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Tricks and tips when using gmail
Hi everyone,
I use gmail as my primary email account.
Here are some tricks I use to get more efficient. I need these tricks cause I receive hundreds and hundreds of emails every day, from TEs, newsletters, new offers ( lots of those ), free reports/eBooks,videos/software/membership sites, etc...
I still have to learn to manage my time and resources more carefully. This is definitely a work in progress.
Trick no 1 : When I want to know if I had any new follower here at IMFP, it does happen :), I open a new tab for gmail, and I use the following bookmark :
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/You+have+a+new+follower!
It gives me other emails besides IMFP new followers, but at least, it helps those IMFP emails stand out from the crowd.
I use the same technique for new Twitter followers :
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/is+now+following+you+on+Twitter!
and for direct messages coming from other Twitter users :
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/Direct+message+from
For opening a new tab to see the SPAM emails directly :
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#spam
These are far from perfect. If you know how to get more targeted results, let me know.
Something I learned yesterday, from a tweet :
http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/gmail-drag-drop-save/
Maybe for many of you, it's old news, but for me, it was great to discover that.
One other thing I received yesterday, I think it was a PDF, to print gmail keyboard shortcuts, it was very well presented. I can't find it right now, I'll update the article when I do.
Update, Sept 7, 2010 : Have you seen Gmail Priorities inbox ? I saw a use immediately. All the Twitter emails I receive arrive there, so much easier to follow-up
Have a wonderful day !
Philippe Moisan
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Oct 16th 2010 at 11:40 PM by phmoisan My pleasure, doc.
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Oct 16th 2010 at 11:12 PM by drkelp Thx for sharing this Phil.
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Sep 7th 2010 at 9:03 AM by phmoisan Hi Troy, thanks for the feedback and the "quotes" tip, I will try it. Great day to you ! Phil
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Sep 7th 2010 at 8:59 AM by troywray Never thought of using bookmarks like that instead of filters. One tip that might help is to put your search phrase in quotes - might cut down spurious matches if it's an issue. Liked.
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Sep 4th 2010 at 4:05 AM by webmiep You might want to read this: http://www.imfaceplate.com/webmiep/how-to-deal-with-tons-of-emails
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Sep 4th 2010 at 4:05 AM by webmiep You might want to read this: http://www.imfaceplate.com/webmiep/how-to-deal-with-tons-of-emails
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Aug 21st 2010 at 11:14 AM by phmoisan You made my day, Stella ! :) I was wondering if that article might be useful or if everybody already knew all these things. Glad to be of help.
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Aug 21st 2010 at 10:25 AM by visionary I had no idea that you can use tabs on gmail! Now I do:)
Stella
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Aug 21st 2010 at 8:47 AM by yhbecpublisher That PDF sounds like something I could do with Philippe when you find it :-D Hope you are having a great weekend.
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