Thinking Outside the Inbox: Email Tips

Email drives business; yet, it also drives most of us crazy. 

 

If this is the year you want to take control of your email, here are some steps you can take: 

 

-Consider using a non-email program for in-office communications, like Slack.  This will mean that your inbox can become ‘mission-critical’, where you receive only messages from clients and colleagues, while your staff and associate messages filter to another media.  Slack is free. 

-Use ‘rules’ to push less important email out of sight.  Set up email rules that will filter advertisements to a subfolder, that you can look at when you’re ready, so that those message don’t invade your inbox.  Gmail, for example, has a built-in ‘Promotions’ inbox.  You can also utilize your junk email filter to better manage unwanted messages. 

 

-Use a law practice management software, that will integrate with your productivity software, to archive your emails.  That way. you won’t have to save everything in a bursting inbox -- or strain your PST file, if you’re still using premise-based software. 

 

-Try an email management add-on, like Sanebox, which offers more features for organization than come out of the box in standard email clients. 

 

-Think about applying an email management system, like GTD, so you can make quick decisions in your inbox, keep it uncluttered and turn response management into a task list. 

 

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If your organization methods are only adding to the clutter, we can help. 

Through a unique partnership between the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar and Jared Correia’s Red Cave Law Firm Consulting, Maine attorneys have access to experienced law practice management consultants at a special discounted rate. 

To get started, visit Red Cave’s landing page for Maine attorneys, and start running your law practice like a business.