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Dayton
Business Journal
3
ways to win the war against your inbox
By
Heinan Landa
Apr
15, 2014
You
left the office at 7 p.m. last night — and emails were still coming
in. After the kids were asleep, you responded to 20 or so. This
morning, over coffee, you replied to about 10 more. Still, when you
entered your office today, 60 new emails were waiting.
Sound
familiar? This is the world in which we live. The overuse of email is
killing productivity, efficiency and (perhaps) even the message
medium itself.
I
struggle with this problem constantly. How are you supposed to do
your job when you get more than 100 non-spam emails a day? If you are
copied to keep you in the loop on a project or subject, how do you
resist the urge to reply?
Experts
suggest limiting your “email time” to two or three times a day.
How can you realistically do this without appearing unresponsive to
your clients and customers?
According
to technology market research firm The Radicati Group, by 2015 the
average corporate user will deal with more than 125 emails per day.
More than 30 percent of the typical workday will be devoted to
email-related tasks.
Enough
is enough! Here are three ways to help you regain control over your
inbox...
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