Weathering the Email Storm 3 Tips for Improving Productivity

As a small business owner,your TIME is a

valuable commodity.

=

150 emails per average work day

=1 email every

3 minutes

You need to spend less time managing email and more time growing your business.

Tip No. 1Use email productivity software to assist in your email management.

Tip No. 2

Create customized rules in your inbox…

Outlook allows you to create rules for all incoming and outgoing emails…

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Choose to check emails when they arrive

[OR]

Choose to check emails after

they are sent

Choose your conditions:

from certain peoplesent only to youwith specific words in the subject fieldwithin a certain size rangemarked as important

many more conditions to choose from…

Choose your action:

move to specified folderforward to another email addressauto-reply with a customized messagedelete emailmark email as important

many more actions to choose from…

Tip No. 3Only check and answer your email 2-3 set times per day.

Schedule time in your calendar to check / reply to

email

These slides were produced on PowerPoint

by Tyler Kurz for:

www.myownboss.ca