Don't let your overflowing email inbox leave you with an overwhelming sense of dread. Just follow these 5 easy tips to better manage your email inbox and help you increase your productivity.

1. 5 SECRETS
to achieving an empty
email inbox

2. dread?
Does your email inbox leave
you with a deep sense of

3. haunt you?
Do you have nightmares about
unread or forgotten emails
coming back to

4. You don’t have
to be afraid
of your email inbox!

5. Just apply these
5 easy secrets
to your inbox…

6. 1. Clear out what’s there

7. 1. Clear out what’s there

8. 1. Clear out what’s there
• Create 2013 and 2014 folders

9. 1. Clear out what’s there
• Create 2013 and 2014 folders
• File all inactive emails into the folders

10. 1. Clear out what’s there
• Create 2013 and 2014 folders
• File all inactive emails into the folders
• Delete any nonessential emails

11. 2. Prioritize

12. 2. Prioritize

13. 2. Prioritize
• Respond to important emails then file

14. 2. Prioritize
• Respond to important emails then file
• Create filters to move recurring nonessential
emails into a folder, skipping your inbox

15. 3. Delegate

16. 3. Delegate

17. 3. Delegate
• Don’t feel obligated to answer every email

18. 3. Delegate
• Don’t feel obligated to answer every email
• If someone else is a better fit to reply, forward it
to them

19. 3. Delegate
• Don’t feel obligated to answer every email
• If someone else is a better fit to reply, forward it
to them
• If you can’t answer right away, create a task in
your To Do list

20. 4. Embrace email’s
limitations

21. 4. Embrace email’s limitations

22. 4. Embrace email’s limitations
• Email is not a task manager

23. 4. Embrace email’s limitations
• Email is not a task manager
• Email is not a project management tool

24. 4. Embrace email’s limitations
• Email is not a task manager
• Email is not a project management tool
• Use email for short, impactful communications

25. 4. Embrace email’s limitations
• Email is not a task manager
• Email is not a project management tool
• Use email for short, impactful communications
• Bonus Secret: Redbooth users can create a task
directly from an email

26. 5. Keep the inbox empty
Apply secrets 1-4 every day to keep from
revisiting email inbox overload

27. The true secret to having an
empty email box is:
keeping an empty email box

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