This document outlines 10 ways to make your email inbox more productive as voted by users of boxUno.com. These include responding to emails quickly, integrating emails with to-do lists, reducing clutter with filters, integrating email with other communications, using keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop functions, unsubscribing from unnecessary emails, using message threading, integrating calendars, and aggregating multiple accounts into one inbox. boxUno is highlighted as an app that combines multiple communication channels into a single inbox.

1. 10
ways
to
make
your
Inbox
more
productive
As
voted
by
the
users
of
boxUno.com

2. Who
we
are
* boxUno
is
a
unified
inbox
that
combines
email
with
SMS,
Google
Chat,
Facebook
Chat,
Video
Chat,
Facebook
Posts,
Tweets,
and
LinkedIn
* We
asked
our
users
what
features
in
an
email
inbox
made
them
most
productive.
Enjoy!

3. 1.
Respond
to
emails
quickly
* Send
shorter
replies
if
necessary
but
get
email
tasks
off
your
plate
* Steve
Jobs
often
responded
within
a
few
minutes
*
But,
84%
of
his
emails
had
only
one
word!
(“No”)

4. 2.
Integrate
email
&
your
To
Do’s
boxUno
has
a
small
“To
Do”
pane
at
top
of
inbox
to
keep
track
of
email
tasks
and
other
To
Do’s.
Mailbox
App
allows
you
to
“Snooze”
mails

5. 3.
Reduce
clutter
BEFORE
it
hits
the
inbox
* Use
filters
to
skip
the
inbox
for
all
mails
that
aren’t
absolutely
necessary
(Outlook
allows
over
100
rules
and
Gmail
has
filters)
* Gmail’s
new
“Social”
and
“Promotions”
tabs
also
help
clear
the
clutter
from
your
inbox

6. 4.
Integrate
email
with
other
parts
of
your
life
* Use
a
provider
that
lets
you
post
from
email
to
other
forms
of
communication:
SMS,
social
networks,
etc.
* boxUno
lets
you
post
directly
to
Facebook,
Twitter,
and
LinkedIn
from
your
inbox
In
boxUno,
Compose
to
7
different
message
type:
email,
chat,
SMS,
video
chat,
Facebook
status,
Tweet,
LinkedIn
status

7. 5.
Learn
email
keyboard
shortcuts
* Like
Excel,
the
fastest
way
to
get
things
done
is
with
your
fingertips!
* Gmail
has
about
30
keyboard
shortcuts!
* Cheat
sheet
here:
http://gizmodo.com/5995218/a-­‐
cheat-­‐sheet-­‐of-­‐every-­‐single-­‐gmail-­‐keyboard-­‐shortcut

8. 6.
Use
Drag
&
Drop
when
possible
* Gmail
&
Outlook
allow
you
to
Drag
mails
to
other
folders
* boxUno
allows
you
to
Drag
mails
to
select
them
* Our
research
suggests
this
makes
you
55%
faster
at
sorting
through
emails
Drag
and
drop
selection
from
boxUno

9. 7.
Use
Unsubscribe!
* Don’t
be
a
pack
rat
about
email
subscriptions.
(If
you
haven’t
read
a
newsletter
in
6
months,
unsubscribe.)
* If
you
need
help,
try
UnrollMe
(www.unroll.me)

10. 8.
Use
message
threading
* Gmail
was
the
first
to
introduce
message
threading
* Reduces
message
count
significantly
* AOL’s
AltoMail
not
growing
largely
because
does
not
thread
messages
Gmail
Inbox
message
threading

11. 9.
Integrate
your
calendar
* Outlook
is
best
at
integrating
calendar
with
your
email
* Gmail
has
removed
a
direct
link
to
Google
Calendar.
(Bad!)
* Now
requires
3
clicks
to
get
to
your
calendar
from
Gmail
and
is
hard
to
find

12. 10.
Aggregate
as
many
accounts
as
possible
in
one
inbox
* Many
mobile
mail
apps
now
allow
you
to
add
multiple
email
accounts
* boxUno
allows
you
to
integrate
Facebook
chat,
Gmail
chat,
and
SMS
in
one
inbox.
* Gmail
allows
you
to
forward
other
email
accounts
into
one
inbox
boxUno
combined
Gmail
and
Facebook
chat
list