An entrepreneur’s email inbox can become overwhelming quickly if we don’t put some good inbox organization practices in place in this digital world. In this post, I’m sharing the best 5 tips for keeping your email inbox organized, no matter how many emails you currently have to go through!

Top Tips for Email Organization

1) Map Out Your Most Important Folders

What are the most important types of emails you receive? That’s where you want to create some of your most important folders to keep those emails organized, safe and easily accessible.

Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Client Communication Folder
• Invoices and Expenses Folder
• Payments Folder
• Memberships and Course Folder
• Non-Business Related Folder
• Social Media Folder

2) Unsubscribe From Unwanted Newsletters

The easiest way to take back control of your email inbox is to unsubscribe from any unwanted newsletters. If you don’t make this a regular practice and make a point to unsubscribe from emails in which you are no longer interested, your inbox will feel like a never-ending hole of constant emails.

Hot Tip: Leave the unsubscribing guilt at the door! You’re just leaving more space for the emails you actually want to receive and are interested in.

3) Snooze Emails for Later

If you are someone who feels like you have to respond or take action on an email right away, you might want to make use of the snooze feature. Snooze it for later when you have the time to respond! That way, you’re more likely to look at emails instead of letting them pile up because you know you don’t need to respond ASAP.

4) Draft Canned Responses

Another great tip to ease email inbox overwhelm is to create some canned email responses. If you have some common inquiries or emails, draft a canned response to cut down your email time.

5) Weekly Inbox Clean Ups

Make your email a priority! Schedule a weekly inbox clean-up task on your calendar and set aside some time to label emails, unsubscribe, archive, or move emails to the appropriate folder. Making this a priority will ensure your inbox doesn’t reach the point of total overwhelm again.

If you need help organizing your email inbox or creating a process for keeping it organized, reach out for a discovery call, and let’s chat about getting your inbox in order again!