that make checking and responding to emails less time-consuming. In fact, this can be the difference between an overflowing inbox and one that serves your needs.
Transforming Your Email Usage for Peak Effectiveness
It’s not just about managing emails; it’s about achieving Email Effectiveness. By observing and adopting the tactics used by highly successful business leaders, you too can transform your email usage. The result? A more efficient, simpler, and less stressful email processing system that can be easily operated, even from your smartphone.
Key Takeaways For Email Effectiveness
Remember, Email Effectiveness depends on simple, adoptable strategies. Let’s take a cue from high-performing business leaders. They manage their emails efficiently without letting it add to their stress levels. Adopt these strategies and watch your email management skills soar while stress levels plummet.
Resources Mentioned in Show
- Followup.cc; – tool for deferring emails
- Ari Meisel – Less Doing website
- Ari Meisel’s books on Amazon
- Sanebox; – intelligent automated email filtering
- Boomerang; – delayed sending for emails
- FancyHands; – affordable virtual assistance (use to schedule appointments that show up in email conversations)
- Spark email client (Mac only on desktop) – but also has iOS app and Android; app for smartphones.
- Textexpander; – rapid text & document creation for Macs, PCs and iOS devices (has a free trial option)
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