Archive for the Inbox Category
Guest Post: How a Genealogist Uses Outlook to Manage Her Activities
When my new twitter pal Alex Coles tweeted several great examples of how she uses Outlook to stay organized for her favorite hobby genealogy, I asked her if she would create a guest post for Arrow-Tips readers. You’ll notice a few points that I’ve made in past Arrow-Tips (great minds think …
Arrow-Tip #62 Maintaining Inbox Zero
I’ve talked a lot about attaining Inbox Zero in the past couple of months, but what are some of the biggest challenges to maintaining it? Vacation or the occasional work or personal crisis are two situations that can lead to temporary setbacks, but again those can be overcome with some …
Nutshell Mail Acquired by Constant Contact
A huge and heartfelt congratulations to my friends and hometown Houston boys David Lyman and Mark Schmulen of Nutshell Mail on the acquisition of their company by Constant Contact. Arrow-Tips readers know that I’ve been a huge fan and client of both of these firms for years (or in the …
Inbox Zero One Month Anniversary & Just Say “No”
Today marks my one month anniversary of maintaining Inbox Zero – Yay! Maintaining Inbox Zero has done so much for my productivity that I’m seriously considering tracking “Days at Inbox Zero” the way some of my clients track “Days Without a Lost Time Incident.” You too can join me in Inbox Zero nirvana – check …
Newsletter, Facebook Pages & Upcoming Posts
The Arrow-Tips email newsletter has been officially re-launched and the first issue sent out. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter with tips and tricks for using Microsoft Outlook more efficiently along with other special features like events and new product announcements, click here.
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Professional Women’s Network of Houston Presentation
A big thank you to the ladies of the Professional Women’s Network of Houston for inviting me to speak with them about tips for using Microsoft Outlook to work more efficiently. I thoroughly enjoyed this group and have posted my presentation to them on slide share. I have also summarzied some highlights from my …
Arrow-Tip #55 What Is Your Sales Checklist?
As a nod to my husband’s great post on using a check list to help our son get organized, I decided to resurrect this draft post regarding using a sales checklist that I started back in 2008. Interesting side note: my original post was inspired by an article listed in a …
Arrow-Tip #54 Top 5 Benefits of Reaching Inbox Zero
This Inbox Zero thing just gets better and better – I didn’t realized how much I’ve missed it! For those of you who think it is an impossible achievement – I’ll be announcing some very exciting news real soon so stay tuned. In the mean time, here are my top five reasons …
Lexus Enform Rocks & Presentation for Professional Women’s Network Next Week
Day 17 at Inbox Zero and it feels great! My Tasks folder is also up to date and organized which has been great for my efficiency because whenever I have a spare minute or two, I’ve got a prioritized list ready to go. That list came in handy today when I …
Arrow-Tip #52 Don’t Accidentally Archive Your Inbox
Ah, almost 2 weeks maintaining Inbox Zero status and it feels great! So great in fact that I decided to go back and clean up some other folders as well. While reviewing my archive folders, I found to my utter mortification that some of my active email correspondence from about a …